NextBillion - An Initiative of the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan

The Lean LaunchPad® Educators Seminar is a 2 day program designed for entrepreneurship faculty who want to learn the basics of integrating Lean Startup principles into their teaching. You will learn key techniques for building a curriculum that you can adapt to your institutional environment and needs and put to immediate use.

Prerequisites:  The two-day Intermediate Workshop is taught assuming familiarity with the foundational concepts of the Lean Startup approach: the business model canvas, the customer development process and agile engineering.

Intended participants: The seminar is designed for educators affiliated with an educational institution who want to develop a course to teach students lifelong entrepreneurial skills. Application is required.

Priority will be given to:

• Educators who want to incorporate Lean Startup methodology into their entrepreneurship education course or program environment
• Teaching teams with multiple members
• Educators currently teaching or conversant with the business model canvas, customer development or Lean LaunchPad®
• Incubators and accelerator program managers
• Anyone interested in building entrepreneurship and innovation development programs