I-Corps Node: NSF Bay Area Regional I-Node Program

该项目是旧金山湾区i-Corps节点的更新，以继续创建强大和基础广泛的创业基础设施，建立在三所全球知名大学-加州大学伯克利分校(UC Berkeley)、加州大学旧金山分校(UCSF)和斯坦福大学(Stanford University)-的科学、技术和工程优势以及商业思想领导地位的基础上。I-Corps Node将继续在其成功应用和传播精益启动板方法的基础上，通过为新培训人员和早期初创公司提供课程和培训来实现这一目标。这些初创企业将推动创建可持续、可扩展的科技型初创企业，对地区和国家都有影响。I-Corps Node还将提高科学和工程教职员工和学生对创业价值的认识，使用专门的项目来推动推动合作的机制。I-Corps Node本身的成功将是持续评估和分析的主题，以符合精益发射台原则，为该地区和国家制定和传播最佳做法。该节点工作的一个中心重点将是找到更有效的方法来解决连接科技人才和商业人才的双边市场。I-Corps Node的研究将阐明的一个关键问题是，结构化机制或更有机的方法将获得最有利的结果。合作学校在开发新课程和先进工具方面一直是国家创新网络的关键贡献者。该节点将继续通过斯坦福大学的黑客防御等课程在整个节点上广泛传播精益LaunchPad课程。该节点还将为大学和国家安全局等政府机构内的政府资助的研究中心创建专门的项目，最终目标是财务可持续性。I-Corps Node创建的培训产品和计划将通过在Node网络和更远的地方广泛传播而产生广泛影响。I-Corps Node的所有活动和计划将促进来自不同地区、经济背景和种族的群体的纳入。

This project is a renewal of the Bay Area Regional I-Corps Node to continue creating a robust and broad-based entrepreneurship infrastructure built on the scientific, technology, and engineering strengths as well as the business thought leadership of three globally recognized universities, the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley), the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), and Stanford University. This I-Corps Node will continue building on its success of applying and disseminating the Lean Launchpad methodology through classes and training for both new trainers and early-stage startups. These startups will drive creation of sustainable, scalable science and technology-based startups with both regional and national impacts. The I-Corps Node also will raise awareness of the value of entrepreneurship among science and engineering faculty and students, using specialized programs to drive forcing mechanisms for collaboration. The success of the I-Corps Node itself will be the subject of continual evaluation and analysis, consistent with Lean LaunchPad principles, to develop and disseminate best practices for this region and the nation. A central focus of the Node's work will be finding more efficient ways of solving the two-sided market of connecting scientific and technical talent with business talent. A key question that will be elucidated by this I-Corps Node's research is whether structured mechanisms or a more organic approach will achieve the most favorable outcomes.The partner schools have been key contributors to the National Innovation Network in the development of new curriculum and advanced tools. The Node will continue to disseminate the Lean LaunchPad classes widely throughout the Node via classes like Hacking For Defense at Stanford. The Node will also create specialized programs for government funded research centers within universities and governmental agencies ,such as NSA, with the ultimate goal of financial sustainability. The training products and programs created by the I-Corps Node will have broad impact through their widespread dissemination throughout the Node network and beyond. All activities and programs at the I-Corps Node will facilitate the inclusion of groups from diverse regions, economic backgrounds, and ethnicities.