Hands-on support for innovation teams, policy makers and entrepreneurs
Workshops & Trainings to upskill your teams
We invest our time and experience in developing people.
Everyone can acquire the skills to become an excellent entrepreneur & innovator, it starts from daring to try and learning by doing.
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Collaboration Deep Dive
- De-risk, map out and plan the collaboration between government or corporate and a startup.
- Work on a template to outline all risks, experiments, unknowns and the to-do list.
- Clear plan after 2 sessions.
Introduction to collaboration types
- Learn about different collaboration types and how the value is aligned between partners.
- Be able to instantly identify type of collaboration and the measurable effect (metric) based on its type.
Experiment design for collaborations
- Learn how to apply principles of experiment design for a collaboration pilot.
- Get to know which processes and approaches to communication work best.
- Learnings from examples of how others have de-risked their collaborations.
Lean Startup 101
- Learn the principles of Lean Startup
- Understand the differences between processes and the benefits of applying Lean
- See how disciplined experimentation can help every startup
- Get to know how to use Lean Canvas
- Riskiest assumptions list
Experiment design 101
- Discover > Validate loop & principles of continuous learning
- Validation strategies
- Learn about different types of experiments that you can run at different stages of your journey
- Play a game of finding out the best experiments to validate specific ideas.
- Prepare an Experiment Backlog for your idea.
Jobs-to-be-done 101
- Learn about 3 types of Jobs-to-be-done
- Play a game of guessing which jobs different products do for their customers and learn about relation between customer segments & jobs.
- Create a jobs-to-be-done list for your idea for further validation
Customer Development 101
- Learn how to get proper qualitative insights
- Get the basics of body language
- Formulate the right questions to conduct the research based on the top 10 most useful questions to ask
- Exercise on how to analyse the data that you collect.
Problem validation & Problem scope
- Problem scope, problem definition and why it’s never just one problem to solve
- Problem-Behaviour relation
- Map out and evaluate problems, learn how to find problem worth solving
- Problem definition template
- Analyse problem scope for your project or idea
Problem-Solution fit 101
- Learn how to find a Solution that will be adopted by your Customers based on the behaviour that they show
- Get to know what impacts Problem-Solution fit and how to find a match
- Understand how customer behaviour and context can make it or break it
- Work on Problem-Solution fit canvas
UX principles & Customer journey 101
- Learn the basics of UX and information architecture
- Get to know the basics of branding & colours
- Behavioural tips to apply in Product design
- Map out customer journey for your product
- Analyse and improve the journey
- Learn how to create the basis for product UX
Rapid prototyping & Validation strategy
- Validation strategy and experimentation
- MVP as a vehicle to deliver value
- Rapid prototyping tools and techniques
- How to create products and services without code using existing tools
- Learn from examples of others
Marketing & Channels validation 101
- Learn how to analyse channels, reach-frequency approach
- Find the channels that don’t cost a lot to advertise
- Learn how to create your first campaign
- Principles of using different social media channels
Problem cost & Pricing your product
- Learn the principles of Lean Startup
- Understand the differences between processes and the benefits of applying Lean
- See how disciplined experimentation can help every startup
- Get to know how to use Lean Canvas
- Riskiest assumptions list
Landing page or a prototype in a day
- Scope what kind of value you need to deliver to your customers and outline key features of your MVP
- Map out a process: facing customer + what’s going on behind the curtains
- Outline customer journey for your MVP
- Create an MVP using no-code and low-code tools
Market & Influencing forces 101
- Using a Market status quo template analyse customer insights and market state
- Map out influencing forces that can make or break your strategy
- Get to know which opinions prevail, how far you are from the market ‘norm’ and how to get there faster
Collab Canvas principles
- De-risk, map out and structure your collaborations better.
- Learn about the key points that can make or break your collaborations
- Get to know which metrics matter and which risks should be addressed when you work on social, urban or environmental challenges
Government-startup collaborations
- Learn why governments collaborate
- See the differences between organisations and their ways of working
- Get an overview of typical challenges that government like to address at different levels: from municipality to a ministry
- Define what kind of collaboration type would work best for your case.
What People Are Saying
“The Ideahackers team supports Vattenfall H1 & H2 innovation projects in establishing problem-solution fit & solution-market fit. This is done through running both qualitative and quantitative validation experiments. Whereas some only ‘teach’, they actually apply best practices from Lean Startup methodology and the field of Design Thinking.
Ideahackers are able to deeply empathise with customers to gather insights. With their creative powers they turn their findings into beautifully designed concept tests plus they set-up sound analytics. Their skills and passion greatly contributes to establishing value.”
“The surprise element was the human factor. The IdeaHackers team has good people! Yes, they know what they are talking about but to me what’s way more important is that they care.”
“Great attitude! Sharp comments & direct feedback.”
“We understood the problem was beyond what it seemed on the surface. Program provided us with a range of tools that I can now pull out when I stumble across challenges in the future.”
