OIST Lean Startup Entrepreneurial Training Program 2016

OIST Lean Startup Entrepreneurial Training Program

March 18-26, 2016

Now Accepting Applications

(Deadline: March 14)

DISCOVER THE LEAN LAUNCHPAD METHODOLOGY

Learn how to identify commercial opportunities that can emerge from academic research by working on a real technology development case. In this program, participants will use, as case studies, technologies developed at OIST and will apply skills learned in the course to identify potential customers of the technology.

Instructors are part of the U.S. National Science Foundation I-Corps^TM Program's (http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/i-corps/about.jsp) regional training node at George Washington University.* (The I-Corps Program is a U.S. national effort to provide mentors and funding to university researchers to develop technologies that benefit society.)

Program Schedule

1. March 18-20: 3-day Opening Session

Discover the Lean Startup method through activities that introduce the Business Model Canvas and Customer Development Process.

2. March 21-25: Interview Period and Online Session

"Get out of the building" by conducting interviews with potential customers to understand product-market fit.

3. March 26: Closing Session

Present and pitch your customer development findings.

Venue: OIST Campus
Language: English
Limited Seating
Participants: Students, researchers, and administrative staff
Deadline: March 14

Reservation is required. Please submit the application form at the link below by March 14th.

https://groups.oist.jp/bds/oist-lean-startup-entrepreneurial-training-program-2016-0

If you have any questions, please contact ai.chinen@oist.jp.
Hope to see you there!

We will be in touch with you with the official notification regarding your participation in this workshop.

*This course should not be considered an official NSF I-Corps Program.

Sponsored by the Business Development Section & Office of Sustainable Development of Okinawa

In cooperation with the Faculty Affairs Office (Postdoctoral Career Development Advice (PCDA)