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• Space, time & resources to focus on your startup
• Learn skills & get tools to search for a repeatable & scalable business model
• Connect you with mentors from the NYC venture, clean tech, and startup community
• Strengthen ties among some of NYU’s most promising entrepreneurs & with the larger community
• Work hard and have a lot of fun!
What should you expect over the next year?
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• Keep to the schedule• Come prepared• Listen & learn…don’t sell• Leverage each others skills & connections
• Respectfully exploit your mentors
• Take advantage of INSITE office hours• Have a great time!
What do we expect?
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Emails Internal WebsitePost-program surveyProgram ScheduleACME * DeckAdditional articles & videosStartup Owner’s ManualBusiness Model Generation
Packing List
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1. Submit your full proposal: Due on February 5th through FluidReview Concentrate on high quality business milestones
2. Talk to your Customers: Schedule 15 (4 min) Customer interviews before March 5th
Include findings in your business model canvas Incorporate BMC into your pitch deck
3. Prepare pitch deck: Use ACME deck as a guide for pitch day presentation Work with your Mentor to prepare and practice presentation Use InSITE teams as a resource Include your business goals set for your full proposal
Assignments before March 5th
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Your New Best Friend!
Julia [email protected]
PowerBridgeNY Program Associate-Internal Website and Fluid Review Specialist
-PB Resources or Materials-Texts, Articles, Resources
Campus Representatives
Brookhaven National LaboratoryPat Looney [email protected]
City University of New YorkJohn Blaho [email protected]
Columbia UniversityDonna See [email protected]
Cornell UniversityBethany Koi [email protected]
NYU-PolyChris Snyder [email protected]
Stony Brook UniversityAnn-Marie Scheidt [email protected]
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• Mentors are coaches, not consultants
• ~2 per team: Entrepreneurs & Investors
• Meet at mutually convenient time & place,
preferably in-person
• + Floating mentors– Designers-in-Residence
– Hackers-in-Residence
– Entrepreneurs & Investors
– Lawyers & Accountants
• Sign up for floaters with Staff• They’re volunteers
Mentors are Supervisors
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• February 5: Full proposals due• Mid-February: Full proposals selected by the
Judges will be invited to prepare pitches• March 5: Pitch Day• March 10: Final awardees announced• May: Second Bootcamp • Project plans for awardees should be
approximately 12 months long, but should be predominantly driven by the milestones.
Program Schedule
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• Feb 5: Full Proposal Due– Review with Mentor (and InSITE team)
– Submit in Fluid Review
• March 5: Pitch Day and Showcase– Real demo day
– Pitching to Panel of judges
– Invite NYC investors & entrepreneurs + VIPs
• May: Second Bootcamp
Important Dates
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• Lean Launchpad curriculum– Techniques for testing hypotheses,
experimentation & iteration to search for repeatable & scalable biz model
• Flipped classroom– Online (Udacity) lectures– Two texts designed for this purpose
– Check-in time spent reviewing teams
progress/personalized feedback– GOFB: Interview >10 customers & partners/month
• Monthly meetings with mentors• On going guest speakers & workshops
Athletic Instruction
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Floating Mentors/Coaches
Hackers• Jared Wyatt• Steve Ellis• Tal Safran
Designers• Liz Danzico, School of Visual Arts• Rune Madsen, O’Reilly Media• Zoe Fraade-Blaner
Legal• Peter Fusco, Lowenstein Sandler
Tax & Accounting• Michael Gawley, EisnerAmper
Investors• Fred Wilson, Union Square
Ventures• Craig Shapiro, Collaborative Fund• Jalak Jobanputra, FuturePerfect
Entrepreneurs• Ali Heron• Caren Maio, Nestio
Storytelling• Craig Protzel, ITP
You’ll receive an email each week about who’s holding office hours so you can sign up