Programs
⚙️ Delivery mechanisms
- Intake pipeline — information collection, student eligibility verification
- Member Login Access — website member access for all resources
- Newsletter Subscription — weekly newsletter cadence with resource information
- Slack Community — access to Slack community for curated channels and communication
- Co-working space — access to the co-working location
✅ Eligibility
- Harvard Students — Current Harvard students
- Recent Graduates with Bonus Semester — Harvard Grads of May 2026 who participated in Membership during the Fall and/or Spring
- Registered Team Members — listed team members of Harvard Team Lead ventures in Membership
👥 Who it's for
- Any Harvard student interested in innovation, entrepreneurship, or problem-solving
- Students exploring ideas before they're ready for a venture
- Founders seeking community, resources, and support
- Students looking to build skills, meet collaborators, or attend events
- Anyone who wants to engage with the innovation ecosystem at their own pace
Entry model — supported activation
Students join once and gain access to a broad ecosystem of opportunities. Success depends less on program completion and more on helping members discover relevant resources, build meaningful connections, and return regularly.
User Journey
Discover → Complete intake → Activate → Engage in content → Keep warm if disengagedProgrammatic Lead(s)
Lexi
Programmatic Facilitators
Lauren
Ashley
⚙️ Delivery mechanisms
- Residency access — dedicated workspace and i-lab resources, year-round
- Advisor network — continued access to the full i-lab advisor community
- Board meeting check-ins — structured accountability with senior advisors
- Demo Day — culminating pitch event for investors and partners
- Alumni community — connections to the broader Harvard innovation ecosystem
📚 Content this summer
- Fundraising strategy — investor relationships, deck refinement, term sheet navigation
- Scaling operations — team building, hiring strategy, and product development
- Pitch preparation — cumulative coaching building toward Demo Day
- Peer cohort learning — alumni and student founders building alongside each other
👥 Who it's for
- Harvard-connected founders selected at the Summer Accelerator pitch event
- Alumni and student founders pursuing high-growth ventures
- Founders raising or preparing to raise a pre-seed or seed round
- Highest-commitment program — full-time venture focus expected
- Led by Joanna Furgiuele + Rym Baouendi
Entry model — supported activation + selection
Selection occurs at the Summer Accelerator pitch event. LLX residency begins after a successful pitch and team onboarding process led by the i-lab team.
User Journey
Summer Accelerator pitch → LLX selection decision → Onboarding → Residency begins → Demo DayProgrammatic Lead(s)
Rym
Joanna
⚙️ Delivery mechanisms
- Dedicated coworking space — life sciences-specific work environment
- Expert seminars — industry leaders in biotech, health, and medicine
- Advisor office hours — life sciences mentors and domain experts
- Peer cohort community — co-located life sciences founders in residence
- Industry connections — links to Boston biotech ecosystem and capital networks
📚 Content this summer
- Translational science — from research to venture, technology transfer
- Regulatory pathways — FDA, clinical trials, IP considerations for life sciences
- Life sciences funding — grants, NIH, biotech VCs, and angels
- Team building — co-founder and scientific advisory board formation
👥 Who it's for
- Founders working in biotech, health tech, medicine, and life sciences
- Researchers translating scientific discoveries into ventures
- Students and alumni with a life sciences focus
- Founders who benefit from co-location with a dedicated life sciences peer community
Entry model — supported activation
Life Lab participants apply through a streamlined intake process. The team identifies fit and connects residents with relevant advisors and peers from day one.
User Journey
Application → Review + intake → Residency onboarding → Engage in content + communityProgrammatic Lead(s)
Courtney
Michelle
Programmatic Facilitators
Emma
Allegra
⚙️ Delivery mechanisms
- Cohort sessions — weekly structured peer learning and accountability
- Expert speaker series — climate investors, founders, scientists, and policy experts
- Advisor office hours — sustainability-focused mentors and domain experts
- Community connections — links to Harvard's broader climate and sustainability ecosystem
- Showcase event — culminating cohort presentation
📚 Content this summer
- Climate technology — energy, mobility, food systems, carbon solutions
- Impact measurement — metrics, reporting frameworks, B-Corp considerations
- Climate funding landscape — climate VCs, government grants, impact investors
- Systems thinking — policy, market, and technology levers for climate
👥 Who it's for
- Founders with climate, sustainability, or clean energy ventures
- Students exploring the intersection of business and environmental impact
- Founders who benefit from a structured, values-aligned peer community
- All stages welcome — from idea-stage to post-revenue
Entry model — supported activation + selection
Climate Circle cohort members are selected through a short application. The team curates the cohort to ensure strong peer chemistry and diverse climate focus areas.
User Journey
Application → Selection → Cohort kickoff → Weekly sessions + community → Showcase eventProgrammatic Lead(s)
Rebekah
Program Containers
⚙️ Delivery mechanisms
📚 Content this summer
- Customer discovery — interviews, assumption testing, validation
- AI agent development — B2C concept-to-test with AI tools
👥 Who it's for
- Pre-product and idea-stage founders
- Students actively exploring a venture
- Founders looking for accountability
- Founders able to commit to 1-3 hrs/wk of work
- Primer requires commitment to async, self-activation
- Sprint requires commitment to 3 week series
Entry model — supported activation
Open access, but founders may need guidance to find the right starting point (Primer vs. Sprint).
