Collide Validate

About

The Collide Validate program, hosted by Nova Scotia Community College in collaboration with Dal Innovates, is a free 7-week online initiative designed to help students and recent graduates from Atlantic Canada validate and refine their business ideas through interactive workshops, expert training, and personalized coaching, culminating in a potential financial reward for completing program requirements.

Benefits

• Validate product-market fit through market research
• Direct customer feedback
• Learn from top innovation leaders and expand networks in the Atlantic Canada startup ecosystem
• Weekly personalized coaching
• $500 reward upon completing all course tasks and 50 customer interviews

Eligibility Criteria

• Must be a student, faculty, or recent graduate (within 2 years) from any university or college in Atlantic Canada
• Must have a business idea to validate (from early concept to mature idea)
• Team members can be 1-2 people