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WE BELIEVE IN THE UNTAPPED POTENTIAL OF HUMANITY TO SOLVE THE WORLD’S PROBLEMS.
Many entrepreneurs will attempt to start businesses and fail. Our goal is to create anti-fragile, gritty entrepreneurs who build successful businesses, create jobs, and stimulate local economic development. We offer world class courses, coaching, access to capital, and a global community of practitioners and subject matter experts.
FREE Self-Assessment
Conduct a self-assessment of your innovative idea, startup, or existing organization using LIFE’s Modified Business Model Canvas (MBMC) Application Workbook. Your ability to complete each section of the workbook will provide a heightened awareness of gaps and opportunities relative to the core competencies and capabilities required for success from ideation and launch, through growth, scaling, and exit. Awareness of gaps and opportunities will better focus learning on highly relevant subjects that matter.
The workbook integrates three proven methodologies for success including:
- Disciplined Entrepreneurship by Prof Bill Aulet from MIT – Provides a 24-Step approach to a successful startup developed over 25 years and 25,000 startups at MIT. Most existing organizations are missing steps!
- Scaling Up by Verne Harnish of the Growth Institute – Provides a proven methodology to scale up People, Strategy, Execution, and Cash. Used by more than 75,000 organizations worldwide.
- 7 Strata of Intrapreneurial Organizations by Michael McCausland – How to self-disrupt and innovate faster than customers or competition based on four decades of proven performance in culture transformation, innovation, and change management.
FREE Targeted Micro Learning Videos
Each section in the Application Workbook is linked to targeted micro learning videos on LIFE’s learning platform for fast, focused learning. The platform is FREE to all members and contains videos for the following courses that are integrated into the Application Workbook.
- Identity Driven Entrepreneurship
- Disciplined Entrepreneurship (MIT Systematic approach to entrepreneurship)
- Entrepreneurship Operations (Scaling Up methodology)
- Curating, Scaling, and Managing Culture
- DiSC: A Language for Behavior
FREE Practical Application Workbook
Learning videos lay the foundation for immediate practical application of proven methodologies and core competencies required for success. Watch the videos to learn more and to help you complete each section of the Application Workbook in greater detail. The application workbook provides a step-by-step approach for better integration of newly acquired knowledge to real life situations. This ensures rapid application, deep understanding, increased retention, and motivation for desired behavioral changes. In addition to the videos, the workbook also recommends supporting activities that must be completed to ensure success in each stage of ideation, launch, growth, scale up, or exit. Business (or non-profit) success is not rocket science, but it is a lot of hard work! The Application Workbook will guide you through each stage of development and the hard work required for success.
Additional instruments are provided for practical application with the FREE learning courses. They include:
- Personal Identify and Purpose – Use an asset-based approach to discover personal purpose, passion, gifting, and potential. Gain insights into the right fit for role placement and personal and career development planning
- Personal Development and Career Planning – Set personal goals and find the best way to achieve them. Document a process of self-analysis, personal reflection and honest appraisal of your strengths and weaknesses. This enables you to evaluate the value of personal experiences and training received and to consider future options for personal and career development.
- DiSC Profile – DiSC is the most widely used behavior styles model in the world. DiSC provides a language for behavior and a tool for developing people literacy, increasing interaction effectiveness, and improving personal and team performance. DiSC improves coaching and rapid adaptation for innovation and change management initiatives. The model can be learned in a day and applied for a lifetime.
Our passion is for you to realize yours.
We can help you succeed:
I want to start a business, but don’t know where to start!
How do I ensure my business startup is viable & profitable even before I start?
How do I run, grow, & scale a business?
How do I manage the people & culture side of my business?