​Building an Investor Ready Business: Strategy & Financial Planning Essentials for Scaling Startups

​​Session Overview

​Investors don’t just fund ideas; they fund the strategy behind the numbers. In this hands-on Skills Clinic, we’ll dive into how to develop a clear growth strategy, identify capital needs, and construct defensible financial assumptions to assist your growth plans. By moving beyond the cells of a spreadsheet, you’ll learn to construct financial models that tell your business story, providing a clear roadmap that demonstrates how every dollar of investment translates into scale.  Whether you’re eyeing your first seed round or scaling via grants, you’ll walk away with practical frameworks to align your high-level strategy with your financial reality.

​​​Who Will You Hear From?

​Colin Knoll

​​Colin Knoll is the founder and a fractional executive at The Build Better Business Company, where he advises CEO's and growing businesses on building growth oriented, capital ready organizations. Previously, he led enterprise strategy and innovation at Servus Credit Union and was Head of Strategy at Firma Foreign Exchange, helping scale the business to a $90M exit in 2021.

​​​Schedule of Events

• ​​​​12:00 PM - 12:15 PM: Check-In & Light Refreshments

• ​​​​12:15 PM - 1:15 PM: Speaker Presentation

• ​​​1:15 PM – 1:30 PM: Final Q&A and Depart

​​​What are Skills Clinics & Who can Attend?

​​Skills Clinics are exclusive one-hour sessions hosted by industry experts to fuel your entrepreneurial journey at any stage. They are open to UCalgary students, postdocs, faculty, staff and alumni interested in developing their entrepreneurial thinking skills. 

​​​Location

​​​Hunter Hub for Entrepreneurial Thinking, Collision Space 401 | 460 Campus Lane NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada