H4D to H4XLabs
Empowering H4D Teams with the knowledge and skills to navigate their journey from student teams to companies.
What is H4D to H4XLabs?
H4D to H4XLabs is an 8-week Business Acellerator. Created to help H4D teams continue working on their solution after their course ends, this intensive program equips early-stage founders with the tools and guidance needed to launch and grow their businesses.
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8-week program to train & accelerate
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Leverages Lean Startup methodology and best practices in entrepreneurship
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Skills and knowledge: Essential entrepreneurial skills and knowledge
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Advisor and expert meetings: Personalized coaching and guidance
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H4XLabs core team support: Ensuring teams have the necessary assistance and support
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Interactive workshops for practical application: Helping to build and develop successful companies
Turning H4D teams to businesses
This intensive program equips early-stage founders with the tools and guidance needed to launch and grow their businesses.
What Participants Gain:
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Customer Validation: Learn to identify your ideal customer and validate market need.
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Funding Ready: Craft a compelling pitch deck and fundraising strategy to secure investment.
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Government Contracting: Understand the basics of SBIR grants and government sales.
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Expert Mentorship: Gain insights from successful entrepreneurs, investors, and attorneys.
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Network & Build: Connect with like-minded founders and build your support system.
Here's what sets this program apart:
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Action-oriented curriculum: Focuses on real-world application and execution.
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Expert-led sessions: Learn from industry veterans and successful business leaders.
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Peer-to-peer support: Collaborate and learn from a network of ambitious founders.
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Investment readiness: Prepare to pitch to investors and secure funding.
Welcome our 2024 Cohort
8 companies across 5 schools
💡 (Stanford University) House of Laws: Using Large Language Models to simplify decision-making by contracting officers, program managers, Congressional staffers and other government professionals
💡 (Stanford University) L-Infinity: Improving satellite capacity by creating a second price auction marketplace for satellite-to-consumer and satellite-to-satellite tasking
💡 (Stanford University) Juno Astrodynamics: Enabling autonomous dynamic space operations including inspection, maintenance and refueling
💡 (Stanford University) Spectra Labs: Electromagnetic mapping for unmanned autonomous systems
💡 (Columbia University) VALIS: Improving force readiness by creating a data collection system and streamlined processes for visits to Human Resources Command
💡 (University of Chicago) Pharos Aerospace: Helping government satellite operators improve awareness of threats in low-earth orbit, whether they be from adversaries or from lethal non-trackable space debris
💡 (University of Southern Mississippi) RAT Group: Standardizing training completion data to ensure Airmen do not miss deployment-related training
💡 (Rochester Institute of Technology) CAMA: Countering software attacks in contested environments to ensure reliable data transmission