Changes made to the Post-Course I-Corps Survey

Changes made to the Post-Course I-Corps Survey
SUGGESTIONS
TO: KEEP,
CHANGE, ADD, REMOVE
EXPLANATION OF
SUGGESTION & NOTES

Question
Text
Which of
the following categories best
describes your research or technology
area?

KEEP

Which of the following categories best
describes your research
or technology
area? [Other]

KEEP

CAVEAT:  As mentioned in the pre- this
question is
always a bit of a challenge
given that the tech clusters are not
mutually
exclusive. 

Select the sector that best describes
your industry.

KEEP

Select the sector that best describes
your industry. [Other]

This
question was an add on given
participant's confusions trying to classify
their project's tech cluster.

KEEP

What did you find most valuable about
the I-Corps course? Please
describe
specific activities, lectures, or
exercises that were particularly
useful
to your learning.

KEEP-AMEND (TBD)

NSF
plans to perform a textual analysis and
create categories.

What improvements do you suggest for
future I-Corps courses?
Please describe
specific activities, lectures, or
exercises that could be
refined or
improved.

KEEP-AMEND (TBD)

NSF
plans to perform a textual analysis and
create categories.

Overall, how would you describe the
learning environment created
during the
course? [Collegial]

KEEP

Overall, how would you describe the
learning environment created
during the
course? [Motivating]

KEEP

Overall, how would you describe the
learning environment created
during the
course? [Productive]

KEEP

Overall, how would you describe the
learning environment created
during the
course? [Innovative]

KEEP

Overall, how would you describe the
learning environment created
during the
course? [Challenging (positively)]

KEEP

Overall, how would you describe the
learning environment created
during the
course? [Stressful]

KEEP

Overall, how would you describe the
learning environment created
during the
course? [Harsh]

KEEP

Overall, how would you describe the
learning environment created
during the
course? [Exhausting]

KEEP

Briefly describe the impact the
learning environment (teaching
style,
course structure, pace) has had on you
and your team. You may
elaborate on
your responses to the above question
KEEP

Though
open-ended (and thus potentially
taking time to fill out), on a
psychological
level, it seems important to
allow folks to record their thoughts about
the
course environment. Btwn 20-25% of

participants respond to this question.
Please indicate your agreement with the
following statements
about the overall
delivery of the I-Corps course.
[Overall, activities were
well suited
to the learning objectives of the
course]

KEEP

KEEP

KEEP

Please indicate your agreement with the
following statements
about the overall
delivery of the I-Corps course. [The
teaching team
motivated us to do our
best work]

KEEP

Please indicate your agreement with the
following statements
about the overall
delivery of the I-Corps course. [The
educational climate
was conducive to
learning]

KEEP

Please indicate your agreement with the
following statements
about the overall
delivery of the I-Corps course.
[Creating the team video
was valuable
component of the course.]

KEEP

Since
we no longer will have the webex
survey, it's good to keep this question.

REMOVE

These
participant comments are often
similar to the comments for the question
about
the learning environment. We could
combine these two questions.

Please indicate your agreement with the
following statements
about the overall
delivery of the I-Corps course. [The
teaching team provided
relevant
critique/feedback to participants]

Please indicate your agreement with the
following statements
about the overall
delivery of the I-Corps course. [The
teaching team
encouraged appropriate
levels of participation by
participants]

If you have any additional comments on
the overall delivery of
the course
(e.g., content, instructional quality,
etc.) please share them
below.

Please rate the quality of your
interaction with each of the
facilitators. [Instructor 1]

KEEP

Please rate the quality of your
interaction with each of the
facilitators. [Instructor 2]

KEEP

Please rate the quality of your
interaction with each of the
facilitators. [Instructor 3]

KEEP

KEEP

Though
open-ended (and thus potentially
increasing survey burden), on a
psychological level, it seems important to
allow folks to record their
thoughts about
the instructors. Also, occasionally we find
something in this
section that is worth
bringing to the attention of the lead
instructor.

Please provide any specific comments
about individual
facilitators here.

