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The HBCU Founders Initiative is partnering with 12 Historically Black Colleges and Universities for a Fall and Spring Pre-Accelerator. The 8-week program targets early-stage founders who are past the ideation stage and ready to validate a problem and build an minimum viable product (MVP). Topics will be presented in weekly virtual cohort sessions. All participants will have access to office hours with advisors who will help them along their entrepreneurial journey. Participants will be eligible to receive non-dilutive program awards in support of MVP development.
Applications close on August 6.
Topics Covered:
- Validating the Idea
- Building a Prototype
- Customer Discovery
- Marketing and Branding
- Legal Operations
- Fundraising
Area:
School of Business
Contact Person:
Elysa Weatherbee
