UPCOMING COHORTS

Summer 2021 VT I-Corps Short Course

Friday, July 23, 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. — Class 1

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

Friday, July 30, 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. — Class 2

• Team presentations on Lessons Learned from Customer Discovery
• Hypothesis Development
• Customer Interview Workshops
• What’s Next Discussion

Friday, August 6, time to be scheduled by teams — Office Hours

Friday, August 13, 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. — Closing Session

August 2021 UMD Cohort

Friday, August 6, noon to 1:00 p.m. — Class 0: Pre-Webinar

• Preview/Prep for the course

Friday, August 13, 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, August 20, 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, August 27, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. — Class 3: Closing Session, Final Presentations

• Final Team presentations
• What’s Next Discussion

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:

• May
  - Intro Call: April 27 at 6:00 p.m.
  - Sessions: 11, 12, 13, 20, 27 (1:00 to 4:00 p.m.)
• July
  - Intro Call: June 29 at 6:00 p.m.
  - Sessions: 13, 14, 15, 22, 29 (9:00 a.m. to noon)
• September
  - Intro Call: August 25 at 6:00 p.m.
  - Sessions: 7, 8, 9, 16, 23 (1:00 to 4:00 p.m.)
• 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

i-corps@umd.edu