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The NSF I-Corps program at the University of Iowa, led by the John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center (JPEC), helps researchers, innovators, and early-stage startups explore the commercial potential of their work and make a real impact in the world. Through hands-on customer discovery and the Lean Startup approach, participants learn how to test assumptions, refine their […]

    Enroll in the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's I-Corps program! We will meet 4 times over the course of the fall to help teams hone their customer discovery skills. Participants will have the opportunity to learn crucial skills to navigate the commercialization process for their ventures. We welcome you to join us and learn […]

  Course Description Nebraska I-Corps - Introduction to Customer Discovery will help you explore the commercial viability of your innovation or business idea. I-Corps uses the Lean LaunchPad approach (also called Lean Startup), and it will help you systematically test key assumptions about your innovation and the customer problems it might be able to solve […]

  Course Description The Missouri S&T NSF I-CorpsTM program is an eight-week, virtual course designed to equip researchers and innovators with the skills to identify and validate customer needs, create a compelling value proposition, and achieve product-market fit.   Course Overview   Principles of customer discovery Interviewing techniques Survey design Identifying your value proposition   […]

Do you want to translate your research into impactful real-world applications? Join UW-Madison’s Technology Entrepreneurship Office (TEO) for the I-Corps program! This free, six-week, non-credit, virtual workshop uses evidence-based strategies for achieving entrepreneurial success and is open to research faculty, staff, and students at any higher education institution. With help from NSF I-Corps trained instructors […]

  Course Description Turn your ideas into reality with UIC I-Corps! The NSF I-Corps program gives participants an introduction to the Lean Launchpad methodology and familiarize them with the Business Model Canvas and customer discovery. At the conclusion of the program, participants are encouraged to apply for the national level with the NSF I-Corps program […]

  The Milwaukee I-Corps Program, an affiliate of the NSF I-Corps Hub of Great Lakes Region, helps researchers and academic entrepreneurs explore viability of their research discoveries and/or technologies through the “Lean Launch” process of direct engagement with the potential markets in a series of online workshops. The program, supported by the National Science Foundation […]

  Course Description The ISU I-Corps program is a training ground for faculty, postdoctoral, graduate and undergraduate students to learn how to increase the impact of their research by exploring the commercial potential of their research and technology. The five-week curriculum focuses on customer discovery to support the transition of ideas, devices, processes, or intellectual […]