TECH Fort Worth Impact Awards 2014 Vol. 2014 | Page 24

TECH Fort Worth program development services. The programs are specifically T iterative process. It is especially relevant to very early stage designed to provide inventors and entrepreneurs startups as it provides founders with a roadmap for the with a wide range of services to meet their needs at various launch of their first product while identifying adjacent stages in the startup process. Through these programs, TECH markets that can be expanded into as the company Fort Worth helps entrepreneurs formulate a feasible business progresses on the road to success. Staff and mentors model for their technology, works with startup companies to work directly with up to six entrepreneurs at a time execute their plans, creates an entrepreneurial community, during the three-hour weekly sessions. ECH Fort Worth’s programs are the core of its business strategy and suits companies of any stage due to its and fosters student entrepreneurship. TECH Fort Worth programs are not linear or progressive in nature. Instead, they are each designed to solve a need in the startup’s development, supplementing the skillset of the company founders. Below is a brief overview of each of the programs offered by TECH Fort Worth. Acceleration Program The Acceleration Program is for early-stage companies that are commercializing emerging technologies across all industry sectors, including bio-med, bio-tech, medical devices, health, energy, environment, and computer technology. While the Incubation Workshop focuses on Incubation Workshop The Incubation Workshop is recommended for most startups regardless of phase of development as it targets the viability and sustainability of a product idea and ideas and market strategies, the Acceleration Program is all about execution – putting into practice the strategies developed in the Incubation Worksh