Kickstart your business: A 3-hour sprint

Are you ready to take action on your business idea – or help someone else launch theirs?

In this fast-paced, hands-on sprint, you’ll develop a personalized roadmap to get your idea off the ground and make your first dollar.

You’ll work in small teams, receive tailored coaching and tools through collaborative exercises to generate a clear action plan. By the end, you’ll pitch your plan – not a polished idea, but a practical path to launch in the next 90 days.

This challenge is designed to get you moving! If you’ve already got a product or service in mind, you’ll get direct coaching from our facilitators, and if you don’t have an idea yourself, there are some spots for collaborators who will support a Business Builder and challenge them in their process to developing their 90-day plan.

This experience is looking for the following students:

1. Business Builder (Idea Owner): You’ve got a business idea, product, or service you’re serious about launching.

• You’ll use this sprint to map out a real 90-day action plan.
• You’ll work on refining your value proposition, identifying first customers, and planning your next steps.
• You’ll pitch your plan by the end of the session, getting feedback and accountability support.
• Ideal if you're already testing an idea or have something you’re ready to sell.

2. Collaborator (Thought Partner): You’re curious, creative and excited to support your peers grow their ideas – even if you don’t have your own business idea yet! This is a great opportunity to test drive the entrepreneurial process.

• You’ll be paired with a business builder to serve as a thought partner: offering feedback, asking smart questions, and co-creating solutions.
• You’ll learn by doing, support someone’s launch plan, and build skills you can apply to your own future venture.
• Ideal if you’re curious, creative, and ready to contribute.

Whether you’ve got a business idea ready to go or just want to dive in and learn by supporting others, you’ll walk away with new ideas, connections, and a clearer path forward!

Facilitators: Zaccary Dyck, District 3, Charlie Gedeon and Allan Macdonald, Pragmatics Studio