After working with more than 800 startups and studying 3,200+ ventures across 45+ countries, we have learned that the hardest assumptions to question are your own. It is easy to get so close to the business that your current explanation for why growth has stalled starts to feel like the only explanation. An experienced outside view can spot opportunities you have stopped seeing, or catch an expensive mistake before you commit to it.
The Venture Growth Intensive (VGI) is a highly practical, insight-dense two-week program consisting of 4x 60-min live working sessions and on-demand modules. Every session and exercise is built around your own venture. We take a structured approach across the core areas of your business so nothing important gets missed, testing the thinking behind your strategy to give you a clearer view of where to focus.
Topics covered include:
- Customer growth & acquisition: Where customers are coming from, where they drop out, and whether demand can become repeatable.
- Product & market: Who cares enough about the problem to act, and whether the product is solving it strongly enough.
- Offer & positioning: Whether the right customer can quickly understand your value and why they should choose you.
- Founder & team: Whether focus, capability, hiring, or execution is starting to slow the business down.
- Capital & scale: Whether more money would accelerate something that works, and if expansion or new markets are the right next move.
By the end of the two weeks, the work is narrowed down to what matters most. You will leave with answers to four critical questions:
- What is most likely holding growth back right now?
- Where is the biggest growth opportunity you may be underestimating?
- Which assumption could become expensive if wrong?
- And what would Engenesis focus on next?
Application & Pricing
Applications take about five minutes. We look for ventures where we believe the two weeks can be genuinely useful. The fee is $50 USD per team, payable upon approved application.
Who is this for?
- Founders actively building a technology, innovation-driven, or scalable venture.
- Startups with something real to examine (a product, users, revenue, partners, or a serious commercial hypothesis).
- Entrepreneurs facing an actual growth decision who want another experienced view before committing further (e.g., more capital, a new hire, or months of development).
- Teams willing to have their plan challenged to make better-informed decisions.