Discover the Program
Imagine You've Just Been Accepted Into Novantum.
- You are placed into a 3-person, perfectly complimentary founding team.
- You are assigned a business model that fills a real need in your city.
- Your business registration form is already open on your screen.
- You start building your real-world business from Day 1.
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Course 1
Solidifying Your Business Concept
500 Hours | Months 1-5
Your bank account is open. Your business number is assigned. And now, you’re drafting your first service offer, and it’s based on real needs in your community, not guesses.
What You'll Actually Do
- Understand what your local community actually needs
- Refine your value proposition and what makes your offering different from your competitors
- Choose a name, register your business, and set up banking
- Establish insurance, compliance, and legal foundations
- Work alongside your team to design a service you can deliver with confidence
Key Milestones
- Registered, legally compliant business
- Unique selling proposition tailored to your local area
- Service framework and business model
- Bank account, insurance, payment systems
Course 2
Operating Your Business
500 Hours | Months 6-18 (Concurrently with Courses 3 & 4)
Your calendar pings automatically with tomorrow’s client bookings. Your payment processor shows four new deposits - you're collecting payments without lifting a finger. You're building the systems, and now, they’re running while you work on growth.
What You'll Actually Do
- Build automated booking, invoicing, and payment systems
- Set up internal workflows for service delivery
- Define team roles for clarity and efficiency
- Create realistic budgets and track financials in real time using business-friendly dashboards
- Hire, train, manage, pay, and retain employees
- Learn to troubleshoot operations without burning out
Key Milestones
- Systems for client delivery and payments
- Budgets and financial tracking tools
- Performance reports and process improvement plans
- Hiring and staffing systems
- A fully operational business engine —built to make money without daily chaos
Course 3
Market Your Business
500 Hours | Months 6-18 (Concurrently with Courses 2 & 4)
Your phone rings. It's not a friend. It's not family. It's someone you don't know, asking about your services because they found your website. Your business just moved from an idea to an asset that draws clients without introductions.
What You'll Actually Do
- Create your brand identity
- Learn to support the customer journey through digital and offline touchpoints
- Create branded marketing materials (digital & offline)
- Build a simple, effective website
- Launch and optimize your lead-generating campaigns
- Track real engagement and adjust based on results
Key Milestones
- Strategically developed brand book
- Live branded website
- Complete suite of digital and physical marketing assets
- Multiple active advertising campaigns
- Local and online presence that generates leads
Course 4
Sell to Your Audience
500 Hours | Months 6-18 (Concurrently with Courses 2 & 3)
A client found your online ad. You met, showed them how it works, and explained how your service would solve all problems. They booked on the spot and referred you to three friends. You didn’t chase. You earned trust from real people choosing real services that they need.
What You'll Actually Do
- Support incoming client calls and walk-ins with clear offers
- Build a simple conversation flow to explain your service, pricing, and next steps
- Create quick-reference materials to support in-person or phone sales
- Set up repeat client systems to boot sales, such as contracts, renewal systems, and loyalty offers
- Use client feedback to refine and upsell naturally
Key Milestones
- Client-facing conversation skills and scripts tailored to service businesses
- Structured service menus for calls, visits, and online leads
- Booking and payment workflows that feel easy and professional
- Established customer support systems
CoursE 5
Grow & Expand
500 Hours | Months 19-24
You excited meet up with your co-founded to show them the signed lease for a second location across town. Your first business didn’t just survive—it earned enough to expand. You’re running operations in two neighborhoods now, building your team, and making decisions like a true owner.