The I-Corps course is organized around
nine components of
Osterwalder's
Business Model Canvas (listed below).
For each component,
indicate your level

of knowledge before and after the
course.
[Channels][Scale 1]

KEEP

The I-Corps course is organized around
nine components of
Osterwalder's
Business Model Canvas (listed below).
For each component,
indicate your level
of knowledge before and after the
course.
[Channels][Scale 2]

KEEP

The I-Corps course is organized around
nine components of
Osterwalder's
Business Model Canvas (listed below).
For each component,
indicate your level
of knowledge before and after the
course. [Cost
Structure][Scale 1]

KEEP

The I-Corps course is organized around
nine components of
Osterwalder's
Business Model Canvas (listed below).
For each component,
indicate your level
of knowledge before and after the
course. [Cost
Structure][Scale 2]

KEEP

The I-Corps course is organized around
nine components of
Osterwalder's
Business Model Canvas (listed below).
For each component,
indicate your level
of knowledge before and after the
course. [Customer
relationships][Scale
1]

KEEP

The I-Corps course is organized around
nine components of
Osterwalder's
Business Model Canvas (listed below).
For each component,
indicate your level
of knowledge before and after the
course. [Customer
relationships][Scale
2]

KEEP

The I-Corps course is organized around
nine components of
Osterwalder's
Business Model Canvas (listed below).
For each component,
indicate your level
of knowledge before and after the
course. [Customer
segments][Scale 1]

The I-Corps course is organized around
nine components of
Osterwalder's
Business Model Canvas (listed below).
For each component,
indicate your level
of knowledge before and after the
course. [Customer
segments][Scale 2]

The I-Corps course is organized around
nine components of
Osterwalder's
Business Model Canvas (listed below).
For each component,
indicate your level
of knowledge before and after the

KEEP

KEEP

course. [Key
activities][Scale 1]

KEEP
CAVEAT:
Changed the scale to better comply
to best practices in survey methods
[cuurent scale: Nothing/None, Very little,
Not sure, Some, A great deal,
NonApplicable or missing - Change to: Not at
all, slightly, somewhat, very,
extremely]

The I-Corps course is organized around
nine components of
Osterwalder's
Business Model Canvas (listed below).
For each component,
indicate your level
of knowledge before and after the
course. [Key
activities][Scale 2]

KEEP

The I-Corps course is organized around
nine components of
Osterwalder's
Business Model Canvas (listed below).
For each component,
indicate your level
of knowledge before and after the
course. [Key
partners][Scale 1]

KEEP

The I-Corps course is organized around
nine components of
Osterwalder's
Business Model Canvas (listed below).
For each component,
indicate your level
of knowledge before and after the
course. [Key
partners][Scale 2]

KEEP

The I-Corps course is organized around
nine components of
Osterwalder's
Business Model Canvas (listed below).
For each component,
indicate your level
of knowledge before and after the
course. [Key
resources][Scale 1]

KEEP

The I-Corps course is organized around
nine components of
Osterwalder's
Business Model Canvas (listed below).
For each component,
indicate your level
of knowledge before and after the
course. [Key
resources][Scale 2]

KEEP

The I-Corps course is organized around
nine components of
Osterwalder's
Business Model Canvas (listed below).
For each component,
indicate your level
of knowledge before and after the
course. [Revenue
streams][Scale 1]

KEEP

The I-Corps course is organized around
nine components of
Osterwalder's
Business Model Canvas (listed below).
For each component,
indicate your level
of knowledge before and after the
course. [Revenue
streams][Scale 2]

KEEP

The I-Corps course is organized around
nine components of
Osterwalder's
Business Model Canvas (listed below).
For each component,
indicate your level
of knowledge before and after the
course. [Value
propositions][Scale 1]

KEEP

The I-Corps course is organized around
nine components of
Osterwalder's
Business Model Canvas (listed below).
For each component,
indicate your level
of knowledge before and after the
course. [Value
propositions][Scale 2]

If you have any comments on your level
of knowledge of
Osterwalder's Business
Model Canvas before and after the
course, please share
them below.

KEEP

REMOVE

Few
respondents note anything here.

REMOVE

A
textual analysis of this question has
shown that there is too much variation
in
how specific or general respondents are for
this question to be
meaningful. A better
way to examine this information is through
the course
learning tool (e.g., LPC) as you
can identify the number and type of pivots
made.

