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First-Year Entrepreneurship PROGRAM
August 1-5, 2022 | 12-5 PM 
ABOUT OUR
VIRTUAL PROGRAM
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Regardless of your experience with entrepreneurship, the First-Year Entrepreneurship Program is built to reshape how you think about it. You’ll hear about the experience of being a student founder from those who have balanced their seed rounds with Expos and Ec1011. You’ll sit on both sides of the early-stage investment table, learning from startup founders who hit it big and the venture capitalists that invested in them. You’ll get cold called by HBS professors and grilled on success and failure cases. Over the course of the week, you’ll be tasked with building your own business plan from the ground up and speed-run the path of the startup founder from start to finish. You’ll do it all in an environment with people just like you: aspiring entrepreneurs and upstarts in the world of business, all from the Harvard Class of 2026.  
PROGRAM SCHEDULE
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2022 schedule coming soon!

Last year's schedule included talks from Xfund Managing Partner Patrick Chung, case studies presented by HBS professors, and Harvard student life panels!
Speaker List from FEP 2021

• Kristin Mugford, HBS Professor
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• Shuya Gong, IDEO
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• Patrick Chung, Xfund Managing Partner
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• Jadyn Bryden, Xfund Vice President
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• Tom Eisenmann, HBS Professor
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• Kirk Benson, Crestview partner
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• Larry Cheng, founding partner at Volition Capital
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Day 1: Mon, August 1ST

12:00-12:15 PM EST | Welcome and introduction, overview of the week

12:15-12:45 PM EST | Keynote Speaker: Shuya Gong, IDEO
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12:45-1:30 PM EST | An exercise in idea generation

1:30-2:30 PM EST | Getting to know each other

2:45-4:15 PM EST | Panel: Successful Startup Founders, moderated by Xfund Managing Partner Patrick Chung
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4:15-5:00 PM EST | Small Group Work: your own idea generation begins

Day 2: Tue, August 2ND

12:00-12:15 PM EST | Welcome

12:15-1:15 PM EST | Live Case Study: Kristin Mugford, HBS Professor, and Divyang Arora, founder
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1:15-2:15 PM EST | Small Group Work: idea generation continues

2:20-3:20 PM EST | Panel: Venture Capital, moderated by Xfund VP Jadyn Bryden
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3:20-4:00 PM EST | Small Group Work: becoming VC fundable

‍4:00-5:00 PM EST | Pre-prepared Case Study: Lindsay Hyde, HBS Professor

OPTIONAL 5:00-6:30 PM EST | Drop-in office hours in preparation for the Eisenmann case

8:00-9:00 PM EST | Late Night Vibes

Day 3: Wed, August 3RD

12:00-12:15 PM EST | Welcome

12:15-1:45 PM EST | Pre-prepared Case Study: Tom Eisenmann, HBS Professor
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1:45-2:15 PM EST | Small Group Work: debriefing on Rent the Runway

2:15-3:00 PM EST | Small Group Work: scaling your business

‍3:00-4:00 PM EST | Panel: Private Equity, moderated by Crestview partner Kirk Benson
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‍4:00-5:00 PM EST | Small group debrief on private equity panel/group work at whatever balance

OPTIONAL 5:00-6:00 PM EST | Panel: Student Life, Academics, and Extracurriculars at Harvard

Day 4: Thu, August 4th

12:00-12:15 PM EST | Welcome

12:15-2:00 PM EST | Small Group Work: building your pitches

2:00-4:00 PM EST | Live Case Study: early stage venture firm Xfund

‍4:00-5:00 PM EST | Small Group Work: rebuilding your pitches

OPTIONAL 5:00-7:00 PM EST | Office Hours & Additional Group Work

Day 5: Fri, August 5th

12:00-12:15 PM EST | Welcome

12:15-1:00 PM EST |  Small Group Work: finalize your pitch!

1:00-2:30 PM EST | Final Presentations

2:45-3:45 PM EST | Live Case Study: Larry Cheng, founding partner at Volition Capital
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‍3:45-4:30 PM EST | Small Group Meeting: Debriefing on the Program

4:30-4:45 PM EST | Wrap-up

HOW TO APPLY
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Complete the form below to apply for a spot in the First-Year Entrepreneurship Program! Applications will be open until July 19th at 11:59 PM EST.

For any questions, please reach out to luisa.shida@hsa.net.
Applications are now closed for the Class of 2025 program. However, we encourage you to fill out our waitlist form if you'd like to reserve a spot on the waitlist, and if you'd like more info about entrepreneurship from us in the future.
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