Transcript Venture Practicum

Venture Practicum:
Why?
A taste of StartupLand…
• Get real insight into the startup life
• Work along side founders and senior managers
• Apply classroom principles to real business problems
• Interact with Dingman Center Angels investors
• Compelling resume builder for any job role
Venture Practicum:
What is it?
• 3 Credit SmithX class in Spring 2015 semester
• Consulting project with high growth startups
• Mission critical projects
• Majority of work in the field, few class sessions
• Variety – finance, marketing, sales, technology…
Venture Practicum:
Structure
• Startup fundamentals
• Project team 2-3 people
• Peer advisory meet every other week
• EIR assigned to each group
• Faculty TBD – likely Clinical Professor/Adjunct faculty
Venture Practicum:
Project proposals
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ThreatSim – Marketing Communications / Customer Engagement for
cybersecurity
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SortIQ- Go-to-market strategy for recruiting platform
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Otomagnetics – market sizing study for novel drug delivery using magnetic forces
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Dasdak – Market entry strategy for sports venue mobile ordering system
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OneUpSports – Develop internal processes for products team for perennial VP
company
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SoapBoxSoaps – Develop database and processes for social venture
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Activity Rocket – Customer acquisition strategy
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Artichoke - Customer research on product enhancements
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YumVy – Market research and pricing for recipe platform
Sample Projects
Social media marketing
efficacy project
Market assessment and
expansion strategy
Sales generation and
technology architecture
Next Steps
• Applications open October 24th
• Applications due by October 31st
• Interviews November 4rd - 7th
• Acceptance into class November 10th
Questions?