Women's Innovation Lab

As a woman interested in beginning your entrepreneurial journey, you’ll need to gain specific tools and advice from industry experts to help you turn your idea into reality. The Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business offers the Women’s Innovation Lab certificate program to teach women how to scale their business, access more equity, and navigate the entrepreneurship ecosystem.  

Whether you recognize a problem you want to explore solving, have a business idea, or are at the beginning stages of growing your business and want guidance on the next step, the Women’s Innovation Lab can provide you with education, inspiration, and coaching to fuel your success. 

Program at a Glance

The Women’s Innovation Lab is a virtual, four-day certificate program designed for emerging women entrepreneurs and innovators who want guidance on navigating the tenets of entrepreneurship. Through our online sessions and optional in-person networking, you’ll be able to connect with other entrepreneurial-minded women and expand your network.  

• Dates: October 2, 4, 9, and 11
• Format: Virtual
  • Mornings: Synchronous instruction 
  • Afternoons: Asynchronous assignments  
  • Final capstone project 
• Networking: Students can attend the optional in-person networking opportunity during the last session on October 11 to meet fellow classmates and guest speakers.
• Time commitment: 
  • Classwork: 8 hours x 4 days = 32 hours
  • Capstone project: 20 hours
• Cost: $1,950
• Registration deadline: September 18

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• The accelerated program consists of eight sessions over four days, with synchronous sessions in the morning and assignments in the afternoon. The program culminates with a final capstone project.  

  You’ll learn about customer discovery, crafting a business plan, raising capital, and more. Our comprehensive curriculum covers all aspects of entrepreneurship.   

  Learn more about the different sessions and topics in the program.  

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• Create Your Future

  Dream big and develop your entrepreneurial mindset as you gain the insights, skills, and confidence to thrive in a global business environment. After completing the program, you’ll walk away with actionable skills. 

  • Gain product innovation insights 
  • Use business model canvases and ecosystem mapping 
  • Understand fundraising best practices 
  • Perfect the art of storytelling and pitching 

• Fall 2023 Cohort

  • Registration deadline: September 18, 2023
  • Session starts: October 2, 2023
  • Cost: $1,950 total

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“We launched our first program for female founders with the hopes of empowering women to claim their ‘seats at the table’ and become visionaries in a heavily male-dominated field. What we’ve learned in working with more than a one hundred female founders is that in creating an inclusive space designed specifically for women to succeed, our founders have the breathing room to build on their ideas and bring them to fruition.”

– Melissa Heffner Program Director, VentureLab

Pursue Your Passion

$1.8 Trillion

Revenue Generated by Women-Owned Businesses Each Year

Census Bureau

35%

Higher ROI Generated by Female Founders

The Kauffman Foundation

1.9%

VC Funding to Businesses Founded by Women

TechCrunch

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The founding team of the Women's Innovation Lab. L to R: Sara Martin Henderson, Malisa Ngalame, Laura Badovinac, Coogan Perrin, Richelle Bess, Melissa Heffner, and Angela Schwartz.

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