University of Akron and University of Toledo I-Corps

Virtual Event

  Course Description The I-Corps program is all about customer discovery! The I-Corps Program supports teams through an intensive 7-meeting critical evaluation. Our goal is to help faculty, students, and the community answer important questions about their business, product, or technology idea through coaching and direct customer interactions.   The I-Corps program can help you: […]

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University of Minnesota Value Proposition Design

University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN 55455, Minneapolis, MN, United States

  Course Description You've identified a specific innovation that you think you may want to commercialize. Now what? The University of Minnesota Value Proposition Design program applies the Lean Startup approach and Customer Discovery methods to specific innovations. External industry executives, as well as experts from the Office for Technology Commercialization, the UMN Libraries, and […]

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University of Iowa I-Corps

Virtual Event

The NSF I-Corps program at the University of Iowa, led by the John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center (JPEC), helps researchers, innovators, and early-stage startups explore the commercial potential of their work and make a real impact in the world. Through hands-on customer discovery and the Lean Startup approach, participants learn how to test assumptions, refine their […]

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University of Michigan I-Corps

Virtual Event

This I-Corps course provides a set of skills and entrepreneurial knowledge that can be applied to any career path. It uses the Lean LaunchPad method to give participants a working knowledge of how to think about their innovation ideas from a business and customer perspective, as well as how to conduct customer discovery interviews; the […]

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University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee I-Corps

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 2100 E Kenwood Blvd, Milwaukee, WI, United States

  The Milwaukee I-Corps Program, an affiliate of the NSF I-Corps Hub of Great Lakes Region, helps researchers and academic entrepreneurs explore viability of their research discoveries and/or technologies through the “Lean Launch” process of direct engagement with the potential markets in a series of online workshops. The program, supported by the National Science Foundation […]

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University of Nebraska-Lincoln I-Corps

Virtual Event

  Course Description Nebraska I-Corps - Introduction to Customer Discovery will help you explore the commercial viability of your innovation or business idea. I-Corps uses the Lean LaunchPad approach (also called Lean Startup), and it will help you systematically test key assumptions about your innovation and the customer problems it might be able to solve […]

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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign I-Corps

Virtual Event

    Enroll in the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's I-Corps program! We will meet 4 times over the course of the fall to help teams hone their customer discovery skills. Participants will have the opportunity to learn crucial skills to navigate the commercialization process for their ventures. We welcome you to join us and learn […]

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University of Wisconsin-Madison I-Corps

Virtual Event

Do you want to translate your research into impactful real-world applications? Join UW-Madison’s Technology Entrepreneurship Office (TEO) for the I-Corps program! This free, six-week, non-credit, virtual workshop uses evidence-based strategies for achieving entrepreneurial success and is open to research faculty, staff, and students at any higher education institution. With help from NSF I-Corps trained instructors […]

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University of Illinois Chicago I-Corps

Virtual Event

  Course Description Turn your ideas into reality with UIC I-Corps! The NSF I-Corps program gives participants an introduction to the Lean Launchpad methodology and familiarize them with the Business Model Canvas and customer discovery. At the conclusion of the program, participants are encouraged to apply for the national level with the NSF I-Corps program […]

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