The Entrepreneur’s Boot Camp:
A Deep Dive for New Ventures
Program Dates and Fees:
May 12-17, 2013
$4,450
The Entrepreneur's Boot Camp - Premium: $6,700*
*"The Entrepreneur's Boot Camp - Premium" includes three one-hour consulting sessions with a faculty member from Babson's Entrepreneurship Division. See below for details.
Both program options include accommodations, meals, and program materials
Program Overview
The Entrepreneur’s Boot Camp: A Deep Dive for New Ventures is a unique one-week program designed for entrepreneurs who seek to create new opportunities in the form of a startup. This program features several accomplished professors of Entrepreneurship at Babson College who collaborate to create a transformational learning and development experience. For high potential participants with the right mindset, this program is designed to be a “life-altering experience,” setting them on a path to build their own wealth and independence.
Program Objectives
The goal of The Entrepreneur’s Boot Camp: A Deep Dive for New Ventures is to provide participating entrepreneurs with the tools, strategies, and confidence needed in order to assess, determine feasibility of, and launch new businesses.
Participants will:
Gain a better understanding of themselves as entrepreneurs including their motivations, roles, and key responsibilities
Explore the notion of building a winning team and other common challenges facing founders and CEOs
Learn key assessment and feasibility techniques including ideation, product definition, rapid iteration testing, and designing the minimum viable product
Acquire tools for assessing product and market fit including understanding target markets and market segmentation and performing effective industry and competitive analyses
Develop an understanding of how to grow and nurture the business through effective brand building, cash flow management and resource allocation, and embracing change and uncertainty for competitive advantage
The Entrepreneur's Boot Camp - Premium
The Premium version of The Entrepreneur's Boot Camp features three one-hour consulting sessions with a faculty member from Babson College’s Entrepreneurship Division, in addition to the program. The consulting takes place via web conference within six months after you participate in The Entrepreneur's Boot Camp. This option is ideal for those participants who would benefit from the strategic advice of a Babson faculty member with deep expertise in consulting to new and growing ventures.