[Global Start-up Runway] Core curriculum of the China Booster Programme was successfully concluded!

Date & Time
2022-06-07T07:00:00
Food and beverages served?
no
Type of event
public

In the hot summer, the China Booster Programme 2022 has come to a successful conclusion. It is one of the core contents of the "Global Start-up Runway" and also a series of lectures tailored for the founders of BLOCK71 incubated enterprises. Jointly held by BLOCK71 Suzhou and BLOCK71 Chongqing, this year’s Global Start-up Runway attracted about 20 founders of incubated enterprises and lasted for 5 weeks, and received unanimous praise from everyone.

 

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The China Booster Programme is anchored by the National University of Singapore and the BLOCK71 global innovation ecosystem, highlighting theoretical and practical aspects and emphasizing exchange and sharing. We invited Dr. Laurance LAU, Mr. Youhong Xie, Dr. Peter KWAN, Dr. Xiaoyan Wang, and Ms. Xiaoling Chen. Possessing unique market acumen and rich practical experience in entrepreneurship, these five mentors brought founders the entrepreneurship knowledge and practical cases founders from theory, and market strategy into practice through five courses which were <Lean Startup>, <Market Analysis and Insight>, <Marketing Strategy>, < Marketing Strategy>, <Communication and Selling Skills>, and <Equity Structure and Financing>. At the same time, They also discussed with the founders and helped to answer their questions.

 

▲The first session < Lean Startup>

On June 7th, the China Booster Programme officially opened. Dr. Laurance LAU used the combination of theories and cases to deeply analyze the underlying logic of lean entrepreneurship methodology for founders of various enterprises, broke down the issue of the top-level design of Lean Startup management and the mid-level team fighting force, and he had an in-depth interaction with Anlai Optoelectronics from Suzhou.

 

▲The second session < Market Analysis and Insight>

On June 14th, focusing on the business model and iteration of science and technology innovation enterprises in the digital economy era, Mr. Youhong Xie introduced the main development trends and industry dynamics of China market from business analysis tools, business models, business models, market environment, market penetration, and other topics. He also built a scientific framework about business for founders on the design and iteration of business models in the new era.

 

▲The third session < Marketing Strategy>

On June 21st, Dr. Peter KWAN analyzed the topic of effective marketing strategies, looking at the background of the pharmaceutical industry and the bottlenecks in the development of enterprises, He talked about how enterprises can increase their market share by adjusting their marketing strategies and tactics, and how they can effectively adjust their marketing plans according to their current situation and seek more suitable market opportunities to break through the entrepreneurial environment and grasp the market dividend.

 

▲The fourth session < Communication and Selling Skills>

On June 28th, Dr. Xiaoyan Wang gave "coups" for founders on how to effectively communicate with investors in the financing process. As one of the key capabilities of the entrepreneurial team, the ability of continuous financing not only is a necessary condition for the team to maintain its leading edge but more importantly, is related to the overall development and even survival of the team. Given effective communication, continuous financing, and other topics, she analyzed the company background, management team, technology products and services, industry market analysis, competition, customers, and other factors and built a set of framework logic for the founders to write their business plans.

 

▲The fifth session <Equity Structure and Financing>

On July 5th, Ms. Xiaoling Chen shared about the equity structure design and equity financing for startups, telling about the basic points of the start-up’s equity structure design. Through real cases such as Ant Financial Services and Bull Group, she analyzed how to grasp control and compared the differences between equity transfer and capital increase by using data comparison.

 

 

The courses of the 2022 China Booster Programme have come to an end. Thanks to the participation of each mentor and founder. Next, we will also hold a Community Day: and Founder's Club meeting with the participation of entrepreneurs, mentors, and partner companies to understand the needs of companies, empower them to access more resources and networks, as well as build a strong and vibrant innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem with BLOCK71.