Flux Business Development Fast Track
Your five day fast start to marketing, sales, product pricing and more.
From Monday 13th to Friday 17th of June
TEN TEAMS, SEVEN COACHES, FIVE DAYS, ONE GOAL. Growth.
Flux Business Development Fast track is an intensive five-day training targeted for early stage technology startups.Your startup should preferably be a SAAS-company (not required) situated somewhere between MVP/Prototype phase and early growth.
During the five-day interactive training by experienced entrepreneurs you will go through different topics which have direct impact in your startups’ success. Each day will give you clear and actionable plan to make your startup stronger in the field of the training.
The coaching will be organized from Monday June 13th to Friday June 17th between 9am and 4pm. Each day includes minor pre-work that gets you tuned for the day and an intensive coaching or workshop section where you go deeper into the topic and reflect it on your own startup. In the end of the day You’ll have a clear hands-on plan to develop your startup further.
SCHEDULE OF THE WEEK:
Monday / Team building
On Monday Jussi Markula, the founder of Prominda Revolution will be coaching the startups through an interactive workshop on building and fostering a efficient and positive company culture which will equip your team with the tools to get through the hard times every startup will face at some point.
Tuesday / Revenue Models
Tuesday we will have the privilege of having the former Startup Sauna Head Coach and experienced founder and Investor Inka Mero to teach the teams about different possibilities when it comes to revenue models. Inka will also take the teams through the challenging decisions related to product pricing.
Wednesday / Sales
Come Wednesday morning we will take on the feared challenge of sales. How to tune your style according to the audience and what are the most efficient sales methods. Sani Leino will take us through an interactive workshop where every team will up their sales game.
Thursday / Digital Marketing
On Thursday it’s time to turn into the world of Digital Marketing. Co-founder of Digitys and Tatami Media Labs, Mikko Rindell will go through how you can generate leads in the digital channels and turn them into a paying customers.
Friday / Fundraising & Pitching
The last day of Fast Track will push the teams to better their elevator Pitches with the formidable pitch coach Mike Bradshaw. After that we have an opportunity to learn how to make your startup fundable from serial entrepreneur Mika Marjalaakso who has an extensive experience when it comes to fundraising.
Due to the nature of the coaching and time limit only ten teams will be selected to join the program via application process.
If you want to be one of the ten startups joining the program, go on and apply to the Flux Business Development Fast Track before 30th May from the link below.
Coaches
Inka Mero
Chairwoman & Co-founder, KoppiCatch
From Helsinki to Silicon Valley, Tel Aviv and back Inka has co-founded 7 startups, invested in more than 30 and been coaching and helping startups for years.
Jussi Markula
Co-Founder, Prominda Revolution Oy
The co-founder of Yogaia, Codento and Scoopshot to name few, Jussi has been building successful companies for the last 20 years. Currently he is using his knowledge to help startups and other organizations to build Superteams via his company Prominda Revolution.
Mika Marjalaakso
Serial Entrepreneur, OAK Ventures
When it comes to fundraising this straight to the point no-BS serial entrepreneur is the person who’s head you want to dig. He has raised more than 20 rounds of financing and helped his fellow entrepreneurs to raise more than 50M USD worth of funding from pre-seed to Series B.
Mike Bradshaw
Community & Evangelism, Solu
This formidable pitch coach knows the fundamentals of startup pitching like his own pockets. In addition to being in charge of Community & Evangelism at Solu, Mike is coaching teams in pitching at Startup Sauna and many other programs.
Mikko Rindell
Content Strategist, Valve
If you are looking into building your lead pipeline or want to know how to do customer acquisition in digital context Mikko is your guy. He has been doing just that for a decade for his own and others’ companies. As Mikko says it, the best time to start audience building was yesterday.
Sani Leino
Sales Director, Thinlink Oy
When it comes to sales you’ve most likely heard the name Sani before. This sales professional has been part of the Finnish startup scene for a long time helping startups excel in sales. After his own company he joined Thinlink to help them grow their customer base and rocket their revenue.
Toni Perämäki
Startup Evangelist, Microsoft
Toni is an entrepreneur who has been heavily involved in the Finnish startup scene as a co‐founder of Boost Turku Entrepreneurship Society, founder of the Boost Startup Farm co‐working space & Startup Journey accelerator program, founder at The Founder Institute Finland and coach and deal flow manager at AppCampus funding program.