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The TCO facilitates transfer of CUNY innovations to industry by nurturing collaboration between academia and industry, by championing sponsored research at various facilities within the University, by licensing of CUNY intellectual property to sponsors and other industry partners, and by supporting formation of new start-up companies.
The TCO facilitates transfer of CUNY innovations to industry by nurturing collaboration between academia and industry, by championing sponsored research at various facilities within the University, by licensing of CUNY intellectual property to sponsors and other industry partners, and by supporting formation of new start-up companies.
Innovation Corps (I-Corps) is a nationwide, NSF-funded network formed to accelerate the economic impact of funded research. Centered around the blossoming New York City innovation ecosystem, a consortium of 11 leading research Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs) in the greater metropolitan area make up the New York NSF I-Corps Hub with The City University of New York (CUNY) as the Hub's principal lead institution.
The NY I-Corps Hub delivers its mission of providing entrepreneurial training, mentoring, and resources to enable researchers to form startup companies that translate laboratory discoveries into breakthrough products and services. With the Hub, the NYC Innovation Hot Spot co-hosts seasonal ‘entrepreneurial-training bootcamps’ using the principles of Lean LaunchPad Methodology to understand the needs of potential customers through business-model exploration. Virtual and in-person training is offered at all 11 Hub Partner Institutions.
Participants in the program:
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Learn the fundamental building blocks of the Lean Launchpad methodology –the Business Model Canvas, Customer Discovery and Agile Development
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Engage in customer discovery research aimed at investigating the commercial viability of your idea
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Build a foundation of your startup for future National I-Corps Teams, NYC Innovation Hot Spot, and SBIR/STTR programming
Past Cohorts
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