I-Corps Workshop

The LBNL Career Pathways Office provides professional development to Berkeley Lab's early career researchers and Postdocs.

LBNL Career Pathways Office

This workshop will provide an intro to the LBNL IPO, the I-Corps method, discovery interviews, business model canvas, & ecosystem mapping

At Berkeley Lab, we take innovation seriously and the Intellectual Property Office is proud to lead the I-Corps Program. I-Corps, short for Innovation Corps, is an entrepreneurial training program funded by The Dept of Energy’s Office of Technology Transitions that embodies the Federal Government’s commitment to creating a <a href="https://youtu.be/6BCvYOygxM4" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">culture of innovation</a> at our National Labs.I-Corps is a powerful program that inspires lab employees to embrace an entrepreneurial mindset and apply it to everyday lab activities. Whether one is developing a new invention, writing a grant proposal, planning a startup, optimizing an administrative process or pursuing a promotion, the I-Corps Program has valuable insights for any and all members of the Lab community. It is not only for startups! Check out this <a href="https://youtu.be/vlO-Piis6js" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">short video</a> and <a href="https://bit.ly/lbnl-tt-market-fit-210129" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">slide deck</a> about I-Corps.Ecosystem Mapping is a critical step in the process of better understanding a new idea, the stakeholders that surround it, and how these stakeholders may affect the idea. The stakeholders could support the idea, influence it, regulate it, or even want to sabotage it. IPO will guide the audience through an ecosystem mapping exercise that will result in an initial draft of an ecosystem that can serve as the basis for discovery interviews to vet the idea.Learning Objectives:<ul><li>High-level understanding of LBNL’s I-Corps Program and its goals</li></ul><ul><li>Introduction to discovery interviews, business model canvas, and ecosystems</li></ul><ul><li>Introduction to I-Corps method and how it applies to almost anything Lab/Career-related</li></ul><ul><li>Activity: Ecosystem Mapping for your idea</li></ul>

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