3 Day Startup is a 72-hour learning-by-doing campus program that teaches entrepreneurial skills in an extreme hands-on environment. This 3DS program, in partnership with DivInc, is specifically for ethnically diverse and women entrepreneurs.

WHAT HAPPENS AT A 3DS PROGRAM?

Bootcamp (1-2 weeks before program date): Participants meet, get introduced to key entrepreneurship principles, and learn best practices for maximizing the 3 Day Startup program experience.

Day 1: Participants arrive – with or without startup ideas – and a facilitator leads the group through dedicated brainstorming, preliminary pitches/feedback, and team selection modules. Some teams work late into the night and others prefer to rest up in preparation for day 2.

Day 2: Day 2 places heavy emphasis on revenue model generation. Teams focus on customer discovery (where they hit the streets –– or the phones –– and talk to potential customers), structured mentorship, intermediate pitches and feedback sessions.

Day 3: Continued execution (including pitch workshops) leading into final pitches before a panel of mentors and investors.