Unlocking Growth opens ‘Rocketship Scholars’ for Aussie tech startups

Product-led growth consultancy Unlocking Growth is offering five free scholarships to Australian residents, who are interested in developing their startup growth skills.

After spending collectively two decades in tech and startup sectors in the United States, founders Audrey Melnik and Peter Ikladious returned to Australia to launch Unlocking Growth in February 2021.

The firm has since delivered several projects with Australian scale-ups across fintech, regtech, consumer technology and B2B SaaS.

The firm’s new SaaS Trial Rocketship Program is currently offered to fast growing Australian startups to bring their team members up to speed on how to implement a Product Led Growth approach for their businesses.

Seeing the broader need for these skills, the team at Unlocking Growth is seeking to expand the course’s availability to ambitious people
looking to enhance their skills and their marketability to tech startups.

Whether applicants are already in this sector or looking to find their first job in the Aussie tech scene, the course is set to give an advantage in landing that job.

“We’ve realised that the skills required to power the startup scene here in Australia are in very short supply,” said Audrey Melnik, Founder at Unlocking Growth.

“Beyond the well known need of software development skills, there is an even greater gap in Australia of skills in the Growth and Product Management specialties,” Melnik said.

“Our 6-week SaaS Rocketship coaching program helps to fill that gap and educates our students on our world-leading Customer Journey Optimisation methodology,” she said.

She continued that the program sets them up with the tools and skills to implement a Product Led Growth approach that has served startup
success stories like Atlassian, Canva and Slack so well.

The Rocketship Scholars Program will offer free access to the SaaS Trial Rocketship Coaching Course (worth $7,500) to five Australian residents who are looking to take their career to the next level.

The program covers key modules around startups, Customer Journey Optimisation methodology and Product-Led Growth implementation.

It will also equip students with a formidable technical skillset in marketing automation, customer data platforms, product analytics and journey optimisation.

Although the course leverages numerous technologies and SaaS tools, no formal computer coding knowledge is required to be successful.

There are no restrictions on candidates who can apply for the course – with applicants of all ages and experience levels being eligible for a scholarship.