Birmingham ScaleUp is a non-dilutive 6-month program that equips founders who’ve achieved strong product-market fit and high growth potential with the resources and confidence they need to take their companies to the next level. Applications will close April 1st, with the program set to launch in the first week of May and conclude in November 2020.
Once selected, ScaleUp founders will be matched with a more experienced entrepreneur for ongoing, founder-to-founder mentorship, and will get plugged into Endeavor's regional network for tactical advice around specific business challenges. Seven Drivers of Growth sessions with our partners at EY will be used to inform mentor-matching and develop personalized roadmaps for each business’ ScaleUp experience.
Founders will also benefit from monthly workshops with their local cohort, in conversation with more experienced business owners and operators who can help them navigate their evolving role as a leader and the dynamic challenges of scaling their operations. These sessions will tackle topics such as:
Avoiding the trap of trying to do too much and zeroing in on your most valuable market
Assuring that you have the right leadership team and organizational structure for each stage of growth
Creating a culture, cadence, and system of data-driven accountability
Dealing with ambiguity and being strategic about blind spots
Evolving your narrative and communicating sophistication to next level growth partners
To conclude the program, Endeavor ScaleUp will orchestrate a mock selection panel in which entrepreneurs sit down with top regional mentors and entrepreneurs and receive tactical, meaningful feedback, and leading participants will be invited to begin the selection process for Endeavor’s global network.
This program is probably for you if:
You’re aiming to build a game-changing business with regional economic impact
You know you need to, or are in the process of trying to, replicate yourself and spend less time in the weeds of day-to-day operations
You strive to be the best version of yourself for your customers, team members, and business community, better with each passing day
You recognize how connection and conversations with successful founders in other US cities, who have been in your shoes in the last five years, can help you achieve those goals
For additional details and to apply, visit www.endeavoratlanta.org/scale-up