Aristo

Start-ups are Changing the World

Imperial College London

Coaching Start-Ups

Coaching Start-Ups to Pitch & Sell Their Business Ideas

I have been coaching start-ups for 13 years and in the beginning, when working on programmes like StartUpBootCamp (2010) and several University programmes, the majority of the start-ups were very hopeful, but with very little of substance behind them.

How things are changing!

A couple of weeks ago in Imperial College in London (in their new innovation iHub-11 stories high!) I was coaching fourteen teams of MedTech start-ups as part of the amazing ‘Catapult’ programme supported by EIT Health.

What had changed?

    • The majority of the teams already had customers

 

    • In lots of cases teams of 2/3 people all well established and experienced in their particular market.

 

    • Presenters were clear thinking and articulate with a vision of where they were taking their business.

 

  • Passionate and sincerely wanting to improve the health of patients or perhaps, more importantly, wishing to help people to avoid becoming patients.

Every time I leave a pitch event, I am highly impressed by the support available to start-ups and the ambition these entrepreneurs have to change how things are done, while simultaneously building a successful profitable business.
Based on realizing this can only truly happen when a great idea leads to a great product which benefits society.

Two weeks ago I was coaching ‘MedTech’ companies; this week I will be coaching established companies in the Manufacturing, Farming and Charitable space.

I have no doubt they will benefit from getting back to thinking like a start-up and focusing again or what problem they solve for the people who use whatever service they provide.

If you would like to go on this journey with me, please click on the link below and avail of a SFA Skillnet funded one day ‘Pitch to Win Business Workshop’ for ONLY €129

Why not come or send team members along to create a new business story or refresh the one you have been using for years?