Kickoff: I-Corps Spring Regional Entrepreneurship Program

*********************************
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
*********************************

Event Details
Contact

Sara Martin Henderson

Program Director | NSF I-Corps Instructor

Georgia Institute of Technology

VentureLab | I-Corps South

Phone: 484.571.6022

Email: sara.henderson@venturelab.gatech.edu

Summaries

Summary Sentence: I-Corps South is excited to announce an upcoming regional entrepreneurship program in partnership with the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and University of Tennessee, Chattanooga.

Full Summary: No summary paragraph submitted.

Media
  • I-Corps South I-Corps South
    (image/jpeg)

I-Corps is a program of the National Science Foundation (NSF) that equips researchers and entrepreneurs with the tools to validate the value proposition of their ideas from the perspective of potential customers. The workshop is a hands-on introduction to the process of Customer Discovery designed to give the entrepreneur insight into how future customers will respond to products that are developed by the new venture. The workshop series runs over four weeks during which are 3 workshops along with 20 customer interviews.

 

I-Corps South Regional Cohort Schedule

March 28  Kick-off, Customer Discovery, Business Thesis, Interview Techniques

March 29 – April 12 Customer Interviews, 30 min office hour call

April 13  Workshop #2 – Business Models – ONLINE ONLY

April 14 – April 19 Customer Interviews, 30 min office hour call

April 20  Workshop #3 – Lessons Learned, What’s Next

 

Benefits and Outcomes

  • A new perspective into how buying decisions are made by prospective customers
  • Hands-on learning in how to conduct a fruitful customer interview
  • Access to expertise from University of Tennessee, University of Tennessee Chattanooga, I-Corps South and Ga Tech Venture Lab
  • Recommendation for application to I-Corps National Cohort: $50,000 grant for 100 customer interviews
  • Substantially increased potential for SBIR Grant awards

 

More Information:  https://haslam.utk.edu/icorps

To Apply:   Email:  scarson2@utk.edu

Contact:  Shawn Carson

I-Corps Program Director

scarson2@utk.edu

865-773-8974

Additional Information

In Campus Calendar
Yes
Groups

GT Commercialization

Invited Audience
Faculty/Staff, Public
Categories
Career/Professional development, Other/Miscellaneous, Training/Workshop
Keywords
go-researchevent
Status
  • Created By: jhoward98
  • Workflow Status: Published
  • Created On: Mar 14, 2022 - 12:42pm
  • Last Updated: Mar 14, 2022 - 12:53pm