What were your greatest pivots or
insights as you developed your
business
model? Which course experiences led to
these pivots or insights?

Indicate your level of agreement with
the following statements
about the
current status of your technology and
future plans. [I have
adequately
assessed my technology's readiness for
commercialization.]

KEEP

Indicate your level of agreement with
the following statements
about the
current status of your technology and
future plans. [I have
identified a
viable commercialization path for my
technology.]

KEEP

Indicate your level of agreement with
the following statements
about the
current status of your technology and
future plans. [I have
developed a
scalable business model.]

KEEP

Indicate your level of agreement with
the following statements
about the
current status of your technology and
future plans. [I will apply
for SBIR
funding for my technology in the next
12 months.]

Indicate your level of agreement with
the following statements
about the
current status of your technology and
future plans. [I will seek
other
funding or investment for my technology
within the next 12 months.]

KEEP

KEEP

Best
practices suggested changing this
scale from an endorsement of the items 
(i.e., Totally disagree to Totally agree)
to a confidence scale (e.g., not at all to
extremely). This will serve to
align
response categories for the pre- and postitems on this scale.

Indicate your level of agreement with
the following statements
about the
current status of your technology and
future plans. [I am
interested in
starting my own company.]

Indicate your level of agreement with
the following statements
about the
current status of your technology and
future plans. [I am
interested in
working in a technology-based start
up.]

KEEP  [SEE ROW 58]

KEEP [SEE ROW 59]

Indicate your level of agreement with
the following statements
about the
current status of your technology and
future plans. [I have defined
a minimum
viable prototype for my product.]

KEEP

Indicate your level of agreement with
the following statements
about the
current status of your technology and
future plans. [I have
identified and
validated the market for a product
based on my technology.]

KEEP

If there were other impacts that are
not listed above, please
describe them
here.
Indicate your level of agreement with
the following statements
about the
impact of the I-Corps course on your
future plans. [The program has
increased my interest in starting my
own company.]

Indicate your level of agreement with
the following statements
about the
impact of the I-Corps course on your
future plans. [The program has
increased my interest in working in a
technology-based start up.]

REMOVE

The
answers to this question are almost
correlated to the answers to
the
REMOVE   [SEE ROW 53] perfectly
item in the question cited above. Removing
this redundant question.

REMOVE  [SEE ROW 54]

Indicate your level of agreement with
the following statements
about the
impact of the I-Corps course on your
future plans. [I will use the
information and ideas from the I-Corps
course in my teaching.]

KEEP

Indicate your level of agreement with
the following statements
about the
impact of the I-Corps course on your
future plans. [I will use the
information and ideas from the I-Corps
course to help guide other start ups.]

KEEP

Indicate your level of agreement with
the following statements
about the
impact of the I-Corps course on your
future plans. [I will use the
information and ideas from the I-Corps
course in my career.]

Few
respondents note anything new or
different here.

KEEP

The
answers to this question are almost
perfectly correlated to the answers to
the
item in the question cited above. Removing
this redundant question.

Change
this scale from an endorsement of
the items 
(i.e., Totally disagree to
Totally agree) to a likelihood scale  scale
(e.g., definitely not to definitely). 

Indicate your level of agreement with
the following statements
about the
impact of the I-Corps course on your
future plans. [I will use the
information and ideas from the I-Corps
course in my research program.]

KEEP

If you intend to use the information
and ideas from the program
in other
ways, please describe them here.

KEEP

How many people (customers, users,
etc.) did you and your team
interview
during the I-Corps course? [You
personally]

KEEP

Note:
This is as an estimation not an
"exact" number

How many people (customers, users,
etc.) did you and your team
interview
during the I-Corps course? [Your team
as a whole]

KEEP

Note:
This is as an estimation not an
"exact" number

About how many hours per week (on
average) did you personally
spend on
your I-Corps project?

