Checklist
[Follow-On Program (January - March, 2024)]
Dates/Time = Japan Standard Time
[Follow-On Program (January - March, 2024)]
Dates/Time = Japan Standard Time
🔲 1/17 | Attend:
8:30 - 9:30 am | GSAP Follow-On Program Orientation
9:30 - 10:30 am | (Optional) Global Acceleration Hub Information Session and Intake Meeting
→ fill in the log sheet by the following Monday (1/22):
("Shared folder with CIC" > "GSAP FO 2023_Startup_LogSheet_[startup]")
🔲 (If scheduled:)
Attend English Communication Mentoring Session 1 → fill in the log sheet by the following Monday (1/22):
("Shared folder with CIC" > "GSAP FO 2023_Startup_LogSheet_[startup]")
🔲 By 1/19 | Sign-up for the following sessions:
Industry Mentoring Session 1 [once during 1/22 - 1/26]
English Mentoring Session 1 [once during 1/17 - 2/9]
Individual Check-In with CIC/JETRO [once during 2/19 - 2/23]
🔲 Attend Industry Mentoring Session 1 → fill in the log sheet by the following Monday (1/29):
("Shared folder with CIC" > "GSAP FO 2023_Startup_LogSheet_[startup]")
🔲 (If scheduled:)
Attend English Communication Mentoring Session 1 → fill in the log sheet by the following Monday (1/29):
("Shared folder with CIC" > "GSAP FO 2023_Startup_LogSheet_[startup]")
🔲 By 1/26 | Sign-up for the following sessions:
Industry Mentoring Session 2 [once during 1/29 - 2/2]
🔲 Attend Industry Mentoring Session 2 → fill in the log sheet by the following Monday (2/5):
("Shared folder with CIC" > "GSAP FO 2023_Startup_LogSheet_[startup]")
🔲 (If scheduled:)
Attend English Communication Mentoring Session 1 → fill in the log sheet by the following Monday (2/5):
("Shared folder with CIC" > "GSAP FO 2023_Startup_LogSheet_[startup]")
🔲 By 2/2 | Sign-up for the following sessions:
Industry Mentoring Session 3 [once during 2/5 - 2/9]
🔲 By 2/5| Update your blurb for one-pager and send on Slack
We are updating the one pager used for the Japan Innovation Night (12/7) for upcoming events (“Networking Event with Boston Startup Ecosystem (2/28)” and ”Showcase Night (3/7)”. Please...
add a concise ask/asks for the guests attending both events (guests for the networking are startup founders, CEOs, and investors. Guests for the Showcase Night are people in the Japanese/Tokyo startup ecosystem). A brief, one-sentence request would be ideal.
frame the blurb around the impact of your technology/product and why it matters.
*If we do not receive your new blurb by this date, we'll use your existing blurb.
🔲 By 2/7| Submit your Speaker Information for the Showcase Night:
🔲 2/7 9:00-10:00 am | Attend Introduction to Reimbursement for Medical Technology → fill in the log sheet by the following Monday (2/12):
("Shared folder with CIC" > "GSAP FO 2023_Startup_LogSheet_[startup]")
🔲 Attend Industry Mentoring Session 3 → fill in the log sheet by the following Monday (2/12):
("Shared folder with CIC" > "GSAP FO 2023_Startup_LogSheet_[startup]")
🔲 (If scheduled:)
Attend English Communication Mentoring Session 1 → fill in the log sheet afterward:
("Shared folder with CIC" > "GSAP FO 2023_Startup_LogSheet_[startup]")
🔲 By 2/9 | Sign-up for the following sessions:
Industry Mentoring Session 4 [once during 2/12 - 2/16]
English Mentoring Session 2 [once during 2/12 - 3/1]
🔲 Attend Industry Mentoring Session 4 → fill in the log sheet afterward:
("Shared folder with CIC" > "GSAP FO 2023_Startup_LogSheet_[startup]")
🔲 (If scheduled:)
Attend English Communication Mentoring Session 2 → fill in the log sheet afterward:
("Shared folder with CIC" > "GSAP FO 2023_Startup_LogSheet_[startup]")
🔲 Fill in the following section(s) in your log sheet ("Shared folder with CIC" > "GSAP FO 2023_Startup_LogSheet_[startup]"):
"Overall Industry Mentoring"
🔲 Attend Individual Check-In with CIC/JETRO → fill in the log sheet afterward:
("Shared folder with CIC" > "GSAP FO 2023_Startup_LogSheet_[startup]")
Be prepared to:
present your pre-Follow-On Phase goals, and the progress made so far (e.g. whether you are on track and if there have been changes to the goals)
describe your company's global expansion goals after GSAP (e.g. targeted country, expansion focus such as funding and customer discovery)
share any continued conversation with your matching partner(s) from the Main Phase
provide feedback to CIC/JETRO and discuss how we could help you reach your goals
*You can use either English or Japanese.
🔲 (If scheduled:)
Attend English Communication Mentoring Session 2 → fill in the log sheet afterward:
("Shared folder with CIC" > "GSAP FO 2023_Startup_LogSheet_[startup]")
🔲 (If yet to be completed:)
By 2/23: Fill in the following section(s) in your log sheet ("Shared folder with CIC" > "GSAP FO 2023_Startup_LogSheet_[startup]"):
"Overall Industry Mentoring"
🔲 2/28 8:30-10:30am | Attend Online Networking with Boston Startups
🔲 (If scheduled:)
Attend English Communication Mentoring Session 2 → fill in the log sheet afterward:
("Shared folder with CIC" > "GSAP FO 2023_Startup_LogSheet_[startup]")
🔲 By 3/1: Fill in the following section(s) in your log sheet ("Shared folder with CIC" > "GSAP FO 2023_Startup_LogSheet_[startup]"):
"Overall English Communication Mentoring"
🔲 By 3/4: Submit your pitch deck to be used at the Showcase Night - pitch session, and respond to the survey used for the panel session.
🔲 3/7 | Attend Showcase Night at CIC Tokyo!
🔲 By 3/7, 23:59 (JST) |Fill out all the sections of your log sheet (link to your log sheet is pinned in the Slack "startup-cic" channel).