Tech Ready Women 2022 Female Founders Startup Program

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Join the Startup Program

Our 8 week startup program has been specifically designed to help you to test and launch your idea in the market.

The program has been developed by industry experts and successful entrepreneurs. Throughout the program you will be supported by mentors, ensuring you get access to the best advice, education and networks to help you to succeed on your startup journey. 

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Australia's Top Entrepreneurs & Experts

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What you will gain from the program

 

  • Proven methods to test, build and launch your idea
  • Confidence in your own skills and abilities to create a successful startup 
  • Access to a quality mentor and peer network
  • Clear understanding of early stage startup legals 
  • An opportunity to put into practice all of your learnings

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8 week startup course outline

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Week 1

Orientation

Introduction to Tech Ready Women, getting to know you and understanding you as a founder
3 Months
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Week 2

The Idea

Learn about design thinking, understand problem-solution fit and learn how to conduct user research
3 Months
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Week 3

Customer & Market Discovery

Customer testing, buyer personas, competitor analysis and Unique Selling Proposition (USP)
3 Months
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Week 4

Business & Financial Modelling

Understand different types of business models, value proposition and financial modelling for startups
3 Months
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Week 5

Developing an Minimum Viable Product (MVP)

Different types of Minimum Viable Product (MVP) and landing page experiment
50 Sudents
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Week 6

UX, Tech & Product Management

Product management, programming frameworks & languages, rapid prototyping and customer experience and UX design
50 Sudents
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Week 7

Startup Legals

Company registration & structures, shareholders and protecting your IP
50 Sudents
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Week 8

Pitch Preparation

Craft your 2-minute elevator pitch and pitch submission. You can do it!
50 Sudents
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Hear from some of our alumni & mentors

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Without the course, I would never have had the courage to apply for an MVP grant and so much more.

Kate Neubauer
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Joining the program gave me a clear direction and a place to ask questions to help get my startup off the ground.

Nina Leelah
Bartrick Parkour
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Through the Tech Ready Women course, I have met so many inspiring, strong and ambitious women in business.

Rebecca Lim
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I wish that when I started, I had access to a program like this with industry experts of this calibre!

Lauren Warwick
Former Co-founder of Glamazon, Marketing Lead at Urban Company
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The program helped me to clearly define my goals, find major holes in what I was doing, pulled them apart and helped me put them back together. 

Blaise McCann
Founder, Hear Us Roar
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Frequently Asked Questions

Who is the program for?

This program is for women who have an idea for a tech startup. The program covers all of the key steps required to test and launch your idea. You are ideally in the early stages of developing your business and you feel like you’re missing some key skills and knowledge to help you to get it to market. 

You also do not have to have prior experience in order to apply. 

Please note: Current program scholarship positions are for NSW residents only. 

How do I apply?

You can apply online with two simple steps. First register through our website. You will then be sent an email with the full application form.

When do applications close?

Applications close at 5pm AEST on Monday, 21 March 2022. 

What is the application process?

Once we have received your initial application you will be notified if you have been shortlisted. The top 50 applicants will be selected for the program and will be notified via email and/or phone. 

What is included in the 8 week program?

The program is an 8 week hybrid program. Week 1 will be conducted as a face-to face session out of Sydney Startup Hub and will be live streamed for our regional founders. Weeks 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 will be held virtually with 1.5 contact hours required each week.

You will have a facilitator and mentors to support and assist you with your questions and to implement your learnings. Our activities and exercises are specifically designed to improve your success rate, when it comes to building sustainable technology products and services.

The online modules have been created by industry experts in startups, UX design, software development, product strategy and investment. We’ll provide you with templates, resources, and activities to help you develop your idea, tech product or service.

What are the scholarships?

If your application is successful you will be offered one of two scholarships:

  1. Full scholarship
  2. Part scholarship which 65% of your program fee is covered and you pay the remaining $650+ GST
How do you choose the participants?

We will spend time to review each application before deciding on the final participants to ensure those selected will benefit the most out of the program. 

Places are limited so if your application is not successful for this round we will encourage you to reapply for the next program. We want to see you succeed so will also refer you to other programs and communities that can support your stage of business.

See below to find answers to more of our commonly asked questions.

If you don’t find the answer you’re looking for, please contact [email protected]

Download our FAQs document

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2022 Tech Ready Women

Female Founders Startup Program

Applications for the 2022 April intake of the Female Founders Startup program are now CLOSED! 

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