Applications for Cohort 2 are now open

Build a healthy foundation with CTI's international program for pre-seed startups. 

Registration for winter 2018/19 now open

Understanding customer behaviour is essential to your startup success. This applied program teaches how to engage customers and discover their motivations, preferences and needs. 

Registration for winter 2018 coming soon

This applied program will guide founders through the validation of a product and business model. By the end, you will have sufficient knowledge to decide whether the venture is viable, and if so, feel confident to begin sales and running a business. 

Registration TBA

An intensive two-day course to kickstart the creation of killer sales tools that will help you level up your sales.

Registration now closed

A full-day crash-course in B2B sales for business and technical founders and execs.

Registration now closed

This program includes eight half day sessions plus a one-on-one coaching session. 

Registration now closed

Marketing 101 is a full-day crash course in B2B marketing for business and technical founders. You’ll learn how to create an effective marketing capacity in your company, assess where you’re at, and develop an action plan to get you from here to there.

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An eight-week course for Startup Founders, Executives and Marketing Leaders to take a “learning by doing” approach to marketing impact. It’s all about assessing your market and current marketing, learning new marketing ideas and approaches and putting them into action by working on real-world marketing challenges facing your company. The outcome? A more focused and impactful return on your marketing investment and marketing that drives revenue for your business.

Registration now open

A full-day crash course in human resources (HR) for business and technical founders and leaders. You’ll learn how to build an effective people capacity in your company, how to assess where you’re at with your HR function and how to develop an action plan so you can attract and develop the culture and team you need to grow.

CTI and TELUS partner to support Canadian technology startups at all stages of growth. At the early stage, the TELUS Technology Incubator (TTI) helps startups develop a robust go to market strategy. For growth stage startups, the TELUS Technology Accelerator (TTA) offers a combination of advisory services that strengthen all aspects of their business, leading to increased growth, higher visibility with potential customers and investors, and potential enterprise opportunities with TELUS.

A monthly peer advisory forum for CEOs, board members and founders of technology companies to openly discuss their challenges in a confidential, safe environment. The goal of the roundtables are to provide "just-in-time" advice on current issues, enhance accountability and accelerate actions/decisions. 

"This roundtable has transformed our company, period. There are not enough good things I can say about this group. Even banks recognize its significance toward the foundation for a strong company." - Jeremy Bridge

The Venture Mentoring Service of Alberta (VMSA) is a volunteer organization that provides objective, conflict-free guidance to entrepreneurs in southern Alberta. Each entrepreneur is matched with a team of mentors, which gives a more in-depth experience than traditional one-on-one relationships.

Canada's Startup Visa (SUV) Program is intended to attract foreign entrepreneurs who wish to establish new, high-growth businesses in Canada that will support innovation and job creation. 

As a champion of the innovation ecosystem, CTI and our partners are helping to drive change and establish Calgary as a global hub. Explore some of our global opportunities in Calgary.

Prepare your approach to venture financing through performing a "12 Point Business Assessment".

Having a plan to fund your business from many sources, which may include equity investors, is just as important as your business plan.

Questions about intellectual property? Want to learn more? Connect with our partners at Innovate Calgary.