Reduce Your Risk of Failure
Innovation & Entrepreneurship is risky by definition. This course will show you how to reduce risk by reducing the time, money, and resources needed to test ideas using the Lean Startup approach.
Keep reading if you have one of these challenges
Corporate innovation and startups are not about technology. It's about solving real problems. If you can relate with some or all of these, then we can help you
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You have a startup or innovation idea but don't know where to start or you're stuck
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You have an upcoming or current project that still has too many unknowns including usability and financial viability
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Your new app, platform, product, or service is not creating the returns you've hoped for
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You have a new innovation or tech project and need to forecast the budget needed
Will this course help you?
“There's a lot of mention about "validating" ideas for startups from various online sources. However, the problem especially for a beginner like me, is that I don't know the how's and what's in order to do proper validation.
The knowledge you bring in your talks is the answer to that.
After the webinar earlier, I was thinking that we probably need to realign things now especially that we're not yet far in building the tech "solution" we have come up initially”
John Francis Olivo
Punla
Founder and SPHT Coaching Program Participant“I started an online store catering to plus size niche market and sobrang naka help sakin yung sa training na "stop thinking about ur idea and start thinking about customers"
Seryosong i started my business from interviews talaga and it really worked for us. 😊”
Lovely Candy Sagun
Big Boss Bella PH
Founder and SPHT Online Course Taker“You will always be part of my startup story, I tell people na I met you prior sa Final Pitch. Continue to be a blessing to others.
Tanda ko pa rin lahat ng mga naturo mo.
Thanks Carlo for everything!”
Maria Korina Bertulfo
Filipina Homebased Moms (FHMoms)
CEO and Founder, Final Pitch FinalistTesting Your Ideas Using Lean Startup Approach
Each video lesson will have it's own set of activities and output.
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What is the Lean Startup?
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Introducing the Experiment Tracker
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Turn Ideas into a Hypothesis
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Validating Using Pre-Sales
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Validating Using the MVP or Concierge Method
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About this course
- Free
- 5 lessons
- 0.5 hours of video content
Words for Carlo
“We see pitches everyday and we feel that most have not validated their idea and have proceeded to create the product and that’s our main issue
Attending Carlo’s workshop prevents founders from just creating products and spending money. It also allows them to be more efficient with their products and ideas.
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Francis Simisim
Head of Ideation & Incubation at 917Ventures
Co-founder, Venture Capitalist and Startup Advocate“Super important to determine ahead of time whether or not there is a market for your product. So getting input from your target audience, your target customer base on the assumptions that you’ve made is critical. Ultimately they are going to be the customers that will pay you.
If you don’t do it, you end up with a product with no customers.”
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Alex Alabiso
Sprout Solutions
Chief Technology OfficerAbout Carlo and Startup PH Training
How I ended up helping other founders avoid the mistakes I made
I got my start by raising and spending $200,000 in a VC-funded tech startup and barely generated any revenue. I was the CEO-founder for two years and made the same mistakes most of you are about to make. First through coffee, then by running public workshops. I also started doing school events and private workshops like the startup training program by PSIA and DICT, the Ideaspace Program, Smart Sweep (for college students) to name a few.
Soon I found myself doing private corporate innovation training where I taught Design Thinking and Agile to government units and larger corporations such as Phivolcs, Department of Agriculture, Microsoft, PNB, Cebuana, Alveo, and more.
Finally, I've had the opportunity to bring the same highly interactive workshops into higher education by teaching entrepreneurship in Mint (Meridian College), CIIT College of Arts and Technology, and now CIIT Senior High School. I barely did exams but I did give a lot of homework and expected them to find paying customers. And find them they did.
So now I want to share the same learning to more people, practice what I preach, and build my career through digital products and coaching programs.
Soon I found myself doing private corporate innovation training where I taught Design Thinking and Agile to government units and larger corporations such as Phivolcs, Department of Agriculture, Microsoft, PNB, Cebuana, Alveo, and more.
Finally, I've had the opportunity to bring the same highly interactive workshops into higher education by teaching entrepreneurship in Mint (Meridian College), CIIT College of Arts and Technology, and now CIIT Senior High School. I barely did exams but I did give a lot of homework and expected them to find paying customers. And find them they did.
So now I want to share the same learning to more people, practice what I preach, and build my career through digital products and coaching programs.
Some of Carlo's corporate clients
Where Carlo has taught
FAQ
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How long will it take for me to finish the course
If you're only watching the videos, that will take you about half an hour. What's important is that you perform the activities, produce the output and document your results. That's where the real learning happens! A full cycle of designing and running an experiment including analyzing results may take a few hours up to a couple of weeks to complete
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How much money will I need to prepare to conduct an experiment
There is no reason to use money as an excuse for not running an experiment. Granted having money allows you to do more things, Having too much people or money can also complicate your experiment too much to the point that it's slowing you down. That being said, you could go as low as zero money spent and do something on your own. Or you can outsource the creatives and almost everything else using 199jobs or Fiverr.
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What kind of people should I be ideally working with
You definitely need an expert in the field your getting into. If you're building a way for doctors to talk to their clients, then you better make sure a doctor or an expert in hospital administration is part of your team. The most ideal type of member is someone that has expertise and passion in the area you're working on. 95% of the time, a developer is not critical at the very early stages of a new startup or business. It may even potentially cause you harm if he insists on coding your MVP. Make sure your tech person is familiar with using no code applications to build your MVP so he can get things out in days or weeks.
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I have no money to pay for the course
No problem! The course content is and will always be (we hope) free. While our advocacy is helping founders and innovators succeed, our business is built through our engagements with large organizations and learning institutions. Though the coaching is not free, you can always message us if you need guidance or answers to your questions . We also encourage you to share your experiences, challenges, and ask your questions in the group Startup PH: Training
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Our company needs help and we have a budget for your services. What are your rates and how do we proceed?
That's great! Click on "Book a Call" on top and schedule a meeting so we can understand your needs and make a recommendation. To give you an idea of our rates, We can do scheduled coaching 8 sessions for Php 18k. To as high as Php 450k for a full Design Sprint program which will take you from idea to hifi prototype to user feedback and a couple of iterations over 4-5 weeks. But if you have a team of about 15 - 20 people, a typical workshop is 3 - 4 weekly sessions x 4 hours each ranging from Php 60 - 150k. Book a call now and let's talk!
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Can I get a certificate of completion?
Not right now but this will change soon. We are considering offering completion certificates as a way of generating revenue that helps us sustain our advocacy. If this is something you are interested in, please let us know via email ([email protected]) or by sending us a message on FB or here!