Training Program
During the cycle startup teams will experience various activities related to launching and operating an entrepreneurial venture. Mainly, they will:
- Learn how to identify promising opportunities in Agri-Tech
- Learn about the Farm-To-Table Concept
- Learn about Precision agriculture, mainly about GPS Guidance and Auto-steer, Section Control on Sprayers, Row Control on Planters and Seeders, Yield Monitoring, Remote, and In-field Sensing, Data Management, Telematics, Robotics, etc.
- Learn what is “design thinking” and rapid prototyping,
- Learn how to Create MVPs and test them in real-world
- Learn to Conduct customer discovery research
- Learn to recruit and form a team and will become familiar with team dynamics, and culture-setting,
- Understand the role of “failure” in developing products, customers, and new ventures. Gain a deeper understanding of the many ways that startup ventures can succeed and fail, including identification of early warning signs, the implications of such signals, and options for corrective action.
- Learn the main principles of effective branding and how to apply them,
- Develop an understanding of the competitive positioning of products and companies,
- Develop a knowledge of how to “pitch” to investors and other stakeholders, including the development of key soft skills, such as communication and selling tools and skills,
- Learn what makes founders succeed and how to be a great founder and will gain insights, tools, and skills essential to effective leadership and communication in early-stage ventures
- Develop an understanding of marketing and go-to-market strategies and tactics, including “growth hacking,”
- Learn about financial and business models and key performance indicators
- Develop an understanding of intellectual property protection (patents to copyrights and trade secrets)
- Gain knowledge of broader legal issues ranging from entity formation and types to strategies to limit the liabilities of organizations and entrepreneurs,
- Learn more about yourself, your natural personal and leadership styles, and your capabilities and tendencies as a teammate and entrepreneur.
Additionally, startups will have
- 1:1 and mentorship sessions with various successful entrepreneurs. Each team will have a minimum of two meetings during a month.
- Site visits to farmers and Agro companies. Minimum 5 visits will be conducted during the whole period of the incubation.