Where you start

You don't start from zero.

You arrive with a concept the Lions panel has already stress-tested, a business one-pager, and real evidence of market interest from Innovation. Incubation is where that becomes an actual, operating business - built one focused session at a time.

What supports you

Curated, milestone-driven support.

Business Plan Clinic

Group workshop with the Sparksli co-founders and a mentor - reviewing your plan and pressure-testing the model.

Sales Workshop

Founder sales, hands-on: discovery conversations, objections, moving from interest to signed contract.

Dedicated Mentor 1:1s

Regular check-ins with an experienced founder - on product, customers, and the decisions that are genuinely hard.

Guest Experts

A startup lawyer for contracts and IP, a CFO mentor for financial planning - brought in exactly when you need them.

AI First Approach

You apply AI to bring your business to life and integrate AI support into business operation.

AI Companion

The AI panel from Innovation is now your workbench: modelling pricing, shaping positioning, developing your product.

~10 hours of direct human contact across the phase - curated and milestone-driven, not a fixed weekly schedule. AI agents and online learning carry the work between sessions.
The milestones

What building actually looks like.

01
Month 1-2

BUSINESS PLAN & LEGAL STRUCTURE

Your business plan is built iteratively with mentor support - revenue model, pricing, go-to-market, cost structure. We connect you with a Swiss legal specialist so your structure, co-founder agreement, equity and IP are in place from the start, not fixed later.

02
Month 2-4

CUSTOMER DISCOVERY & FIRST CONTRACT

You approach real potential customers with a specific, testable question. Discovery calls turn into your first signed contract - the moment a business plan becomes a business.

03
Ongoing

BUILDING WITH AI

You lead the build with human judgment throughout; AI does the heavy lifting on execution - code, drafts, models, tests - with the AI Adoption Expert helping you decide where AI genuinely belongs in your product.

04
Month 4-6

PILOT & LAUNCH

Early customers use a live pilot. You refine based on real usage, then move toward full launch - and into the Sparksli Alumni community.

What comes next

You built it. Now you belong to something.

Incubation ends with a launched business - not the end of the relationship. You join the Sparksli Alumni community: peers who've made the same leap, still building, still reachable.

Four to six months. One real business.

Start where you are. Build what's yours.

Phase 2 · Incubation - 4-6 months · Zürich
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