During the first phase of Health Tech Challenge, participants:
- Learn more about the problem they are solving, work with mentors assigned to their teams, develop an idea for a solution, and build and test their prototype.
While the majority of the sprint is done outside of the classroom, including reviewing on-demand entrepreneur and start-up content, participants can expect the following meetings:
Kick-Off  (1 hour)
- Tuesday, October 1 | 1:30 – 3 PM (MT) at Boise Entrepreneur Week
Entrepreneurial Mentor & Resource Introduction Night (1.5 hour)
- Monday, October 14 | 5:30 – 7 PM (MT) via Zoom
- Participants, Mentors, Health Tech Idaho introduction followed by pairing of mentors with participants.
Interview Problem Sponsors (1.5 hours)
- Tuesday, October 15 | 5:30 – 7 PM (MT) via Zoom
- Industry experts answer questions related to problem statements.
Pitch Practice (2 hours)
- Wednesday, October 23 | 5 – 7 PM (MT) via Zoom