Entrepreneurship Training for Researchers
June 7 – July 14, 2022
Tuesdays + Thursdays
Join Venture College for a summer program devoted to helping faculty, post-doctoral, and graduate students from universities across Idaho advance their ideas.
Applications due: May 20, 2022
Apply HereWhat to Expect
Stipend for Participants
There will be a stipend offered for faculty and graduate students accepted into the program.
All Academic Disciplines Welcome
Faculty members are doing incredible research across many disciplines. We encourage all faculty members from higher education institutions across Idaho with an entrepreneurial mindset to apply!
Focus on Scalable Ventures
This program will deliver training, provide a network, facilitate connections to service and capital providers, and establish a scalable structure for faculty seeking to go to market with their ideas.
Cohort-Driven Education
Learn with your peers and colleagues in a welcoming and forgiving environment that encourages you to learn with others and drive useful connections that will grow your business idea.
Mentor Network
Work with the Venture College and a network of mentors to refine your solutions into ventures through research, customer discovery, and idea validation.
Application Process
- Applications close on Friday, May 20, 2022.
- Idaho Ignite begins on Tuesday, June 7, 2022.
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Topics Covered
- Intro to Startups + Entrepreneurship
- What is a Value Proposition?
- Finding a Value Proposition through Customer Discovery + Empathy
- How to Test a Value Proposition
- Measuring a Minimum Viable Product (MVP)
- How to Pivot
- Business Model Canvas
- Partnerships, Founders + Funding
- Completing Customer Discovery Interviews with Student Support