Apply now for Spring Cohort Center ICE’s NSF I-Corps Site Program

February 1, 2022

I-Corps
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Understanding the needs of the customer, stakeholder, or end-user is essential to evaluate the value of your solution to tackle their specific pain points.

At Center ICE, we provide a six-week long NSF Innovation Corps site program to accelerate academic research and startup business projects that are ready to move toward commercialization. Learn more from previous I-Corps team members discussing the added value of the customer discovery process during Techstars Startup Week Alaska: https://bit.ly/I-Corps-StWk-21-Lessons

Interested in being a member of our Spring Cohort? Complete the I-Corps Application Form @: https://bit.ly/I-Corps-Spring-2022 and we will connect with you.

Deadline: Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022

Course: March 1 - April 9, 2022

Program: 1 hour introduction, weekly tagups, 1 hour wrap-up/lessons learned

Requirements: Complete 15 - 20 interviews over six weeks

Outcomes: Learn customer discovery practices and gain stakeholder feedback to support you for an evidence-based commercialization strategy

We look forward to hearing from you and working with you and your team on your customer discovery journey. This is a chance to innovate together and build the opportunities of tomorrow.

For more information, contact Peter Webley at pwwebley@alaska.edu.