Venture Academy

The Venture Academy

A training platform, usually the day before an event where the presenting companies can practice their pitch in front of coaches who will help them to a better overall performance.

The length of the session varies; the practicing companies usually gets around 25 minutes each, the session is divided into the number of companies. For example, 1,5 hour with four companies gives them 22,5 minutes each.

* Consult SOP 'registration' for instructions on what to do before/during/after the registration

* Consult SOP 'person in the event room' for instructions on what to do before/during/after the sessions.

Overall steps recruiting



Step 1: Venue
- The location of the Venture Academy is usually in the contract of the partners (see SOP Partner follow up)

- The partners are usually suggesting different locations for the Venture Academy during the first or second meeting.

Step 2: Selling it to the companies
- The Venture Academy needs to be always visible on the website and it is also a good selling argument to the actual event.

- When a company is confirmed to the 'real event' they need to clarify if they also would like to attend the Venture Academy.

Step 3: Recruiting coaches
- When recruiting coaches for the Venture Academy, you can look at
 * last year's coaches
 * ask partners/sponsors if they know any good coaches in the area
 * if there are any interesting consultants coming as expert reviewers that could be useful for this

Step 4: Fundraising manual
- The fundraising manual is to be printed and distributed onsite.

The manual can be found in the local network under \\dc01\Global\Europe Unlimited Manuals\Fundraising Manual