Apostle Incubator
The Apostle Incubator resumes every Tuesday nights from 7pm - 9pm!
About
JAN 24: “An Entrepreneurial Journey with Walter Larkin” followed by “An Introduction to LivePlan: A Business Plan Software”
JAN 31: "Communicating with your Customer" with Ingrid Martin
FEB 07: "Equity Split & Roles in the Company" with Rick Citron
FEB 14: "Determining Market Potential" with Nicollette and Ingrid
FEB 21: "Pricing your Product/Service" with Joy Fairbanks, Long Beach Accelerator
FEB 28: "Estimating Your Expenses/Sales" with Frank McEnulty
MAR 07: "Building Your Financial Projections" with Frank McEnulty & Dean Heiss
MAR 14: "Protecting your Intellectual Property"
MAR 21: "Bootstrapping & Crowd Funding" with Isabelle Bart
APR 04: "Storytelling and Your Pitch" with Ebony Utley, IIE
APR 11: "Social Enterprises/Non-profits"
APR 18: "Intrapreneurship" with Travis Taylor, P2S
APR 20: Sunstone Innovation Challenge at The Pointe
APR 25: "Creativity & Your Business Model" with Alan Pullman, Studio 111
MAY 02: "CSU Startup Launch Pitch Practice"
*schedule is subject to change
AUG 23: Creativity & The Business Value of Design
AUG 30: Understanding All Of Your Stakeholders/Customers
SEPT 6: Discovering & Understanding The Macroenvironment
SEPT 13: Problems And Opportunities
SEPT 20: What Is Your Vision Statement
SEPT 27: Generating A Good Idea
OCT 4: Creating Choices - Everything Is On The Table
OCT 11: Evaluating And Validating Your Ideas
OCT 18: Customer Insights - Focus, Focus, Focus
OCT 25: Building your Business Model Canvas - Part 1
NOV 1: Building your Business Model Canvas - Part 2
NOV 8: Putting It All Together
NOV 15: How To Tell A Story
NOV 29: Practicing Your Pitch
DEC 6: APOSTLE BUSINESS IDEATION CHALLENGE
Jan 28 - Digital Marketing
Feb 4 - Effective Mobile Marketing
Feb 11 - Branding POSTPONED
Feb 18 - eCommerce Strategies
Feb 25 - Legal / IP
Mar 4 - Women Entrepreneurs
Mar 11 - Intrapreneurship
Mar 18 - Pitching your business
Mar 25 - Branding
Apr 1 - NO MEETING
Apr 8 - DEI
Apr 15 - Non-profits: CANCELLED
Apr 22 - PITCHFEST Competition POSTPONED
Apr 22 - NEW TOPIC Pitching from an Entrepreneur & Angel Investor POV
Apr 29 - Social Entrepreneurship
May 6 - CSU Pitch Event
May 13 - NO MEETING
Aug 24 – Incubator Programming Introduction
Aug 31 – Developing Your Team
Sep 7 – Business Model Canvas I
Sep 14 – Business Model Canvas II
Sep 21 – Business Model Canvas III
Sep 28 – Business Plan Structure & LivePlan Introduction
Oct 5 – Competitive Analysis/MKTG research
Oct 12 – Prototyping & Technology
Oct 19 – Funding Your Startup
Oct 26 – Sharing Ownership
Facebook Live ABC Cap Table Notes
Nov 2 –MVP & Collecting Primary Data
Nov 9 – Design Thinking Workshop/ideation
Nov 16 – Social Media Marketing
Nov 30 – Pricing your Product/Service
Dec 7 – Financials/Pro forma Statements
*subject to change
Jan 19 – “Reconnect, Update & Thinking”
Featured Guest Speakers: Dr. Ebony Utley et al.
Jan 26 – "Prototyping & Technology"
Jan 26- Facebook Live Jan 26- Resources
Feb 2 – "Pricing your Product/Service"
Feb 2- Facebook Live Feb 2- Resources
Feb 9 – "Shared Decision Making"
Featured Guest Speakers: Alfredo Carlos
Feb 16 – "Funding your Startup"
Featured Guest Speakers: Dean Heiss
Feb 16- Facebook Live Feb 16- Resources
Feb 23 – "Sharing Ownership"
Featured Guest Speakers: Rick Citron
Feb 23- Facebook Live Feb 23- Resources
Mar 2 – "Social & Digital Marketing"
Featured Guest Speakers: Aleks Lason, CHRILLEKS
Mar 9 – "Branding"
Featured Guest Speakers: Fabian Geyrhalter, FINIEN
Mar 16 – "Pitching your Business"
Featured Guest Speakers: Ali Nagy, MALI & FRIENDS
Mar 23 – "Intellectual Property Protection"
Featured Guest Speakers: Steve Boyer & Doug Patton
Apr 6 – "eCommerce Strategies"
Featured Guest Speakers: Phillip Hang & Chris Snyder, Shopify
Apr 13 – "Legal Structures"
Featured Guest Speakers: Ashleigh Stone
Apr 20 – "PitchFest Competition"
Featured Guest Speakers: Dean Heiss + Team
Apr 27 – "Wellness Entrepreneurship"
Featured Guest Speakers: Cassandra Vitale
May 4 – "Creating an Inclusive Culture"
Featured Guest Speakers: DeLonzo Rhodes
May 11 – "LB Opportunities & Ecosystem Mixer"
Featured Guest Speakers: Dean Heiss + Team
*program is subject to change
Sep 1 – “Innovation Challenge Information Session”
Sep 8 – “Ideation & Innovation Challenge Speed Dating”
Sep 15 – “Building Your Team”
Featured Guest Speakers: Jeff Bently
Sep 22 – “Developing an MVP”
Featured Guest Speakers: Scott Wayman & Hans Yang
Sep 29 – “Business Model Canvas I"
Oct 6 – “Business Model Canvas II”
Oct 13 – “Business Plan Structure & LivePlan Intro”
Featured Guest Speakers: LivePlan Support
Oct 20 – “Design Thinking Workshop”
Featured Guest Speakers: Steve Boyer & Wesley Woelfel
Oct 27 – “Sustainability Thinking Workshop"
Featured Guest Speakers: Ebony Utley
Nov 3 – “Speed Dating for Innovation Challenge”
Featured Guest Speakers: Full IC Team
Nov 10 – "Market Research: Validate Your Idea with Data"
Featured Guest Speakers: Dr. Ingrid Martin & Research Librarians
Nov 10- Resources Nov 10- Facebook Live
Nov 17 – “Business Financials”
Featured Guest Speakers: Dr. Pia Gupta & Dean Heiss
Nov 17- Resources Nov 17- Facebook Live
Nov 24 – “Virtual Networking Strategies”
Featured Guest Speakers: Dr. Rachel Hastings
Dec 1 – "Business Ethics"
Featured Guest Speakers: Bruce Weinstein
Dec 8 – “Wellness & Focus Over Holidays”
Featured Guest Speakers: Pamela Buckner
Dec 22 – Winter Break
