• Today – Applications accepted for I-Corps Sites

• 2/14 – Application period closes

• 2/16 – Selected teams are announced

• 2/24 – Week 1 meeting, 12 - 2 pm

• 3/3 – Week 2 Entrepreneurial Leads meet with I-Corp's Administrators

• 3/10 – Week 3 meeting, 12 - 2 pm

• 3/17 – Week 4 Entrepreneurial Leads meet with I-Corp's Administrators

• 3/24 – Week 5 meeting, 12 - 2 pm

• 4/7 – Week 6 meeting, 12 - 2 pm

• 4/14 – Week 7 presentations by teams, 12 - 2 pm

• 4/15 and beyond – Program follow-up and continued engagement

 

Program Topics:

 

Before Week 1

• Deliverables

• Review Non-Disclosure Agreement 

• Watch "How to Build a Startup" (online course) Sections 1-6 in Lesson 1.5A and Sections 1-10 in Lesson 1.5B

• Prepare 2-slide Presentation Template #1

 

Week 1

• Class Topics

  • Introduction of Program

  • Business Model Canvas Basics

  • Forming Customer and Value Proposition Hypothesis 

• Deliverables for following week

  • Business Model Canvas with value proposition and customer segments portions completed

  • Watch "How to Build a Startup" (online course) Lesson 3: Customer Segments

  • Customer Interview Form based on 3 interviews with potential customers and end users

 

Week 2

• Entrepreneurial Leads meet with I-Corps Administrators to go over customer segment and value proposition hypotheses

• Deliverables for following week

  • Watch "How to Build a Startup" (online course) Lesson 2: Value Proposition

  • Customer Interview Form based on 5 interviews with potential customers and end users

  • Prepare Presentation Template #2

 

Week 3

• Class Topics

  • Customer Interviewing Techniques

  • Market Research

• Deliverables for following week

  • Watch "How to Build a Startup" Lesson 4: Channels

  • Customer-Interview Form based on 3-interviews with potential customers and end users

  • Market Research Form

 

Week 4

• Entrepreneurial Leads meet with I-Corps Administrators to discuss progress during the program, interview feedback and any next steps

• Class Topics

  • Intellectual Property

  • Technology Transfer

• Deliverables for following week

  • Watch “How to Build a Startup” Lesson 5: Customer-Relationships

  • Customer Interview Form based on 3 interviews with potential customers and end users

  • Prepare Presentation Template #3

 

Week 5

• Class Topics

  • Ecosystem & Work Flow Maps

• Deliverables for following week

  • Competitive Products Form

  • Customer Interview Form based on interviews with 3 more potential customers or end users

  • Prepare Presentation Template #4

 

Week 6

• Class Topics

  • Panel of successful Entrepreneurs and Innovators

  • Funding Sources

• Deliverables for following week

  • Customer Interview Form based on interviews with 3 more potential customers or end users

  • Prepare final Presentation Template #5

  • Practice presentation with I-Corps Administrators

  • One-paragraph statement of value proposition

  • Not required, but FYI: Ohio Third Frontier TVSF and NSF I-Corps Teams

 

Week 7

• All teams present their potential markets to group

• Deliverables for future weeks

  • Final budget reporting

  • Survey on I-Corps Sites program