ISB DLabs launches pre-incubation programme for early stage startups

Hyderabad: With an aim to support aspiring entrepreneurs, ISB DLabs has launched its pre-incubation programme – ‘ISPROUTE’, which is free of cost and will engage mentors and industry experts to guide and support early stage startups. The programme’s first cohort is opening 25 seats for the early idea stage and aspiring entrepreneurs. ISB DLabs is […]

Hyderabad: With an aim to support aspiring entrepreneurs, ISB DLabs has launched its pre-incubation programme – ‘ISPROUTE’, which is free of cost and will engage mentors and industry experts to guide and support early stage startups.

The programme’s first cohort is opening 25 seats for the early idea stage and aspiring entrepreneurs. ISB DLabs is inviting participants to join the pre-incubation programme. Application intake will be open till 31 December 2021 and the cohort is scheduled to commence in February 2022.

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Application is open for students, working professionals, and aspiring entrepreneurs; individuals with early-stage ideas (with or without a prototype); sector agnostic- technology & non-technology and high impact ideas.

Programme would include master class sessions with industry experts and ISB faculty; grants and fundraising support; knowledge and mentoring support; networking opportunities through events and other relevant forums; value-added services to help build and scale products and services.

Saumya Kumar, director, I-Venture at ISB and CEO, DLabs said, ISPROUTE is designed to offer interactive capacity building modules with expert mentorship and handholding support while aspiring entrepreneurs run structured experiments to validate their ideas and refine business strategies.

It is a platform of action-oriented opportunity to transform ideas to proof of concept and to come up with a minimum viable product.