Happy New Year!

2018 was a big year for me, what with launching Start with Tinni among other things. 2019 will hopefully be an even bigger year with me. I am currently gearing up for the imminent release of Your Happy Place App on the Google Play Store. I also recently joined JOSARI to help them launch their app on the iOS store. But the biggest thing I am looking forward to in 2019, is the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Bootcamp, that’s set to take place in QUT from February 2-8, 2019.

The Bootcamp gives attendees the opportunity to learn the fundamentals of starting a new venture. Problem specification, customer, solution, business model, pitching, all supported by hands-on coaching. So in that respect, it is similar to the Startup Weekends I have attended previously. But with a more formal and academic component, given it is run by MIT.

The founder and CEO of one of the startups I am currently working with attended the boot camp in 2018 and spoke very highly of the experience. So, although the tuition of the program is about USD 6,500, I decided that the price tag was worth it.

There is a pre-boot camp checklist. The list includes reading,

Disciplined Entrepreneurship by Bill Aulet
Made to Stick by Dan & Chip Heath
Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink
Talking to Humans by Gliff Constable

I intend to write and publish a short post here as I finish the books, so look forward to that in the coming month. I also have to complete a few online modules from Edge Edx. I am going to have to get started on that, and I have already started the “deep dive” courses offered by MIT as part of the Bootcamp.

I am excited. A bit scared because of my issues with low iron, which leads to energy issues. But I am going to work on it during January, along with the reading list and the online modules!