KEEP

Note:
This is as an estimation not an
"exact" number

Describe the extent to which your team
did the
following:[Collaborated
effectively]

KEEP

Describe the extent to which your team
did the following:[Had a
clear
leadership structure]

KEEP

Describe the extent to which your team
did the following:
[Distributed the
workload equitably]

KEEP

Describe the extent to which your team
did the following:[Shared
decision
making]

KEEP

Describe the extent to which your team
did the following: [Made
good
decisions]

KEEP

[Non -Mentor (M)] Please estimate how
often per week you met
with your mentor
during the course. (A meeting is
defined as communicating
via phone,
video, or in-person.)
[M Trad] Traditional: Please estimate
how often per week you met with your
team during the course. (A meeting is
defined as communicating via phone,
video, or in-person.)/
[M Other]/Please estimate, on average,
how often per week you met with each
team during the course. (A meeting is
defined as communicating via phone,
video,
or in-person.)

[Non-M] How satisfied are you with the
number of times per week
that you met
with your mentor?
[M Trad] How satisfied are you with the

NEW-KEEP

NEW-KEEP

These
questions combined will be a useful
IV (with the outcomes being the DV).

number of times per week that you
met
with your team?
[M Other] How satisfied are you with
the number of times per week that you
met with each team?

[Non-M] Please rate the quality of your
interaction with your
mentor.
[M Trad] Please rate the quality of
your interaction with your team.
[M Other] Please rate the quality of
your interaction with your teams
overall.

[Non-M] A goal of the course is to
conduct at least 100 customer
interviews. To what extent did your
mentor help you achieve this goal?
[M Trad] To what extent were you able
to help your team achieve their goal
of
at least 100 customer interviews.
[M Other] To what extent were you able
to help your teams achieve their
goal
of at least 100 customer interviews.

NEW-KEEP

NEW-KEEP

As NSF
is experimenting with different
types of mentor-mentee configurations, a
set
of questions related to this have been
added in order to study the effects on
participants and program outocmes.

NEW-KEEP
[Non-M] To what extent was your mentor
able to support your
application of the
Business Model Canvas tool?
[M Trad] To what extent were you able
to support your team's application of
the Business Model Canvas tool?
[M Other] To what extent were you able
to support your teams' applications
of
the Business Model Canvas tool?

NEW-KEEP
[Non-M] To what extent was your mentor
able to support your
understanding of
pathways to commercialization?
[M Trad] To what extent were you able
to support your team's understanding
of
pathways to commercialization?
[M Other] To what extent were you able
to support your teams' understanding
of
pathways to commercialization?

[Non-M]  Overall, how well
did your
relationship with your mentor meet your
expectations?
[M Trad] Overall, how well did your
relationship with your PI/TL and EL
meet your expectations?
[M Other] Overall, how well did your
relationship with your PIs/TLs and ELs
meet your expectations?
Which of the following best describes
the current status of your
project?

NEW-KEEP

This
is the "go/no go" question. The team
provides this update during
their final

KEEP

presentation. This provides new information
in terms of whether
someone from the team
disagreed (since the survey is
confidential).

Choose the response that best describes
your team's current
status in terms of
founding a new company to commercialize
your research.

KEEP

Choose the response that best describes
your team's current
status in terms of
founding a new company to commercialize
your research. -
comment

KEEP

What training or skills do you feel you
are lacking that would
assist you in
refining your business model and
pursuing your next steps?

KEEP-AMEND (TBD)

NSF
plans to conduct textual mining to
create a close-ended question. 

[PI/Grantee ONLY] Was the funding you
received sufficient to
conduct the
necessary customer discovery
requirements of the program?

KEEP-AMEND (TBD)

NSF
plans to conduct textual mining to
create a close-ended question. 

[PI/Grantee ONLY] If relevant, please
describe how you have been
able to
leverage NSF's I-Corps funding.
Indicate how many times you have
participated in the following
experiences to date (including your
time in the I-Corps program). Enter
zero
(0) if you have no prior
experience: [Issued a patent]

NEW-KEEP

If you selected "None of the above,"
describe the
current status of your
project below.

