Deadline: August 14^th 2019

Startup UNC (formerly Launch the Venture) is a new ventures course designed to help undergrads, grad students, faculty, staff, and alumni take a business idea or scientific innovation to market. This two-semester (four Mod) course starts in August (Mod 1) by assessing the nascent ideas and technologies from the perspective of customer need, product-market fit, competition, and value proposition. Using a lean startup approach, teams get to a go/no-go decision by the end of Mod 2 (December). Teams moving ahead will develop a strategic roadmap and financial plans in the Spring, Mods 3 and 4. More information on the course topics and syllabus can be found HERE.

Participants can apply as new venture (HERE) or as a free agent (HERE). Free agents will be given a chance to join one of the new venture teams.

Most ideas coming into the course are very early. How early is early? You may just have an idea for a new business, still in the conceptual stage. Maybe you’ve identified a real problem and you have a proposed innovative solution, product, service or technology that can solve this problem. You may have gathered some team members and done some preliminary market research.  If you already have revenue or secured equity funding, please contact one of the instructors to discuss if you should enter Mod 1 or perhaps one of the later stages of the course.