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SUMMARY:Tufts Venture Accelerator 2023 Kickoff!
DESCRIPTION:The Tufts Venture Accelerator Team extends a warm welcome to the 2023 cohort! We will start the day off with a round of introductions and icebreaker activities.  We will also be going over what to expect in the next 10 weeks. \nThis is a closed event for Full Time Tufts Venture Accelerator Cohort Members only. Not open to the public.
URL:https://derbyecenter.tufts.edu/event/tva23-welcome/
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SUMMARY:Entrepreneurial Workshop: Lean Startup\, Design Thinking\, Agile – Oh My!
DESCRIPTION:In this session\, we will review key frameworks and concepts that we will be using to coach and guide your progress throughout the summer\, including Lean Startup\, Design Thinking\, Agile and more. We will ask each team to use their own venture as a case study for in-session exercises. \nThis session is led by Prof. Tina Weber\, Faculty Director oft he Tufts Venture Accelerator. \nHosted by the Derby Entrepreneurship Center (DEC). \nThis Entrepreneurial Workshop Series is part of the Tufts Venture Accelerator. Full time accelerator cohort members will be in-person. Everyone else is welcome to join by Zoom. \nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/lean-startup-design-thinking-agile-oh-my-tina-weber-tickets-638356530567 \n			\n				DOWNLOAD SLIDES
URL:https://derbyecenter.tufts.edu/event/tva23-lean/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230613T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230613T143000
DTSTAMP:20260426T031802
CREATED:20230605T174142Z
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SUMMARY:Entrepreneurial Workshop: Goal Setting and Project Planning
DESCRIPTION:Small teams pride themselves on being fast\, nimble and agile – but sometimes that can lead to chaos. Big teams understand how to operationalize and optimize processes – but sometimes that can lead to rigidity and friction. How might we right-size a set of goal setting\, project planning and project management systems and practices that work for the size of team that you are running\, so you can stay focused\, stay on task\, keep communications wide open? Join us to learn how. \nThis session is led by Prof. Tina Weber\, Faculty Director of the Tufts Venture Accelerator. Hosted by the Derby Entrepreneurship Center (DEC). \nThis Entrepreneurial Workshop Series is part of the Tufts Venture Accelerator. Full time accelerator cohort members will be in-person. Everyone else is welcome to join by Zoom. \nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/goal-setting-and-project-planning-tina-weber-tickets-638928230537?aff=oddtdtcreator
URL:https://derbyecenter.tufts.edu/event/tva23-goal-setting/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Workshops,TVA23
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230613T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230613T163000
DTSTAMP:20260426T031802
CREATED:20230606T013208Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230627T161915Z
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SUMMARY:Entrepreneurial Workshop: Improv!
DESCRIPTION:One of the most important elements of an entrepreneurial mindset is to be creative\, to stay in themoment and be 100% present\, to embrace not being perfect\, and to optimize speed over perfection andquantity over quality in many situations. An improv workshop is an excellent way to warm up ourcreative juices.  \nOur improv workshop will be led by Matt McMahan\, Assistant Director of Comedic Artsat Emerson College. Matt a performance scholar\, dramaturg and comedian. He is also a Jumbo with aPh.D. in drama. \nThis event is in-person only. \nHosted by the Derby Entrepreneurship Center (DEC). \nThis Entrepreneurial Workshop Series is part of the Tufts Venture Accelerator. This event is open to Full Time participants of the Tufts Venture Accelerator only. \nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/goal-setting-and-project-planning-tina-weber-tickets-638928230537?aff=oddtdtcreator
URL:https://derbyecenter.tufts.edu/event/tva23-improv/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Workshops,TVA23
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230614T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230614T120000
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CREATED:20230605T174935Z
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SUMMARY:Entrepreneurial Workshop: Customer Discovery Review
DESCRIPTION:In this workshop\, Elaine Chen\, Director of DEC and a veteran qualitative and quantitative researcher\, will review customer discovery best practices\, audit the research done to date by each team\, and help you plan for ongoing customer research. Featuring a real life case study shared by NSF iCorp alum and award winning medical device entrepreneur\, Idicula Mathew\, Entrepreneur-in-Residence at DEC and cofounder and CEO of Hera Health Solutions. \nHosted by the Derby Entrepreneurship Center (DEC). \nThis Entrepreneurial Workshop Series is part of the Tufts Venture Accelerator. Full time accelerator cohort members will be in-person. Everyone else is welcome to join by Zoom. \nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/customer-discovery-review-idicula-mathew-tickets-641517113957