Indicate how many times you have
participated in the following
experiences to date (including your
time in the I-Corps program). Enter
zero
(0) if you have no prior
experience: [Interviewed potential
customers about a
product, service, or
technology]

Indicate how many times you have
participated in the following
experiences to date (including your
time in the I-Corps program). Enter
zero
(0) if you have no prior
experience: [Applied for a patent as an
inventor or
co-inventor]

Indicate how many times you have
participated in the following
experiences to date (including your
time in the I-Corps program). Enter
zero
(0) if you have no prior
experience: [Disclosed an invention to
the
university]

Indicate how many times you have
participated in the following
experiences to date (including your
time in the I-Corps program). Enter
zero
(0) if you have no prior

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experience: [Generated trade secrets]

REMOVE

Indicate how many times you have
participated in the following
experiences to date (including your
time in the I-Corps program). Enter
zero
(0) if you have no prior
experience: [Conducted market research]

REMOVE

Indicate how many times you have
participated in the following
experiences to date (including your
time in the I-Corps program). Enter
zero
(0) if you have no prior
experience: [Participated in the
technology transfer
process at your
university]

Indicate how many times you have
participated in the following
experiences to date (including your
time in the I-Corps program). Enter
zero
(0) if you have no prior
experience: [Licensed your
research/technology]

Indicate how many times you have
participated in the following
experiences to date (including your
time in the I-Corps program). Enter
zero
(0) if you have no prior
experience: [Served on a corporate
advisory board]

Indicate how many times you have
participated in the following
experiences to date (including your
time in the I-Corps program). Enter
zero
(0) if you have no prior
experience: [Participated in industryfunded
research]

Indicate how many times you have
participated in the following
experiences to date (including your
time in the I-Corps program). Enter
zero
(0) if you have no prior
experience: [Presented a business idea
to investors]

Indicate how many times you have
participated in the following
experiences to date (including your
time in the I-Corps program). Enter
zero
(0) if you have no prior
experience: [Founded or co-founded a
venture
(for-profit, non-profit, notfor-profit) that developed or sold
products or
services based on your
research]

Indicate how many times you have
participated in the following
experiences to date (including your
time in the I-Corps program). Enter
zero
(0) if you have no prior
experience: [Contributed ideas utilized

REMOVE

This
question is asked precourse. We don't
see that much change during the length
of
the course. 
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by a company
to improve a product,
service, or process]

Indicate how many times you have
participated in the following
experiences to date (including your
time in the I-Corps program). Enter
zero
(0) if you have no prior
experience: [Received royalties for
your work]

Overall, how well did this workshop
meet your expectations?

REMOVE

REMOVE

KEEP

Overall, how well did this workshop
meet your expectations? -
comment
KEEP  [SEE ROW 96]

The
open-ended comments are very similar
for this question and the one for their
rating of the course. Consolidated and just
asked this one.

Overall, how would you rate the I-Corps
course?

KEEP

Overall, how would you rate the I-Corps
course? - comment

REMOVE [SEE ROW 94]

What would you tell others who have not
participated in the
I-Corps program
about your experience? Do you have any
helpful suggestions,
advice, or do's
and don'ts?

REMOVE

We
have a lot of data through these years
on this. Someone could do a textual
analysis and consolidate the information.
There doesn’t seem to be much new
"advice"
anymore.

Is there anything else you would like
us to know about your
I-Corps
experience?

KEEP

Respondents
like to have one last chance to
express their feelings or experiences with
the course.

Please rate the following aspects of
the logistics and venue for
the course
(Scale: 1=Poor; 6=Excellent). [Meals
and breaks]

KEEP

Please rate the following aspects of
the logistics and venue for
the course
(Scale: 1=Poor; 6=Excellent). [Course
communications &
logistics]

KEEP

Please rate the following aspects of
the logistics and venue for
the course
(Scale: 1=Poor; 6=Excellent). [Course
materials]

KEEP

Please rate the following aspects of
the logistics and venue for
the course
(Scale: 1=Poor; 6=Excellent).
[Facilities and classroom]

KEEP

KEEP

If you have any comments on the
logistics and venue for the
course,
please share them below.
Optional contact information about you
and your team can be
shared below.
[Your Name]

REMOVE

Optional contact information about you
and your team can be
shared below.
[Team Name]

REMOVE

Optional contact information about you
and your team can be
shared below. [Email Address]
Optional contact information about you

Through database records NSF has this
information.
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and your team can be
shared below.
[Phone number]

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