Business Model 101
Map out our idea and validate its potential using the Lean Canvas. Whether you're exploring entrepreneurship for the first time or it's your tenth time testing an idea, a strong foundation will set you up for success.
STEP IN. STEP UP. STEP FORWARD.
IS THIS FOR ME?
No matter where you are on your entrepreneurial journey, Edmonton Unlimited is here to help you grow and thrive. Our programming and resources create spaces where you can learn from one another, inspire each other, and take bold steps forward. We believe in fostering a culture where failing fast is embraced as part of the process, and every idea has the potential to make a difference.
Discover & Validate
Once you've mapped everything out with the Lean Canvas, we'll guide you through talking to customers so you can build them something they love in the Discover and Validate Series.
Testing Business Ideas
Do you want to validate your ideas before fully committing to them? As a startup, entrepreneur, or builder it can be difficult to know what to test and experiment on.
Hear what innovators are saying
“Meeting other entrepreneurs – that helped a great deal. That was huge! Just having the opportunity to share the challenges that we’re going through…Having that peer support was just amazing – that was another thing I wasn’t even thinking of that I also got... These are all new entrepreneurs sharing their own perspectives and how they deal with situations. It does go a long way when you’re new to business.”
“Because things were sort of happening simultaneously… I was able to almost immediately apply it. So, if we were doing some marketing work, right away I was putting that into advertisements, and every single course was kind the same thing – I was simultaneously putting it into practice as soon as it was being taught.”
From Insight to Investment Ready
Across three high-impact sessions, participants will step inside the investor mindset: what earns attention, what builds conviction, and what separates fundable companies from the rest.
Wired for Potential
Experts on Demand
Accelerators
Alberta Accelerator by 500
With the goal of uplifting the next generation of Canadian entrepreneurs, the Alberta Accelerator by 500 is designed for startups with the shared vision of strengthening Alberta as a global hub for tech innovation. Both local and international startups with a tech-enabled solution from any industry or sector can apply.
Plug and Play Alberta
Plug and Play connects the world's best startups with international corporations to bring technology to market faster. Alberta entrepreneurs will have access to a network of official corporate partners, venture capitalists, and supports to scale and grow, hire tech talent, and propel digital transformation across the province.
Community Safety & Wellness Accelerator powered by AlchemistX
In partnership with AlchemistX, the Edmonton Police Foundation, and Alberta Innovates, the CSW Accelerator is bringing proven Silicon Valley acceleration programming to support solutions aimed at positive social impact in Edmonton.
Hear what innovators are saying
“A flexible resource catered to where the company is in its development. Initially, we needed to polish our message for funding – the expert from Edmonton was excellent! Then we were ready to go to market and needed guidance on ‘how best do we do this?’…. That’s where another experienced expert helped identify priorities and methods to get our name out there, so we’re not chasing everything.”
"Through the Experts on Demand program, we were able to gain expert advice from someone in our industry....we had SO many...questions that we were easily able to get answered."
"As a tech founder, I had limited to no background in some areas of business development. I was hoping to learn more about the different matters that a founder needs to have the right understanding and vision required to successfully grow a tech startup…with all the incredible guidance and insights from Edmonton Unlimited, participant startups avoid many pitfalls and find out about the vital dots they need to connect to thrive."
Student Founders 2026
Offering young entrepreneurs who are building an early-stage innovative product or service support to launch their ideas into a growing startup success.
Post Secondary Institution (PSI) Innovation on Campus
Students, staff, and alumni* of Edmonton’s post-secondary schools interested in building a technology-based company can access the support of an Executive in Residence (EIR) on campus.
ELITE
The ELITE program provides hands-on learning and entrepreneurship training to help young Black innovators ages 15 to 22 navigate the world of innovation and technology.
Hear what innovators are saying
“[Edmonton Unlimited] were able to provide the support that we needed and… they still are providing the support that we need…we’re able to… reach out to the people within Edmonton Unlimited to ask for help. And if they aren’t able to provide the help…they definitely know someone who knows someone…who they can connect us with that can provide that help.”
Partner Programs
Innovation U: An Entrepreneurship Series
Adapted from Edmonton Unlimited’s Startup Foundation series through to Preflight: Market, Sell, Pitch is an inclusive program aimed at all innovators and entrepreneurs. Each class can be taken in sequence or as a stand-alone session and is designed to build upon one another.
Our programs are offered at no cost, thanks to funding from:
Get Started
Unsure what program is right for you? Reach out for a free, 30-minute meeting to learn how we can help you with your idea or growing business.