🚀 IT'S TIME! NSF I-Corps Summer 2025 NY Regional Lean Bootcamp kicks off Thursday! 𝗟𝗘𝗧'𝗦 𝗚𝗢𝗢𝗢!! 🎉
🚀 IT'S TIME! NSF I-Corps Summer 2025 NY Regional Lean Bootcamp kicks off Thursday! 𝗟𝗘𝗧'𝗦 𝗚𝗢𝗢𝗢!! 🎉 A few months ago, I got accepted into the NSF I-Corps Summer 2025 Lean Bootcamp, a competitive startup training program backed by the 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 (𝗡𝗦𝗙)! Since we kick off in just a few days (July 31st, a day before my birthday, no less), I figured it’s time I shared the story behind it all. So... what IS this whole thing? Think of it as a three-level pyramid: 🔹 𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝟭: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 (𝗡𝗦𝗙) – "𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘰𝘥𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳" The NSF is the U.S. government agency funding America’s scientific future. They invest billions in university research and back Nobel Prize winners. When they support a venture, it carries serious weight. 🔹𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝟮: 𝗜-𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗽𝘀𝗧𝗠 (𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗽𝘀) – "𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘶𝘳'𝘴 𝘉𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘱" For d...