The University of New Brunswick’s Summer Institute has launched its eighth cohort with seven companies participating in the virtual program.
Whereas most accelerators teach lean methodology to innovation-driven startups, the Summer Institute targets companies with social or environmental impact, many of them making consumer products. It focuses on such elements as design, marketing and personal development.
Operated by the J. Herbert Smith Centre for Technology Management and Entrepreneurship, known as TME, the 12-week accelerator aims to teach sales, marketing, and customer validation. The