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6-week guided cohort program helping Charlotte founders master customer discovery — learning to ask the right questions, identify early adopters, and strengthen their business model, with preparation for NC IDEA MICRO and SEED grant applications.
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I-Corps @ NC State offers a National Science Foundation (NSF) training program aimed at helping researchers transition their ideas and inventions into the marketplace through customer discovery and market research.
Learn more →Full-day, hands-on workshop developed in partnership with StealthX where founders, designers, and product leaders collaborate to take an idea from concept to prototype in a single day — analyzing competitive landscape, testing product-market fit hypotheses, and pitching to peers and mentors.
Learn more →Pitch practice for companies in the First Flight Venture Center ecosystem. On the first Tuesday of each month, we invite an audience to observe pitches from up to two companies. The audience includes our Navigators, angel investors, non-dilutive funding groups, customers and other relevant reviewers to ensure the companies get meaningful, impactful feedback so their pitches continue to get better!
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