- Listing of Rensselaer Campus Maker Spaces
- Lean Startup Videos by Steve Blank, Serial Entrepreneur, Author, Professor
- (Writable) Business Model Canvas
- Tech Valley Center of Gravity Where entrepreneurs, makers, hackers, crafters, and artists come together to build a common, shared space in which to pursue creative construction.
- How to Frame Your Value Proposition
Eship@RPI supports student entrepreneurs as they seek to learn more about the business aspects of start-ups and early-stage companies. Faculty and experienced entrepreneurs mentor students who are developing business plans or who want to work with early-stage companies.
Rensselaer Entrepreneur Internship Program (REIP)
Designed to assist students in the understanding of the opportunities and challenges of a startup or early-stage company.
The Center for Economic Growth (CEG) forum offers a first look for the business community at the best and brightest early-stage growth companies in our region. Up to two businesses present each session to a panel of investment experts. This forum offers visibility for entrepreneurs to the region’s angel and institutional investors, business service providers, advisors, students, faculty, alumni, and the early-stage business community.
VentureWell E-Team Program provides a chance to move new tech ideas out of the lab and classroom and into the marketplace. Funding up to $25,000 per team.
With $65,000 in prizes, the DEBUT challenge is open to undergraduate student teams working on innovative solutions to the unmet health and clinical problems.
Through the I-Corps Site program, teams explore -- at a high level -- the market-readiness of their technology concepts using nationally adopted tools. This training is conducted in a local or virtual setting and prepares teams for the I-Team program. Up to $3,000 is available per team.
The I-Corps Team program provides real-world, hands-on, immersive learning about what it takes to successfully transfer knowledge into products and processes that benefit society. This training is conducted at a national level. $50,000 per team.
Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR)
SBIR is a highly competitive program that encourages small businesses to explore their technological potential and provides the incentive to profit from its commercialization. Up to $1,500,000 per team.
Kickstarter
A funding platform for creative projects. Offering a new way to fund and follow creativity.
Indiegogo
The world's largest global funding platform. Founded on the principles of opportunity, transparency, and action.
AngelList
Unlike crowdfunding websites like Kickstarter, people who invest through AngelList get a stake in the startup, although terms vary per company and per deal. AngelList has a minimum of $1,000 investment and is free for startups and investors.