Ocean Economy Mini Start Summit @ Roux Institute

Roux Institute

This mini Start Summit is being hosted as a Startup Maine Week event. Please register for the Start Summit here so we know you’re coming!

The Roux Institute, in partnership with the Gulf of Maine Research Institute (GMRI), invites you to our upcoming mini Start Summit — the opportunity to creatively address a local challenge and transform ideas into action. At this fun and interactive event, you’ll experience what it’s like to build a startup solution in a very short time, and you’ll leave with a started business canvas in hand! You bring the energy to develop big ideas, and we’ll take care of the rest! No prior experience is necessary to participate.

In just three hours, this “mini” Start Summit will demystify entrepreneurship, provide you the tools to “practice” entrepreneurship by solving a local challenge, and will wrap with time for you to put pen to paper on your own startup idea.

We’ll start with a presentation by Gulf of Maine Research Institute (GMRI) about Maine’s Ocean Economy, including a discussion of some areas where innovation is needed, and they’ll present a more specific challenge statement that we’ll use as our thesis for the rest of the workshop.

Next, you’ll learn some entrepreneurial tools and frameworks for how to identify a problem to solve, how to test an idea, and how to think through your value proposition to give a compelling pitch. You’ll work with others and share ideas – this is all building and stretching your entrepreneurial muscles.

Finally, we’ll leave some time for you to start testing your own ideas on paper. Always wanted to start a business? Now’s your chance! Work with our team as you put your learnings into practice!

This workshop will be collaborative and fun – a chance to meet and work with others, learn something new, and stretch your innovation skills. Snacks and alcoholic beverages will be provided.

Please register here: https://startsummitoceaneconomy.splashthat.com/