About Our Incubator Curriculum

   1. Capital Raising Badge

• Build access to capital competencies relevant to tech venturing​

• Develop requisite financial forecasts and risk analysis for raising capital​

• Construct communication documents necessary for public and private capital sources. ​
  
  
   

   2. Venture Thesis Badge

• Introduction Lean Entrepreneurship principles and application to tech venturing​

• Mastery of Tech Venture planning tools such as Opportunity Board, Lean Canvas, Value Proposition Canvas, and Business Model Canvas​

• Construction of a venture thesis which describes the purpose of the tech venture, its opportunity, and unique value proposition. ​

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   3. Product-Market Fit Badge

• Analyze opportunity attractiveness of tech venture relative to its product-market intent.​

• Quantify market and industry attractiveness with secondary sources and data. ​

• Qualify and test product-market fit of tech product and targeted customer segments.
  
  
   

   4. Monetization Badge

• Develop revenue and commercialization models and evaluation tools inclusive of channel economics and value chain analysis.​

• Quantify marketing and customer acquisition strategies inclusive spreadsheet evaluation tools​

• Conduct Risk Analysis of a tech venture ​
  
  
   

   5. IP-to-Product Badge

• Introduction to Intellectual Property and Licensing Agreements​

• Utilization of Provisional Patent as part of an Intellectual Property Strategy​

• Understand the process of licensing intellectual property from Federal Labs and universities. ​