FUNDER / LOCATION
LIFT - open to people based in the London boroughs of Camden, Hackney or Islington
DELIVERY PARTNERS
LIFT
Application dates

TBC

Programme dates

TBC

Enterprise

Coming soon: Access to Funding (LIFT)

Learn how to grow your business without seeking external investment.

Are you looking to scale your registered business without raising external investment and selling equity? Bootstrap School, brought to you by LIFT and OneTech, is a virtual programme designed to empower earlier-stage Founders with the skills to grow their businesses by optimising resources and establishing sustainable revenue-based business models.

Across seven weeks, you will discover how to optimise your business, increase your customer base and gain sustainable revenue to grow your business. You will learn  practical methods of activating your Sales Funnel (your customer's journey) to successfully turn your target audience into paying customers.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

CURRICULUM
  • Introduction to Bootstrapping
  • Your Customer and Their Problem
  • Business Model & Strategy
  • Your Sales Funnel: Metrics and Tools
  • Product Strategy & Tools
  • Bootstrapping Financial Metrics
  • Profit First: Build a Business that Pays Back
  • Mentoring & One-to-One support (during and post-programme for 3 months )

Please note, this is for residents of Camden, Hackney and Islington with a focus on underrepresented founders of registered businesses in the Knowledge Economy sectors of Tech, Digital, Creative & Sciences.

PROGRAMME LENGTH
7 weeks
April 1, 2026