Validate Your Concept

We’re excited to host the next Founders Lab session, our bi-weekly startup meetup at MBO CoWorking. our Founder Eric McRae, and Invest Ottawa Advisor will be leading this session.

This session is for early-stage founders and aspiring entrepreneurs who have an idea but aren’t sure it’s worth building yet. Come hang out with other founders in a workshop that mixes hands-on exercises with practical frameworks to help you test your concept, sharpen who it’s for, and turn a rough idea into a concrete business you can take to your first customers.

📅 Tuesday, October 13, 2026 🕕 6:00 PM
📍 MBO CoWorking — 78 George Street, Ottawa
Session Breakdown

• 6:05 - Intros: Tell us what you’re thinking of building
• 6:20 - Rapid-fire exercise: Write your concept in one sentence
• 6:35 - Who is it for? Finding your first buyer
• 6:50 - Designing your first five validation conversations
• 7:00 - Break
• 7:10 - Pairing exercise: Pressure-test each other’s concept
• 7:35 - Final roundtable: Sharpening each concept
• 7:55 - Wrap-up