DiscoverSTEM Entrepreneurship Program (DEP)

A unique seed-funded business incubation program designed to
nurture the ‘Bill Gates’ and ‘Steve Jobs’ of the future! This program is
offered in cohorts where participants use or generate a business idea,
launch a start-up to take their idea to the market, and own shares’;
while we support them at each step of their entrepreneurial journey.

DiscoverSTEM Entrepreneurship
Program (DEP)

A unique seed-funded business incubation
program of 2-year duration

DiscoverSTEM
Entrepreneurship
Program (DEP)

A unique seed-funded business
incubation program of 2-year
duration

Program Details

Over the last couple of years, our young innovators have been generating great ideas that can positively impact the world! But what good an idea will do in the books and patents unless it is commercialized?

Many of our students want to launch their startups to commercialize their innovation. So, we’ve gone ahead and developed an ecosystem of partners worldwide, which include Business Mentors, Technology Mentors, Management Consultants, Product Designers, Product Prototyping firms, Manufacturers, Packagers, Marketing & Promotion firms, Shipping firms, Clearing & Forwarding Agencies, CPA, Attorneys, and the office space.

We’ve taken care of everything to launch an idea into the market! All we need are bright and promising individuals to pick up an idea and run their company! What’s more, over and above, we provide a seed capital between $10,000/- to $30,000/- per startup to kickstart their business.

In short, this course teaches what is missing even in the best management schools in the world; launch and run your own company! Plus, by the time you finish college, you may end up owning a successful business enterprise!

Modules

Entrepreneurs at DEP will go through the following modules in theory (where ever needed) along with hands-on implementation while running their startup.

Part I: Pre-launch

Part II: Launch

Part III: Marketing Assets development (runs in parallel with part II)

Part IV: Sales, Revenue, Customer Management, Growth Strategy (runs in parallel with part II and part III)

Part I: Pre-launch

Part II: Launch

Part III: Marketing Assets development (runs in parallel with part II)

Part IV: Sales, Revenue, Customer Management, Growth Strategy (runs in parallel with part II and part III)

Eligibility

Individuals aged

15 years

and above are accepted

Admission

Enrollment in this program
is by selection only.

Selection Flow

Learning Outcomes

Business idea generation and market analysis
Business planning & teaming
Start-up pre-launch preparations
Developing an idea into a product
Product design and development
Tooling and prototyping
Quality Analysis and certification
Vendor negotiations and management
Shipping, Customs, and International Trade
Finance & Taxation planning
Developing marketing strategy / Need creation
Developing marketing assets
Pre-Sales, Sales, and Post-Sales

Support Provided to Entrepreneurs

Mentoring and Advisory:
Business Innovation Modelling; Business Plan Advisory; Financial Planning; Strategic Execution; Team Development; Industrial Leads and networking

Financial Advisory and Support:
Seed fund and other initial fundraising; Financial Modelling and Evaluation; Valuation Advisory; Subsequent Fund Raising Advisory; Legal and Patent Advisory

Infrastructure Support:
State-of-the-art dedicated Business Office; 24 X 7 operations and Institutional Security; High Dedicated Bandwidth and Network Security; Virtual LAN and Server Rack Space

Investment

$6000/- for a 10% share in the start-up company with an option to acquire additional share at the rate of $600/- for an additional 1% share. Each entrepreneur can have a maximum of 25% share in the start-up.

Parent’s Mentoring

If the participant is under 18 years of age, we recommend a parent join in meetings initially to handhold them in their entrepreneurship journey.

Investment

Parent’s Mentoring

If the participant is under 18 years of age, we recommend a parent to join in meetings initially to handhold them in their entrepreneurship journey.

Duration

2 years

Time Commitment

As demanded

by the team and startup

Additional Information

DiscoverSTEM will own

20% share

in the start-up.