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Venture Growth Intensive
Live online · 90-minute session
Get insider access to work on your startup and identify constraints to growth, with a venture builder that has worked with 800+ ventures.
Bring your venture into a focused strategy workshop with Engenesis, a Sydney-based venture builder, and access operator-level insight normally applied behind the scenes across growth, scale, capital and acquisition pathways.
800+
ventures supported by the Engenesis team to grow and scale
45+
countries represented across client and partner work
$0-$800M+
venture revenue stages Engenesis has supported or advised on
EXAMPLES FROM THE ENGENESIS VENTURE ECOSYSTEM
GLOBAL SCALE
Expanded to 53+ countries
ACQUISITION
Acquired by CarExpert.com.au
CAPITAL RAISING
$1M USD raised, Sony follow-on
ACQUISITION
Acquired by ActiveCampaign
Customer growth
When acquisition, conversion or repeatability is not yet working the way the growth model needs
Founder and
team bottlenecks
When founder capacity, team dynamics or execution rhythms are starting to limit growth
Capital readiness
When the venture needs a clearer growth story, commercial model or funding pathway
Scale pathways
When expansion, partnerships, acquisition pathways or strategic pivots need sharper judgment
Why This Exists
We see entrepreneurship as a vehicle for contribution, problem-solving and human growth.
Engenesis is guided by a 500-year vision to help elevate the practice of entrepreneurship globally. Our work spans venture building, books, leadership and effectiveness education, university relationships, investor ecosystems and founder programs across 45+ countries. Across that work, we have seen that a company's growth is often inseparable from the founder's growth.
VGI exists because growth often bottlenecks around the founder, the team or the operating model. The wrong growth focus can waste months of energy, capital and founder attention; the right diagnosis can help a founder lead the next stage with more clarity, responsibility and conviction.
Customer growth is inconsistent.
You have activity, but not yet a repeatable acquisition engine.
Product traction is unclear.
Users, buyers or partners are not converting in the way the model requires.
Scale decisions feel premature.
The venture is moving, but the team, model or commercial foundations may not yet support the next stage.
Strategic options are multiplying.
You need a clearer way to decide which path deserves focus now.
Inside The Workshop
Work on the venture itself, not just abstract growth ideas.
VGI is a live, interactive online session, not a webinar. In a practical 90-minute diagnostic, you join with your camera and mic on to apply Engenesis' venture strategy lens to your own startup, pressure-test current assumptions and identify the decisions that matter for the next stage.
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Diagnose growth bottlenecks
Identify what is affecting customer growth, product traction, scalability or the next stage of venture growth.
2
Clarify customer growth opportunities
Identify where your offer, acquisition strategy or customer growth engine may need sharper focus.
3
Strengthen traction and scalability
Review whether your product, business model, team and growth channels can support repeatable traction and sustainable scale.
What Founders Have Received
In their own words.
These examples come from a range of Engenesis founder and venture programs, including longer engagements than VGI. They show the kinds of growth questions, strategic decisions and commercial shifts founders have worked through with Engenesis.
"We almost made the $100k revenue we had previously in just one month of the program."Emmanuel Jacobs, Engenesis founder program
"We have been able to acquire more than 250 users in the last 30 days."Ayodeji Ilesanmi, Engenesis founder program
"We were able to revisit and rework our roadmap and customer personas with much-needed clarity."Chukwuka Ezeoke, Engenesis founder program
"It was great to see strategy, financials, product and psychological themes presented in a cohesive framework."Luca Sorgiacomo, Engenesis founder program
Founder outcomes vary by venture, stage, program and engagement length. These examples are not presented as expected VGI outcomes; they show the broader kinds of commercial questionas and strategic shifts founders have worked through with Engenesis.
Real Outcomes
What founders working with Engenesis have achieved.
Our work is grounded in real execution and real outcomes. Here is a snapshot of what founders working with us have achieved
300x average order value
A Dubai-based hospitality startup.
115x revenue per customer
A New Caledonia startup.
$110k AUD in 90 days
Generated within the first 90 days.
