News
2025/08/25
Students interested in participating in the GTIE Student Entrepreneurship Program (GTIE-SEP) 2025 Lean Launchpad Training are invited to apply!
The Greater Tokyo Innovation Ecosystem (GTIE) is a platform for 18 universities and research institutions in the Tokyo metropolitan area that aims to nurture entrepreneurial talent and develop university-based startups that will change the world. Of these, we are recruiting students (undergraduate and graduate) to participate in the GTIE Student Entrepreneurship Program 2025 (GTIE SEP2025), an entrepreneurship education program for all students at the 13 universities participating in the GTIE Entrepreneurship Education Program.
The Lean Launchpad training program being recruited this time is based on “Lean Launchpad,” a program for new business development and entrepreneurship training proposed by Steve Blank, a serial entrepreneur from Silicon Valley in the United States.
Through the training, participants experience not only how to start a business, but also how to realize their own “what I want to do. Whether you are working on materializing and putting your ideas into practice for the first time or working on it again, each of you will have new insights. And, through the training, valuable experiences and many encounters await you. We look forward to your participation.
*This training program is open to the following 13 universities.
University of Tokyo, Waseda University, Tokyo University of Science, University of Tsukuba, Chiba University, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Ochanomizu University, Kanagawa University of Health and Welfare, Yokohama National University, Yokohama City University, Keio University, Tokyo Metropolitan University, and Shibaura Institute of Technology.
-Leaflet
GTIE Student Entrepreneurship Program (GTIE-SEP) 2025 Schedule
-Target Participants
Students interested in entrepreneurship education, solving social problems, and entrepreneurship
-Application deadline
Monday, September 8, 2025, noon (strictly enforced)
-Application Form
*Please change the above file name to “Name of the representative_affiliated university” and submit.
*Please submit “Other Materials” (no more than 7 slides such as PowerPoint) in PDF format to the box below.
-Submission address (BOX)
h ttps:// science-tokyo.app.box.com/f/31c81ad94bce448181b0f8b6367dfa19
*Upload your documents to the box below.
*Please contact the GTIE Secretariat at gtie.st.admin@cim.isct.ac.jp after submission to let us know that the submission is complete.
-Program Description:
Based on the contents of the Lean Launchpad, you will brush up your own idea as a business model. Each team will be supported by a mentor from the business model development to conducting interviews with customers. 1.
1. group training (4 sessions)
( 2) Number of applicants: Up to 8 teams or up to 28 people (4 people per team is recommended)
3. target of application: students enrolled at GTIE University (undergraduate and graduate students)
-Date and time of training implementation:
First session: Thursday, September 18, 2025, 10:00~16:00
2nd session: Sunday, October 26, 2025 (14:00~18:00)
The 3rd session: November 29, 2025 (Saturday) 10:00~15:00
The 4th session will be held on December 26, 2025 (Friday) 9:30~14:30
*The above dates and times are tentative . The above dates and times are tentative and may be subject to change.
-Contents (tentative)
1. development of a core hypothesis for the business
Understanding the overall flow of business development
Consider what to offer and to whom to offer it to get paid . 2.
2. verification of core hypothesis
Verify that there are people who will buy the product . 3.
3. building and testing the overall business model hypothesis
Consider the business model of the product
Confirm that the business model is viable. 4 .
4. verification of profitability and preparation of pitch materials
Create a profitable business model and confirm that it is profitable .
Make a pitch material
-Training venue (tentative):
Tokyo University of Science, Tamachi Campus
h ttps:// www.titech.ac.jp/0/maps/tamachi
-Other
You will be asked to register on the GTIE SEP network (Slack) (we will also be in contact with you) .
Adopters may use the co-working space at INDEST, Tamachi Campus of Tokyo University of Science anytime until the end of March 2026 . (except for holidays and closing hours).
There is no fee to participate in this program . However, participants are responsible for their own transportation and communication expenses to and from the venues in Japan.