ICAP 2.0 Final Presentations | Shen. Valley Cohort | Business Model Development For Tech. Start-Ups

Join us as 12 teams involved in the ICAP 2.0 Short Course deliver their final presentations. This event is free and open to the public. We just ask that you RSVP!
 
About ICAP and This Cohort
ICAP is a statewide technology-commercialization program offered by the Virginia Network of Small Business Development Centers, George Mason University, and local sponsors (SVTC, SBDC, JMU X-Labs).

Based on the National Science Foundation's I-Corps™ program for Lean Startups, ICAP 2.0 helps inventors and entrepreneurs take the right first steps in bringing new technologies and innovations to market.

During this free 3-week program, individuals worked with ICAP instructors and teammates to learn techniques to help identify potential customers, learn their needs and how to build a successful business model from that knowledge.

The Short Course is the beginning of an ICAP process that guides companies through the Five Steps to Startup Success:

• Validate one's business model
• Build the right team of three or more members
• Develop a minimum viable product (MVP)
• Create early sales traction
• Establish distribution channels and key partnerships