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Reflections on the I-Corp Training Experience

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October 20, 2014
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Note: This blog is co-authored by Javier Saade, Associate Administrator for Investment and Innovation, and G. Nagesh Rao, Chief Technologist & Entrepreneur in Residence“We are not interested in your sales pitch, put them away, we are interested in helping you better understand how you can effectively commercialize your technology better.” – Steve Blank (I-Corp Lead Instructor & Lean Startup Guru)Earlier this month we had the fortunate opportunity to be invited to observe the inaugural training session of NIH’s I-Corp program at Microsoft Corporation’s offices in Washington DC, where cutting edge scientists met innovative business leaders. This training endeavor was designed and adapted, from NSF’s original program, to help train life scientists in being better and smarter entrepreneurs with their prototype development as a result of their SBIR Phase I grant funding. As we watched Steve Blank and his cohort of lean startup instructors engage with the presenters we could not help but describe the I-Corp instructional experience as a “Shark-Tank meets a mini-MBA course” ... Read full article

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