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Apply to the Element 46 Tech Accelerator By August 19

This is your last chance to apply for the Element 46 Tech Accelerator Powered by Cela's third cohort, which will begin in September 2023. We're looking for innovative tech startups based in Westchester that are ready to scale. The deadline to apply is August 19.

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Click the video below to hear from the Element 46 team and participating founders about how the Element 46 Tech Accelerator can help you grow your venture.

Element 46 Graduate myze and YouTube’s Doctor Eye Health Partner to Change Daily Eye Care Behaviors for More Than 865,000 Consumers

Mamaroneck’s myze, the leading U.S. digital eye health platform and a graduate of the Element 46 Tech Accelerator, has partnered with the leading provider of eye care-focused content on YouTube, Doctor Eye Health, to raise awareness, education and provide affordable access to daily eye care routines and products. The partnership between myze and Doctor Eye Health will provide access to daily eye care products and routines to hundreds of thousands of patients as both companies continue to expand their audiences.

myze is the only digital health platform focused exclusively on elevating and accelerating the importance of eye health. Its mission is to make eye care part of everyone’s daily self-care routine by providing easy and affordable access to daily eye care routines curated by the world’s foremost experts in dry eye and ocular surface disease. Since its launch in September 2022, myze has brought hundreds of doctors into its platform providing daily eye care management to thousands of patients.

New Customer Discovery Bootcamp Launches from

OI! and WEDC

Successful entrepreneurs all agree: knowing your customer is KEY! Ossining Innovates! and WEDC's newest bootcamp will coach entrepreneurs and hopefuls in a process of talking to people and getting real reliable information from them. This bootcamp will help you identify, validate, and connect with your target customers, to help you create solutions your customers actually CARE about.

Participants will graduate with:

A list of over 30 customers interviewed
A deeper understanding of the customer’s needs and problems
A customer, problem, and initial solution identified
Most customer discovery bootcamp graduates will be ready for the next Inclusive Accelerator!

Classes will be held via Zoom on Tuesday and Thursday evenings, with a few potential in person sessions to practice new skills. Participants should expect to devote approximately 10 hours a week to the program, including class time. Session 1 will take place 9/14-10/19, and Session 2 is scheduled for 11/2-12/14.

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New York I-Corps Hub x NYC Innovation Hotspot

Gotham Innovation Gambit

Applications for teams/startups are now open!

Got an exciting research discovery or idea? Are you ready to learn what it takes to create your own startup? The Gotham Innovation Gambit, hosted by the New York I-Corps Hub and the NYC Innovation Hotspot, enables participating teams to develop a business model and perform customer discovery, the process of evolving the product market fit —determining a product or solution that the market wants—based on intensive customer feedback.

The Fall 2023 Regional I-Corps Program will offer two course options: a (1) short course or (2) long course. Your team will select one option in this application (and will have the ability to switch during the course). As part of the short and long course, teams will conduct either 35 or 60 customer discovery interviews and become eligible for nomination to the national I-Corps program. Participants also receive assistance with navigating resources to support every stage of entrepreneurship.

Applications are being reviewed now on a rolling basis until Wednesday, September 6 at 12:00 PM.

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