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This program is Part 1 in our

Startup Accelerator Program

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Startup Bootcamp

Spring Bootcamp 1: Feb 14, Feb 28 & Mar 7
Spring Bootcamp 2: Mar 14, Apr 4 & Apr 11

Startup Bootcamps consist of three half-day workshops to help founders test the value of their ideas and validate (or invalidate) the core of their business: the problem they are solving for their initial target customers. During the Bootcamp, teams learn the fundamentals of building a successful startup and test their initial ideas through customer research, interactive workshops and dedicated coaching.

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Application Deadline

The deadlines for the Spring 2025 Bootcamps are:

Spring Bootcamp 1: Monday, Jan 27
Spring Bootcamp 2: Monday, Mar 3

Who Can Apply?

Open to all NYU student, faculty, or staff-led teams who:

Have an idea for a unique and compelling startup or social venture
Have expertise and/or insights into the problem they hope to solve with their venture
Are interested in building a highly-scalable venture

Benefits

Iterative feedback on your venture
Dedicated 1-on-1 team coaching
Education in proven startup best practices
Pre-requisite for the Startup Sprint and Female Founders Fellowship
Earn certificate of completion

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Baton is a blockchain-enabled collaboration protocol designed to facilitate the future of creative digital exchange to help artists maintain control over their material and get the credit they deserve.

Gabe Warshaw

Founder

(Tisch '23)

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Dathic creates an AI-based platform for CPG that understands the US Hispanic consumers, recommends the best locations to grow and connect communities with the products they love.

Laura Rocha

Co-founder

(Wagner '20)

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By creating the world’s first tattoo that fades in a year, Ephemeral gives everyone the opportunity to express their individuality without fear or regret.

Anthony Lam

Co-Founder

(Tandon '15)

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Frich is the first social finance app that enables Gen Z to develop mindful spending habits by setting goals together with friends and keeping each other accountable. Imagine a fitness app but for your finances.

Aleksandra Medina

Founder

(Abu Dhabi '21)

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A platform that connects artists and venues to create unforgettable shows.

Mir Hwang

Co-founder

(CAS '19)

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Jones is a judgement-free journey to a vape-less life, through a personalized nicotine replacement subscription, behavioral support and digital community.

Caroline Huber

Co-Founder

(Stern '23)

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Matching individuals with quality therapists to ease access to a personalized healing relationship and enable therapists to help more people.

Alyssa Petersel

Founder & CEO

(Silver '17)

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The first brand to design products specifically for women with small boobs, starting with bras.

Lia Winograd

Co-founder and COO

(Stern '19)

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Resist Nutrition makes plant-based, keto protein bars filled with science-backed ingredients with functional benefits for hormone health and blood sugar support.

Drew Lederman

Founder & CEO

(Tisch '20)

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Rilla provides conversation intelligence software for outside sales and service. Industries such as roofing, solar, interior design, banking, and telco send sales representatives to talk to potential customers face to face in their homes and businesses. Rilla uses AI to automatically transcribe, analyze and give feedback to sales managers on their representatives’ performance with customers, enabling them to remotely monitor their teams, saving two to three days a week from having to accompany field sales reps on training calls.

Sebastian Bienen

Founder & CEO

(CAS '18)

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Math & Coding tutoring for children in the US by women student tutors in India - makes tutoring accessible and affordable to every child in the US, normalizing STEM among girls, empowering students to work in India, helping young women tutors do fulfilling work from the safety of their homes.

Ann Andrews

Founder

(Stern '23)

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The Diversity Org (DO) hosts high school assemblies that educate low-income students on how to obtain corporate and high-income careers.

Joshua Pierce

Founder

(Tisch '18)

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All-natural food products packed with endocrine supportive nutrients that can naturally improve menstrual symptoms.

Britt Martin

Co-Founder

(GSAS '17)

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Visura is a curated market-network for publishers to discover and hire the world’s top freelance visual journalists.

Adriana Teresa Letorney

Co-founder

(GSAS '21)

Dathic creates an AI-based platform for CPG that understands the US Hispanic consumers, recommends the best locations to grow and connect communities with the products they love.

Founder(s)

Laura Rocha (Wagner '20) |
Jose Daniel Ramirez |
Luis Felipe Giraldo
Santiago Alvarez
Diana Prieto
Juan David Ramirez

Website

dathic.com

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By creating the world’s first tattoo that fades in a year, Ephemeral gives everyone the opportunity to express their individuality without fear or regret.

Founder(s)

Anthony Lam (Tandon '15) |
Joshua Sakhai (Stern '18) |
David Shin (Tandon '15) |
Brennal Pierre, PhD (Tandon '15) |
Vandan Shah, PhD (Tandon '16) |

Website

ephemeraltattoos.com

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Founder(s)

Aleksandra Medina (Abu Dhabi '21) |
Katrin Kaurov (Abu Dhabi '19) |

Website

getfrich.com

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Founder(s)

Sebastian Bienen (CAS '18) |

Website

rillavoice.com

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What You Can Expect

The NYU Entrepreneurial Institute offers Startup Bootcamps for founders to learn how to test the value of their solutions with future customers and partners by Getting Out of the Building.

Each Bootcamp is a three half-day commitment on Fridays via Zoom.

Day 1: Interactive workshops on nailing your target market and beachhead customer and conducting customer discovery. Participants will also present their venture ideas and receive feedback from the NYU Entrepreneurial Institute’s coaching team and founders in residence.
Between Day 1 & 2: Each team will endeavor to complete at least ten interviews with their potential target customers, and receive dedicated coaching by startup experts and successful founders.
Day 2: Each team presents on business insights from customer discovery and receives feedback on their business strategy from the coaching team.
Day 3: Participants can expect workshops on assessing competition and testing the value of solutions, as well as an overview of next resources exclusively available to Bootcamp graduates. This day event will be hybrid to enable participants to meet other participating teams.
Following the Bootcamp: Teams will be offered continued coaching, and select teams will be invited to interview for the next Startup Sprint (only 30% of Sprint applicants make it to the interview round, so you’ll have made the cut!).

Who the Startup Bootcamp is For

Bootcamps are open to all NYU student, faculty, or researcher-led teams who:

Have an idea for a unique and compelling startup or social venture
Have expertise and/or insights into the problem they hope to solve with their venture
Are interested in building a highly-scalable venture (i.e. consulting and small and/or undifferentiated businesses will not be a fit)
Are committed to attending BOTH the half-day sessions and
NOTE: Preference is given to teams with two or more members, and to those with a technical co-founder (for tech-enabled businesses); Only one team member needs to be affiliated with NYU.
For Faculty and researchers hoping to explore the commercial potential of their research, please consider applying to the NSF sponsored Tech Venture Workshop instead of the Bootcamp.

Bootcamp Dates

Bootcamps are offered 5 times a year. The Spring ’25 Bootcamps will be held on:

Spring Bootcamp 1: Feb 14 & Feb 28, from 1-6pm | Mar 7, from 10-1pm | You must attend ALL days. Apply by January 27, at 6pm.
Spring Bootcamp 2: Mar 14 & Apr 4, from 1-6pm | Apr 11, from 10-1pm | You must attend ALL days. Apply by March 3, at 6pm.

If you would like to draft your answers before applying, you can find all of the application questions here.