Upcoming  FALL  2019  Cohort

• Today – Applications accepted for I-Corps Sites
• 2/16 – Application period closes
• 2/19 – Selected teams are announced
• 2/28 – Week 1 group meeting, 12 - 2 pm
• 3/6 – Week 2 Entrepreneurial Leads meet with I-Corps Administrators
• 3/13 – ​​​Week 3 group meeting, 12 - 2 pm​​

• 3/20 – Week 4 Entrepreneurial Leads meet with I-Corps Administrators
• ​4/3 – Week 5 group meeting, 12 - 2 pm
• 4/10 - Week 6 group meeting with Panel presentation, 12 - 2 pm
• 4/17 – Final Presentations by teams, 12 - 2 pm​
• 4/18 and beyond – Program follow-up and continued engagements

program   topics

*Note Summer cohort is on a condensed schedule but covers the same topics with twice weekly meetings held on Tuesdays and Fridays, instead of once weekly meeting held only on Fridays

Before Session 1

• Deliverables
  • Watch "How to Build a Startup" (online course) Lesson 3 and 4: Business Models and Customer Development
  • Read "Intro to Interviewing" document
  • Conduct 3 customer interviews
  • Review Non-Disclosure Agreement 
  • Prepare 3-slide presentation using Presentation Template #1

Session 1

• Class Topics
  • Introduction of Program
  • Business Model Canvas Basics
  • Forming Customer and Value Proposition Hypothesis 
• Deliverables for following week
  • Watch "How to Build a Startup" (online course) Lesson 2: What We Know Now and Lesson 6: Customer Segments
  • Business Model Canvas
  • Customer Interview Form based on 3 interviews with potential customers and end users

Session 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" Lesson 5: Value Proposition and Lesson 7: Channels
  • Customer-Interview Form based on 3-interviews with potential customers and end users​
  • Prepare Presentation Template #2

Session 3

• Class Topics
  • Customer Interviewing Techniques
  • Market Research
• Deliverables for following week
  • Watch “How to Build a Startup” Lesson 8: Customer-Relationships
  • Customer Interview Form based on 3 interviews with potential customers and end users
  • Market Research Form

Session 4

• Entrepreneurial Leads meet with I-Corps Administrators to discuss progress during the program, interview feedback and any next steps
• Deliverables for following week​
  • Competitive Products Form
  • Customer Interview Form based on interviews with 3 more potential customers or end users
  • Update Presentation Template #2

Session 5​

• Class Topics
  • Personas, Profiles & Work Flow Maps
• Deliverables for following week
  • Customer Interview Form based on 3 interviews with potential customers and end user
  • Persona and Customer Profile
  • Budget Form or W-9, and Client Engagement Form

​ Session 6 (Spring and Fall cohorts only)

• Class Topics
  • Panel of successful Entrepreneurs and Innovators
• Deliverables for following week
  • Customer Interview Form based on interviews with 3 more potential customers or end users
  • Prepare final Presentation Template #3
  • Not required, but FYI: Ohio Third Frontier TVSF and NSF I-Corps Teams

Session 7

• All teams present their potential markets to group
• Deliverables for future weeks
  • Final budget reporting
  • Milestones