Silicon Valley in Your Pocket Virtual Accelerator

Make your startup investor-ready in three months

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Who should take this course?
Founders actively looking to LEARN how to build an investable startup and create a roadmap for fundraising.
Founders who want to have a bridge to Silicon Valley so that they can meet investors, strategic partners and experts.

Program Highlights
  1. Learn what investors care about, including credible financial metrics, competitive advantages, leadership & team building, go-to-market strategy, developing strong traction and much, much more.
  2. Learn how to populate your “online deal room” with all the documents and templates needed to approach investors
  3. Get detailed feedback on your Pitch Deck
  4. Use our tools, checklists and calculators to adjust your sales, marketing, growth and product strategies to ensure you are building an investable business
  5. Send your 7-minute pitch and online deal room to accredited investors online and get a score out of 100 (Gold Program only)
  6. Introduce you to potential investors, partners and advisors when you are ready (Gold Program only)

Methodology
We use our proprietary “investor-readiness” framework (a score out of 100) to provide a roadmap to make startups investable. By focusing on the 9 vital signs startups need to be attractive to experienced angel investors and VCs, we equip founders to make sure they are building viable, sustainable, scalable businesses. Once they are ready, we make appropriate introductions to Silicon Valley prospective investors, partners and clients to help the startup grow both in-country and abroad. This is available only to the Gold Members.

Coaching
Weekly webinars covering each of the sections of the readiness score
"Office hours" with accredited investors- Weekly, 1-hour, live sessions to pose questions about webinars, your business, upcoming business challenges and more.

Who are these coaches?
They are investors and coaches currently based in Silicon Valley (supported by 40 Silicon Valley mentors). Together - they have worked with over 950 startups around the world.


Your Lead Instructors


Jeff Wallace

Jeff Wallace Secured over $40 million in equity and debt financing from accredited, angel investors, strategic partners and banking institutions. Forged strategic partnership with Apple by securing a one-on-one meeting with Steve Jobs. Led one start-up from zero to over $100 million in sales in a 4-year period. Co-Founder of The Batchery - Silicon Valley incubator.

Kal Deutch

Kal Deutsch Co-Founder of The Batchery - Silicon Valley incubator. Held a number of executive positions at companies ranging from Fortune 100 including Visa, Wells Fargo, and Price Waterhouse. Travels internationally to facilitate entrepreneur and startup workshops and boot-camps at incubators, accelerators, corporations and universities

Kali Ilunga

Kali Ilunga Raised funding from angel investors in New York, Silicon Valley, and Johannesburg. Signed Partnership with Microsoft to use mobile to educate 55,000 young people. Accepted into Founders Circle (Voted #1 Incubator for Global Entrepreneurs by Forbes). 1,5 million downloads of products he has built. Keynote Speaker ("Innovation and Disruption") at over 30 conferences across 5 countries. Has spoken at Harvard, World Bank. TBWA and more.


Course Curriculum


  Welcome to Silicon Valley in Your Pocket - Here's What You Can Expect
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  Module 1 - Introduction to Silicon Valley in Your Pocket, Silicon Valley and Online Deal Room
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  Module 2 - Establishing Yourself in the Market
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  Module 3 - Your Competitive Landscape
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  Module 4 - Your Go-to-Market Strategy
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  Module 5 - Finance & KPIs
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  Module 6 - Fundraising & Pilot Partnership Strategies
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  Module 7 - Leadership & Corporate Governance
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  Module 8 - 7 Tips for 7 Minute Pitches
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  Your Investor Readiness Score (optional)
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Frequently Asked Questions


How long do I have access to the course?
After enrolling, you have 3 months access to this course - across any and all devices you own.
What if I am unhappy with the course?
We would never want you to be unhappy! If you are unsatisfied with your purchase, contact us in the first 7 days and we will give you a full refund.

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