COURSE ALPHA – 405

The Winning Entrepreneur

start 2023 strong

In this workshop, you will learn about how to vet every stage of your business, from ideation to execution and fund raising. You will be provided with checklists and tools to transform your idea into a successful business. This course will navigate you through practical solutions to achieve engagement, excitement and action from potential Venture Capitalists and Angel Investors.

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Highlights of Past Workshop

No Theory, but a practical approach

an intensive 2-Day master class by serial entrepreneurs, active vc and cx0s

Idea
Validation
A big idea or a big nothing
Financial
Management
Feasibility formats and financial ratios
Brand
Marketing
Crush those 7Ps with style
Sales
Management
Go to market or go to home, Sales it is
Organization Development
Company structures, IPs, and Organization Development
Team Management
It’s always the man behind the machine which makes a difference
Investment Strategy
Investment modeling, exit strategies and deal making
The
Pitch Deck
Now let’s put it altogether and present it with an edge

February 4 & 5, 2023

9:00 AM  – 3:00 PM Est

Hear it from past graduates

listen to founders from our 2022 workshops

life changing experience!

February 4 & 5, 2023

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a rigorous learning weekend

From 9 AM EST until 3 PM Daily

Duration

2 Days

Live

Online via Zoom

Timing

6 hours of daily lectures,
dialogue, discussions & presentations

starts

Saturday, Feb 4, 2023

Who should attend

The course is ideal for aspiring entrepreneurs and new founders.

Founders

Entrepreneurs

Startup CEOs

Marketing/ Brand Managers

February 4 & 5, 2023

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Day 1 - saturday, feb 4

IDEATION AND DESIGN THINKING

INSTRUCTOR 

TIME SLOT

TOPIC

Shafaat Hashmi

9:00 am - 9:30am

Welcome, Introductions & Overview

Amna Razzaq

9:30 am - 10:30 am

Mindset - No Blame, No Complain, Play The Real Game

Break

10:30 - 10:45


Shafaat Hashmi

10:45 - 11:30

Design Thinking & Innovation

Shafaat Hashmi

11:30 - 12:15

Idea Calibration and Ideation Checklist

Shafaat Hashmi

1:00-1:45

How VCs Evaluate your Business Idea

Shafaat Hashmi

12:15 - 1:00

Achieving Market Validation

Shafaat Hashmi

1.00 - 1:30

Building a Brand

Day 2 - SUNDAY, feb 5

Financial modeling, marketing & deal making

INSTRUCTOR 

TIME SLOT 

TOPIC

Amna Razzaq

9:00 am - 9:30

Achieving Operational Excellence

Amna Razzaq

9:30 - 10:00

Leading Powerful Teams

Shafaat Hashmi

10:00 - 10:45

The Art of Sales & Deal Making

Short Break

10:45 - 11:00


Mushtaq Rehman

11:00 - 12:15

Financial Modeling and Valuation

Diego Lecolant

12:15 - 12:45

Alternative Sources of Funding

Amna Razzaq

12:45 - 1:30

Tools to Captivate Your Audiences

Shafaat Hashmi

1:30 - 2:15

Investment Structures

Creating a Winning Pitch Deck

No professors here, but only C-Level Executives and Business Leaders who will train you to practically Win.

Business Idea Validation | Financial Modeling | GTM & Brand Strategy Pitch Deck Design | Presenting Your Pitch

Core Learnings

You will learn a multitude of business skills which are not taught in a typical university. This is an additional course for students who aspire to learn beyond MBA to practically win in the real world as entrepreneurs.

1.

Design Thinking & Idea Validation
Business ideation checklist to ensure you do not pursue a shallow dream but a solid business idea. You will learn weighted factors and critical building blocks to structure a business from ground up.

2.

Research Modeling & Market Testing
Route to innovation which highlights research modeling, testing, IP filing, strategic partnerships and leading a tech team. You will also learn about design thinking and its practical implementation.

3.

Go-to-Market Strategy Justifying Financial Modeling
Financial modeling based on Go-to-Market strategy, scalability of the business and building a brand which will justify forecasted sales and profitability. You will learn how to link your core business operations, marketing and sales strategy with financial forecasting and how to represent it efficiently to investors.

4.

Pitch Deck Design & Presentation Skills
You will learn about the essentials and mandatories of a winning pitch deck. This is followed by helping you craft different types of pitch decks for different types of investors

5.