What You'll Actually Do
- Analyze growth potential based on real business performance
- Plan and open new service zones, locations, or offerings
- Hire and train part-time or full-time team members
- Setup up scalable systems for client onboarding, fulfillment, and billing so that you can grow with ease
- Create upsell packages and client retention programs
- Manage cash flow and prepare for bigger expansion moves
Key Milestones
- Ideas for your next expansion project
- Automated systems for sales, fulfillment, and billing that can grow with you
- An adjusted, scalable business model ready for multi-market expansion
- Expansion-ready operations that function with or without you
BEYOND
POST-PROGRAM SUPPORT
You’re months past graduation, but you’re not building alone. Your mentor just helped you troubleshoot a hiring decision. A fellow alum just sent you a client referral. Revenue continues to grow. Most importantly, the support doesn't stop. It evolves with you.
What You Continue To Receive
- Continued mentor check-ins from entrepreneurs who have scaled businesses like yours.
- Join the alumni referral and resource community
- Get tools, templates, and trainings updated as markets change (available to alumni only).
- The option to obtain deeper strategic consulting when you hit new growth stages.
Added Benefits Available To You
- An experienced mentor team
- A network of fellow business owners — not just former classmates
- Access to new growth strategies and industry updates
- A direct path to continued revenue scaling and business expansion
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
- How is the program different from starting a business on your own?
Starting alone means no safety net. At Novantum, you get a pre-vetted business model, a team of co-founders, expert mentorship, and a roadmap built around financial benchmarks. You’re not gambling on your own or trying out some wild business idea — you’re building with structure, support, and strategy baked in.
- What happens if I fall behind or miss a class?
We understand life happens. You’ll have access to replays, templates, and team support to help you catch up. But remember: your team depends on you. This is a co-founder commitment, not a casual online course. Regular and/or excessive unplanned absences may affect your enrollment in the program especially if they are detracting from the business' success.
Bottom line: it's all about commitment and communication.
- What industries are the businesses in?
All Novantum businesses are rooted in universal service needs — industries like foodservices, cleaning, tutoring, storage, pet care, and maintenance. These are businesses people always need, not just want, ensuring year-round demand and recurring revenue.
- Will I be learning on my own or with others?
You’ll be part of a triad — a team of three co-founders — working together to launch and grow your assigned business. You'll also be plugged into a larger cohort for group sessions, expert-led workshops, and peer accountability.
- Is the program fully online?
The core curriculum is delivered online to give you flexibility and access to top-tier mentors from around the world. Aside from delivering the curriculum and accessing resources, everything else happens in the real world.
The program combines live mentorship, recorded lessons, and project-based execution. You’ll attend scheduled check-ins, complete guided deliverables, obtain resources, and access a structured dashboard to track your progress. But you'll be spending most of your time applying everything in your local market, working with your co-founders, and serving real customers in the real world.
- How many hours per week will I need to commit?
You are required to dedicate around 20 hours per week. This includes learning, business execution, and team collaboration. You’ll have flexibility on when you work, but consistency is key — you’re not just studying, you’re running a business.
You are in no way forced to stop you previous career while at Novantum. But we need 20 hours per week to guarantee your results. Only you can know how to best manage your time in light of your current workplace expectations and life circumstances.
- What does the curriculum cover?
The curriculum is split into three core phases:
- Launch – Legal setup, business model alignment, insurance, and value proposition
- Course 1: Solidifying Your Business Concept (500 hours | Months 1 - 4)
- Operate – Systems, branding, website, marketing, sales, finances, daily operations, and staffing
- Course 2: Operating Your Business (500 hours)
- Course 3: Market Your Business (500 hours)
- Course 4: Sell to Your Audience (500 hours)
These 3 courses are taken concurrently from Months 5-18
- Scale – Optimizing, troubleshooting, upselling, retention, and expansion
- Course 5: Grow & Expand (500 hours | Months 19 - 24)
You’ll master everything from registering your business and securing insurance, to hiring, branding, marketing, sales, financial projections, bookkeeping, and expanding into new markets. Novantum's program is designed for real-life execution, not academic busywork.
- Launch – Legal setup, business model alignment, insurance, and value proposition
Own Your Future.
Two years from now, you could still be waiting for the perfect job. Or you could be growing the business you already built.
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