I-Corps Sites: University of Washington - Center for Commercialization

NSF创新团队(i-Corps)网站是由NSF资助的实体，成立于大学，其目的是培育和支持多个本地团队，将他们的技术概念转化为市场。网站提供基础设施、建议、资源、网络机会、培训和适度的资金，使团体能够将他们的工作转移到市场或成为i-Corps团队的申请者。I-Corps网站还加强了当地和地区的创新，并为由导师、研究人员、企业家和投资者组成的国家创新网络做出了贡献。该网站建立在该机构过去5-6年的活动基础上，在此期间，华盛顿大学(UW)发展了一个技术创业生态系统，提供整合的资源，并将商业模式画布用作围绕每个商业化机会的规划的一部分。UW将向合格的团队提供i-Corps站点资金，以启动和发展特定的客户关系。他们将从威斯康星州大学的三个相互重叠的新兴初创企业渠道中招募现场团队：密歇根大学商业化中心；别克创业中心；以及清洁能源倡议，其中包括重叠的科技初创企业和学生主导的初创企业。通过SITE奖，UW在i-Corps框架内解决了客户发展问题。更广泛的影响：在过去的六年里，威斯康星大学一直在积极参与州一级和地区性创业战略。他们对i-Corps国家网络的参与扩大了他们执行国家战略的一致努力。此外，为了帮助推动西雅图和普吉特海湾周围的区域创新经济，威斯康星州大学开发了自己的科技创业生态系统。I-Corps Site奖将扩大参与者S的创业体验，特别是对学生来说，强调早期和频繁地与潜在客户互动的重要性。这将直接提高UW正在筹备中的初创公司的质量和势头，这将转化为华盛顿州更健康的公司启动。

NSF Innovation Corps (I-Corps) Sites are NSF-funded entities established at universities whose purpose is to nurture and support multiple, local teams to transition their technology concepts into the marketplace. Sites provide infrastructure, advice, resources, networking opportunities, training and modest funding to enable groups to transition their work into the marketplace or into becoming I-Corps Team applicants. I-Corps Sites also strengthen innovation locally and regionally and contribute to the National Innovation Network of mentors, researchers, entrepreneurs and investors.This Site builds on activities at this institution during the past 5-6 years during which the University of Washington (UW) developed an ecosystem for technology entrepreneurship that provides integrated resources and also uses the business-model canvas as part of the planning around each commercialization opportunity. UW will apply I-Corps Site funding to qualified teams for the purpose of initiating and developing specific customer relationships. They will solicit Site teams from three overlapping pipelines of emerging start-ups at the UW: UW Center for Commercialization; the Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship; and the Clean Energy Initiative, with overlapping pipelines of technology start-ups and of student-led start-ups. With a Site award, UW addresses customer development within the I-Corps framework. Broader Impacts:UW has been actively participating in state-level and regional entrepreneurial strategies for the past six years. Their involvement in the I-Corps national network expands their coherent effort to execute a national strategy. Also, to help drive the regional innovation economy around Seattle and the Puget Sound, UW has developed its own ecosystem for technology entrepreneurship. An I-Corps Site award will expand participant?s entrepreneurial experience, especially for students, by emphasizing the importance of early and frequent interactions with potential customers. This would directly improve the quality and momentum of the start-ups in UW's pipeline, which translates into healthier company starts in Washington State.