Events
29 August 2019
Ideation Workshop
25 September 2019
Validation Workshop
Every Friday
Startup Circles Friday Social
Join other entrepreneurs from the safety of your home.
Let the venture begin
IDEATION
In this phase, we help guide and provide you with the tools you need to select the best idea. We assist you in figuring out which of your ideas have the most chance of success. Your startup has the highest chance of success when it is aligned with the things you value most. We will guide you through this critical step and help you turn your ideas into a bonafide money-making venture.
VALIDATION
This is where we help you run quick experiments and gain customer feedback in order to test and improve your business idea. We guide you in talking to real customers early on. We help you get product/market fit and build a minimal viable product (MVP). Unlike the old approach where entrepreneurs spend months building a product only to launch and find that nobody is buying, in our lean approach we launch and validate multiple times in quick succession to reduce time and cost. This also ensures that we build products that customers will love and pay for.
FUNDRAISING
This consists of investor readiness and investor pitch creation. Investor readiness takes you through the critical areas that investors look at before they invest. We’ll help you improve the key metrics that will make your startup attractive to investors. Investor pitch creation guides you through how to put together a compelling story for investors and mastering the strategy behind capital raising. At the end of the process, the best startups are showcased to our network of investors.
WHAT YOU GET
- Expert guidance through the stages of your startup
- Membership to a community of startup founders, investor, mentors and potential co-founders
- Access to investors
- Monthly live webinars with startup experts.
- Access to member meetups and partner events such as Startup Grind
- Group coaching calls
ADDITIONAL MEMBER BENEFITS
- More than $10,000 of Amazon Web Services cloud credits to help you launch a tech startup
- Discounts at partner co-working spaces such as Work & Co Cape Town
- Access to partner events including some Startup Grind events
- Access to Grow with Google services
HOW IT WORKS
At StartupCircles you join as a member and get guidance based on the level you are at. We offer discussions in the community and a place to connect with other members. As a member you can create your startup on our platform and invite your co-founders, and work through your milestones. Every month you and potential investors track your progress and view the summary of your progress.
You can also join our monthly live webinars and meetups as well as get feedback from your peers.
So if you’re an aspiring entrepreneur, an early-stage entrepreneur, or an entrepreneur looking to fundraise, then you need Startup Circles in your life today.
Ideation
“I don’t have an idea yet!”.
“I have too many ideas and I don’t know which one to pick”.
In this phase, we help guide and provide you with the tools you need to select the best idea. We assist you in figuring out which of your ideas have the most chance of success. Your startup has the highest chance of success when it is aligned with the things you value most. We will guide you through this critical step and help you turn your ideas into a bonafide money-making venture.
Validation
“I’ve got an idea. Where do I start?
What should I do? What do I need to learn?”
This is where we help you run quick experiments and gain customer feedback in order to test and improve your business idea. We guide you in talking to real customers early on. We help you get product/market fit and build a minimal viable product (MVP).
Unlike the old approach where entrepreneurs spend months building a product only to launch and find that nobody is buying, in our lean approach we launch and validate multiple times in quick succession to reduce time and cost. This also ensures that we build products that customers will love and pay for.
Launch
“I have validated my idea
and now I need to take to it to market”?”
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Fundraising
“Customers are lining up.
How do I raise funding to scale ?”
This consists of investor readiness and investor pitch creation. Investor readiness takes you through the critical areas that investors look at before they invest. We’ll help you improve the key metrics that will make your startup attractive to investors. Investor pitch creation guides you through how to put together a compelling story for investors and mastering the strategy behind capital raising. At the end of the process, the best startups are showcased to our network of investors.
But don’t just take our word for it.
Hear from some of our greatest success stories.
OUR MISSION
At Startup Circles, our mission is to guide founders and equip them with the knowledge, tools and networks to build sustainable businesses.
It used to be that access to world-class guidance was only possible for the select few with connections and money – but not anymore. At Startup Circles we are democratizing access to the right circles to help you build your business and raise investment.
We do all this because we believe that commercially viable businesses have the power to transform people’s lives and create wealth for communities and nations.
At Startup Circles, you’re
in the right circles.
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