Emotional Intelligence & Handling Tough Questions
Finally, students will be trained to pitch, handle questions and will be helped to practice their pitch decks for short elevator pitch and 10 minutes presentations. You will be taught how to toggle between story telling, building credibility and instilling excitement to act.

February 4 & 5, 2023

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Syllabus

Modules 

Key Take Aways 

Exercices

Discussion 

405.1. Redefining Startups and Business Ideation

  1. Getting real when it comes to real business.
  2.  Understanding company structures
  3. Building foundation of a business
  4. Redefining the definition of startups
  5. Vetting a business idea
  6. Business ideation checklist 


  1. Putting together a business idea 
  1. Sharing business ideas and building a team to present it. 

405.2. Bootstrapping and Route to Innovation 

  1. Creating product market fit.
  2. Fundamentals of marketing research
  3. Understanding consumer
  4. Bootstrap through operational efficiency, marketing and sales
  5. Putting innovation into motion
  6. Filing for IPs and protecting your technology or design patents.
  7. Understanding the timing of launch 
  1. Create a product or service as part of your startup idea.
  2. Carry out a litmus test on business modeling
  3. Conduct a real market research

  1. Present your research results and how your idea can achieve financial sustainability 

405.3. Building a Brand which Sells 

  1. Fundamentals of brand strategy
  2. UI/UX Fundamentals.
  3. Power of Brand Communication
  4. Crafting winning content
  5. Design thinking
  6. Consumer behavior
  7. Sales strategy and team management
  8. Creating sales funnels through smart efficient promotional marketing
  9. Creating brilliant advertising to achieve engagement, recall and action.
  1. Working with a team of designers to craft your brand and learning how to give a marketing brief.
  2. Work on UI/UX and design content for online advertising. 

405.4. Financial Modeling 

  1. Preparing a financial feasibility
  2. Devil is in the details.
  3. Application of Financial ratios
  4. Basics of investments
  5. Justifying financial model

405.5. Go to Win Market and Building Partnerships 

  1. Planning and executing a brand launch
  2. Building communities
  3. Tailoring and stitching strategic partnerships
  4. Winning negotiations
  5. Strategic Marketing
  6. Open for Funding - how to communicate and reach out?
  1. Negotiation scenarios and case study 
  1. Practicing negotiation
  2. Presenting brand launch and GTM strategy

405.6. Building a pitch deck and presentation 

  1. Pitch deck design
  2. Content writing
  3. Perfecting your pitch
  4. Understanding different types of pitch decks.
  5. Writing a white paper
  6. Marketing your pitch deck
  7. Presenting your pitch online and in-person 
  1. Designing your pitch deck with a team of designers
  2. Practicing your pitch online

  1. Deliver a complete pitch with pitch deck and manage Q&A as well as negotiations. 

Bonuses

one-on-one strategy consultation

A check-list of all the essential components of a perfect pitch, steps to be followed in the presentation as well as network building strategies.

build your tribe

After learning and developing all the components of a pitch, lead a team of designers and developers to bring your ideas to life.

3 months mentorship

It’s not just about what you will learn in this workshop, it’s what we’ll do together – six months from now. A continued support and mentorship to ensure your success.

It's not just the cup, but the learning which you will receive in each lap.

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Instructors

You are being trained by serial entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and brand marketing professionals with decades of practical experience. Your trainers raise investments, launch brands and turn around companies on a daily basis for a living. Some surprise guests await you as well, having global experience in angel investing and running multi-million dollar businesses internationally.

Amna Razzaq

COO Brandbeat Advertising & Communications Global

Shafaat Hashmi

Chairman, Stalliongates Investments,
CEO, Brandbeat Advertising and Communications.
shafaathashmi.com

Diego Lecolant

Private Banker & Financial Planner

Mohammad Mushtaqur Rehman

Director at Prolific Accountants Ltd. UK

2-day workshop + bonuses + STRATEGY CONSULTATION

$2,500

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limited seats

pre-register

step 1: Fill out the pre-registration form here.

step 2: One of our team members will contact you to discuss whether you are good fit for the workshop.

step 3: The payment link for $2500 will be provided after that.
Any major Credit Card or PayPal is accepted.

Helpdesk

Tayyaba Nawaz

Client Servicing Executive.

tayyaba@brandbeat.co

Zaheer Sajjad

Technical Assistance.

zaheer@brandbeat.co

Talha Munir

Course Coordinator.

talha@brandbeat.co

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