Focus: Build & Test
Length: 1-6 months

EnTERPreneurs who have a detailed business model and minimum viable product and have completed milestones from Idea Shell stage.

Required:

  • Participate in advising sessions with assigned EIR and Dingman Content Expert
  • Attend selected Academy workshops as assigned by EIR

Recommended:

  • Utilize office space 10-15 hours a month
  • Seek seed funding: E-fund, Pitch Dingman Competition, Business Plan Competition
  • Attend Dingman Center events
  • Participate in Test the Market Kiosk, legal office hours, Terp Marketplace, Jumpstart, and UMD Bootcamp
  • Update Business Model Canvas
  • Form team
  • Survey the market
  • Create an early product prototype
  • Register as a legal entity
  • Develop an investor pitch