Innovation Leadership Accelerator Course Outline
In person program will kick off on January 9th, at OneEleven in Toronto at a Welcome Event hosted by Jim Balsillie, Carol Wilding and John Ruffolo. Courses will be held at OneEleven weekly from 6-9pm with a new leading expert in the innovation economy hosting every week. Course curriculum and themes of program are highlighted below.
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Introduction to the Innovation Economy | Jan 9 | Jim Balsillie (Former Chairman, Co-CEO, RIM) |
Startup and Scaleup strategy | Jan 16 | Dennis Ensing (CVA & VP Venture Programming, MaRS) |
The Founder Mindset | Jan 23 | Darrell Cox (CFO, LMN) |
The Leadership Journey / Evolution of the CFO role at each stage | Jan 30 | Ralf Riekers (CFO, Top Hat) |
Communications / how to tell the story; how to communicate, engage and motivate team The Art of the Pitch – Pitch Competition | Feb 6 | Matt Hodgson (CAO, Vidyard) |
Startup/Scaleup Operations: Going from 1 to 1000 employees (ops, hiring, infrastructure) | Feb 13 | Rob Curcio (CFO, Viral Nation) |
The controllership function in a Startup/Scaleup and the impact of technology on this role | Feb 27 | Mike Munroe (CFO, Viafoura) |
FP&A / How to measure performance | Mar 5 | Angelo Loberto (COO, Magnet Forensics) |
Balance Sheet vs P&L / The Difference at Each Stage | Mar 19 | Sanjay Dhawan |
Turning business objectives Balance Sheet vs P&L; the difference at each stage into a financial model / strategic planning and annual budgeting Financial Modeling | Mar 26 | Curtis Barclay (CFO, Miovision) |
Raising capital – when to raise, why to raise, and where to raise? | Apr 2 | Brice Scheschuk (Managing Partner, Globalive Capital) |
Venture Capital – who gets funded and who doesn’t? SaaS Simulation Round 1 | Apr 9 | Janet Bannister (Founder & General Partner, Staircase Ventures) |
Private Equity – when to use growth capital, when to consider a buyout, and what PE looks for in a company SaaS Simulation Round 2 | Apr 16 | George Rossolatos (Founder and CEO, Canada Business Growth Fund) |
Exits – IPO vs M&A; key considerations for each option SaaS Simulation Round 3 | Apr 23 | Russ Jones (Former CFO, Shopify) |
IP strategy SaaS Simulation Board Presentations | Apr 30 | Anthony de Fazekas (Partner, Mintz) / Lally Rementilla (Managing Partner, BDC Capital) |
Summary and conclusion | May 7 | John Ruffolo (Founder and Managing Partner, Maverix) |