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Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia Commonwealth University
School of Business
VCU Pre-X Application 2022
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Participation in Pre-X is not required to pitch at Demo Day this year. If you want to pitch at Demo Day 2022, fill out this form and we'll contact you with more information.
VCU’s Pre-Accelerator Program (Pre-X) is for students who want to turn their ideas into action. The goal of the program is to identify, support, and launch high growth and high potential startups and founders.
Requirements
The team lead (Team Member 1) must be a VCU student
One application per team
Do you have an idea, product, or service that you would like to develop?
Do you have an idea, product, or service that you would like to develop?
Yes
No, I'd like to join a team
Team Name
How many people are on your team, including yourself? Select “1“ if you'd like to join a team.
How many people are on your team, including yourself? Select “1“ if you'd like to join a team.
1
2
3
4
5
Team Member 1 must be a VCU student.
Team Member
Delete
Team member
_ID_
First Name
Last Name
Email Address
For VCU students, use @vcu.edu
Is this team member a current VCU student?
Is this team member a current VCU student?
Yes
No
eID
Additional team members
Tell us about your idea!
Describe your idea, product or company
What problem does your idea, product or company solve?
Describe your primary customers/audience.
Identify 1-3 competitors.
What stage is your idea/company in?
What stage is your idea/company in?
Just an idea
Business Planning
Customer Discovery
Prototype
Current, paying customers
What is your largest barrier to launching your idea, product or company?
Select which industry or industries best describe your idea. (Can select multiple)
Select which industry or industries best describe your idea. (Can select multiple)
Cybersecurity
Ed-tech
Energy / Clean-tech
Restaurant / Hospitality
Hardware
IOT / Wearables / Sensors
Main Street / Local
Healthcare / Med-tech
Media / Entertainment
Retail / Wholesale / Product
Social / Non-profit
Software / IT / E-commerce
Other
Select your top mentorship needs. (Can select multiple)
Select your top mentorship needs. (Can select multiple)
Accounting / Finance / Financial Modeling
Business Modeling (Business Model / Lean / Value Proposition Canvases)
Growth (User / Customer acquisition, sales, scalability)
Hardware / Manufacturing
Marketing
Legal (IP: patents / trademarks / copyrights)
Legal (Company formation / NDAs / contracts / equity)
People Management (Team formation / culture)
Pitch Training
Product Design (CAD / industrial design)
Software Development
Startup / Early Stage Business Strategy
Venture Funding
Visual Design ( UX / UI / logo / Branding)
Other
Submit your materials (not required)
Upload your Executive Summary (PDF) Use the template at
this link
if helpful.
Submit a public link to your recorded pitch (no longer than 3 minutes).
Please list your idea, product or company URL and relevant social media accounts:
How did you hear about the da Vinci Center
Select all that apply
Select all that apply
Blog
Classroom visit
New Student Orientation
Open House or Preview Days
VCU News
Wellness event
VCU Alumni Office Email
Facebook
Instagram
LinkedIn
Other
Friend
From attending another event at VCU
My employer
Networking or training event
Twitter
For "Other" please elaborate:
Do you have any questions or comments?
Submit