StartupReady Certificate
Upon completion of all three steps of Concordia’s StartupReady program, you will earn a StartupReady certificate and be ready to contribute to Montreal’s vibrant start-up community, and beyond.
StartupReady
Your pathway to Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Do you want to learn how to develop an idea into something tangible? Are you keen to enhance your employability skills for the startup world and beyond? Or do you simply want to further your understanding of what it takes to be innovative and entrepreneurial? StartupReady is the program for you!
An entrepreneurial mindset is fueled by curiosity, geared towards problem-solving, and driven by a desire to bring about change in the world. This mindset and its accompanying skill sets are valuable across disciplines and can help distinguish you in a wide variety of workplaces, within and beyond the tech sector.
StartupReady will initiate you into the world of entrepreneurship and innovation by bringing you through a series of experiences to help you:
Build your entrepreneurial mindset and skills in the areas of agile management, presentation & storytelling, customer discovery, prototyping and design thinking; and
Expand your network with like-minded peers and industry leaders through collaborating with students across disciplines and engaging in a real-time entrepreneurial challenge.
Be StartupReady in three easy steps!
1. Interactive Workshops
A series of six workshops in project management, design thinking, customer discovery, pitching, entrepreneurship and prototyping.
2. Lean Launchpad Course
A four-week journey through the "How to Build a Startup: The Lean LaunchPad" online course with weekly support from the District 3 team. Next cohort starts January 22.
How it works and how to apply
Step 1: Innovation & Entrepreneurship workshops with FutureReady & GradProSkills
There are a total of six workshops that comprise the StartupReady program. Graduate students register though GradProSkills and undergraduate students register through FutureReady.
Before entry to The Lean LaunchPad online course (Step 2), it is strongly recommended that you complete:
Intro to Design Thinking (GPCB593)
Entrepreneurship 101 (GPCB663)
Before entry to the Entrepreneurial Challenge (Step 3), you will additionally need to complete:
Prototyping and Usability Testing (GPCB595)
Practising Agility: Lean Start-Up and SCRUM Basics (GPCB598)
Pitching (GPCB596)
Step 2: Join the "How to Build a Start-Up: The Lean LaunchPad" course facilitated by D3
You will have four weeks to complete The Lean LaunchPad online course, which includes four weekly, 1-hour facilitated check-ins with D3.
The next cohort starts Friday, January 22, 2021. The group will meet weekly on January 22, 29, February 5 and 12 from 11-12pm. Register now
Step 3: Apply for the 6-week intensive StartupReady Entrepreneurial Challenge, led by D3 team
Join a small group of carefully selected students for an immersive, six-week experience rooted in teamwork and problem-solving. This final step on the StartupReady pathway requires you to apply the skills and knowledge you gained from the workshops and online startup course to a real-time challenge.
The next StartupReady Entrepreneurial Challenge will start run in March 2021. You will need to dedicate 3hrs/week to the StartupReady Entrepreneurial Challenge.
The application form will be available on this page in January 2021. Spaces are limited to twenty students.