URL:https://derbyecenter.tufts.edu/event/tva23-customer-discovery-review/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Workshops,TVA23
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230614T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230614T143000
DTSTAMP:20260426T031802
CREATED:20230605T182716Z
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SUMMARY:Entrepreneurial Workshop: Segmentation and Go To Market Strategy
DESCRIPTION:The first thing to do in new venture creation is to build a deep understanding of the market and customers. We will review how you defined your target market\, developed your segmentation framework\, and review whether your chosen area focus is a good match for a beachhead market based on your own selection criteria – and if not\, how you might pivot to a more favorable beachhead market that you can use as a launchpad to build a scalable business.  \nWe will then help you explore how market selection leads to building buyer personas and an associated buying process\, starting with how your economic buyer or end user becomes aware they have a problem\, search for and evaluate a solution\, then make a decision to buy or adopt that solution. We will help you review your awareness generation tactics to check for product-market fit.  \nThis session is led by Prof. Gavin Finn\, Professor of the Practice at Tufts University. Hosted by the Derby Entrepreneurship Center (DEC). \nThis Entrepreneurial Workshop Series is part of the Tufts Venture Accelerator. Full time accelerator cohort members will be in-person. Everyone else is welcome to join by Zoom. \nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/segmentation-and-go-to-market-strategy-gavin-finn-tickets-641523041687?aff=oddtdtcreator
URL:https://derbyecenter.tufts.edu/event/tva23-segmentation-go-to-market/
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CATEGORIES:Workshops,TVA23
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230614T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230614T160000
DTSTAMP:20260426T031802
CREATED:20230605T183535Z
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UID:7936-1686754800-1686758400@derbyecenter.tufts.edu
SUMMARY:Entrepreneurial Workshop: Business Models and Pricing Strategies
DESCRIPTION:In this workshop\, we will explore various ways your venture scan make money through different business models and pricing strategies. We will look at how you can draw inspiration from\, but not become constrained by\, precedence in how your competitors or other players in the market have charged for similar solutions – and how to define your own path forward with this background information. We will look at how you can price your offerings in for-profit and non-profit situations\, especially in situations where your economic buyer may not be your end user or beneficiary.  \n This session is led by Prof. Elaine Chen\, Cummings Family Professor of the Practice in Entrepreneurship and Director\, Derby Entrepreneurship Center at Tufts.  \n Hosted by the Derby Entrepreneurship Center (DEC). \nThis Entrepreneurial Workshop Series is part of the Tufts Venture Accelerator. Full time accelerator cohort members will be in-person. Everyone else is welcome to join by Zoom. \nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/business-models-and-pricing-strategies-elaine-chen-tickets-641526451887?aff=oddtdtcreator
URL:https://derbyecenter.tufts.edu/event/biz-models-pricing-strategies/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Workshops,TVA23
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230614T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230614T193000
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CREATED:20230611T122646Z
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SUMMARY:Jumbopreneur Panel
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a fireside chat with the alumni of Tufts Venture Accelerator 2022 and learn how they utilized resources from Tufts to build their ventures from the ground up – and hear their stories of their progress since the program concluded.  \nFeatured panelists: \n\nDaniel Kibet and Wabei Saboi\, cofounders\, Blesser Breakers\nNick Lopez\, cofounder\, Prosal\n\nModerated by Tina Weber\, Director of the Tufts Venture Accelerator 2023. \nHosted by the Derby Entrepreneurship Center (DEC). \nThis Entrepreneurial Workshop Series is part of the Tufts Venture Accelerator. Full time accelerator cohort members will be in-person. Everyone else is welcome to join by Zoom. \nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/jumbopreneur-panel-tickets-641530183047?aff=oddtdtcreator
URL:https://derbyecenter.tufts.edu/event/tva23-jumbospanel/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Workshops,TVA23
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230615T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230615T103000
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CREATED:20230605T184138Z
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UID:7938-1686819600-1686825000@derbyecenter.tufts.edu
