Franke Venture Studio

Let's talk about market and focus on how solutions reach real users. We'll examine early traction strategies and how startups gain initial momentum without large budgets.

Let's talk about market and focus on how solutions reach real users. We'll examine early traction strategies and how startups gain initial momentum without large budgets.

Discovering Problems: Explore how human judgment and AI work best together during early ideation. We'll learn where human intuition matters most and how AI can accelerate, not replace, creative thinking.

Discovering Problems: Explore how human judgment and AI work best together during early ideation. We'll learn where human intuition matters most and how AI can accelerate, not replace, creative thinking.

Let's talk about the offer.  Learn how to validate ideas through simple, low-cost experiments. You'll explore different MVP approaches and decide what to test first—and why.

Let's talk about the offer.  Learn how to validate ideas through simple, low-cost experiments. You'll explore different MVP approaches and decide what to test first—and why.

Explore how entrepreneurs see and approach the world differently. Students learn core habits of curiosity, resilience, and action that apply across careers.

In this session we'll focus on the customer: Move from a problem to the people who actually experience it. You'll learn how to understand customer needs deeply and distinguish real value from assumptions.

In this session we'll focus on the customer: Move from a problem to the people who actually experience it. You'll learn how to understand customer needs deeply and distinguish real value from assumptions.

Come and pitch your startup idea in front of a live audience.
Receive feedback on your pitch delivery and learn ways to better present your ideas!