Sales Bootcamp 1 – Sales Planning
Registration Details
Virtual | Free | For Regional Innovation Centre (RIC) Clients only.
This 4-session series of workshops was designed exclusively by Venture Accelerator Partners Inc. for Regional Innovation Centre Clients who are pre- revenue, or newly in-revenue who are ready to get market validation through to early selling.
You can register for 1, or all of the workshops (we recommend the whole series for maximum benefit). You will need to register for each session individually.
- Sales Bootcamp 1: Sales Planning
- Sales Bootcamp 2: Sales Process
- Sales Bootcamp 3: Sales Systems & Tools
- Sales Bootcamp 4: Managing your Sales
If you would like to register for this session please contact your Innovation Advisor or:
- Innovation Factory – Greta Black: greta.black@innovationfactory.ca
- Innovate Niagara – Lauren Cumpson: lcumpson@innovateniagara.com
About Sales Bootcamp: Sales Planning
In this sales planning session, we will focus on high-level goals like revenue and the activity targets that lead to revenue. This also means being focused on your ideal customer, as well as the buyer personas that you will be targeting. For most B2B organizations it is better to have a narrower focus and then grow to adjacent targets. We will also talk about pricing methodology and the associated sales and marketing costs to support the revenue growth.
Deliverables Include: Buyer Persona Template and the Start of the Sales Plan
Meet the Speaker: Mark Elliott, Founder at VA Partners, Expert Advisor (Sales) at Innovation Factory
Since founding Venture Accelerator Partners in 2006, Mark has helped clients drive millions of website pageviews, book hundreds of meetings, and secure millions of dollars in revenue. Mark’s successes at VA Partners include:
- Helping their first client close $300,000 in revenue from new clients
- Working with a mobile client to help close their first paying customer
- Implementing an inbound lead generation program that increased a training company’s leads and web traffic by 300%
- Providing sales leadership to a technology company that increased revenues by 50%
Prior to VA Partners, Mark spent 10 years at Lexmark Canada in a sales, marketing, and leadership positions. At Lexmark, Mark won awards for Manager of the Year, and Sales and Marketing Rep of the year. Mark is a regular presenter at MaRS, a Sales Champion for Innovation Factory, an instructor for a sales and marketing course at UofT, and as a Champion for the Communitech Senior Sales and Business Development P2P.
- Sep 08 2026
- 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Speaker
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Mark ElliottCo-Founder at Venture Accelerator Partners & Executive Advisor at Innovation Factory
Since founding Venture Accelerator Partners in 2006, Mark has helped clients drive millions of website pageviews, book hundreds of meetings, and secure millions of dollars in revenue. Mark’s successes at VA Partners include:
– Helping their first client close $300,000 in revenue from new clients
– Working with a mobile client to help close their first paying customer
– Implementing an inbound lead generation program that increased a training company’s leads and web traffic by 300%
– Providing sales leadership to a technology company that increased revenues by 50%Prior to VA Partners, Mark spent 10 years at Lexmark Canada in a sales, marketing, and leadership positions. At Lexmark, Mark won awards for Manager of the Year, and Sales and Marketing Rep of the year.
Mark is a regular presenter at MaRS, a Sales Champion for Innovation Factory, an instructor for a sales and marketing course at UofT, and a Champion for the Communitech Senior Sales and Business Development Peer2Peer.