These outcomes come from founders across a range of Engenesis programs and engagements, some longer than this session. Results vary by venture, stage and effort, and are not presented as guaranteed or typical outcomes of this session.
Selective Application
Built for founders ready to examine the business clearly.
Participants bring real venture questions, complete a short founder questionnaire and join a practical diagnostic grounded in their current stage.
Apply for review
Share your venture stage, current growth priorities and the question you want to work through.
Complete questionnaire
Approved applicants complete a short founder questionnaire before the session.
Join the session
Work through practical venture questions with Engenesis and a selected group of founders.
What You Leave With
Clearer priorities you can take back into the business.
The aim is sharper insight into where the venture is now, what is limiting momentum and what deserves attention after the session.
A clearer growth diagnosis
Greater clarity on the bottlenecks affecting customer growth, traction, scalability or commercial momentum.
Sharper strategic priorities
A more practical view of which assumptions, decisions or next actions may deserve focus after the workshop.
A selected founder group
Work alongside founders who are bringing real commercial questions, patterns and decisions into the session.
Who Should Apply
Built for founders who want to grow as leaders while building ventures that can grow with them.
This may be right for you if:
- You are building a technology, innovation-driven or scalable venture.
- You have a working product, early users, revenue, partners or a serious commercial hypothesis.
- You are trying to unlock customer growth, improve traction, prepare for capital or make a strategic scale decision.
- You want practical scrutiny of the business and are willing to grow personally and professionally as the venture grows.
This is not designed for founders who:
- Want a broad presentation rather than a practical working session.
- Are not ready to examine the venture's current constraints honestly.
- Do not want to complete a short questionnaire before the session.
- Are looking for motivation without practical examination of the business.
What We Look For
A strong application gives us enough context to make the session practical.
The review looks for a real venture question, enough context to work with and a willingness to examine the business seriously. Polished pitch language is less important than useful context.
Current stage
Tell us where the venture is now, including traction, revenue, users, partners or market validation if relevant.
Growth constraint
Share what feels blocked, uncertain or strategically important in the next stage.
Founder intent
Show that you are ready to examine the business clearly and engage with practical feedback.
Who Will Be Leading
Led by Ariya Chittasy, Director of Engenesis Ventures.
Ariya has spent his career working directly with founders, and through Engenesis has been involved with over 800 companies and the study of more than 3,200 ventures across 45+ countries.
His focus is helping founding teams find the specific constraints holding back growth, then build the systems, traction and commercial foundations to scale with focus. He is also an author and speaker on entrepreneurship and long-term value creation, and works from the belief that a company's growth and a founder's growth move together.
How Does the
Application Process
Work?
It is important that we only permit dedicated founders who are committed to their growth journey. With this in mind, we have designed a straightforward yet thorough application process to ensure alignment with our values and goals:
1
Submit Your Application and Make Payment
Complete the application process and submit your program payment.
2
Application Review
We carefully evaluate your application to ensure alignment with our criteria.
3
Approval or Refund Guarantee
You will be notified if your application is approved. If it is not, your payment will be fully refunded.
As part of the 2-week intensive and based on program completion, participants receive:
Vouchers and discounts to exclusive Startup Resources
Access to a community of high-caliber founders
Certificate of completion
Bring your startup into the diagnostic.
Apply for a selected founder place and use the Venture Growth Intensive to clarify the constraints, opportunities and leadership priorities shaping your next stage of growth.
FAQs
Questions before you apply.
Is this a working session?
Yes. VGI is designed as a practical venture diagnostic where selected founders examine their own startup, pressure-test current assumptions and clarify what deserves attention next.
What do approved applicants complete before the workshop?
Approved applicants complete a short questionnaire so the session can be grounded in their venture stage and current growth questions.
Will every startup be reviewed live?
Selected examples and recurring patterns may be reviewed during the workshop. The aim is to help founders apply the same thinking to their own venture.
What will I leave with?
You should leave with sharper clarity around current growth constraints, higher-leverage opportunities and practical priorities to take back into the business.
Is every application approved?
No. Places are selective so the session is focused on founders and ventures that are aligned with the workshop format.
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