SUNY Startup Summer School
SUNY Startup Summer School provides faculty, students, and staff with the knowledge and networks that will enable them to commercialize breakthrough technology.
Congratulations to Class of 2023 and the winners of the SUNY TAF S4 Catalyst Investment CyberSpara and DUB Biologics
Now in its fifth year, SUNY Startup Summer School (S4) offers virtual accelerated entrepreneurial education and training for participants to help them secure the initial funding needed to get their technology to market.
Depending on their experience, S4 participants will receive the following support:
• Access to instructional webinars that provide the foundation of knowledge and learning aspiring entrepreneurs and new ventures need to be successful.
• Proposal development support from experts with successful track records in helping research teams and startups secure grants and other non-dilutive funding.
• Customized I-Corps training, mentoring, and networking opportunities that are provided in a just-in-time format based on each participant’s needs and traction. Application Closed: Wednesday, June 14th.
Depending on their experience, S4 participants will receive the following support:
• Access to instructional webinars that provide the foundation of knowledge and learning aspiring entrepreneurs and new ventures need to be successful.
• Proposal development support from experts with successful track records in helping research teams and startups secure grants and other non-dilutive funding.
• Customized I-Corps training, mentoring, and networking opportunities that are provided in a just-in-time format based on each participant’s needs and traction. Application Closed: Wednesday, June 14th.
Curriculum
June 7
Entrepreneurship 101
What It Takes To Commercialize Your Tech
What It Takes To Commercialize Your Tech
June 14
Discover Customer Discovery
June 21
Evaluation of the Opportunity
Patentability and Marketability Basics
Patentability and Marketability Basics
June 28
How To Win Grants
Mastering Non-Dilutive Funding Sources
Mastering Non-Dilutive Funding Sources
July 5
Building A Winning Team
July 12
Forming and Structuring Your Company Like A Boss
July 19
Strategies for Unstoppable Success
July 26
Telling and Selling Your Story
July 31 - August 4
Office Hours With SUNY Venture Advisors
August 9
Demo Day and Graduation
Speakers
Maureen Ballatori
29 Design Studio
Telling and Selling Your Story
Ana-Maria Galeano
Galeano Law Firm
Building A Winning Team + SUNY Venture Advisor
Rich Honen
Phillips Lytle
Forming and Structuring Your Company Like A Boss
Felix Litvinsky
Abakama
Entrepreneurship 101 - What It Takes To Commercialize Your Tech + SUNY Venture Advisor
Michael Lightman
HATE YOUR DECK
Telling and Selling Your Story
Kirk Macolini
Intelispark
How To Win Grants - Mastering Non-Dilutive Funding Sources
Arel Moodie
Reed Oak
Strategies for Unstoppable Success
Olga Petrova
Binghamton University
Discover Customer Discovery
Lance Reich
SUNY Research Foundation
Evaluation of the Opportunity - Patentability and Marketability Basics
Andrew Scheinman
SUNY Research Foundation
Evaluation of the Opportunity - Patentability and Marketability Basics
Mark Sperry
Sperry Energy
Building A Winning Team + SUNY Venture Advisor
Allison Yacci
Data Cicada
Entrepreneurship 101 – What It Takes To Commercialize Your Tech + SUNY Venture Advisor
Success Stories
$300k NIH STTR Phase I
Downstate Health Sciences University
Downstate Health Sciences University
$250k NSF STTR Phase I
SUNY Canton
SUN
SUNY Canton
SUN
$300k NIH STTR Phase I
$256k NSF STTR Phase I
University at Albany
$256k NSF STTR Phase I
University at Albany
$750k NSF STTR Phase II
University at Buffalo
University at Buffalo
$1.7M Air Force SBIR Phase II
SUNY Polytechnic Institute
SUNY Polytechnic Institute
$1M NSF STTR Phase II
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook University
$250k NSF SBIR Phase I
SUNY Polytechnic Institute
SUNY Polytechnic Institute
$2.3M NIH STTR Phase II
Upstate Medical University
Upstate Medical University
$1.5M DOE SBIR Phase II
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook University
$250k NSF STTR Phase I
University at Albany
University at Albany
Testimonials
Arad Azizi
Binghamton University
"S4 provided me the opportunity to learn the nuts and bolts of forming a startup and all the details which are not deeply discussed in many entrepreneurship courses. The most valuable part of S4 for me was that it helped me develop the skills to realistically assess the business potential of technology that I was developing."
Alexis Weber
University at Albany
"S4 allowed me to understand the importance of being able to “tell my story,” from the point of view of a business person. As a scientist, how I present the technology is unique from that of an entrepreneur, and this is not something I comprehended until I participated in S4."
Rong Zhao
Stony Brook University
“I think to be an effective entrepreneur, you can't just learn it from books. You have to really get your hands dirty and do it. S4 provides the structure and all the resources, and of course, the knowledge for you to actually do that, to get your hands dirty and actually be an entrepreneur.”
Team
S4 is led by a close-knit team of passionate professionals who are working together with SUNY’s campuses and partners to build a world-class entrepreneurial ecosystem. They wake up every morning ready to crush it for the innovators they serve and truly believe entrepreneurship is a viable career path for SUNY students.
Nicholas Querques
STARTUP FOUNDER/ADVISOR, TECH TO MARKET MASTER, COMPANY BUILDER
Jessica Stanley-Updyke
MARKETING GURU, PROFESSIONAL STORYTELLER,
COMMUNICATIONS JEDI
COMMUNICATIONS JEDI
Mark Bodner
ROYALITY GURU, VALUE PROPOSITION PRO, TRUSTED PROCESS BUILDER
Tanya Waite
PARTNERSHIPS PRO, DOT CONNECTOR EXTRAORDINAIRE, TRUSTED STARTUP MENTOR
Doug Benel
CREATIVITY ADVOCATE, MOTIVATOR, OUTSIDE-THE-BOX THINKER
Matthew Mroz
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER WHIZ, SUNY SYSTEM SHERPA, OPERATIONS AFICIONADO
Mai Huynh
STUDENT AMBASSADOR
Kebra Baako
STUDENT AMBASSADOR
Contact
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Or you can use the contact format on this page.
We read every message and do our best to respond quickly.