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Customer discovery is a critical activity that allows you to develop and test hypotheses about your new business or social venture. This 90-minute workshop will provide participants with the knowledge, skills and tools to conduct effective customer discovery.

This 90-minute workshop will expose participants to several tools that can be useful in evaluating the financial viability of a startup business. The session will provide a brief overview of analytic tools to help address these key questions: How much money will it take to launch my company?

This workshop will explore the various tools and approaches entrepreneurs use to communicate with investors, all examined through a common framework. We?ll discuss elevator pitches, executive summaries, investor slide decks, business plans and other elements.

The Michigan Business Challenge (MBC) is a campus-wide, multi-round business plan competition where student teams have the opportunity to win cash prizes totaling over $100,000 and gain feedback from serial entrepreneurs and investors. Current U-M Ann Arbor students from across campus are invited to apply!