On November 10, at 14:00, a workshop on "Introduction to Lean Startup" will be held in the Caucasus University conference hall, led by Bob Smith, the Director of Lean Startup programming and the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Innovation Corps (I-Corps) programming director at GW. Anyone is free to attend the workshop.
Bob Smith is a serial entrepreneur with 35+ years of experience in innovation and entrepreneurship. He has held senior management positions at Congressional Quarterly and America Online (AOL) in business development, marketing, and new product development, and was the founder and CEO of the first nation-wide online city guide, Digital City. Bob also launched one of the U.S.’s first startup accelerators in the year 2000.
In addition, he founded the Virginia Innovation Commercialization Assistance Program (ICAP) while at George Mason University, and built a network of over 14 universities and 10 regional accelerators in its first 3 years. To date, ICAP has generated over $100 million in economic impact while requiring only $2 million to operate.
GW’s Office of Innovation & Entrepreneurship has served over 1500 faculty, student, and research teams, and generated over 350 new startups and over $1.04 billion in follow-on funding. This event will cover topics such as 1) how early-stage entrepreneurs should think 2) an overview of the commercialization process 3) the fundamentals of customer discovery methods and idea-to-market 4) how to properly pitch to investors, and more.
The meeting is held within the framework of the "University Capacity Development" (UCBP) program, which aims to develop entrepreneurial culture in higher educational institutions of Georgia, promote the process of commercialization of technologies and strengthen cooperation between universities, business and government structures. The program is implemented under the administration of the American Councils for International Education and with the financial support of the US Embassy in Georgia.
See more about Bob Smith at the link.
Those wishing to attend the workshop can register at the following link.