AUB-SPARK Scaling-up of Startups (SSS) Program
According to a World Bank study, close to 4 out of 5 businesses are not able to grow their business to reach $1,000,000/year in revenue!
If you want to be among the other 1/5 of successful businesses, apply now to the AUB-SPARK Scaling-up of Startups (SSS) Program.
Why?
The AUB-SPARK Scaling-up of Startups (SSS) Program will help you develop a Scalable Growth Plan through Actionable Knowledge and Mentoring System.
How?
First, we will train you and your senior management team in key areas of company strategy, team, internal controls, sales/marketing, and culture!
Second, we help you develop and execute your Scalable Growth Plan with the support of our team of top-notch instructors and expert business mentors.
Program Timeline
Deadline
for Application
August 2023
One on One Mentoring and Growth Plan Preparation
January 2024 – June 2024
Call for Application
July 2023
Workshops
September 2023 – March 2024
6 Modules
Over
16 Weeks
16 Weeks
Who Can Benefit?
You want to achieve One Million Dollars in annual revenues.
You are overwhelmed with too much on your plate every day.
You are stuck in survival mode and unsure of how to grow.
You think you can’t afford the time to achieve the desired growth.
You have challenges in focusing your strategy to develop new products or grow into new markets.
Eligibility Criteria
Lebanese registered companies that generate approximately between $400,000 – $2,000,000/year in revenue.
The company should be registered for 5 years or more.
The company should have between 10 and 40 full time employees including the founder(s).
The founder/manager should be ready and keen to grow the business by 2x or more in revenue and value immediately.
The management team should be hungry for outside perspective, to gain actionable knowledge and work with expert feedback to scale up the business the best way possible.
Selection Process
The Selection process is competitive performed by AUB, and the program will be free to selected candidate firms based on agreeing to develop and implement a company growth plan.
As a matter of policy and for a variety of other reasons, the selection process is confidential and the companies that are not selected in this cycle cannot be provided with further feedback or debriefing as to the reasons why they were not selected.
Unsuccessful candidates can always apply to future rounds.
Better Results with Us
Our process has been proven with two cohort of companies to grow their business the right way, and scale up their firm quarter by quarter, year after year using a clear framework and hands-on methods
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More about the AUB-SPARK Scaling-up of Startups (SSS) Program
The AUB-SPARK Scaling-up of Startups (SSS) Program is a partnership agreement (valued at around $150,000+) between the Darwazah Center for Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship at the American University of Beirut and SPARK (https://spark.ngo/), a leading Netherlands-based NGO, and fully funded by the European Union.
SPARK chose AUB-DC through a competitive RFP (request for proposal) on “Innovation that scales the startup ecosystem in the Mediterranean Countries,” funded by the European Union (https://spark.ngo/startup-ecosystem-stakeholders-met-in-amman/).
The umbrella initiative is extensive and aims to support a broad range of activities to strengthen innovation and startup ecosystems in Lebanon and other Mediterranean Countries.
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Office Location
First Floor, Suliman S. Olayan School of Business, American University of Beirut
Phone
Tel: 01-350000 Ext: 3714
darwazah@aub.edu.lb
Office Location
First Floor, Suliman S. Olayan School of Business,
American University of Beirut
Phone
Tel: 01-350000 Ext: 3714
darwazah@aub.edu.lb
Office Location
First Floor, Suliman S. Olayan School of Business,
American University of Beirut
Phone
Tel: 01-350000 Ext: 3714
darwazah@aub.edu.lb