ExperimentFirst
Unit of Wheelhouse Venture Partners
innovation in action framework delivered in an 25 weeks
SPARK
SPRINT
SOLUTION
SCALE
Journey
You are an intra(entre)preneur, working on a project, heading up a team, or responsibile for innovations inside your organisation
A problem that you've seen, heard, or experienced
A good idea, but no implementation plan. A great set of projects, but no core innovation
A detailed plan, but no organisational capacity to deliver.
or unsure on where to start with your solution, how to take it forward, whether to take risk on it or not?
Optional, as relevant to each team
Website (alpha)
Film (video, animation story)
Customers, signed up
Customer pitch, verified
Investor deck pitched tested
Business model tested
Minimum Viable Product, defined
Team/Board of advisors.
End of Program
leave with
Starting points
you
Customer
Development
Business Model
Development
relevant high-value, personal introductions / Group Hangouts with teachers, chief academic officers, CIOs, school principals
15+
hour(s) of one to one calls on a frequent basis with your virtual co-founder
10+
Getting out of the building with customer/user
interviews
30+
hours of online videos, blogs, assignments
10+
Knowledge
Skills
Mindsets
Introductions
Resources
10+
website developer hours, film-animator hours.
Week 1-2: Kickoff, problem definition and narrative, 2 strategic intents with corresponding solutions...
Week 3-4: Customer/user discovery, interview scripts, and value propositions for 2 solution designs...
Week 5-6: Defining minimum viable products for 2 solution designs, behaviour change and impact defined...
Week 7: partners/team/revenue streams/cost structures...
Week 8: Distribution, vision, one defined executable path...