During this 3-day crash course, take a deep dive into concepts, skills, and tools to help you move your idea and ventures forward and learn innovation and entrepreneurship skills that you can use in any career!
*There are limited seats available for this workshop. If seats are filled, please put your name on the waiting list! If a seat becomes available, you will be notified via an email from Eventbrite. Participants are required to attend the ensure duration of each day's training. If you are unable to attend the entire duration each day, please wait until the next time that the bootcamp is offered.
Registration Options:
We recommend that attendees register for all three days, however, the following options are available when registering:
- Attend only Day 1 & Day 2 (must be attended together)
- Attend only Day 3 (must provide details about previous training on customer discovery and solution development and validation)
Schedule & Topics:
Day 1 (Jan. 12, 12:30-5:30 EST): Customer discovery
- Design thinking process
- Innovation opportunity (problem) identification
- Customer interviews
- Market research
Day 2 (Jan. 13, 12:30-5:30 EST): Solution development and validation
- Solution and business model development
Day 3 (Jan. 14, 12:30-5:30 EST): Market sizing and financial modeling
- Market sizing
- Key start-up finance concepts
- Financial modeling
This bootcamp is ideal for BU students or Class of 2020 alumni who:
- want to learn new skills and concepts to excel in any career
- are considering or have already launched a new venture (for-profit or nonprofit)
- are part the BUild Lab's Innovation Pathway program. This bootcamp is ideal for anyone on the IP who would like to have training on these foundational topics for innovation and entrepreneurship.
Innovate@BU is a University-wide initiative to enable all BU Terriers to become drivers of innovation in their own lives, careers, and communities. Innovate@BU's physical home, the BUild Lab IDG Capital Student Innovation Center, hosts experiential learning programs that foster an entrepreneurial mindset and help students develop innovation, communication, and collaboration skills. Check out more Innovate@BU events!
