  {"id":94846,"date":"2024-05-03T19:45:05","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T19:45:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/?p=94846"},"modified":"2024-05-03T19:50:27","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T19:50:27","slug":"launchuri-rise-up-summer-pre-accelerator-open-to-on-and-off-campus-applicants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2024\/05\/launchuri-rise-up-summer-pre-accelerator-open-to-on-and-off-campus-applicants\/","title":{"rendered":"Launchº¬Ðß²Ý´«Ã½: Applications for RISE-UP summer pre-accelerator are open"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>May 3, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/401techbridge.org\/\">401 Tech Bridge<\/a> will be commencing its summer pre-accelerator program from May 13 to 24 this year (in person, with virtual check-ins) for º¬Ðß²Ý´«Ã½ students and the larger Rhode Island community seeking to develop high-impact ventures and projects in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Launchº¬Ðß²Ý´«Ã½ is part of RISE-UP\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/401techbridge.org\/rise-up-ideation-studio\/\">i(X)Studio<\/a> that aims to foster innovation and cross-disciplinary entrepreneurship at the º¬Ðß²Ý´«Ã½. The program seeks to empower early entrepreneurs through the latest curriculum and practices in lean methodology, entrepreneurial best practices and guest speakers alongside industry mentors for real-life exposure to problem-solving and solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Applications for this summer\u2019s Launchº¬Ðß²Ý´«Ã½ close on May 10<\/strong>. Applications for fall 2024 are also open now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Launchº¬Ðß²Ý´«Ã½ offers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Curriculum-based learning for business model development<\/li><li>Custom and sector-specific mentoring and workshops, including customer discovery tools<\/li><li>Peer cohort of dedicated founders<\/li><li>Co-working space at the º¬Ðß²Ý´«Ã½ Innovation Spaces and LaunchLabs<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Participants are eligible for a stipend or credit. Ideas submitted should offer impact on the growing Rhode Island and national workforce and jobs of the future. Apply at: <a href=\"https:\/\/401techbridge.org\/rise-up-ideation-studio\">https:\/\/401techbridge.org\/rise-up-ideation-studio<\/a>\/.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/401techbridge.org\/rise-up-program\/\">RISE-UP<\/a>. For more information, email <a href=\"mailto:jloberti@401techbridge.org\">jloberti@401techbridge.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 3, 2024 401 Tech Bridge will be commencing its summer pre-accelerator program from May 13 to 24 this year (in person, with virtual check-ins) for º¬Ðß²Ý´«Ã½ students and the larger Rhode Island community seeking to develop high-impact ventures and projects in the future. Launchº¬Ðß²Ý´«Ã½ is part of RISE-UP\u2019s i(X)Studio that aims to foster innovation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1866],"tags":[1857,1858,1856],"class_list":["post-94846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community-message","tag-audience-faculty","tag-audience-staff","tag-audience-students"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94846"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94846\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94851,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94846\/revisions\/94851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}