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Epiphany-Harnessing Ideas

PRE - ACCELERATION

HELPING EARLY-STAGE ENTREPRENEURS SURVIVE THEIR VALLEY OF DEATH

Epiphany BMV Lab, a three-month, time-tested program in partnership with Uncharted, provides early-stage entrepreneurs with a step-by-step methodology to rapidly and systematically validate their business model. Through interactive in-person workshops, fieldwork, virtual office hours and one-on-one mentoring, startups learn how to gather customer insights, explore effective business models and build MVPs that are the perfect product-market fit. They also learn the art of pitching & pitch in front of angel investors.

Applications for our Spring Cohort are closed.

Applications for our Summer Cohort are open.

Entrepreneurs

  • Understand the steps of the investment process and what is needed to be prepared at each step

  • Diagnose where a venture is in preparedness for those steps, build a full plan for how to get ready, and actively work to get there.

  • Meet with actual funders to get feedback and practice building investor interest.

By the end of the Lab, entrepreneurs have

  • Built 2-3 prototypes of a key element of their venture

  • Tested prototypes with real customers

  • Learned how to build and maintain mentor relationships

  • Met and received feedback from 6 to 7 mentors per team

PROGRAM OUTLOOK

ELIGIBILITY

COMMITMENT TO SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
EARLY-STAGE VENTURE WITH PROTOTYPE AND/OR SHOWING TRACTION
DEMONSTRATES STRONG MARKET POTENTIAL
FOR-PROFIT, NON-PROFIT OR HYBRID REGISTERED BUSINESSES
PRE-SEED/SEED STAGE
ABLE TO SCALE REGIONALLY IF NOT GLOBALLY

SDG`s: A GLOBAL CALL FOR ACTION