Deep Dive

What is Deep Dive?

Deep Dive is a program of Texas State University and the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. This is a hands-on, practical workshop that revolves around a "deeper dive" into assessing the potential viability and launch-readiness of a new business or business idea.

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This is a follow-on program designed to build on the fundamentals of entrepreneurship offered in workshops like ignite.

Accepted participants will work in small teams on a chosen business concept, which may not necessarily be the business concept the participant is currently pursuing or the one with which they apply.

Selected participants will benefit from the Ignite workshop by:

  • Working with an interdisciplinary team of participants, mentors, leaders, and professors;
  • Learning the basics of starting a business;
  • Understanding the Lean Canvas approach to entrepreneurship;
  • Discovering and surveying potential customers;
  • Pitching business ideas; and more!