UPCOMING COHORTS

October 2021 GW Cohort

I-Corps eligible teams looking to complete a regional short course should contact Bob Smith at bobsmithajh@gwu.edu to see if slots are available.

Day 1 - Monday, October 11 - 1:00PM - 4:00PM

Day 2 - Tuesday, October 12 - 1:00PM - 4:00PM

Day 3 - Wednesday, October  13 - 1:00PM - 4:00PM

Midpoint - Wednesday, October  20 - 1:00PM - 4:00PM

Final - Wednesday, October 27 - 1:00PM - 4:00PM

November 2021 GW Cohort

I-Corps eligible teams looking to complete a regional short course should contact Bob Smith at bobsmithajh@gwu.edu to see if slots are available.

Day 1 - Monday, November 8 - 1:00PM - 4:00PM

Day 2 - Tuesday, November 9 - 1:00PM - 4:00PM

Day 3 - Wednesday, November  10 - 1:00PM - 4:00PM

Midpoint - Wednesday, November 17 - 1:00PM - 4:00PM

Final - Wednesday, December  1 - 1:00PM - 4:00PM

January 2022 UMD Cohort

TBD — Class 0/Welcome Webinar one hour long

Friday, January 17, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. — Class 1

• Introduction to I-Corps
• Team Introductions
• Business Model Generation
• Value Proposition Design
• Best Practices for Customer Discovery

Friday, January 14, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. — Class 2

• Team presentations on Lessons Learned from Customer Discovery
• Hypothesis Development
• Customer Interview Workshops

Friday, January 21, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. — Class 3: Closing Session, Final Presentations

• Final Team presentations
• What’s Next Discussion

To apply, please click here

ICAP short courses offered by GW for 2021:

ICAP is a partnership between GW I-Corps, the VirginiaSBDC network and the Center for Innovative Technology serving a network of 14 universities, five regional business accelerators and 11 state and regional economic development agencies. It serves I-Corps sites at George Mason University and University of Virginia as well as the GW I-Corps program. ICAP offers virtual regional short courses monthly along with a team development mentoring program and community events designed to assist startups during their first two years of development. I-Corps eligible teams looking to complete a regional short course should contact Bob Smith at bobsmithajh@gwu.edu to see if slots are available.

ICAP Dates:

• November
  - Intro Call: October 19 at 6:00 p.m.
  - Sessions: 1, 2, 3, 10, and 17 (9:00 a.m. to noon)

"I learned that evidence-based customer discovery is rooted in the scientific method of proposing and testing hypotheses, which appealed to my scientific (and engineering) training."

—Derek Paley, Director, Maryland Robotics Center, Willis H. Young JR. Professor of Aerospace Engineering Education, University of Maryland

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