Launch Pad applications are due

The Tsai CITY Launch Pad is designed to take early-stage founders to the next level with their ventures through asynchronous and synchronous teachings that can be immediately applied to your venture. It creates a safe space for like-minded innovators to reflect on what they have learned so far and to make additional progress on their ideas.

Launch Pad Resources

• Asynchronous startup content and elective workshops like Build Night to help you develop your idea
• Access to one-on-one meetings with an early-stage startup expert 
• Access to a coordinator to help you set program goals and connect you to resources
• Access to Tsai CITY’s various funding sources
• The chance to join an awesome community of innovators from around Yale

Application and Criteria

To participate in the Launch Pad, you should meet the following criteria:

• You can clearly articulate your idea and the problem you are trying to solve
• You have researched it sufficiently to answer basic questions about your target customers and key competitors
• You can describe how you might implement this idea in a way that is sustainable over time
• You have begun working on customer/user discovery and have received validation from your target audience
• You can share what milestones you have reached in your customer/user discovery

The Launch Pad is part of a broader venture development sequence at Tsai CITY: if you are further along in your project,  our Accelerator or Summer Fellowship might be a fit. The Launch Pad, Accelerator, and Summer Fellowship share a common application.