The Tough Tech Toolbox was designed to accelerate and support early stage Tough Tech startups with the information and know-how they need as they build and scale.
The Toolbox is a collaboration between Founder to Leader and The Engine, built by MIT. Collectively the two organizations have supported thousands of early stage biotech, climate, and advanced infrastructure startups during their earliest stages - from ideation to pre-seed through series B.
Inside the Toolbox there are a highly curated set of action-oriented resources for founders and leaders to grab on-the-go. All of the resources can be downloaded as Google documents so that they can immediately be put into practice.
The Tough Tech Toolbox was designed around The Engine’s Tough Tech Learning Model, which is the core framework behind all of The Engine’s educational programming. The Learning Model identifies nine critical learning areas that Tough Tech founders need to master to transform groundbreaking ideas into scalable ventures with lasting impact including:
Leadership
Team
Legal and Intellectual property
Business
Technology development
Boards
Government
Communication
Network
Inside the Toolbox you can quickly search at the top for resources, you can use the conversational search to talk to the Toolbox just as you would with an AI resource like chatGPT and you can also browse by content type - guides, tools, links - and by topic.
The Toolbox is continuously updated based on the needs of the Tough Tech entrepreneurial community. Access can be purchased for individuals or for accelerators, academic institutions, or venture firms.
Frequently asked questions
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For organizations and institutions the price is based up how many users will be members within your community. There is a sliding scale to support 10-person teams all the way up to large public universities.
Contact us and we can create a quote for you.
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We sell licensing or individual memberships on an annual basis. Discounts are applied if multiple years are purchased at once.
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Yes. We have individual memberships to the Toolbox that are $99 per year for individuals. We can create a bulk discount for small teams.
Contact us and we can provide you with a quote.
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If you’re looking for a guide or tool that isn’t in the Toolbox, let us know and we can build it for you.
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Yes. For a small fee we can add your logo and your organization’s colors so that it is branded for your community. We can create a custom URL as well for you to make it match your website.
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The Tough Tech Toolbox is connected to Google Analytics so we can provide you with detailed information on user behavior and interactions with the Toolbox as often as it’s helpful to you.