Checklist

🔲  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:

• CIC Form 

• Venture Cafe Form 

🔲  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).