DOES YOUR IDEA HAVE POTENTIAL?
The SBE Explore program is designed to support women who have an idea they want to bring to life. The program provides the frameworks, skills, and networks you need to translate your brilliant idea into a scalable business. Explore will give you the knowledge and confidence you need to examine, prototype and launch your venture.
The Explore program is an opportunity to thoroughly test your idea and understand its commercial potential. You’ll also learn about strategic tools and resources that will help you establish a company, overcome early obstacles, protect your intellectual property, and acquire customers. You’ll finish the program empowered and inspired, with the confidence to to think about yourself as a founder.
LEARN FROM EXPERIENCED MENTORS, FOUNDERS, INVESTORS AND INDUSTRY EXPERTS
ARE YOU READY?
Explore is right for you if you have a great idea, but you’ve not yet turned it into a fully fledged business. You know that customers will benefit from your idea, but you’re not quite sure how to get there, or the best path to take. You want to do so as cost effectively, and as efficiently as possible.
WHY EXPLORE?
You have a great, winning idea, but you’re not sure of the best steps to take in order to turn it into a great business. You’ve thought of a solution that you love, but you’re not sure if customers will be willing to pay for it. You want to learn from those who have made mistakes before you, so you don’t need to make the same mistakes. You want the confidence to go into the world as the founder of a successful and scalable business.
WHAT YOU WILL ACHIEVE
By the end of Explore, you will have a thorough understanding of what it takes to turn an idea into a business. You will learn how to work to a lean startup model, as well as forecasting, budgeting, customer acquisition, marketing, and how to fund your future growth.
PROGRAM OUTLINE
The SBE Explore program is an online, self-paced program consisting of 10 core modules:
Pete Goldsworthy
LaunchVic
Laura Hall
Founder: Helio
Carmen Pascoe
Founder: SitClique
KC Holiday
BetterLabs
Chris Taylor
The Leadership Movement
Libby Briggs
Scale Investors
Skye Lockhart
Hourigan International
Rachael Thien
Founder: Curu
Bill Trestrail
Market Momentum/SBE Ambassador
Cheryl Mack
Aussie Angels
Noga Edelstein
Founder, UrbanYou
Elan Pamensky
Cloud CFO
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Start-Up Essentials
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The Problem & Ideation
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The Solution & Validation
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Prototyping & Customer Feedback
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Making Money
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Starting the Business
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Early Stage Funding
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Pathway to Market
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Thinking About Investment
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The Start-Up Mindset
Explore is designed to be a practical, step by step roadmap to lead you through problem definition, solution design, business models, finding money to fuel growth, and a whole lot more. All delivered in bite-sized lessons within each module and with guided activities so you can work through the program on your own time.
You will be supported with access to regular "office hours" support to answer any questions and a dedicated Explore community group to build your community of entrepreneurs just like you. After you have completed Explore and launched your MVP, you will have access to SBE's industry-acclaimed accelerator and advisory programs for every stage of your new business.
Explore is available for just $595 with ongoing access to the course. Use it for this idea, and the next one, and the next one... or learn the process first then think of the idea to match!
WANT MORE?
UPGRADE TO SBE COMMUNITY MEMBERSHIP
Whilst you get access to the wonderful Explore community group with the Explore program you may wish to network with the wider SBE Alumni community. Enrol in Explore and upgrade to include Community membership at an additional discounted rate of $495/year (usually $595 per year). Use the link below to sign up for this option.
SBE Community Membership is designed for ambitious women founding or leading entrepreneurial ventures. Idea-to-IPO we connect women to the tools, networks and knowledge needed to build extraordinary businesses and pave the way for others to do the same. As an Explore participant you have the option to upgrade to community membership along with your Explore course at a discount. Join the vibrant SBE Community and connect with SBE alumni and other community members.
SBE ANNUAL
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One-on-one SBE Business Activation plans
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Office hours & community pitch practice events
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Life long learners club for quarterly discussion on books/podcasts/ideas
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Monthly masterclasses
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Access to our masterclass library on demand
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Priority access to events and workshops
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Access to our curated marketplace of the ecosystem's best start-up providers
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Check our jobs and internships in the SBE community
Still have questions? Check out some frequently asked questions here or contact us for help.
“SBE Explore was a great surprise for me. I have done a couple of online courses to learn how to turn an idea into a business, however I always got stuck at some stage and wasn’t completely satisfied with my results. SBE Explore was the only accelerator program that made me take real actions. I finished the course with real data and a clear view about where I am going.”
Renata Daubt, Awen Consulting
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“SBE's Explore Program offered a terrific blend of professional support, encouragement and rigor that gave me the tools, discipline and confidence to take a leap forward with Guida. Our facilitator, cohort of participants, and guest presenters will always be special people in my network.”
Amanda Nolan, Guida
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“I am really enjoying the Explore program. It is so exciting to be taking a step by step approach, guided by experts. I am learning so much, my notebook is bulging! I highly recommend this program to anyone who has a great idea for a business."
Breed Barrett
“I love everything that SBE does and as a former graduate of the Evolve program I knew that there some things I could learn having gone back and looked at the foundation of my business...SBE makes it really obtainable to do their programs... SBE, you guys rock!”
Ashley Grottoli, Peekabras
