What Participants Are Saying . . .

The workshop materials and the mentoring of the presenters helped me to focus much more clearly on what is needed to find out if my product is monetizable.  I am very excited to move forward with this program. If I had understood these principles early enough in the process, I might not have needed funding. Thanks again, UVU BRC! It was fabulous!   - Lynne  

I think every start up should have the opportunity to learn the principles and steps taught in the workshop. It would save a lot of time and effort if companies followed the steps. - Jordan


We knew we needed more training. The training we received is exactly what we were looking for and gave us good insight to ensure we are offering a good product. - Nathan


As an engineer, I find it way too easy to come up with an idea and just jump right in and start programming it. Taking a step back, as painful as it may be for engineers, to do the BIH and associated tests is super important and will save you time and energy down the road. - Dave


Can save an inventor and their investors a lot of time and money. Fortune 500 customer sensing and data mining tool simplified and scaled down to the entrepreneur level. It will difficult for inventors to be honest with them selves as they feel so much pain. Realizing they may be alone with their pain is tough to hear. - Ron


The workshop is invaluable for every entrepreneur because it teaches the importance of confirming the interest or need of a new product or service with real consumers in the marketplace. No new business, no matter how well-conceived or well-executed, can be a true success, if it cannot be profitable. A new business cannot be profitable without interest from consumers willing to pay a premium for its goods. Confirmation and feedback from the consumer are needed in order to perfect a business concept, and to expedite the idea's development or failure before too many resources or too much effort is wasted on it. Thank you for your efforts to teach these principles and to pass on the wisdom of other entrepreneurs who have learned hard lessons over the years and through countless ventures. - Jack

UVU BRC Accelerator workshop literally prevented a fatal product development error, saving me at least $30,000 and several months of time.  - Tim

The presentation was well done and the methodology seems very useful. I see tremendous value in testing concept viability with actual potential customers and quickly determining whether to scale or fail the idea. I look forward to applying the concepts to help refine our approach to the market . - Jan

Working with the mentors was the best part of the whole day.  It was tailor-fit advice coming from a very credible source.  The workshop and what will follow will be invaluable to me and my company.    - Rich

I really like how it was distilled down to actionable steps.  Great job guys! - Ken

The real value of this workshop is the mentors and the willingness they have to help. Also all of the tools that were provided are huge! Those tools will save us so much time and help us to determine truly if our idea is a good one. Thank you for your time and expertise.  - Daniel

 I feel like I got more practical and useful information out of this one day then I did during my entire time attending business school. - Judd

I feel that this gives an entrepreneur a structured process to formulate their business. - Brandt

I loved the exercises, and the one-on-one mentoring that came with it.  – Jon

I loved it and would definitely recommend it.  - Joseph

Everyone needs a structure and set of guidelines to help them find out what they need to know before they invest too heavily into anything. Coupled with the follow-up meetings each month, we feel that if we follow this will be in a much better position no matter which direction we go. - Nathan

 

I think every start up should have the opportunity to learn the principles and steps taught in the workshop. It would save a lot of time and effort if companies followed the steps. - Jordan 


We knew we needed more training. The training we received is exactly what we were looking for and gave us good insight to ensure we are offering a good product. - Nathan

We were very impressed with the details and ideas in the training.  We found it very helpful as we are fine tuning our offerings and introducing a new service.  - Greg

I found all the information to be quite useful and I enjoyed the format.  We appreciated coming away from the workshop with some of our work already done (so the working time was really helpful).   I'm eager to get to the homework to see how we should move forward from here.  - Robbyn

It's a great process that can be of great benefit.  The content is step by step info that can really get you off and running on the right foot. - Kim

The NISI Workshop really helped me and my partner figure out in a more defined way who really are our clients. I feel like now we will be able to better target our questionnaire and surveys to uncover if there really is a pain that we can alleviate. All the information was really helpful and being able to discuss particular issues and questions directly with the presenters was extremely valuable.  - Efrain T.

In hind sight, this knowledge would have saved us a lot of time, hassles, and money if we had started with the training from the beginning. Very helpful Information! - Greg

The workshop was awesome!  I think that it's so easy to fall into the trap of believing your idea is a good one just because you personally see a need for it.  So going through the process you put us through and understanding the value of intellectual honesty when validating an idea is very valuable.  Also, to gain free access to the tools you've developed is fantastic.   - Jerry