UPCOMING COHORTS

Spring 2021 VT DC I-Corps Cohort

The Deadline to apply for the Spring cohort is March 1st

• Applicants notified and pre-course intro video shared on March 5th

Friday, March 12, 2021, 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.: Class 1

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

Friday, March 19, 2021, 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.: Class 2

• Team Presentations on Lessons Learned from Customer Discovery
• Hypothesis Development
• Customer Interview Workshop
• What's Next Discussion

Friday, March 26th & April 2nd, 2021: Office Hours (To be scheduled by teams)

Friday, April 9th, 2021, 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m.: Closing

April, 2021 UMD Cohort

Friday, April 9, 2020, 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.: Class 0 Pre-Webinar

• Preview/Prep for the course

Friday, April 16, 2021, 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.: Class 1

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

Friday, April 23, 2021, 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.: Class 2

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

Friday, April 30, 2021, 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.: 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:

• January/February
  - Intro Call: January 20 at 6:00 p.m.
  - Sessions: February 1, 2, 3, 10, and 17 (9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.)
• March
  - Intro Call: March 3 at 6:00 p.m.
  - Sessions: 16, 17, 18, 25, and April 1 (9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.)
• May
  - Intro Call: April 27 at 6:00 p.m.
  - Sessions: 11, 12, 13, 20, 27 (1:00 p.m. 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 12:00 p.m.)
• September
  - Intro Call: August 25 at 6:00 p.m.
  - Sessions: 7, 8, 9, 16, 23 (1:00 p.m. 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 12:00 p.m.)

"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