Ato a 5-day intensive programme organised by Reload Greece in partnership
*Early stage Ventures are startups with an initial product that have a small customer base bringing in some revenues. Your main focus should be on growing the business to become profitable and self-sufficient.
Any questions? Contact us at info@reloadgreece.com
Ato a 5-day intensive programme organised by Reload Greece in partnership
*Early stage Ventures are startups with an initial product that have a small customer base bringing in some revenues. Your main focus should be on growing the business to become profitable and self-sufficient.
Any questions? Contact us at info@reloadgreece.com
Orange Grove Prize: One team will receive 6 months worth of complimentary workspace in the Incubator of the Dutch Embassy in Greece. The team will also be able to benefit from Orange Grove's educational, mentoring and networking programme.
Eudaimonia Prize: Tailor-made Start-Up coaching to create a thriving business. One team will receive five 60-minute business coaching sessions focusing either on operations, marketing, finance, sales or people depending on your needs.
Google Cloud Platform: Google credits worth $2,000.
Startups can be coming from any industry and can include social ventures. At the same time, we will diligently shift through the applications to ensure we select the startups that are at the right stage, are eager to work exceptionally hard and will get the most out of our programme. Selection Criteria include: value and scalability of the business model, team capabilities, the competition, the market opportunity, the recognition of key drawbacks on the proposal, the resources needed to strengthen the proposal and finally the Reload Factor, meaning the assessment of likely impact that the venture can have on Greece.
day 1 (20th June)
9am - 7pm
Introduction to Business Model Canvas led by Mike Sotirakos.
Focus on: Value proposition & Customer Segments.
Evening session on: Marketing your start-up
by George Pallis Marketing Director of Deliveroo
day 2 (21st June)
9am - 7pm
Morning Focus on: Channels to Market & Customer Relationships.
Afternoon Focus on: Key activities, Key resources & Key partners
Evening Focus on: Initial prep for day3's financials
day 3 (22nd June)
9am - 7pm
Main Focus on: Nailing your financials
Morning mini worskshop on financials (learn how to forecast and to chose the right elements to present in your pitch, learn how to prepare your P&L, Cash flow and Balance sheets): Marc Van Der Berg of Skills Gym
Afternoon Focus on: Revenue Streams & Cost Structures
Inspirational Evening Guest Presentation
day 4 (23rd June)
9am - 7pm
Focus on: How to deliver a winning pitch full day workshop by expert Dr. Linda Plano of Wellenwide
Morning Focus on: Professional pitch training
Afternoon Focus on: Structuring your pitch
Evening Focus on: Practice & practice!
day 5 (24th June)
Morning & Afternoon Focus on: Improving your pitch with Dr. Linda Plano
Dragon's Den Event: When pitching takes place in front of the investors and the audience.
Reload Greece wants to help accelerate the best startups that will make an immediate impact to Greece's economy and society. For this reason we will be offering one scholarship which will cover the full cost of the programme (£500). To apply you need to tick the relevant box in your application form as well as make a strong case as to why your team and venture should be awarded, in 250 words.
WATERSHED ENTREPRENEURS | CEO
Entrepreneur, investor & engineer, Mike has successfully delivered the Watershed Programme to 65 entrepreneurs.
WELLENWIDE | ENTREPRENEUR COACH
Linda Plano has been coaching entrepreneurs with their pitches since 2005. She has worked with nearly 600 entrepreneurs and they have gone on to raise well over $250M. Linda's clients have included high tech entrepreneurs with startups in life sciences, cleantech, high tech and web based applications as well as retail business owners.
RG Mentor Christina Garidi
MastihaWorld team working on the Business Model Canvas
Nasos Papadopoulos after his pitch at last year's Dragon's Den event
MetaLearner Business Model Canvas after a week of hard work
Mike Sotirakos mentoring Reloaders
Reload Greece Legal Advisor: Emmanouel Vranakis
Emmanouel Vranakis is Reload greece's Legal advisor for the RG Challenge. He is a technology and startup lawyer that worked at international city law firm dac beachcroft llp. he acted for all types of tech businesses ranging from startups to major uK / US Corporates.
The objectives of the Reload Greece CIC are to carry on activities which benefit the community and in particular promote economic an employment growth in the community; promote industry, commerce and the arts; help and inspire young people through the provision and facilitation of support, training and projects which develop their skills, capacities and capabilities; and such other purposes as will benefit the community.
So far the Watershed programme has been delivered to 65 young entrepreneurs. Their goal is to identify and develop a generation of wealth creators who are not “status quo” people. Their mission is to launch 1000 wealth creators in 10 years and to this end they aim to work with 100 young people annually to transform their entrepreneurial ideas into a commercial reality.
The full cost of the programme is £500 per team. This means that the cost per person ranges from £100-£166 depending on the number of people in the team. This is for the full week including all the workshops, mentoring and speaker series as well as a coffee/ tea & light refreshments in the morning, lunch and snacks. It does not however cover any accomondation or transport costs.
This event is organized by Reload Greece C.I.C whose mission and purpose can be found here
According to our T&Cs,2% from any funds raised as a result of your participation to the RGChallenge to will be donated to Reload Greece CIC thus contributing to the continuation of our activities in the future