Apply to the Idea Factory at Startup Virginia

Do you have an innovative idea for a scalable product or solution that could disrupt the market? Stop thinking and start testing and apply to the Idea Factory!

The Idea Factory is a fast-paced, FREE, hybrid 7-week program where you’ll learn how to test, improve, and validate your business idea. Customer discovery is utilized throughout a startup’s journey, however, customer discovery in the early stage is the most important step. The biggest reason startups fail and waste time, money, and energy is because they never validated their idea with potential customers. The Idea Factory will guide you through the customer discovery process to test assumptions and set you on the path to creating a viable startup.

Apply by Wednesday, September 7th for the 2023 fall session, which runs from October 2nd – November 13th.