[Innovators] Fwd: Applications for the UAB/Auburn and I-Corps South 2020 Virtual I-Corps Regional Course are now LIVE!

Richard Sesek rfs0006 at auburn.edu
Fri Jun 26 15:23:13 CDT 2020


Innovators,

here is a link to upcoming i-Corps event host by the UAB-AU for the South Region.

This is a great way to explore your business/technology idea via an intense customer discovery process.

Rich
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Richard Sesek, PhD, MPH, CPE
Tim Cook Associate Professor
Industrial & Systems Engineering
3341 Shelby Center
Auburn, Alabama 36849

(334) 728-1438 (mobile)
sesek at auburn.edu<mailto:sesek at auburn.edu>
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From: Lakami Baker <ltb0004 at auburn.edu<mailto:ltb0004 at auburn.edu>>
Subject: Applications for the UAB/Auburn and I-Corps South 2020 Virtual I-Corps Regional Course are now LIVE!
Date: June 25, 2020 at 9:11:58 AM CDT
To: Dan O'Leary <djo0008 at auburn.edu<mailto:djo0008 at auburn.edu>>, Richard Sesek <rfs0006 at auburn.edu<mailto:rfs0006 at auburn.edu>>, John Evans <evansjl at auburn.edu<mailto:evansjl at auburn.edu>>

All,

Please share with any technology-based teams that you have that are interested in customer discovery. I am working with UAB to offer a virtual I-Corps Regional Course. Please see details below.

Here is the link to register:  https://forms.gle/bW3bqLPfHK6ACv7i7

Let me know if you have questions as I am a part of the teaching team.

UAB-Auburn and I-Corps South Regional
July 2020!

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Applications for the
UAB & I-Corps South Regional
now open until July 7th!

This I-Corps Regional Course is an accelerated 4-week program utilizing the Lean Launchpad Methodology. Teams will virtually ‘Get out of the Building’ and talk to potential customers to discover how their technology could effectively ‘solve’ customers’ unmet needs. The curriculum will focus on customer development and emphasizes the full Business Model Canvas.

Teams from any university/college are encouraged to apply.


Course Dates (ALL ONLINE via Zoom, Time Zone: Central Standard):

  *   Cohort Introduction – July 10, 12 PM - 1:30 PM
  *   Kickoff – July 15, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  *   Office Hours - July 16-July 23, Virtual Office Hours with each team
  *   Midpoint Presentations – July 24 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
  *   Office Hours - July 24-Aug 4, Virtual Office Hours with each team
  *   Finale – Aug 5, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM


Why participate?

  *   Learn how to “get out of the building” and talk to potential customers, partners, and competitors
  *   Identify commercial potential for your technology
  *   Experience the uncertainty and excitement of creating a startup
  *   Receive eligibility to participate in the NSF I-Corps Teams Program


Eligibility:

  *   2+ team members - consisting of an Entrepreneurial Lead (undergrad, grad, Ph.D. student who will move the project forward) and a Technical Lead (typically be a faculty member, senior research scientist or postdoctoral scholar with deep and direct technical expertise in the actual core technology about which the I-Corps team is exploring commercial potential)
  *   Must be able to attend all six workshop dates
  *   Have a tech innovation in any STEM-BioMed field and want to explore its commercialization potential
  *   Willing to find and talk to at least 30 potential customers in four weeks
  *   Interest in applying for the Nationals NSF I-Corps Teams program and $50,000 grant


Register Now!<https://forms.gle/bW3bqLPfHK6ACv7i7>

Questions? Comments? Contact us at mwasko at uab.edu<mailto:mwasko at uab.edu> orLbaker at auburn.edu<mailto:Lbaker at auburn.edu>


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LaKami T. Baker, Ph.D.
Interim Executive Director, Government and Economic Development Institute, University Outreach
Russell Foundation Associate Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies, Harbert College of Business

Auburn University
214 Extension Hall
Auburn, AL 36849
334-844-5331
www.auburn.edu/gedi<http://www.auburn.edu/gedi>

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