Past Events

We invite you to stay curious with us on December 9 at the Harvard Innovation Labs’ official launch of the 2021 President’s Innovation Challenge!

In this workshop, you’ll learn how to build an MVP of your product, and record learnings to validate it. You’ll also learn how to design a prototype with minimum features and test your idea with your customers.

Join us to hear from a group of funders across the spectrum – from angels and institutional investors, to social impact funders.

Join Michael Fenn, PhD, and Troy Norris, MBA, as H&LS Founders practice their pitches in a closed session with the workshop group.

How do you make sure that what you are painstakingly building will impact the world in the way you want? Andrea McGrath will walk you through the tools of the trade.

Explore the B2B landscape and learn strategies for success at this interactive event. The panel will discuss how to sell to businesses, managing your first customer, distribution partners, landing, expanding, and managing accounts, and more.

Would a connection help you move your venture forward? At this meeting, you can share who you need to connect with, and open your personal connections, as we brainstorm together on who might be a great person for a fellow founder to connect with.

This workshop will include a discussion of the elements necessary for a perfect elevator pitch, as well as pitch practice with your peers for real-time feedback.

During this workshop, Sarah Hodges will cover the fundamentals of customer discovery and customer interviews, talking through how to ask unbiased questions, interpret feedback, translate what you're hearing into builds, position your product in your customer's language, and close the loop by gathering customer reactions to your product.

In this session, you will learn how to evaluate effective business models, test, and ultimately choose the best model for your company.