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Impact Startup Academy (isa)
build together track: peer learning
creating together for greater impact
Cohort 4 launches February 24, 2025
join c4, 2025
trusted by 550+ founders
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creating together for greater impact
Cohort 4 launches February 24, 2025
trusted by 550+ founders
₹4990
+ gst
Creating Together for Greater Impact-
The Build Together track is a cohort-based course designed to foster collaboration and active participation. This track offers a structured learning environment where participants can engage in live sessions, work on practical creations, and receive continuous feedback. By combining individual learning with group interactions, the Build Together track aims to create a community of impact-driven entrepreneurs who support and learn from each other.
Early stage Founders:
- Just started a startup
- Been building a startup for a while
individuals with a mindset:
- I don’t know how to build a startup of any kind
- I know how to build a startup for profit, but don’t know how to marry purpose and profit
Live Sessions with Breakout Rooms
You will get to attend live sessions for each of the 10 CORE sessions (2 sessions/week, every Monday & Wednesday). In these, the pre-recorded session video will be played and twice in every session, you will get into a breakout room with 2 other course participants to discuss a question from the session. These breakout rooms are a great opportunity for you to meet a diverse group of people interested in Impact Entrepreneurship (Founders, Coders, Designers, people early in their journey & those with decades of work experience). In every session, you will have a new set of people in your breakout room. These live sessions will also have polls, quizzes, and chat prompts for you to actively engage with the session content.
Creations
To help you create and not just consume we have thoughtfully set up a Creation system. After each session, you will create and submit ‘1 Creation’. This Creation will be directly linked to the session content, will be explained via detailed examples, and will be an output that will help you build your Impact Startup. Example Creations: Shortlisting your customers and their problems, outlining the main features of your solution, picking your business model, drafting your sales plan, etc.
Squad
You will be part of a small group of course participants who are all serious about learning and supporting each other. We will set up the squads for you, give you the tools to run them & help troubleshoot issues but the squads are self-run by the squad participants. These squads are a place for you to chat about the session, ask/answer questions, clarify concepts, and give each other feedback on your Creations.
Weekly Feedback + Q&A Session
Every week, you will have access to a Feedback + Q&A session with build3 team (every Friday). Here, some participants will present their Creations to the whole group and the build3 team will give feedback. This public sharing & feedback helps everyone learn & improve their creations. Then we will have a whole group Q&A session for people to clarify doubts regarding the week’s Concepts & Creations. Finally, participants will get into their squads (breakout rooms) and participants who have not presented in the large group will present their creations and get feedback from their squad peers. As squad presentations are happening, the build3 team will be available in the main session room to answer questions & give feedback.
Certificate
a UGC recognised certificate by build3 and Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design & Technology based on eligibility criteria of 75%+attendace during live sessions (Monday & Wednesday) and 100% creation submission.
Impact Startup Academy- build together track is an online 5-week cohort-based course. This is what each week will typically look like:
2 live sessions/week
Live Sessions (Monday & Wednesday)
→ Watch pre-recorded content together
→ Two breakout room sessions per class
→ 3-person breakout rooms with new peers each time
→ Interactive elements:
• Polls
• Quizzes
• Chat prompts
→ Meet diverse participants (Founders, Coders, Designers, etc.)
→ Recordings are available for 1 Quarter from the course start date
bonus content
• The same curated resources as the Essentials track
• Articles, videos, podcasts, and books
• Permanent access to deeper learning
weekly creations
Weekly Creations System
→ One creation submission after each session
→ Practical outputs linked to session content
→ Examples include:
• Customer and problem analysis
• Solution feature outlines
• Business model selection
• Sales plan drafting
→ Focus on building your Impact Startup
collaborate with your squad
Squad Collaboration
→ a small support group
→ Self-managed but supported by build3
→ Regular interaction opportunities as per availability of squad members decided by squad elected squad coordinator
→ Activities include:
• Session discussions
• Q&A support
• Concept clarification
• Creation feedback
active intentional feedback
Feedback Sessions (Every Friday)
→ Three-part structure:
• Public presentations and build3 team feedback
• Whole group Q&A for concept clarification
• Squad breakout rooms for remaining presentations
→ build3 team available throughout the session
→ Opportunity to learn from peers' feedback
Designed for those wanting to make the world a kinder, more joyful place
Upon successfully completing the isa program, you will receive a digital certificate from Build3. Additionally, you can obtain a UGC-recognized digital certificate through our partner, the Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design, and Technology (a constituent of MAHE, Manipal).
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apply what you learn every week and build your startup idea.
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session 1
impact startups - startup sins & stages - starting with you
→ What are Impact Startups?
→ Why Startups Fail and How they succeed?
→ You have to start with YOU.
session 2
everything co-founders - finding good markets
→ Do you need a Co-Founder & if yes, then how to find one?
→ What's the 1 thing most people don't understand about Entrepreneurship?
→ How to find good Markets for your Startup?
session 3
picking your market - understanding it deeply
→ How to pick your Market?
→ Impact Startup Canvas.
→ What's the best way to deeply understand your Market?
→ Two additional ways to understand your Market.
session 4
defining your solution - crafting your unique value proposition (UVP)
→ Solution: How to avoid Sins + Test if our solution is great?
→ How to define main features for our Solution?
→ Everything Unique Value Proposition.
session 5
developing your distribution model
→ Understand your customer's Buying Process.
→ Build your Sales Funnel.
→ 2 Important Sales Funnel Concepts.
session 6
designing your business model
→ Business Model: What, Why, How?
→ Price: What influences it & how to pick yours?
→ How to tell if Your Business Model is Sustainable?
session 7
building your theory of change (TOC) competitive advantage - key metrics
→ Theory of Change.
→ Key Metrics & Dashboard.
→ Competitive Advantage.
session 8
testing & iterating
→ How we will do Iterative Testing?
→ How to Conduct Experiments & Build Prototypes?
→ How to Build Minimum Viable Products(mvps)?
session 9
launching & building — scaling & beyond
→ Everything Product Market Fit (PMF).
→ Financing your Startup.
→ Building your Team & Organization.
session 10
closing — what’s next — celebration
→ Our Journey so far & What’s Next
→ Wrap Up
Have a look at most frequently asked questions.
