{"id":17543,"date":"2025-03-14T13:10:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T04:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/?page_id=17543"},"modified":"2026-03-24T11:21:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T02:21:27","slug":"ws_lean-launchpad","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.total.titech.ac.jp\/en\/lead_innov\/workshops\/ws_lean-launchpad\/","title":{"rendered":"Lean Launchpad Program (LLP)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This course is a program positioned at the last “Social Implementation Stage” of the three stages of entrepreneurship education: “Motivation and Awareness-raising Stage,” “Competency Formation Stage,” and “Social Implementation Stage.” To create a business, it is necessary to logically and comprehensively demonstrate the so-called “leadership” and “entrepreneurship” elements, such as extracting problems and setting issues, developing new ideas and prototypes, empathizing with users, verifying hypotheses, and sharing social trends, needs, and visions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This program is the perfect program for you to demonstrate the “leadership” and “entrepreneurship” you have cultivated so far and develop the knowledge and experience to implement new value in society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lean Launchpad Program (LLP), a team project of about two months that proceeds while logically building consensus, is a great opportunity for those who are planning to enter the business field, including developing new business, in the future, as well as those who are planning to proceed to research in academia, to experience the social implementation of new value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LLP was originally proposed by Steve Blank, a serial entrepreneur in Silicon Valley, USA, who teaches at Stanford University as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The winning team from this program will be able to participate in the LLP National Championship scheduled <\/p>\n\n\n\n

<Pre-Program Briefing Sessions><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you are interested in this program, we strongly recommend that you should attend one of the pre-program briefing sessions (in-person or online), then start necessary preparation work, and then register for courses and attend the first Meet Up Meeting ( to be held on 15\/Apr(Wed)).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4 times of the pre-program briefing sessions are being scheduled between the end of February and early April. You can attend any session either in-person or online, so please be sure to attend one of them. Pre-registration is required to attend the pre-program briefing sessions. The schedule and pre-registration form are available below. If you are unable to attend the pre-program information sessions, please contact Prof. Yamada directly to have a personal meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\ud83d\udcc2 Category<\/strong><\/td>Innovation, Initiative, Motivation<\/td><\/tr>
\ud83d\udccc Keywords<\/strong><\/td>Issue Identification, Hypothesis Testing\u3001New Business Development, Mechanism of Needs<\/td><\/tr>
\ud83c\udfaf Objectives<\/strong><\/td>\u30fbUnderstand the essence of the business (your idea has value and there are users)
\u30fbDiscover customers with “serious needs” and create a business plan
\u30fbDemonstrate your “leadership” and “entrepreneurship” to gain knowledge on implementing new value in society<\/td><\/tr>
\ud83c\udf10 Language<\/strong><\/td>Japanese (English support available)<\/td><\/tr>
\ud83d\udc65 Target Participants<\/strong><\/td>Graduate & Undergraduate Students<\/td><\/tr>
\ud83d\uddd3 Format<\/strong><\/td>7 sessions in about 2 months period (including 2 day camp) and works outside the classes will be needed<\/td><\/tr>
\u2705 Past & Upcoming Sessions<\/strong><\/td>#1:<\/strong> 15\/Apr(Wed) 18:00-21:00 Meet Up Meeting (Team Building)
#2:<\/strong> 27\/Apr(Mon) 18:00-21:00 Meet Up Meeting (Team Building)
#3:<\/strong> 15\/May(Fri) 18:00-21:30 Selection Pitch (Finalizing Participating teams)\u00a0
#4:<\/strong> 30-31\/May(Sat\/Sun) Session 1; Define products and value hypothesis (2-day camp)
#5:<\/strong> 12\/Jun(Fri) Session 2; Reporting activities and building MVP iteratively
#6:<\/strong> 25\/Jun(Thu) Session 3; Reporting activities and designing profit model
#7:<\/strong> 9\/Jul(Thu) Session 4; Reporting activities and designing scalability
#8:<\/strong> 24\/Jul(Fri) Session 5; Reporting activities and preparing business plan
#9:<\/strong> 7\/Aug(Fri) Session6; Demo Day; final presentation about business plan

Held annually since FY2013<\/td><\/tr>
\ud83d\udccd Venue<\/strong><\/td>S4-201, Ookayama Campus<\/td><\/tr>
\ud83c\udf1f Recommended for<\/strong><\/td>– Those who want to demonstrate their own “leadership” and “entrepreneurship”
– Those who want to go into “business” including starting a company in the future
– Those who want to implement their own research into social value<\/td><\/tr>
\ud83d\udcca Points<\/strong><\/td>–<\/td><\/tr>
\ud83c\udf9f\ufe0f Capacity<\/strong><\/td>30 participants<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Main Content<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  1. Meet Up Meeting 1\uff1aSharing business idea among students who are interested in this program and team building<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Meet Up Meeting 2\uff1aSharing business idea among students who are interested in this program and team building<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Selection Pitch\uff1aPresenting business ideas by teams which want to participate thai program and finalizing teams to be participated<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Session 1\uff1aLecture and work (2-day camp): Define products(or services) and value hypothesis and design business model (business model canvas)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Session 2\uff1aLecture and work: reporting exploring Early Adopter(s) by each team and a lecture (Minimum Viable Products(MVP)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Session 3\uff1aLecture and work: reporting exploring Early Adopter(s) by each team and a lecture (Design profit model)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. Session 4\uff1aLecture and work: reporting exploring Early Adopter(s) by each team and a lecture (Design Scalability)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. Session 5\uff1aLecture and work: reporting exploring Early Adopter(s) by each team and a lecture (Prepare business plan)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  9. Session 6\uff1aDEMO-DAY (presentations about business plan by each team)\u00a0 and Steve Blank Award<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

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