SUMMARY:Entrepreneurial Workshop: The Science of Sales
DESCRIPTION:Marketing isn’t Sales\, and Sales isn’t Marketing\, but they are both joined at the hip since every product\, every service and job needs to “sold” in order to close any deal. Our “Science of Sales” workshop explores process\, tools\, technology\, metrics and most importantly\, the people that are required to actually sell\, close orders and bring in revenue.  \nThis session is led by Prof. Jack Derby\, Professor of Practice and Member of the Board of Advisors\, Derby Entrepreneurship Center. \nHosted by the Derby Entrepreneurship Center (DEC). \nThis Entrepreneurial Workshop Series is part of the Tufts Venture Accelerator. Full time accelerator cohort members will be in-person. Everyone else is welcome to join by Zoom. \nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-science-of-sales-jack-derby-tickets-641566270987?aff=oddtdtcreator
URL:https://derbyecenter.tufts.edu/event/biz-models-pricing-strategies-2/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Workshops,TVA23
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230615T110000
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CREATED:20230605T184642Z
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UID:7940-1686826800-1686830400@derbyecenter.tufts.edu
SUMMARY:Entrepreneurial Workshop: Marketing Planning - Branding\, Digital\, Content
DESCRIPTION:When you look at a brand like Patagonia\, or Coca-cola\, or Apple\, you immediately know what they stand for. But it is so much more than just the logo and tag line. Branding starts with thinking about the company’s “why” and how you want to communicate to the world. Once you get that sorted\, the rest would follow: The logo (including a glyph and a word mark)\, top level positioning and so forth\, followed by a style guide with details on a color palette and the choice of fonts and typefaces that helps everyone who creates content for you achieve a unified look and feel. Join us in this workshop and hear how we use our accelerator’s own teams as case studies to dive into the actual process of building a brand from the ground up. \nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/marketing-planning-branding-digital-content-tina-weber-tickets-641571616977?aff=oddtdtcreator
URL:https://derbyecenter.tufts.edu/event/marketing-planning-branding/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Workshops,TVA23
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230615T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230615T143000
DTSTAMP:20260426T031802
CREATED:20230605T185224Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230627T163018Z
UID:7942-1686834000-1686839400@derbyecenter.tufts.edu
SUMMARY:Entrepreneurial Workshop: Entrepreneurial Finance
DESCRIPTION:In this workshop\, we will review each team’s unit and overall economics – two sets of concepts that are necessary for you to learn to build a financially sustainable venture. We will look into key concepts around cost of goods sold (COGS)\, life time value (LTV)\, and customer acquisition cost (CAC). We will show you how to think about forecasting revenue when everything is unknown about your business. We will review your pro-forma profit-and-loss statement (P&L) and help you examine your assumptions and ask the hard questions even though all the numbers are bound to be wrong at this early stage.  \nThis session is led by Prof. Frank Apeseche\, Professor of Practice at Tufts University.  \nHosted by the Derby Entrepreneurship Center (DEC). \nThis Entrepreneurial Workshop Series is part of the Tufts Venture Accelerator. Full time accelerator cohort members will be in-person. Everyone else is welcome to join by Zoom. \nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/entrepreneurial-finance-frank-apeseche-tickets-641578276897
URL:https://derbyecenter.tufts.edu/event/tva23-lean-2/
LOCATION:MA
CATEGORIES:Workshops,TVA23
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230615T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230615T163000
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CREATED:20230605T190045Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230627T163111Z
UID:7944-1686841200-1686846600@derbyecenter.tufts.edu
SUMMARY:Entrepreneurial Workshop: Executive Summary Clinic
DESCRIPTION:Now that we have covered all the key elements of businessplanning\, let’s get to work with an executive summary. We will review bestpractices and use cases for an executive summary\, especially for fund raising\,and break out into small groups to review each team’s executive summaries andoffer suggestions for improvements. \nHosted by the Derby Entrepreneurship Center (DEC). \nThis Entrepreneurial Workshop Series is part of the Tufts Venture Accelerator. Full time accelerator cohort members will be in-person. Everyone else is welcome to join by Zoom. \nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/executive-summary-clinic-tina-weber-idicula-mathew-elaine-chen-tickets-641583502527
URL:https://derbyecenter.tufts.edu/event/tva23-executive-summary/
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CATEGORIES:Workshops,TVA23
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