Explore Program
For early-stage founders who have an idea to validate
Explore Program
For early-stage founders who have an idea to validate
Bring your idea to life
Translate your brilliant idea into a scalable business
Our Explore program is designed to support women who have an idea they want to bring to life, providing the frameworks, skills, and networks you need to translate your brilliant idea into a scalable business. You’ll walk away with the knowledge and confidence to examine, prototype and launch your venture.
You have the idea. Now it’s time to bring it to life.
You’ve felt the spark: the idea that won’t leave you alone.
You know it has potential. You can see the business it could become. But between inspiration and execution? That’s where things get murky.
Where do you start? How do you know if your idea is viable? What’s the right business model? And how do you go from concept to something real, something people want, need, and are willing to pay for?
Too many brilliant women stay stuck in their heads, waiting for the “perfect time,” the “right way,” or more confidence to just begin.
The truth? You don’t need to have it all figured out. You just need a clear path and the right support to walk it.
The Explore Program is your place to turn your idea into more than a business. Turn it into a movement. A legacy.
What you’ll achieve
Walk away with a thorough understanding of what it takes to turn an idea into a business.
Learn strategic tools and resources that will help you establish a company, overcome early obstacles, protect your intellectual property, acquire customers and funding your future growth.
You’ll finish the program empowered and inspired, with the confidence to to think about yourself as a founder.
Why Explore?
Having a brilliant idea is only the beginning.
Maybe you’ve sketched out a solution you know could help people but you’re not yet sure if anyone will pay for it. Maybe you’ve been sitting on an idea that lights you up, but every time you try to map out the “next step,” the questions pile up.
This program gives you what every early-stage founder needs but rarely gets:
- A clear, practical path to validate your idea, test your assumptions, and understand your customers before sinking time and money into the wrong things.
- A supportive community of women who are ambitious, thoughtful, and navigating the same early-stage uncertainty you are.
- Mentorship from people who’ve been there, made the mistakes, and learned what actually works so you don’t have to learn it the hard way.
- The confidence to step into your role as a founder, actively building something that can grow, scale, and create impact.
Program Outline
Explore is designed to be a practical, step by step roadmap to lead you through problem definition, solution design, business models, finding money to fuel growth, and a whole lot more. All delivered in bite-sized lessons within each module and with guided activities so you can work through the program on your own time.
The Explore program is an online, self-paced program consisting of 10 core modules.
- 1. Startup Essentials
- 2. The Problem and Ideation
- 3. The Solution and Ideation
- 4. Prototyping & Customer Feedback
- 5. Making Money
- 6. Starting the Business
- 7. Early Stage Funding
- 8. Pathway to Market
- 9. Thinking About Investment
- 10. The Start-Up Mindset
Who is Explore for?
This program is made for visionary women who:
- Have a business idea they can’t stop thinking about
- Are ready to move from dreaming to doing
- Want to validate their idea, find product-market fit, and build something that lasts
- Are looking for structure, support, and step-by-step guidance to get started
- Believe in their vision, even if they’re not sure how to make it real (yet)
Explore is not for you if:
- You already have an MVP or product in the market. Check out our Evolve Program instead.
- You are looking for a done-for-you solution with minimal involvement
- Prefer to figure things out completely on your own without external support
Tailored Help from Experts
You’ll be supported with access to regular “office hours” with experts across a range of topics like sales, legal, marketing, funding and more, who will support you and answer any of your burning questions.
Plus, you can access our community of founders all over Australia on similar journeys as you, who are cheering each other on, swapping learnings, and growing together.
Apply for Evolve now
- Practical support in bite-sized lessons delivered in 10 modules
- Tailored support through 1-1 office hours with industry experts
- Mentorship from successful founders and leaders
- Connect with other founders all over Australia in the One Roof community
- The knowledge and confidence you need to examine, prototype and launch your venture.