UML Summary Page Stage 1 – on your marks! Test your idea: make sure you’re solving a real-world problem Stage 2 – get ready! Understand your market and confirm a start-up is the best way to reach that market Stage 3 – get set! Develop a (business) plan and put together the elements of the company Stage 4 – GO!! Launching the company. To infinity and beyond! Seminars Freshman seminars UMass Classes Graduate Certificate: New Venture Creation Graduate: MSITE Undergraduate: The Entrepreneurship Concentration Graduate Certificate: New Venture Creation Graduate: MSITE Graduate Certificate: New Venture Creation Graduate: MSITE Grants and Funding Incubation M2D2 – Medical Devices M2D2 – Medical Devices M2D2 – Medical Devices Competitions $25K Idea Challenge M2D2 – Medical Devices: New Venture Creation M2D2 – Medical Devices: New Venture Creation Internships Mentoring CI&E Faculty Mentoring M2D2 – Medical Devices New Venture Development M2D2 – Medical Devices New Venture Development New Venture Development Company Launch CVIP – Intellectual property conversation