Entrepreneurship & Leadership Program (ELP Program)

Expand Your Business in Canada and Trusted Gateway to Start Up Visa in North America

  • This program is for any individual who has a business idea or has a new product, service, or technology and wishes to establish a beachhead in North America and beyond; these two weeks.
  • A professional training program will help you learn how to establish your business in Canada and the United States.
  • Expand & grow your business into the North American, and United States markets,
  • You will complete activities that allow you to create and iterate on various aspects of successful entrepreneurship & innovation strategies, including customer discovery, product-market fit, building minimum viable products, raising funding, time-to-revenue and go-to-market strategy.
  • Furthermore, the two weeks program will involve participants with international backgrounds to share their perspectives on excellent business and leadership practices.
  • Flexible online classes, and small class sizes in downtown Toronto, Dubai, NEWYORK States 
  • Connect to Experts and Venture Capital in Industry in Canada and NEW YORK States. 
In today’s rapidly changing business world, companies must innovate or be left behind. Easier said than done, because even the most valuable new ideas are often met with resistance. Innovation leaders who understand this challenge and know how to evaluate, implement, and promote new ideas are in high demand—and you can be one of them. Our experientially driven program will give you the knowledge and skills to stay ahead.
Professor Rafik Loutfy

ELP Program Director

What I Expect from ELP Program?

Expand Your Business in Canada

Step 1

Motivation for Entrepreneurship & Innovation Training

One emerging domains in the field of education & training around the world is entrepreneurship & Innovation training for business leaders. Entrepreneurial training imparts unique skills that help its receiver to see opportunities that other don’t and ability to marshal necessary resources to seize these opportunities that improve the quality of life for the communities, nation and the world. More than ever, MENA companies must promote entrepreneurship & innovation, as the engine for economic growth, among its members.

Step 2

Target audience: Who should attend the program?

  • Startup founders that wish to enter the North American market;
  • Companies’ executives that desire to expand their business in North American market.
  • Small and mid-size companies that aim to develop their employees top-talents
  • Successful family businesses that plan to foster sustainability for generations
Step 3

Key benefits: Profit from hands-on expertise

Participants will gain entrepreneurial business skills on how to successfully start their business in Canada by developing a deep understanding of the north American customers. The knowledge and skills gained from the program will help how to confidently face tough business scenarios involving significant risks – both business and professional. Furthermore, while they put their new skills into practice, participants will be supported through a post-program follow-up on how to gain residency in Canada.

Programs

Innovation & Entrepreneurship in North America, United States, UAE.

  • Innovation defined ‒from invention to innovation
  • Key Drivers of the Innovation Economy
  • Impact of Innovation on the Economy
  • Critical factors are impeding innovation from happening and how to overcome them.

Date: July 2023

North America Culture & Infrastructure

  • NA Culture
  • NA innovation infrastructure [Financial, banking, trade, Human resource management]
  • Intellectual property management and protection rules in NA
  • Managing and working with people

Date: July 2023

Startup Business Development

  • Design Thinking
  • Customer development model [customer discovery, validation and acquisition]
  • Minimum viable Product development and proof-of-concept
  • market testing
  • Achieving sales success in modern B2B and B2C markets

Date: July 2023

Business Plan & Investor Pitch for Sustainable Business

  • Analyze the business models that drive innovative change
  • Analysis of sustained competitive advantage and how to drive business to overcome competitor
  • Business strategy development
  • Business Plan development
  • Investor Pitch development

Date: July 2023

How to Apply

Admissions to Entrepreneurship Leadership Program are highly selective and competitive. We have shaped our criteria based on our most successful innovators. In addition, we found that they display and articulate the following qualities: compassion, pursuit of excellence, curious and dynamic, and striving to make an impact personally and professionally. Be ready to discuss about your accomplishments and how you have dealt with challenges when you apply.
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The sooner you apply, the sooner you will receive a decision.

What’s included?

  • Scheduled Workshops & Events
  • Mentorship
  • 1:1 Advisory Support
  • Access to North America and United States Venture Capitalist 
  • Sponsor  Business Visitor Visa to North America and United States. 

What’s not included?

  • Airfares & Hotel
  • Airport Transportation
  • Any other fees not mentioned in inclusions

ELP Program

Start Date: July 30 2023

Learners will need an up-and-running computer and internet access to participate in live sessions.

In person Bootcamp Dates