1. STRATEGIC PLAN
STEVEN DENNIS, PRESIDENT, SAGEBERRY CONSULTING/CONTRIBUTOR, FORBES MAGAZINE

2. Business Model Validation Lab
Identify Assumptions
Rapid Prototyping
Mentor Prep + Cost Assumptions
Strategic Planning
Customer Discovery
Customer Validation
Mentor Feedback
Keep Momentum

3. How do I leave here and actually know what to do next?

4. What should I do after Bootcamp?

5. Strategic Plan

6. Strategic Plan
= Your Job Description

7. Purpose
Parts of the strategic plan

8. Purpose
3 year priorities
Parts of the strategic plan

9. Purpose 3 year priorities Milestones to reach those priorities
Parts of the strategic plan

10. Purpose
3 year priorities Milestones to reach those priorities Tasks to reach those Milestones Person responsible for each milestone
Parts of the strategic plan

11. Purpose
“What difference are you making in the world and what is the context of the problem?”
Before building out priorities, milestones, tasks and job descriptions, each venture needs to be clear about their mission and what problem they are trying to solve. Every part of the Strategic Planning MUST serve the mission.
This is not for your website or your fundraisers. It’s an internal compass.

12. Verb + Target population + Outcome.
Purpose
Verb + Target population + Outcome.
We are going to use mentor Kevin’s Starr methodology by . A single measurable goal in less than eight words.

13. Strategic Plan Example: Co-School in Colombia
Get the Ministry of Education in Colombia to deploy our curriculum in all public middle schools across the country.
Purpose

14. Priorities
What are the top 3 priorities you want to accomplish in the next three years?

15. Curriculum Refinement
Strategic Plan
Example: Co-School in Colombia
Purpose
Get the Ministry of Education in Colombia to deploy our curriculum in all public middle schools across the country.
Curriculum Refinement
Fundraising
Partnerships
Priorities

16. Milestones to Reach Priorities
What are the 2-3 milestones you need to complete, in order to accomplish each priority?

17. Strategic Plan Example: Co-School in Colombia Purpose
Get the Ministry of Education in Colombia to deploy our curriculum in all public middle schools across the country.
Curriculum Refinement
Fundraising
Partnerships
Priorities
Update and complete v4 of our curriculum
Raise $250k to open 25 new schools
Lock up pilot partnership with Ministry of Education
Identify three additional key partners
Milestones

18. Tasks to Reach Milestones
What are the 2-4 tasks you need to complete, in order to accomplish each milestone?

19. Strategic Plan Example: Co-School in Colombia
Purpose
Update and complete v4 of our curriculum
Raise $250k to open 25 new schools
Lock up pilot partnership with Ministry of Education
Milestones
Hire a curriculum Developer
Codify V1 of the playbook
Test the playbook with field team
Tasks
Get the Ministry of Education in Colombia to deploy our curriculum in all public middle schools across the country.
Curriculum Refinement
Fundraising
Partnerships
Priorities