A pre-ideation product proving ground that hires TPZ alumni and local emerging entrepreneurs as co-founders on an exciting sprint to $1M in revenue.
As the initial revenue-generating arm of TPZ Ventures, Launch is a consumer product incubator that develops TPZ alumni and other young adult associates from the community to step into the role of co-founders. In this 11-month cohort program, each Founding Associate researches, ideates, and brings to life one new consumer product in a competitive, collaborative, all-out sprint to $1,000,000.
Founding Associates in TPZ Venture’s Launch learn:
- How to build a business that is financially sustainable;
- How e-commerce businesses are structured and run;
- How to effectively research product and market trends and perform pattern recognition analyses to generate high-performing product ideas;
- The process of developing a physical product–from prototyping to manufacturing and everything in-between;
- Mechanics of the pitch and an opportunity to pitch a product to get buy-in from colleagues and potential investors;
- How to create and manage effective digital marketing campaigns