Company: Leap Academy
Nomination Submitted by: Golan Ventures Inc
Company Description: Leap Academy is an award-winning, internationally renowned program designed to help professionals significantly leap their careers. In just two years, Leap’s introductory training has helped over 40,000 professionals across 4 continents, generating well over $55 million i n capital to the market and $3M in revenue changing hundreds of careers and lives.
Nomination Category: Company / Organization Categories
Nomination Sub Category: Startup of the Year - Consumer Services Industries
 Nomination Title: Leap - Helping Driven Professionals Leap their Careers
- Which will you submit for your nomination in this category, a video of up to five (5) minutes in length about the achievements of the nominated organization since January 1 2021, OR written answers to the questions for this category? (Choose one):
Written answers to the questions
- If you are submitting a video of up to five (5) minutes in length, provide the URL of the nominated video here, OR attach it to your entry via the "Add Attachments, Videos, or Links to This Entry" link above, through which you may also upload a copy of your video.
- If you are providing written answers for your submission, you must provide an answer to this first question: Briefly describe the nominated organization: its history and past performance (up to 200 words):
Total 159 words used.
Leap Academy is an award-winning, internationally renowned program designed to help professionals significantly leap their careers. Launched in 2020 and in less than three years, Leap’s introductory training has helped over 40,000 professionals across 4 continents, generating $60 million in capital to the market and $3M in revenue with no external investment.
Created by Ilana Golan just before the COVID-19 pandemic, Leap Academy has been instrumental in helping thousands of professionals when job opportunities were limited and continues to grow and scale continuously. Leap gives professionals the tools, strategies, coaching, and community they need to land leadership roles in 6-10 weeks, rather than the industry average of 12-24 months, raise millions in capital to their startups, join advisory, boards and more.
Leap’s impact is much greater than the individuals who join the program. It's a ripple effect that creates happier individuals and families, stronger teams with better leaders, and healthier companies that can make a difference for millions of consumers.
- If you are providing written answers for your submission, you must provide an answer to this second question: Outline the organization's achievements since the beginning of 2021 that you wish to bring to the judges' attention (up to 250 words):
Total 228 words used.
The Leap Academy had massive growth since the beginning of 2021. It grew from $250K first year revenue in 2020 to $4M in revenue with no outside investment by the third year, changing the lives of thousands of clients across 4 continents and creating a global impact. Beyond the immense growth as a company, our most important achievement is enabling the growth for our clients, who are creating a huge positive impact on the market and the world overall.
Participants in the program have achieved a salary increase of $100k on average, and landed prestigious leadership roles in Google, Facebook, Amazon, SalesForce, Accenture, T-Mobile and more. Their contributions in these roles lead to immeasurable innovation that will touch lives worldwide.
Entrepreneurs in Leap have raised $29.5M for their various startups and ventures. An example is a venture capital that was launched by a Leap participant to invest in impact-driven startups, funding initiatives that create water access for millions, battle PTSD, and help solve many other global issues.
Leap has helped clients get to $20M in merger and acquisition - selling their companies and completely transforming their lives.
Leap and its participants have added a total market value of $60 million, a number that continues to grow every day. The outstanding results of Leap have been featured on Yahoo! Finance, Market Watch, NBC, CBS, ABC, and many more.
- If you are providing written answers for your submission, you must provide an answer to this third question: Explain why the achievements you have highlighted are unique or significant. If possible compare the achievements to the performance of other players in your industry and/or to the organization's past performance (up to 250 words):
Total 242 words used.
Leap Academy is different from anything out there.
Ilana Golan, the founder, has climbed the career ladder and needed to reinvent herself repeatedly from engineer to product, sales, Vice President, CEO, entrepreneur, investor, board director of private and public companies etc.
She created a proprietary technique, an extremely engineered process that any driven professional will learn exactly how to reinvent and leap their career and they can do it repeatedly.
This method, combined with coaches (who have all walked the walk and not teach based on theory) and the network of clients we have - created a program that changes lives in weeks.
Leap helps participants land executive roles in 6-10 weeks vs the average of 2 years, getting promoted with an average of $100K extra income, raising millions in capital for their startups and more. Thats how we got to $60M of value to markets in less than 3 years. The ROI for our clients and the industry is unheard of.
These accelerated results held true throughout the pandemic and major tech layoffs of 2022/2023, and have reinforced Ilana’s purpose of changing lives.
At Leap, we measure our success by the impact that our clients are creating. Our clients are impacting change around the globe, innovating and investing in impact related startups to benefit millions. Our clients are driving diversity and inclusion, proving that anyone can accomplish big things. They’re showing their families, kids and broader network that their dreams are possible
- You have the option to answer this final question: Reference any attachments of supporting materials throughout this nomination and how they provide evidence of the claims you have made in this nomination (up to 250 words):
Total 65 words used.
Short video of testimonies from clients (~3min)
Intro video of Leap and our clients (~6min): Video Testimonial from Leap Participants
Link to our website and what people say: Quotes and Success Stories from Leap Participants
Yahoo! Finance Article on Participant's Leap to CEO Position
Titan Business Awards - Gold Winner Best Coaching Company 2022
Dozens of Video Testimonials and Success Stories
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