Bootcamp Wrap Up!
Emily Wheeler
Congratulations!
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You made it through the first
bootcamp!
We are proud!
What should you expect over the
next year?
• Space, time & resources to focus on your startup
• Learn skills & get tools to search for a repeatable &
scalable business model
• Connect you with mentors from the NYC venture,
clean tech, and startup community
• Strengthen ties among some of NYU’s most
promising entrepreneurs & with the larger community
• Work hard and have a lot of fun!
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And…
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To get more Cleantech ideas
from the lab to the market!
What do we expect?
• Keep to the schedule
• Come prepared
• Listen & learn…don’t sell
• Leverage each others skills & connections
• Respectfully exploit your mentors
• Take advantage of INSITE office hours
• Have a great time!
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Before you go…
Packing List
 Emails
 Internal Website
 Post-program survey
 Program Schedule
 ACME * Deck
 Additional articles & videos
 Startup Owner’s Manual
 Business Model Generation
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Assignments before March 5th
1. Submit
your full proposal:
 Due on February 5th through FluidReview
 Concentrate on high quality business milestones
2. Talk
to your Customers:
 Schedule 15 (4 min) Customer interviews before March 5th
 Include findings in your business model canvas
 Incorporate BMC into your pitch deck
3. Prepare pitch deck:
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Use ACME deck as a guide for pitch day presentation
Work with your Mentor to prepare and practice presentation
Use InSITE teams as a resource
Include your business goals set for your full proposal
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PowerBridgeNY Program
A framework, not
a formula
Campus Map
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Turn Guesses…
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…into Facts!
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Why?
Judges & Investors like facts!
Staff
Coaching Team
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Your New Best Friend!
Julia Byrd
julia.byrd@powerbridgeny.com
PowerBridgeNY Program Associate
-Internal Website and Fluid Review Specialist
-PB Resources or Materials
-Texts, Articles, Resources
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Campus Representatives
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Pat Looney jlooney@bnl.gov
Cornell University
Bethany Koi ck574@cornell.edu
City University of New York
John Blaho jblaho@ccny.cuny.edu
NYU-Poly
Chris Snyder christopher.snyder@nyumc.org
Columbia University
Donna See dks26@columbia.edu
Stony Brook University
Ann-Marie Scheidt annmarie.scheidt@stonybrook.edu
Mentors are Supervisors
• Mentors are coaches, not consultants
• ~2 per team: Entrepreneurs & Investors
• Meet at mutually convenient time & place, preferably
in-person
• + Floating mentors
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Designers-in-Residence
Hackers-in-Residence
Entrepreneurs & Investors
Lawyers & Accountants
• Sign up for floaters with Staff
• They’re volunteers
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Program Logistics
Program Schedule
• February 5: Full proposals due
• Mid-February: Full proposals selected by the
Judges will be invited to prepare pitches
• March 5: Pitch Day
• March 10: Final awardees announced
• May: Second Bootcamp
• Project plans for awardees should be
approximately 12 months long, but should be
predominantly driven by the milestones.
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Thanks to our sponsors!
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Important Dates
• Feb 5: Full Proposal Due
– Review with Mentor (and InSITE team)
– Submit in Fluid Review
• March 5: Pitch Day and Showcase
– Real demo day
– Pitching to Panel of judges
– Invite NYC investors & entrepreneurs + VIPs
• May: Second Bootcamp
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Appendix
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Athletic Instruction
• Lean Launchpad curriculum
– Techniques for testing
hypotheses,
experimentation & iteration to search for repeatable &
scalable biz model
• Flipped classroom
– Online (Udacity) lectures
– Two texts designed for this purpose
– Check-in time spent reviewing teams
progress/personalized
feedback
– GOFB: Interview >10 customers & partners/month
• Monthly meetings with mentors
• On going guest speakers & workshops
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Floating Mentors/Coaches
Hackers
• Jared Wyatt
• Steve Ellis
• Tal Safran
Designers
• Liz Danzico, School of Visual Arts
• Rune Madsen, O’Reilly Media
• Zoe Fraade-Blaner
Legal
• Peter Fusco, Lowenstein Sandler
Tax & Accounting
• Michael Gawley, EisnerAmper
Investors
• Fred Wilson, Union Square
Ventures
• Craig Shapiro, Collaborative Fund
• Jalak Jobanputra, FuturePerfect
Entrepreneurs
• Ali Heron
• Caren Maio, Nestio
Storytelling
• Craig Protzel, ITP
You’ll receive an email each week about who’s holding office hours so you can sign up
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