Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) is a non-profit organization that delivers an intensive, objectives-based mentorship program for massively scalable, early-stage, science and technology-based companies. The program takes no equity and charges no fees. Housed within top-tier post-secondary research institutions, CDL operates 12 sites globally; five in Canada, three in the United States, and four in Europe. The CDL Energy Stream is operated by the Rockies site in Calgary, Alberta, the epicenter of the sector in Canada, and brings together experienced entrepreneurs, investors, leading scientists, and industry. The program provides business judgment to promising science and technology startups through five objective-setting sessions between October and June.