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Starting Line

Elevate your business concept in 5 easy steps!​

Apply To Starting Line Today!
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​Step 1: Introduce Your Idea

Tell us about your concept and anyone involved with pursuing the venture.
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Step 4: Devise an Interview Strategy

Decide what customer segment you will explore, what hypothesis you will test and what questions you will ask.
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Step 2: Build a Value Proposition

Create a value proposition and hypothesize what customers need. Update your business model canvas.
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​Step 5: Conduct Interviews​

Interview 5 potential customers to get insight into your market.
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​Step 3: Competitive Analysis

Research who your customers are, your market and the competitors in the field.

Bonus Step:

Elevate and Accelerate
   Complete the I-Corps application & submit or get additional milestones for Starting Line.
By the end of this program, you will have: 
  • Learned about business and how to apply best practices on the Business Model Canvas
  • Acquired clarity on your customer through interviewing
  • Created a competitive analysis​ for market insight​

Why participate in Starting Line?

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​Learn how to turn your idea into a business!

Starting line is a step-by-step validated process for testing your business idea.
You will w
ork with experienced UARF new venture managers. 


Complete the program and receive:
  • Startup legal advice from UA's SEED Clinic​
  • Preparation for other accelerator programs
  • 10% bonus on application score when applying to I-Corps
  • ​​And more
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