Ignite Your Startup Success with Causeway Innovation
Launching a startup is challenging, but you don't have to navigate it solo. Causeway Innovation provides expert startup coaching, advisory services, and practical workshops to help founders thrive.
We’ve worked with over 300 founders and small business managers across Australia from our Sunshine Coast base. We leverage this deep experience to help your startup grow stronger, faster, and significantly boost its chance of success.
What We Do
We focus on the dual growth of both you and your business. Our services include:
Needs Analysis: Pinpointing key areas for immediate growth acceleration.
Practical Development: Hands-on work on business models, planning, customer acquisition, team building, networking, and raising capital.
Funding Your Growth
Financing is often a big hurdle for startups. We help you to make your business investor-ready by optimising your plan, team, and traction. We can then help you identify relevant sources of finance and investors.
Our Experience
We bring proven expertise across diverse industries - from cutting-edge healthtech, digital, and cleantech to established sectors like food & beverage, education, and professional services.
Additionally, we design and deliver impactful startup workshops, frequently sponsored by governments, universities, and industry associations.
Ready to accelerate your journey? Let’s build something great.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Startup coaching: avoid pitfalls and boost chances of success.
Pitching for investment: feedback on approach, communication and pitch deck; identifying and approaching investors.
Startup and scaleup workshops and accelerator programs.
Startup innovation workshop. The Generator, Gympie.
“Colin Graham is a straight-shooting, practical and insightful sounding board. He is proactive, considered and has personally offered me many great insights into what it takes to launch, run and scale a successful startup.
I’m very grateful for his time and expertise.”
WHY WORK WITH A STARTUP COACH
Benefit from experience
Tap into insights into success gained from working with over 300 startups and small businesses across many industry sectors.
Grow stronger, faster
Avoid common mistakes that cost time and money. Make better use of limited resources and tap into an extensive business network.
Keep focused
Startups are hard - an external coach can help you to focus on your goals, stay motivated, and celebrate successes.
It works!
Numerous studies have found coaching to have a positive effects on goal attainment, resilience and improved business performance.
Startup coaching and advisory
STARTUP COACHING SESSION
Format: practical one-hour session, in person or via video call
An advisory session focused on your specific needs and stage of development and practical next steps to develop your business. Areas covered can include:
Understanding your personal and business objectives and needs.
Exit ambitions and pathways.
Reviewing the startup idea and stage of development.
Target markets, business model, team requirements, and making money.
Raising investment.
Developing your network.
Practical next steps to develop the business
This initial session runs for 60 to 75 mins and costs $300 plus GST, payable in advance.
Ideally an in-person workshop at Causeway Innovation meeting room, can also be held via Zoom etc.
Follow-up summary via email.
STARTUP STRATEGY WORKSHOP
Format: 3-hour workshop plus preparation and follow up.
Developing a clear strategic direction and business roadmap for the next 1 - 3 years.
It starts with you – founders’ personal objectives, resources, time scale, views on exit and business objectives.
Progress to date, key issues, learning points.
Business roadmap - strategic direction, key steps and milestones.
Target customers and value proposition.
Business model and financial requirements.
Prioritising opportunities and stages of development.
The workshop normally runs for 3-hours and costs $950 plus GST, including preparation and followup.
Works best as an in-person workshop at Causeway Innovation meeting room, can also be held via Zoom.
Includes preparation and followup summary notes.
STARTUP IDEAS INTO ACTION
Format: Strategy workshop plus implementation support over 3 months
Include two components:
Startup Strategy Workshop, including preparation and follow up.
Startup coaching sessions – 3 x 1.5-hour business coaching sessions held monthly focused on implementation with a preference for in person meetings.
Agenda for coaching meetings based on client’s needs, business roadmap and reviewing progress and actions on key strategies to grow the business.
Identify and address any issues.
Network development – suggesting business contacts when possible.
Summary notes provided following each session.
Total cost $1,850 + GST.