What’s in it for you?
You define success, our community helps make it a reality!
Sign-up and discover your path to fundability, marketability, and scalability!
Sign-up and discover your path to fundability, marketability, and scalability!
Funding
Collaborative Culture
Social – B-Corp
What our members are saying about their experience with GrowthCraft!
Funding
Banking Relationships/SBIR/VC Intros/GTM Strategy/Customer Acquisition.
Access to funding comes in all shapes and sizes.
Non-dilutive, Equity funding, Debt funding, Crowdfunding, Bootstrapping, Go to market strategies, and customer acquisition are all available to you! Each pathway begins with the GrowthCraft Assessment.
If your startup holds potential for significant societal or economic impact, GrowthCraft can educate you on the non-dilutive funding process through Federal grant programs like SBIR/STTR.
Securing VC and Angel funding begins with fortifying your fundamentals and developing a solid fundraising strategy. GrowthCraft guides you and, if you are deemed ready, provides warm introductions to selected investors in our network if your offer aligns with their criteria.
Debt funding requires education on options, assessing financial readiness, preparing loan applications, ensuring compliance, developing sustainable repayment plans, and providing ongoing advice and performance monitoring. Our Advisors have a network of bank and private lenders and can provide support each step of the way.
Crowdfunding can be a powerful tool for achieving your fundraising goals, but without proper understanding, it can waste countless hours producing zero results. GrowthCraft provides essential insights, guides you to the right platform, and facilitates personalized introductions so you're not lost in the mix.
Starting and growing a business using your own money, allowing you to have more control over your business but may involve higher personal financial risk. You can also use the profits you make, and other low-cost resources instead of getting funds from outside sources like investors or banks.
Outlines a comprehensive plan that a company needs to succeed in the market with its product or service. This is done by leveraging these components: the target market, the company’s value proposition, distribution channels, pricing strategies, marketing and sales strategies, customer service and support, metrics and KPI’s
The process and strategies a business uses to obtain new customers. This can be done by effectively leveraging marketing campaigns, advertising, social media outreach, content marketing, referrals, and various sales techniques. The business looks to become self-funded through its own sales process and new customers.
Collaborative Culture
Ventures that thrive know that founders and startup teams can’t do it alone. GrowthCraft effectively leads founders to build, gain traction and scale profitably.
Startups need the support and guidance of Advisors and Peers who can shorten the path, ignite ideas, open doors, and help avoid potential pitfalls. The whole community strives for your success.
Our online platform allows you to interact with Advisors and Founders, posting questions, using DM features and joining events to learn and build peer relationships. Access content and essential resources to advance your startup’s progress.
Join other founders in peer groups and expert-led think tanks. Collaborate, share insights, share accountability, and cultivate meaningful connections while addressing critical gaps and blindspots in your startup's fundamentals. Become fundable, marketable, and scalable by participating in these targeted and supportive environments.
Office hours provide you direct access to our core team of seasoned experts, each specializing in critical areas essential for startup success. Our extended network of coaches and consultants can provide tailored guidance and support, ensuring you receive comprehensive assistance across all facets of your business.
Throughout the year, we offer insightful programs on topics that are tailored to interest both early-stage and growth-stage startups. Check regularly and stay updated for a schedule of upcoming events.
A safe space for founders to discuss their toughest issues, from leadership struggles to funding challenges. These sessions offer candid, practical advice and peer support to help you overcome obstacles and thrive in your entrepreneurial journey.
Reading optional. Join our online discussions about important books that startup founders should be familiar with. Leverage the practical insights of the books to see instant results through tactical implementation.
Social – B-Corp Considerations
If you are wondering what in the world is a Public Benefit Corporation (PBC), don’t worry, you are not alone. And since the GrowthCraft vision is to be the most meaningful connection in the entrepreneurial journey, it is our pleasure to introduce you to the concept
Fortify Your Fundamentals/GrowthCraft’s Success Formula
GrowthCraft can assess the gaps in your business fundamentals and then provide guidance to strengthen those foundations. We leverage advisor expertise, community resources, and the full support of the startup ecosystem* to help you achieve success towards your next milestones.
Fundamentals for
Fundability
Fundability
Explore the essential components for making your startup investment-ready, including strategic planning, financial transparency, market validation, and effective risk management.
Fundamentals for
Marketability
Marketability
Discover essential strategies for making your startup market-ready, including comprehensive business planning, financial transparency, market validation, effective IP strategy, cohesive team dynamics, and robust sales and marketing approaches. Ensure your startup stands out and attracts the right partners for growth.
