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How to Write an NSF I-Corps Executive Summary That Gets Funded

In my first post (Unlocking Impact: What NYU Researchers Need to Know About the NSF I-Corps Program), I explored how the NSF I-Corps program serves as a powerful catalyst for moving research from the ...

The New Roadmap for NSF I-Corps: What's Changed in Funding and Program Structure

This is the second post in our series on the NSF I-Corps Teams program. In my first article, I covered the fundamentals: what NSF I-Corps is (a transformative seven-week program designed to help acade...

Recap: 7th Annual NYU Female Founders Forum: A Day of Insight, Candor, and Community

Stay up to date on upcoming events, deadlines, news, and more by signing up for our newsletters! On February 13, 2026, the NYU Leslie Entrepreneurial Institute and the Berkley Center for Entrepreneu...

How to Use AI to Improve and Accelerate Customer Discovery

You have an idea. That’s the first, most exciting step. And because this is 2026, your first instinct is probably to turn to the easiest, fastest, and smartest partner you know: AI. Stuck on a name?...

Starting a Startup at NYU: A No Fluff Guide for Student Founders

If you are new to NYU, whether as an undergraduate or a graduate student, and even vaguely curious about startups, you are in the right place and at the right time. NYU has quietly become a serious la...

Recap: The 2026 J-Term Startup Sprint

Stay up to date on upcoming events, deadlines, news, and more by signing up for our newsletters! Join us in celebrating the J-Term Startup Sprint Class of 2026! From Jan. 5-16, we had the privilege ...

Beyond the Bench: Reinventing Forensic Toxicology with Portable Diagnostic Systems

Beyond the Bench is an ongoing series highlighting NYU faculty and researchers who are turning their research into real-world ventures. Read the full series here. The abuse of drugs both legal and ill...

Speed Is Not Strategy: Why AI Can’t Replace Customer Discovery

A founder asked me a question earlier today that stopped me in my tracks. He asked something like: “What is the point of customer discovery if I can just spin up an app in Cursor (or the like),...

Female Founders Lunch with Anastasia Dor (Tisch ’24) and Bakhtawer Baloch (SPS ’26)

At the Nov. 21 Female Founders Lunch, Anastasia Dor (Tisch ’24), co-founder of Mentivista, and Bakhtawer Baloch (SPS ’26), co-founder of Clairdoc, shared how they navigate building the right team,...

The Runway Equation: How Much to Raise and When to Spend It

Welcome to the next installment of the NYU Founders Guide to Venture Capital series. Here we cover how to calculate your runway and manage your cash post-raise. One of the most common questi...

Future-Focused Design: Creating for the Modern Consumer Startup School Recap

On November 12th, Aleksandra Medina (Abu Dhabi ’20) led an interactive workshop at the Leslie eLab as part of Startup School on how to design websites that resonate with the modern customer while re...

How NYU Founders Leverage the Startup Sprint as Rocket Fuel to Launch

The NYU Startup Sprint is a two-week intensive accelerator where founders pressure-test assumptions through real customer conversations, and make decisive progress on their business model. After seven...