Lean Startup can focus your efforts towards the most immediate, critical goals for your business.
March 6, 2023
Ideadvance Seed Fund
January 18, 2023
Ideadvance Alumni Share Best Practices!
This year we mixed it up — Ideadvance hosted an alumni panel celebrating June 2022 awardees! Each cohort, we celebrate the dedicated efforts of time-strapped teams racing to meet program milestones.
June 6, 2022
Rapid Radicals Technology wins grand prize at 2022 Governor’s Business Plan Contest
ngratulations to Rapid Radicals Technology for winning the grand prize and the Advanced Manufacturing category at the 2022 Governor’s Business Plan Contest!
April 12, 2022
Crafting a Team for DOD Success
An innovative solution is more than technology. It highlights a distinct benefit to the user. As you consider the April 2022 Dept. of Defense SBIR/STTR release, do some homework to learn about the users need with a focus on mission specific applications.
June 23, 2021
Ideadvance: Picture Your Competitive Advantage
July 16, 2021 is the upcoming deadline for the annual Ideadvance Stage 1 applications. For this year’s PowerPoint style application, the use of images can be a powerful tool to communicate elements of your proposed business model.
June 14, 2021
Ideadvance Eligibility: Expand Your Skills with Diverse Teams.
July 16, 2021 is the upcoming deadline for the annual Ideadvance Stage 1 and Stage 2 applications.
May 20, 2021
What worries you?! Ideadvance Seed Funding to Test Innovation Risk.
The Ideadvance Seed Fund is expected to return with a later, July 9 application due date. We have made changes, which we hope will encourage more applications from across the state. Today, I want to focus on one big shift- A PITCH DECK APPLICATION.
February 10, 2020
Ideadvance in action: 2 products made better
“Innovation” and “disruption,” are words you hear throughout the business and academic worlds, but what does that really look like and how does it make a difference?
February 3, 2020
The 5 Min Interview- What Did I Just Hear?
Learn more about CTC’s Lean Startup program, Ideadvance, and how we will pay you to do customer discovery! If you haven’t read the first post in this series, The 5 Min Interview- the 30 min plan, go back and check it out.
January 21, 2020
My Business Can Change Lives Faster Than What I Could Do in My Research/Health Practice
My Business Can Change Lives Faster Than What I Could Do in My Research/Health Practice This was the overall message from the January 15 MCW & CTC hosted panel: Medical Innovation: Road to Patient Impact.