Fundamentals for
Scalability
Scalability
Gain insights on scaling your startup with a comprehensive business plan, transparent financial statements, thorough market validation, detailed market research, strategic IP planning, strong team dynamics, and effective sales and marketing. Equip your startup for sustainable growth and long-term success.
What do founders say about GrowthCraft?
Alexandra Suchman – Barometer XP
What do you like about being a member of the GrowthCraft community?
Another testimonial!
How has being a member of the GrowthCraft community help your startup?
Holly Gardner – SoCitty
What are the advantages you’ve seen by being one of the original members of the GrowthCraft community?
FAQ’s
GrowthCraft’s value is filling the gaps that exist in your venture, that are holding you back from your definition of success. GrowthCraft Membership is not a “check the box” experience, not a linear pathway of checklists to follow. Every venture has its path, and GrowthCraft is ready to find ways to fill gaps and point you in the right tactical and strategic directions to get on the path to success.
We don’t offer equity funding per se. We do however make sure that you are as ready as possible to have conversations with investors. Including Pitch Reviews and Feedback, being Go to Market ready, having your financials in order, and more. GrowthCraft Advisors can offer guidance on accessing non-dilutive (federal grant) funding and several forms of dilutive (investor) funding. In addition to traditional equity-based investing mechanisms, we also advise and assist companies in applying for non-dilutive funding via Federal grant programs such as SBIR/STTR.
Nope! Our membership is on a month-to-month basis and can be canceled at any time. We know the startup journey is long and winding, and we’re committed to being of help for as long as you need it. In addition, our community is highly collaborative: Our advisors engage with each other while also engaging with you via Advisor 1:1’s, Office Hours, and more, as a start-up to solve your most pressing problems. We also offer cultural collaboration opportunities with other community members such as Founder’s Forums and Expert Sessions, etc.)
No. You can work with any or all of our advisors as you like. They are all independent and even own and operate their businesses. The real question would be WHY would you want this? You’d miss out on all the advantages of being part of a vibrant, collaborative community designed to be your support group, peer advisor group, and collective think tank.
We have many different options available to you to engage with our community of advisors. We offer 30-minute conversations in the form of Office Hours, similar in approach to conversations with a faculty advisor in a college or university setting. We also offer informal conversations before, during, and after GrowthCraft events and “off the record,” informal conversations at public in-person events. We, of course, offer options for engagement with Advisors via brief answers to email questions. Finally, we have opportunities to connect with Advisors through larger community connections such as Mastermind groups, and interactive programs such as Advisor in The Crosshairs and our Conversations about Hard Things Program.
GrowthCraft Advisors are happy to help Founders understand the nature of the problem they face and ideas for addressing the problem. Advisors will consult with each other for this purpose, also. The number of 30-minute conversations is limited since Advisors have discretion on when and how to work with a Founder who needs in-depth assistance in a paid engagement.
No; however, much advisor-to-advisor collaboration occurs behind the scenes to help each member succeed, even if that member is not directly working with every advisor. For example, when a venture is facing a strategic issue that crosses domain expertise, GrowthCraft Advisors will put their heads together to come up with a holistic direction to pursue.
GrowthCraft Advisors each have broad and deep networks of professional contacts, so there’s a good chance we can tap into expertise that’s relevant for the most specialized venture. At the same time, the process of getting a startup ready for investors involves some basic activities and milestones, regardless of the industry segment or market being targeted. Your venture will benefit from expertise in that spin-up process.
It’s up to each Member. In general, to get the benefits of community, Members should expect to spend three to six hours a month engaged in GrowthCraft community activities.
Members work through problems together and share strategies for success, often facilitated or instigated by advisors, but there is no requirement to collaborate or to utilize goods or services provided by other members.
GrowthCraft’s value is filling the gaps that exist in your venture, that are holding you back from your definition of success. GrowthCraft Membership is not a “check the box” experience, not a linear pathway of checklists to follow. Every venture has its own path, and GrowthCraft is ready to find ways to fill gaps and point you in the right tactical and strategic directions to get on the path to success.
GrowthCraft has a podcast and presence on YouTube and Facebook that reflects similar content produced for the community.
GrowthCraft can offer limited assistance in finding ways to promote the benefits of your venture. There’s no mechanism in place for more proactive marketing or promotion through GrowthCraft.
See our B Corporation statement.
Assessment Only Section
Take our assessment to see how you stack up. This in-depth analysis of your startup readiness will highlight your strengths and provide insight into areas where you may need more support. In addition to getting a risk score, you’ll receive an automated follow up email with the assessment questions, your answers, and our recommendations about how to improve the areas where you fall short. Take the assessment without becoming a member by clicking here
