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Idea Incubator Registration Form
The Idea Incubator program is a self-paced program that supports idea-stage innovators to hone in on an idea that will have impact in their community. Participants get access to the Innovation Handbook and guidance from BUild Lab staff to get goals and learning plans.
This program is the ideal place for anyone who is looking to develop an idea to get started before joining the Innovation Pathway - Ventures or Community Impact Projects. Any student or alum within 1 years of graduation from any school/college at BU can participate!
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Email
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Your email
First Name
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Last Name
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What are your pronouns?
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she/her/hers
he/him/his
they/them/theirs
prefer not to disclose
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BU ID
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Please write your BU ID number below
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School/College:
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CAS - College of Arts & Sciences (incld Graduate School of Arts & Sciences)
CFA - College of Fine Arts
CGS - College of General Studies
COM - College of Communication
ENG - College of Engineering
LAW - School of Law
MED - School of Medicine
MET - Metropolitan College
Pardee - Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies
Questrom - Questrom School of Business
Sargent - College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent College
SDM - Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine
SHA - School of Hospitality Administration
SPH - School of Public Health
SSW - School of Social Work
STH - School of Theology
Wheelock - Wheelock College of Education & Human Development
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Your BU student status
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* Please select the most recent and most applicable option below
Undergraduate student
Master's student
Doctoral student
Undergraduate alum
Master's alum
Doctoral alum
Graduation month & year
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* Most recent or anticipated month and year of graduation in MM/YYYY format
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Are you an international student (non-resident alien)?
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* We care about creating a diverse and inclusive community. We collect this information to learn more about the students/alum we serve. This information will be used to help us continuously improve the experiences and programming we provide. Only aggregate, anonymized data would be shared for BUild Lab reporting purposes.
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Prefer not to disclose
What is your race/ethnicity? You may select as many as applicable.
* We care about creating a diverse and inclusive community. We collect this information to learn more about the students/alum we serve. This information will be used to help us continuously improve the experiences and programming we provide. Only aggregate, anonymized data would be shared for BUild Lab reporting purposes.
American Indian or Alaska Native
Asian
Black or African American
Hispanic, Latino, Spanish Origin of any race
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
White
Unknown
Prefer not to disclose
Other
How did you hear about this program or the BUild Lab?
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* If you heard about us from a class or an event, please let us know the name of the class or event in the "other" option.
Innovate@BU email
Innovate@BU social media
Innovate@BU website
Poster or postcard
Word of Mouth
Other:
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What problem are you curious about and/or working on?
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You don't need to have a problem clearly identified in order to join Idea Incubator. If you are not sure, tell us what issue area(s) you are passionate about and may want to identify an idea to work on. And if you have do have a problem you want to work on, don’t let perfection be the enemy of good! Here are two resources to help you write it down a problem statement: (1)
https://generalassemb.ly/blog/create-problem-statement-startup/
and (2)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Stc0beAxavY
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Who experiences this problem?
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Think about all stakeholders, and be specific: customers, beneficiaries, buyers, end users. If you are not sure yet, say "not sure".
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If you're already considering a solution idea, what is its name?
If you don't have a name yet, leave this blank!
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Do you think that your idea will be a venture or a project? See below for how we categorize ventures and projects -- if you don't know what you'd like to work on, that's ok!
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Venture (non-profit or for-profit)
Project (fixed time, or one-time event)
I don't know yet
Over the next 3 months, what goal are you hoping to achieve related to your idea?
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It could be something like “Talk to 15 customers” or “Attend 3 BUild Lab events”. IMPORTANT: At the end of the semester, we will send out a progress update form where we'll ask you to evaluate how you did against your goals.
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What are the names of other people who are working on this idea with you?
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If you're not working with anyone, please put N/A. If you are, please list their name here
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What are the email addresses of other people who are working on this idea with you?
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If you're not working with anyone, please put N/A. If you are, please list their email here.
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One key component of the Idea Incubator is the community of peers who are also working on ideas. Are you comfortable with us sharing your name, a bit about the problem area you're working on and/or your idea with the community in our newsletter when you join?
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The newsletter only goes to other students who are in the Idea Incubator, and not anywhere else
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A copy of your responses will be emailed to the address you provided.
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