Sprints
Arrowhead Sprints are accelerator programs designed to help businesses at any stage refine their business model, overcome challenges, and connect with tailored resources through a mix of cohort-based learning and one-on-one support.
Eligibility
We serve new and established businesses across industries, offering guidance in areas such as customer discovery, revenue models, and growth strategies through the Business Model Canvas framework.
Kristin Morehead
Program Director
kmorehea@nmsu.edu
Growing in and funding new mexico businesses
Welcome to Arrowhead Sprints
Sprint accelerator programs are designed to help new and established businesses launch and grow. We strive to meet you where you are, no matter what stage your business is in, to help you take the next steps forward. Utilizing a cohort-based and one-on-one approach, we offer assistance with exploring your Business Model Canvas (BMC) and connecting you to personalized resources to help you overcome your biggest individual business challenges.
What is the Business Model Canvas?
The Business Model Canvas is a tool to help you better understand and refine the essentials of your value proposition, discover and reach your customer segments, optimize and grow your channels, establish and cultivate your customer relationships, evaluate your costs and revenue streams, and leverage key partners, activities, and resources.
Featured Sprints
Benefit of Sprints
GUIDED CIRRICULUM
Receive guided support in each component of your BMC to unlock the essentials for your success, assess your position within your market, and discover new opportunities for growth.
ONE-ON-ONE ADVISING SUPPORT
Work on your personal business goals through one-on-one sessions with instructors that will connect you with resources you need to succeed.
AIN
Access a network of over 50 expert business advisors who will instruct you on topics such as accounting, financing, digital marketing, intellectual property, startup strategy, and more.
NETWORKING
Grow your network and meet fellow business owners, inspirational speakers, and local and/or state-wide resources.Areas Reached
Success Metrics:
More than 75% of participants are underserved.
Over 500 New Mexico Businesses assisted.
Hear From Our Past Participants
– Erin Ward
Participant of WESprint
“It is a powerful experience to have a safe space to share ideas, concerns, and other considerations for my business and know that everyone from Arrowhead Center and other participants in the cohort become an extension of my team.”
– Fernando Baeza
Participant of BizSprint Las Cruces
“I am thankful for the opportunities I was given with the BizSprint Las Cruces program. They have been of tremendous help in assisting me with my business. I have no previous background or mentorship in business and now I feel more than ready to excel in my field as a business professional.”
– Sydney Lienemann
Participant of Energy Sprint
“The Energy Sprint provided incredible resources from technology and IP to social media and accounting. Over the course of its short 5 weeks, I did more to get my startup off the ground than I had in the previous 5 months! I would strongly encourage any small businesses or start-up to take advantage of this incredible resource available to New Mexicans.”
Our Team
Dana Catron
Deputy Director | SBIR Program Director
Kristin Morehead
Arrowhead Innovation Network | NMSBA
Carissa Trujillo
Program Specialist
Frequently Asked Questions
Our Sprint programs are completely free thanks to our various funders who sponsor our programs. Some Sprint programs may even offer microgrants to participants that complete the program.
Each sprint program has their own requirements for eligibility listed on their individual landing pages.
The Business Model Canvas is a tool to help you better understand and refine the essentials of your value proposition, discover and reach your customer segments, optimize and grow your channels, establish and cultivate your customer relationships, evaluate your costs and revenue streams, and leverage key partners, activities, and resources. This method from the bestselling management book Business Model Generation is applied in leading organizations and startups worldwide.