Qatar Business Incubation Centre (QBIC), founded by Qatar Development Bank (QDB), has opened up the registration for Qatar's first-of-its-kind ‘Lean Coach Programme’.
The programme is designed to develop the next generation of certified startup coaches and equip them with the skills necessary to help transform promising startups into successful business ventures.
The launch of the third wave of the programme follows the success of its predecessors, which garnered industry-wide attention and recognition within the entrepreneurial community in Qatar. Registration will end on September 30, 2021.
The programme targets aspiring coaches from various fields of business and academia and aims to build their capacities and equip them with the latest knowledge towards empowering Qatar’s entrepreneurial ecosystem and guiding the next success stories in the country.
Coaches are expected to undergo a training programme that will run for 11 weeks starting in October and covers a set of technical and practical core components. Aspiring coaches wishing to earn a QBIC ‘Lean Coach’ certification must complete the three basic stages of virtual training sessions (five sessions), virtual coaching sessions (five sessions), and practical coaching sessions (five sessions).
The programme offers trainees the unique opportunity to follow the QBIC team’s mentoring sessions for entrepreneurs in the Lean Startup Programme and directly train the mentored startups towards the final weeks of the programme, making the coaches’ experience throughout the programme a practical and impactful one. The top five coaches will then have the chance to train startups in the 15th wave of the Lean Startup Programme for an entire year.
The Lean Coach Programme lies at the heart of QBIC and QDB’s mission to develop the country’s entrepreneurship ecosystem where empowering and qualifying mentors are seen as a key step in building the capacity of aspiring entrepreneurs and helping them write future success stories that will ultimately diversify the economy, localise businesses, and realise Qatar National Vision 2030.
To qualify for the programme, applicants must be Qatari or residents of the State of Qatar, have at least seven years of work experience within any field of business or academia, possess in-depth knowledge of the commercial and technical aspect of business, and be versed in the Qatari and international markets. They should also be committed to training QBIC entrepreneurs weekly from January 2022.
For more information about the programme, visit https://www.qbic.qa/en/lean-coach-program/
The launch of the third wave of the programme follows the success of its predecessors, which garnered industry-wide attention and recognition within the entrepreneurial community in Qatar. Registration will end on September 30, 2021.
The programme targets aspiring coaches from various fields of business and academia and aims to build their capacities and equip them with the latest knowledge towards empowering Qatar’s entrepreneurial ecosystem and guiding the next success stories in the country.
Coaches are expected to undergo a training programme that will run for 11 weeks starting in October and covers a set of technical and practical core components. Aspiring coaches wishing to earn a QBIC ‘Lean Coach’ certification must complete the three basic stages of virtual training sessions (five sessions), virtual coaching sessions (five sessions), and practical coaching sessions (five sessions).
The programme offers trainees the unique opportunity to follow the QBIC team’s mentoring sessions for entrepreneurs in the Lean Startup Programme and directly train the mentored startups towards the final weeks of the programme, making the coaches’ experience throughout the programme a practical and impactful one. The top five coaches will then have the chance to train startups in the 15th wave of the Lean Startup Programme for an entire year.
The Lean Coach Programme lies at the heart of QBIC and QDB’s mission to develop the country’s entrepreneurship ecosystem where empowering and qualifying mentors are seen as a key step in building the capacity of aspiring entrepreneurs and helping them write future success stories that will ultimately diversify the economy, localise businesses, and realise Qatar National Vision 2030.
To qualify for the programme, applicants must be Qatari or residents of the State of Qatar, have at least seven years of work experience within any field of business or academia, possess in-depth knowledge of the commercial and technical aspect of business, and be versed in the Qatari and international markets. They should also be committed to training QBIC entrepreneurs weekly from January 2022.
For more information about the programme, visit https://www.qbic.qa/en/lean-coach-program/