The first Innovation to Impact Summer Fellowship Program concluded its 8-week program on July 29 with presentations from each team. Twenty-five STEM and business students from 10 colleges and universities collaborated with 7 Minnesota-based cleantech and medtech startups to tackle specific business challenges.
MVP or “Minimum Viable Product” is a tool to show customers and key stakeholders how your innovative idea could work, capture feedback, and bring your concept one step closer to reality.
Each year, the MVP Challenge awards up to 30 grants from $100 to $5,000 in three divisions: Physical, Social, and Digital.
As we become a partner in the NSF Great Lakes I-Corps Hub, MIN-Corps is seeking an Innovator Outreach and Development Specialist. This person will play a key role at the intersection of research and technology commercialization and entrepreneurship - recruiting student and faculty researchers to local, regional and national I-Corps-style Lean LaunchPad programs while connecting them to additional tech innovation and ent
With support from the National Science Foundation, MIN-Corps is proud to introduce the MVP Challenge, an opportunity for students and researchers to develop “Minimum Viable Product” prototypes. MVP or “Minimum Viable Product” is a to
This session will address some of the key tactics and resources concerning startup funding. Based on your venture's growth potential and business model, various funding options may be appropriate, including SBIR/STTR and other grants, bootstrapping, angel investors, loans, and (occasionally) venture capital.
What’s something we do every day, but often take for granted? Sleep. It is one of the most important things a person can work on to improve their overall health, well-being, and relationships, yet so many are not sleeping as well as they could be every night. One big obstacle to getting a good night’s rest is snoring, which directly impacts the quality of sleep of those around you and, in some cases, can be an indicator of obstructive sleep apnea, a serious medical condition.
Food, Ag, Ideas Week registration is open! This week-long series of events was developed to spotlight innovative ideas and topics across sustainable agriculture, food innovation and tech, and food and society.