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Current Cohort: Summer 2022 (Friday Cohort)

• Applications Due: Sunday, May 22, 2022
• Teams Selected: Wednesday, May 25, 2022
• Week 1: Friday, June 10, 2022 (Group Meeting)
• Week 2: Friday, June 17, 2022 (Individual Meeting)
• Week 3: Friday, June 24, 2022 (Group Meeting)
• Week 4: Friday, July 1, 2022 (Individual Meeting)
• Week 5: Friday, July 8, 2022 (Group Meeting)
• Week 6: Friday, July 15, 2022 (Group Meeting, Panel)
• Week 7: Friday, July 22, 2022 (Group Meeting, Final presentations)​

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All meetings will be offered virtually. An in-person option to present on Week 7 will also be available.
​Group meetings take place on Fridays from 12:00-2:00pm.
​Individual meetings will be scheduled on first come, first serve basis.

Current Cohort: Summer 2022 (Monday Cohort)

• Applications Due: Sunday, May 22, 2022
• Teams Selected: Wednesday, May 25, 2022
• Week 1: Monday, June 13​, 2022 (Group Meeting)
• Week 2: Monday, June 20, 2022 (Individual Meeting)
• Week 3: Monday, June 27, 2022 (Group Meeting)
• *No Meeting July 4*
• Week 4: TUESDAY, July 5, 2022 (Individual Meeting)
• Week 5: Monday, July 11, 2022 (Group Meeting)
• Week 6: Monday, July 18, 2022 (Group Meeting, Panel)
• Week 7: Monday, July 25,​ 2022 (Group Meeting, Final presentations)

All meetings will be offered virtually. An in-person option to present on Week 7 will also be available.
​Group meetings take place on Fridays from  6:00-8:00pm.
​​Individual meetings will be scheduled on first come, first serve basis.

Program Topics

Before Session 1
Deliverables:

• Review and sign Non-Disclosure Agreement 
• Watch "How to Build a Startup" (online course) Lesson 3 and 4: Business Models and Customer Development.
  • ​Sign up for free account with udacity.com to access videos
• Conduct 3 customer interviews
• Prepare a 90-second elevator pitch presentation

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
• Week 1 Workbook to document hypotheses on customer segment and value proposition
• Conduct 3 additional customer interviews (total of 6)

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
• Conduct 3 additional customer interviews (total of 9)
• Prepare for 5-minute Q&A using Presentation Template #1

​Session 3
Class Topics:

• Customer Interviewing Techniques
• Market Research

Deliverables for following week:

• Watch “How to Build a Startup” Lesson 7: Channels and Lesson 8: Customer Relationships
• Week 3 Workbook documenting interview strategy
• Conduct 3 additional customer interviews (total of 12)
• 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
• Conduct 3 additional customer interviews (total of 15)
• Prepare for 5-minute Q&A using Presentation Template #1
• Client Engagement Letter
• University Budget Form or W-9 Form

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​Session 5​
Class Topics:

• Personas, Profiles & Work Flow Maps ​

Deliverables for following week:

• Week 5 Workbook documenting customer profile and work flow map.
• Competitive Products Form
• Conduct 3 additional customer interviews (total of 18)

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​ Session 6 
Class Topics:

• Panel of past I-Corps Entrepreneurs

Deliverables for following week:

• Conduct 3 additional customer interviews (total of 21)
• Prepare final presentation using Presentation Template #2

Optional:

• Practice presentation with I-Corps Instructors

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Session 7
All teams present their potential markets to group
Deliverables for future weeks:

• Final budget reporting
• Milestones