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🎓 Training Activity 1: The Challenges Ahead

Welcome!

🌱 In this activity, Giordano Dichter introduces you to the foundation of the work to be done and the change needed to build your accelerator's sustainability plan.

Some of the topics discussed in this activity include:

🌻 The accelerator's business model challenges and limitations

🌻 The need for diversification

🌻 The target user and the strong suit

🌻 The Ecosystem mapping

While you watch the video, think about the following questions:

🤔 Who are your target users? Who are the (potential) entrepreneurs you are trying to help?

🤔 What is your strong suit with respect to your peers? What is your differentiation factor (the one thing you are good at)?

🤔 What is your ecosystem looking like, and who could be interested in funding your operations?

Let's get started!

🎬 Watch the video here

Explore some more...

Check this document that identifies ways to catalyze finance for climate technology incubators and accelerators in developing countries.

Apply your knowledge!

👤 Step 1: Define your target users using the User Canvas worksheet. Then think about what makes you unique regarding the support you provide to the users defined.

🌐 Step 2: Map the ecosystem players interested in financing you in the context where you operate, and fill them out in the first tab of the ecosystem worksheet according to their priorities. Use the Ecosystem Worksheet to help you achieve this task.

📋 Step 3: Draw up a quick value proposition for each of the #1 ranking actors and fill them out in the second tab of the ecosystem worksheet.

Leveraging your Universal Skills

While helping your team improve in this Team Development area, you can simultaneously be leveraging and enhancing your Universal Skills & Character Strengths. To do that, go to your Team Growth board to review your Universal Skills & Character Strengths results and priorities, and then see how you can adapt this team growth activity to also help you improve your individual skills.

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Giordano Dichter
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