st. louis tech entrepreneur pathway iffdfieas˛˝˙ … · use the lean canvas tool as you validate...

Special thanks to these ecosystem partners for their support

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Entrepreneurs present their startups & answer the question: What can the community do for you? Use the Lean Canvas tool as you

validate your business model

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CET’s Square One

Concept &Market ViabilityIs concept ready to begin asking for funding?

PluggedIN St. Louis

Starting to Grow the Team

Friends & Family Investors Come On Board

Innovative & Disruptive Ideas

Engage mentors early and all along your path Share your ideas,

get guidance and feedback

InvestMidwest VentureCapital Forum

St. Louis accelerators invested in 94 companies in 2016

ITEN Corporate Engagement

Prosper Mastermind Groups

Incubators

TechShop

Professional Resources

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1 Million Cups

Accelerators

MTC Matching Funds

Startup-friendly professionals available to entrepreneurs such as

legal, marketing, accounting.

Check out the Ecosystem Map on the back for all the great incubators & co-working spaces

While every journey is di�erent, the intent of this map is to show a typical entrepreneurial path and examples of resources at every stage.

MINIMAL VIABLE PRODUCT (MVP)

CONCEPTS

SCALE and EXITSCALE and EXIT

IDEASIDEAS

MINIMAL VIABLE PRODUCT (MVP)

CONCEPTS

MENTOR PATHWAY

IDEATION

STAGE

ACCELERATIONST. LOUIS TECH ENTREPRENEUR

PATHWAY

Idea BounceProsper Idea Brunch

BALSA Foundation Idea Support

UniversityEntrepreneurship

Programs

ITEN Mock Angels & Entrepreneurs

In Residence

ITEN BusinessModel Validation

Tech Meetup GroupsMVF

MO SBDCVenture Café

ITEN 2ND Thursday

STLtechjobs

Arch Grants

ITEN Mentors