Data shows that women and women led technology companies may take longer to develop their minimum viable product (MVP) because they lack the technical skills required within their founding team. This can cause the companies to stall longer than necessary at the discovery or early validation stage of development.

We’ve partnered with Haltech, and Sitaran Group, to bring their Roadmap to MVP program to Windsor-Essex and Chatham-Kent to help women-identifying tech entrepreneurs accelerate through this milestone.

Roadmap to MVP aims to give woman-identifying entrepreneurs the opportunity to define and develop their MVP in a supportive and collaborative group environment. Participants will gain access to a community of other women founders and will receive 1:1 mentorship from our program facilitator – Reema Duggal – President of Sitaran Group and Co-Founder of Silicon Halton.

The Road Map to MVP program is funded by the Government of Canada, through the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario’s (FedDev Ontario) delivery of the Women Entrepreneurship Strategy (WES) Ecosystem Fund in collaboration with RISE WindsorEssex.

• Women identifying founders and entrepreneurs in the early stages of their startup

• Founders looking for guidance to build their MVP

• Women who lack the technical skills or knowledge to plan and build their MVP alone

• Founders who want a sense of community and common objectives with those around them

• Best suited for entrepreneurs in idea, discovery and early validation stages