Propeller's Ocean MBA - a three day mini MBA for ocean-entrepreneurs - kicked off in June 2022 with a stellar cohort of founders, and daily guest speakers on startups, and scaling innovation.
Speed of execution is critical in startups. The faster you learn, the faster you iterate, the faster you improve, the faster you make the sale, land the deal, win. We know this from our experience as operators, and when we thought about how we could share that experience, we wanted to do it. Fast.
So we leaned into Brian's skill as a teacher, and built The Ocean MBA. It's our way of condensing a ton of startup knowledge and experience into just a few days, quickly helping put entrepreneurs on a rapid path to success.
Our first cohort (a.k.a. guinea pigs!) went through the program in June of this year. From a classroom at MIT Sloan, we ran founders through case studies, working sessions, and guest lecturers with experience building businesses in the ocean, climate unicorns, and everything from software to hard-tech.
In our follow up survey with founders, everyone raved about the deep work and mentorship from Propeller's Entrepreneur-In-Residence talent. We were also grateful to have guest speakers with seasoned experts from Bowery Farming, Johns Hopkins University, HubSpot, NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration), Sofar, and ThayerMahan, Inc., and curriculum from the minds of Entrepreneurship Ventures, Forecastr, Mintz Levin, WHOI, and Woodwell to name a few.
And of course, we had fun! It was inspiring to get this group of mission driven founders together. The work was intense, but energizing and we can't wait to do it again.
The Ocean MBA will be run twice in 2023. We look forward to working with our next stellar cohort of entrepreneurs on their world-changing ideas!
The Ocean MBA will be run twice in 2023. We look forward to working with our next stellar cohort of entrepreneurs on their world-changing ideas! We cannot wait to continue this series and would love for you to join us.
Interested in our next Ocean MBA? Apply here if you are a founder working on a potential narwhal business.
If you are a WHOI researcher and are interested, contact us here.