User Journey
Discover (website / staff) → Register for right program → Activate → Engage in content → Keep warm if disengagedProgrammatic Lead(s)
Tom
Lexi
Programmatic Facilitators
Phil
Pete
Ashley
Becca
⚙️ Delivery mechanisms
- Application pipeline — structured review, interview, and selection process
- Milestone check-ins — regular advisor meetings tied to venture progress gates
- Internal pitches — advancement pitches to panel at milestone junctions
- Advancement ceremonies — cohort recognition events open to all members
📚 Content this summer
- Venture milestones — what progress looks like at each stage of the VIP
- Personalized advisor feedback — content shaped by each venture's specific needs
- Advancement Ceremony — open to all members, celebration
- Advancement Panel — pitch panel
👥 Who it's for
- Selected cohort members
- Founders actively working toward defined venture milestones
- Founders able to commit to 3-7 hrs/wk of work
Entry model — supported activation + selection
Requires application, review, and personal interview. The team actively manages every step.
User Journey
Application → Review + interview → Selection → Onboarding + orientation → Milestone progressionProgrammatic Lead(s)
Tom
⚙️ Delivery mechanisms
- Application pipeline — structured review, interview, and selection process
- Coaching — regular advisor meetings directed at personal pitch coaching
- Design consultation — regular staff meetings for deck design support
- Internal pitches — advancement pitches to panel at milestone junctions
- Funding — operationally efficient financial processing
- Promotion — curated promotions tied to i-lab branding
📚 Content this summer
- Personalized advisor coaching — content shaped by each venture's specific needs
- Pitch Day Competition — pitch panel in front of external judges
👥 Who it's for
- Selected cohort members within social impact
- Founders actively working toward defined venture milestones
- Founders able to commit to ~10 hrs/wk of work + coaching sessions
Entry model — supported activation + selection
Requires application, review, and personal interview. The team actively manages every step.
User Journey
Application → Review + interview → Selection → Coaching progression → Pitch DayProgrammatic Lead(s)
Rebekah
Lauren
Programmatic Facilitators
Phil
Julia
Lexi
⚙️ Delivery mechanisms
- Workshops — weekly virtual sessions, cohort-only curriculum
- Clinics — targeted deep-dives on specific venture challenges
- Board meeting check-ins — structured advisor accountability touchpoints
- Community lunches — weekly in-person gathering
- Pitch event — 5-day jury pitch
📚 Content this summer
- Company building curriculum — weekly workshop topics across 6+ sessions
- Fundraising + growth — embedded throughout cohort programming
- Pitch preparation — cumulative, building toward jury event
- Peer learning — alumni + student founders in same cohort
👥 Who it's for
- Summer Accelerator cohort — alumni and student founders
- Founders pursuing the LLX (Launch Lab X) pathway
- Highest-intensity container in the summer set
- Led by Joanna Furgiuele + Rym Baouendi
Entry model — supported activation + selection
Cohort selected before summer begins. Orientation launches the experience. Weekly rhythm creates accountability + predictability.
User Journey
Selection + orientation → Weekly workshops + lunches → Board meeting check-ins → Pitch event → LLX decisionProgrammatic Lead(s)
Rym
Joanna
⚙️ Delivery mechanisms
- Founder talks — expert-led lunch conversations + live Q&A
- Accelerator info sessions — direct pipeline to YC and Techstars
- Open workshops — single-session, skill-based
- Expert Office Hours — single-session, question led
- Perks + Discounts — digital catalog of partner backed discounts and perks for founders/li>
📚 Content this summer
- Fundraising — Allison Byers
- Accelerator Info Sessions — YC + Techstars sessions
- AI for communications — PRStack toolkit
- MVP feedback — peer product testing
- Scaling an AI startup — Brian Elliott + Murph Vandervelde (Blitzy)
👥 Who it's for
- Open membership — all member types welcome
- Best fit for post-idea, post-MVP founders
- No prior program participation required
- Highest reach, lowest operational overhead of any container
Entry model — independent activation
Register and show up. No follow-up cadence required from the team. Each event is self-contained. The team's job is logistics and marketing, not member management.
User Journey
Discover event → Register → AttendProgrammatic Lead(s)
Tom
Lexi
Programmatic Facilitators
Phil
Pete
Julien
Ashley
Alex
⚙️ Delivery mechanisms
- Social events — Member Appreciation, Summer Launch Party at Felipe's
- Pitch + connect — Founder/Joiner Pizza + Pitch
- Peer circles — Founder Circles in-person + virtual
- Problem-solving sessions — structured peer exchange, no prep needed
📚 Content this summer
- Peer learning — content emerges from the room, not a curriculum
- Network building — co-founder matching, collaborator + joiner connections
- Community identity — belonging, shared experience, i-lab culture
👥 Who it's for
- All members, all stages, all programs
- Life Lab residents, LLX, Climate Circle cohorts
- Solo founders actively seeking co-founders or collaborators
- Anyone who just wants to be in the room
Entry model — independent activation
Register and show up. The value is in the room itself — peer energy, serendipitous connections, informal conversation. No follow-up needed. This container is the connective tissue between all other containers.
User Journey
See event (website / email) → Register → AttendProgrammatic Lead(s)
Ashley
Lexi
Programmatic Supporters
Allegra
Joy
Emma
Joanna
Becca