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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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Sara Martin
sara.henderson@venturelab.gatech.edu
484.571.6022
Summary Sentence: Georgia Tech female-led startup teams will be coached through evidence-based entrepreneurship and innovation centered on customer discovery.
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Female Founders Startup ProgramDo you or your team have a great idea for a potential startup?
If so, come join VentureLab’s I-Corp Sites Inaugural Female Founders program! This program will coach Georgia Tech female-led teams through evidence-based entrepreneurship and innovation centered on customer discovery. (Register at: http://tinyurl.com/rjpy9k9)
Teams will be eligible to apply for up to $3,000 to be spent on Customer Discovery efforts, including, travel expenses to relevant conferences where teams will be able to directly interview potential customers.
This program, led by an all-female team of entrepreneurship coaches, will run from March 28, 2020 through April 24, 2020, with a kick-off session, weekly check-ins, and a closing session highlighting teams’ progress.
Teams that successfully complete the requirements will be eligible to apply to the National Science Foundation I-Corps Teams program with an award up to $50,000 to be used to continue customer discovery and advance the progress toward commercialization.
To learn more, join us for an info session Feb. 25, 2020, from 11 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. This session will be both in-person and via WebEx.
