WYOMISSING,爸爸. — Budding entrepreneurs are invited to apply to the 宾州州立银行 Customer Discovery Lab, 由学院组织的为期四周的系列研讨会 Flemming Creativity, 创业 and Economic Development (CEED) Center. 这个机会对十大正规赌博平台大全的学生开放, 最近的校友, 教师, 工作人员, and community members interested in exploring the commercial viability of their idea or innovation. The deadline for applications is March 13, and applications can be found on the 弗莱明CEED中心网站.
获胜队伍将获得500美元奖金, 以及高达500美元的小额赠款, which can be used to develop prototypes to help with the customer discovery process.
The spring 2023 Customer Discovery Lab will begin on March 28.
The workshop follows the National Science Foundation’s I-Corps program, 一个身临其境, entrepreneurial training program that facilitates the transformation of invention to impact. These “boot camp”-style training sessions help entrepreneurs to begin customer discovery. They learn how to develop a business model and validate it through a scientific process, network and get feedback from 教师 experts and experienced entrepreneurs who serve as business mentors, 确定他们的创新是否存在市场. The program ends with a pitch competition in which the participants present their work.
宾州州立银行 sophomore information technology major Alina Rodriguez, 客户发现实验室的前项目参与者, 所述, “客户发现实验室是一次大开眼界的经历. The program exposed me to why listening to potential customers is crucial and allowed me to apply the real-world applications of the concepts as we learned them. The entire lab shifted my perspective on how startups work and how to develop a product/service idea properly. I highly recommend the experience to anyone seeking to learn more about validating their startup ideas.”
客户发现实验室的主要教员包括 萨旦Kulturel-Konak管理信息系统教授 阿卜杜拉大官邸, distinguished professor of information sciences and technology. Kulturel-Konak is also the director of the 弗莱明CEED中心 and the program chair for the 创业与创新(ENTI)辅修. 此外, Ada梁, associate professor of marketing, supports the marketing segment of the program.
Kulturel-Konak总结, 该项目基于精益启动平台, an entrepreneurship methodology to test and develop business models based on querying and learning from customers. 你不能在教室里测试你的商业想法. 通过客户发现实验室, we can easily see whether a business model can succeed or what it needs to do. I feel really good about how much we have been able to help our teams in our sessions.”
Konak stressed that another goal of 客户发现实验室 is to increase awareness of and interest in the 宾州州立银行 创业与创新(ENTI)辅修. “大多数学生毕业后都不会创业. 然而, we hope that this experience will help them come up with a solution for any problem and give them a foundation for starting a business beyond graduation.”
Early-stage entrepreneurs who have scalable ideas with unclear or unknown business models are encouraged to apply to this program. Teams must commit to attending the required workshops and cohort meetings and start their customer interviews by the second week of the program. 欲了解更多信息和申请，请访问 弗莱明CEED中心网站.
关于 弗莱明CEED中心
弗莱明的创造力, 创业, and Economic Development Center (CEED) Center was established in the fall of 2011 as part of the Gaige Technology and Business Innovation Building. Its mission is to inspire an entrepreneurial spirit and innovative thinking in the 宾州州立银行 community. The CEED Center fosters economic growth and development in the Greater 阅读 area through technology-based solutions, 人力资本开发, 企业创建. It provides student entrepreneurs with an incubator in which to develop their startup ideas and mentoring from 教师, 还有来自当地商界的志愿者. The CEED Center’s programs include Creativity Training Workshops, 3D打印工作坊, 系列讲座, 客户发现实验室, STEM商业创意挑战赛, 以及学生企业奖.
萨旦Kulturel-Konak
萨旦Kulturel-Konak, professor of management information systems, 宾州州立银行
