Acceleration Programme

Startup Braga is an innovation hub designed to assist the inception and development of high potential entrepreneurial projects for international markets.

In partnership with Microsoft Ventures we provide business acceleration programmes for startups with global ambitions.

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By providing startups a programme designed to help them build, execute and validate their business model, we want to increase their chances of success and facilitate access to international accelerators, markets and funding.

We will use the Lean Startup approach, emphasizing the business model over the business plan, encouraging a process of customer discovery and development, and iterations to achieve the right product/market fit.


We focus on startups that develop mobile, web, gaming, medtech, e-commerce and internet of things products.

During the program, startups are expected to iterate rapidly but at their own pace, according to their maturity and need while receiving intensive mentoring, training and guidance by specialist in technical and business aspects.


Week 1 - 3: DefineIn the first 4 weeks, the teams will have access to workshops on Business Model Canvas and Lean Startup. Using the knowledge and the tools, the teams will then focus on validating the problem and the solution.

Week 4 – 12: BuildIn the second phase of the program, the teams will be focused on building, testing and validating the minimum viable product and collecting and incorporating the feedback of potential clients.

Week 13 - 15: PitchThe last two weeks, will be spent on preparing the pitch and all the documentation necessary for potential partners and investors.


Week 1 - 3: Define

There will be 4 Bootcamps that will allow the teams to work on the several blocks of the Business Model and will allow them to have a clear vision of the problem and the market.

BOOTCAMPS: Deep training using the proposed methodologies; Hands-on approach to build and iterate business

models; Knowledge and experience sharing; Case studies discussion.


Week 4 - 12: Build

Teams will be focused on building, fine tuning, testing and validating the minimum viable product and collect and incorporate the feedback of potential customers.

WORKSHOPS: Scrum & Agile Development User eXperience PR & Communication Growth Hacking


Week 13 - 15: Pitch

The last two weeks, will be spent on preparing the pitch and all documentations for investors. To help with these final preparations, we will have the following workshops:

Legal Affairs Fundraising Pitch training


Experienced Mentors


Franklin LuzesMicrosoft Ventures Brazil

Gastão TaveiraAltitude

Rui PaivaWeDo

Luis Moura e SilvaWIT Software

David DarschCEO-CF

Pedro JanelaWyGroup

Turi MuntheDemotix

Tiago Silva LopesPortugal Telecom


Andy McCartneyMicrosoft Ventures UK

António MurtaPhatena

Carlos OliveiraInvestBraga

Francisco V. ZellerSamsung

Paulo PimentaKuantokusta

João CoutoMicrosoft Portugal


Celso MartinhoSapo.pt

João Paulo GirbalCentromarca

Agenda


Application www.StartupBraga.com Until: August 10th

Pre-Selection Startup Braga Team Announcement: August 26th

Selection Pitch 5m Pitch + 15m Q&A September 2nd

Selection Startup Braga Committee Announcement: September 10th

Start Day Welcome Event September 24th

Spring 2015 International Road Show


Timeframe

SEPTEMBER / OCTOBER

Day 0 [24th September] Welcome session and Peer-to-Peer Pitch

Week 1 [25th & 26th September]

Entrepreneurship 101 & Business Model Canvas

Week 2 [2nd & 3rd October]

Lean Startup & Customer Development

Week 3 [10th

& 11th October]

Team Work / Mentorship session

Phase 1: Define


OCTOBER / NOVEMBER

Week 4 [ 16th & 17th October]

Scrum and Agile Development

Week 5 [24th & 25th October]


Week 6 [30th & 31st October]

A/B Testing and Metrics / Growth Hacking

Week 7 [7th & 8th November]



Phase 2: Build

NOVEMBER / DECEMBER

Week 8 [13th & 14th November] User eXperience

Week 9 [21th & 22nd November] Team Work / Mentorship session

Week 10 [27th & 28th November] PR and Communication

Week 11 [5th a 6th December] Team Work / Mentorship session


Phase 2: Build

DECEMBER / JANUARY

Week 12 [11th & 12th December] Legal Affairs & Attracting Investment

Week 13 [19th & 20th December] Team Work / Mentorship session

Week 14 [8th, 9th & 10th January] Pitch training and preparation

Week 15 [15th & 16th ] Team Work

22nd of January Startup Day


Phase 3: Pitch


International Road showDuring the 2015 spring we will take the top teams to an international road show, where they will have the opportunity to visit several Microsoft Ventures Offices, meet investors, accelerators and fellow entrepreneurs.

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