Launchpad for Blueprint: Backing Businesses is a complimentary web-based skills development platform available to all eligible applicants of Blueprint: Backing Businesses™, created to support business growth with self-paced learning. The platform includes modules on leadership, strategic planning, operations management, financial modelling, and goal setting through a series of instructional videos, quizzes and interactive surveys designed to help track progress.

Access to Launchpad for Blueprint: Backing Businesses is made possible by a grant from the American Express Foundation.

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Course Curriculum

  • 1

    Chapter 1: Starting Up

    • Welcome to Blueprint: Backing Businesses

    • Launchpad for Blueprint: Backing Businesses Pre-Course Survey

    • How to Start a Business

    • Quiz: How to Start a Business

    • The Canvases

    • What is Design Thinking?

    • Quiz: What is Design Thinking?

    • Business Name Registry

    • Quiz: Business Name Registry

    • Goal Setting

    • Quiz: Goal Setting
  • 2

    Chapter 2: Finance Basics

    • Basics of Finance

    • Debt vs. Equity

    • Quiz: Debt vs. Equity

    • Bootstrapping

    • Fundraising

    • Grants and Where to Find Them

    • Quiz: Grants and Where to Find Them
  • 3

    Chapter 3: Talent

    • Hiring First Team Members

    • Quiz: Hiring First Team Members

    • Talent in a Business

    • Leading Through Uncertain Times

    • How to Manage Remote Teams
  • 4

    Chapter 4: Sales and Marketing

    • Introduction to Sales

    • Introduction to Product

    • Building an MVP for Businesses

    • Quiz: Building an MVP for Business

    • Marketing Fundamentals

    • Personal Branding

    • How to Pitch Your Business

    • Self- Assessment on Pitching your Business

    • What is Your Pitch?

    • Question: What is your Pitch?

    • Quiz: Final Quiz for Launchpad for Blueprint: Backing Businesses

    • Congratulations!

    • Launchpad for Blueprint:Backing Businesses Post-Course Survey

Access to Launchpad for Blueprint: Backing Businesses

Launchpad for Blueprint: Backing Businesses is a complimentary platform intended for all eligible Blueprint: Backing Businesses applicants.

Email addresses that register for Launchpad for Blueprint: Backing Businesses will be cross-referenced with the applicant list. Any emails that do not match the existing application list will receive a follow-up to confirm application details, if applicable. If an individual registering for Launchpad for Blueprint: Backing Businesses has not previously applied to the program, unfortunately, access to the platform will be removed.

About Blueprint: Backing Businesses

Blueprint: Backing Businesses™, is a mentorship and grant program designed to support the advancement of Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour (BIPOC) business owners across Canada.

To learn more about Blueprint please visit: dmz.to/amexblueprint