Application Deadlines for Emory Startup Launch Spring 2019
Application Deadlines for Emory Startup Launch Spring 2019
Application Deadlines for Emory Startup Launch Accelerator and Start Right Incubator 2019 Spring Programs
To apply for the spring 2019 programs, all startup teams must apply online and complete an in-person interview before they will be admitted to the program.
Space is limited to 11 startup teams for the Emory Startup Launch Spring and 15 teams for the Start Right program.
Two application dates:
1. The Early Admission Deadline is Friday, December 7th for both programs. Teams applying by this deadline will have the opportunity to complete the in-person interview early and receive an early decision on acceptance to a program. After completing the interviews, we will make a decision on eight teams to be admitted to the programs by Friday, December 28th. This early admittance will give teams more time to integrate the upcoming program into their schedules and to complete some required pre-work.
2. The Final Admission Deadline is Friday, January 11th, the last day to apply for both programs. We will interview any remaining startups and announce the final teams by Friday, January 18th. The Start Right program begins the following Tuesday, January 22nd. The Emory Startup Launch begins Thursday, January 31st.
We look forward to receiving your application, meeting your team and learning how we can accelerate your success.
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About the Program
Helping early stage startups
The Emory Startup Launch accelerator program is offered this fall (2018) to guide early stage founders through a defined process that will help teams rapidly take their ideas and test them with customers to discard, change and build a business model to move the startup forward. The 10 week program begins in January and is accepting team applications now. The program is open to the entire Emory community, to help build and enhance the Emory student/faculty/staff/alumni entrepreneurial spirit by helping create successful startups.
There is no cost to attend.
This startup accelerator program is funded by a grant from the Goizueta Creativity and Innovation Initiative.
Program Requirements
Maximum team size is four members with at least one member of the team being a current Emory student, alumni, faculty or staff member. The program instructor chooses participating teams. Preference will be given to healthcare related startups.
All team members will be required to attend on a weekly basis: a three-hour night session, present a weekly team update, attend a thirty-minute progress meeting (with the instructor) and complete in-person, documented customer interviews.
The first session is held at the
Emory University, Goizueta Business School. All other sessions and meetings are help at the Avondale Innovation District in Avondale Estates, Ga.
Dates to be announced. Spring 2019 starts in January.
Please consider that this is a highly-interactive program that requires substantial time outside the classroom interacting with your potential buyers/users each week.
What you will learn
Topics covered during the program include:
- Use a Startup Business Model Canvas to describe, test and refine a business
- Uncover, refine and confirm buyer/user problems that lead to solutions
- Learn interview tools that test and refine your assumptions with buyer/users
- Define and explore your early adopters (buyers/users)
- Find the buyer/user behavior triggers that signal demand
- Create, deliver and test micro offers with buyers/users to reveal demand
- When and how to apply micro innovations to adjust your business model
- Recognize and utilize useful metrics to show traction in your business model
- How to discover, define and test key words to amplify buyer/user interaction
- Create an effective early stage company presentation for Demo Day
Mentors from the Atlanta startup community and GBS alumni will be invited to attend the program and help the teams during portions of the program.
A Demo Day event will be held at the completion of the program. Successful teams will be invited to present their startups to the Emory and Atlanta community. To apply for the Emory Startup Launch please complete and submit the program application
