Bay Area NSF I-Corps

Transform your innovative technology into a startup

About us

Each month, NSF I-Corps offers an immersive 1 week virtual customer discovery training. You'll learn how to conduct 15 customer interviews to identify your top customer segment and value propositions, validate your commercial market, and accelerate finding product market fit.

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As part of UC Berkeley's ongoing commitment to entrepreneurship, all teams who complete Bay Area I-Corps are also eligible for $5,000 in AWS credits through the AWS Activate @ Berkeley program.

Our Team

Each NSF I-Corps course is taught by a seasoned entrepreneur who will give you clear feedback and direction throughout the week.

RHONDA SHRADER

Executive Director, Bay Area NSF I-Corps Node & Berkeley Haas Entrepreneurship

DAVID WEINER

Program Director, Bay Area NSF I-Corps Node

DARREN COOKE

Executive Director, UC Berkeley LSEC, Node Instructor

Teams who complete the NSF I-Corps course may also be eligible for no cost resources from SBDCTech @ Berkeley Haas, such as tailored advising to help secure non-dilutive funding from the Tech Futures Group, finance advising from the SBDC Finance Center, and the NorCal SBDC Restaurant Program, which includes resources such as one-on-one advising and a 10-week food business startup accelerator.

Apply below for the December NSF I-Corps course, with online sessions from 5-8pm PST on December 2, 4, & 10. For the December course, we are excited to offer a second class happening at the same time: I-Corps @ LSEC, a collaborative course with the UC Berkeley Life Sciences Entrepreneurship Center. Taught by Seo Yeon Yoon, I-Corps @ LSEC offers an I-Corps curriculum tailored to early stage life-science startups.

 

Upcoming course starting on

December 2, 2024

Applications due

November 15, 2024