E3 Program
E3 evaluates opportunities, equips entrepreneurs with tools to launch, and empowers them to create high-growth companies.
Explore E3
i2E is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and is the home to Oklahoma entrepreneurs.
What We Do
Move Forward Faster
This six-week startup bootcamp explores the product/market fit for new business concepts and helps existing businesses scale and find new customers.
Since 2015, E3 has completed more than 50 cohorts with over 200 companies. E3 provides opportunities for detailed discussion and 1:1 feedback from experts and serves as the first step towards leveraging i2E’s advisory and funding services.
Details & Schedule
E3 Overview
About
E3 explores the product/market fit of a new business concept and helps an existing business scale and find new customers. To enhance the business-building experience, this 6-week process provides content through videos, live workshops, and one-on-one calls including the following weekly:
- Proprietary i2E tips-and-tricks videos
- Live workshops on Thursdays 4-6 P.M.
- One-on-one phone calls weekly with i2E Program Director and i2E Advisor/Mentor
- Coaching throughout the program, including for customer discovery success
Following completion of the program, each company receives a report with next steps. i2E will recommend resources, programs and potential funding sources that will best suit the needs of the startup.
There is no cost for this startup bootcamp.
Not sure if E3 is for you?
- Are you an Oklahoma resident?
- Are you creating a new solution to a market problem or disrupting an existing market?
- Do you or your team have industry experience relevant to the new business?
If you answered yes to all of the above, we’d love for you to submit an application.
Types of companies that may be better served by other programs:
i2E serves a specific type of entrepreneur and business. We refer the following applicants to our network partners: Residents outside Oklahoma, Franchises, Oil and Gas Production, Real Estate, Movie Production, Herbal Remedies, Multi-level Marketing, Consulting and Coaching, Financial Services, Retail Business Establishments and Restaurants, and businesses in the Alcohol, Tobacco, and Gaming Industries.
*Note: Technology for the above industries would be considered.
2024 Schedule
e3 Cohort 53
Application deadline: September 21, 2024
Thursdays
October 3, 10, 17, 24
FAQ
General Questions
1. What exactly is the E3?
E3 is designed to explore the product/market fit of a new business concept or help an existing business scale and find new customers. Each program includes four two-hour, in-person workshops, with outside activities to be completed by the participating company/entrepreneur.
2. Who is i2E?
i2E, Inc. is an Oklahoma corporation with the statewide mission to invest in entrepreneurs to build successful, high-growth Oklahoma companies. i2E achieves this by developing and connecting entrepreneurs, providing advisory services and capitalizing ventures through