FALL

Learn about HBS resources to support your journey:

• Sign up for Rock and i-lab Newsletters 
• Bookmark Rock Center calendar to be in the know on all HBS, i-lab, Harvard, and Boston events
• Attend Entrepreneurship Day 
• Attend Startup Bootcamp info session 
• Attend New Venture Competition Kickoff 
• Attend Rock Summer Fellows program information session 
• Attend i-lab information session 

Plug into the entrepreneurship community:

• Join an HBS club during Club Fair 
• Join an Entrepreneurship Forum with a group of 8–10 RC like-minded students.

Get feedback on your idea, testing plan, business model, and more from experienced entrepreneurs and VCs by meeting 1:1 with:

• Entrepreneurs-in-Residence
• Venture Capital Partners
• Lawyers-in-Residence

Is the entrepreneurship path right for you?

• Meet with a Career & Professional Development (CPD) entrepreneurship coach (login required)
• Attend Rock/CPD panel discussions, see Rock calendar for dates

JANUARY TERM

Learn how to start a new venture and accelerate your progress

• Participate in Startup Bootcamp

Access funding to test your ideas and validate your assumptions:

• Meet with a Research Consultant at Baker Library (Anytime)

SPRING

Get feedback on your idea:

• Pitch on Super Saturday as part of New Venture Competition (March)
• Meet 1:1 with Entrepreneurs-in-Residence, VC Partners, and Lawyers-in-Residence

Pitch your startup for feedback and the opportunity to win prize money:

• New Venture Competition
• President’s Innovation Challenge
• SEAS i3 Challenge

Build Entrepreneurship and Tech Skills:

• Tech Club & Code club workshops/seminars
• Rock Center and i-lab workshops
• HBS Course notes on the Harvard Business Publishing Site

Apply to one or both of the following:

• Rock Summer Fellowship program
• i-lab Summer VIP program

Learn about Elective Curriculum entrepreneurship courses:

• Attend the EC Course selection session with faculty and EC students

SUMMER

Work on your new venture:

• Rock Summer Fellow program. Attend socials with other RSFs, access experts and the Rock Staff resources to help you advance your idea
• i-lab Summer VIP program

Excited about your idea and want to pursue it in your EC year:

• Apply for the Rock Accelerator program — (late August)
• Apply for the Fall i-lab VIP program

FALL

Accelerate your venture:

• Apply for Rock Accelerator (Aug-Sept)
• Apply for the Blavatnik Fellowship for commercializing technology out of Harvard research center and hospitals.

Choose from more than 30 elective courses in entrepreneurship, including those that allow you to work in class on your venture:

• Independent Project
• Field X; provides funding
• Product Management 101; project
• Entrepreneurial Sales and Marketing; project

Practical Help:

• Meet with Entrepreneurs-in-Residence (EIRs) and Venture Capital Partners

Get pro bono legal support for your startup:

• Pitch to Harvard Law Entrepreneurship Project’s (HLEP) program for free legal support
• Lawyers-in-Residence
• Pitch to Harvard Transaction Law Clinic
• Attend Rock and i-lab workshops around venture financing, term sheets, how to use a lawyer, and much more

SPRING

Compete in the New Venture Competition

Many EC teams that have spent the past 3 months working on their ventures do well in this competition. Participating is a great way to meet potential investors or get referrals to customers.

Take EC Courses that allow you to work on your startup for course credit including:

• Independent Project
• Field Y; provides funding
• Product Management 102; provides funding

Get feedback from experienced Entrepreneurs and VCs by meeting 1:1 with:

• Entrepreneurs-in-Residence
• Venture Capital Partners
• Lawyers-in-Residence

Want to pursue your idea after HBS:

• Apply for Rock Center Loan Reduction for founders who have qualified HBS loans.

Staying in Boston after HBS:

• Apply for i-lab’s Launch Lab X, and Pagliuca Harvard Life Lab to access space and resources post-graduation.