2025 Level Up! Launchpad Application

About Level Up! Launchpad

Level Up! Launchpad is a free, two-week program designed to help entrepreneurs take their ideas to the next level. Through four interactive sessions, founders will learn how to conduct customer interviews, build user personas, map customer journeys, and define problem statements. The program equips participants with practical tools and strategies to sharpen their entrepreneurial mindset, understand customer needs, and begin shaping their ideas into scalable businesses.

Launchpad also serves as the entry point into the WiSys VentureHome Level Up! Pre-seed Accelerator, giving founders a strong foundation before pursuing funding and growth.

2025 Cohorts and Dates

Entrepreneurs may apply to one of three cohorts:

Western Region In-Person Cohort

  • Monday, Oct. 20 – Session #1: Introduction & Customer Interviews Intro

  • Tuesday, Oct. 21 – Session #2: Customer Interviews and User Personas Intro

  • Monday, Oct. 27 – Session #3: User Personas and Journey Mapping

  • Tuesday, Oct. 28 – Session #4: Problem Statement, Final Share-Out of Learnings, & Workshop Reflection

Eastern Region In-Person Cohort

  • Wednesday, Oct. 22 – Session #1: Introduction & Customer Interviews Intro

  • Thursday, Oct. 23 – Session #2: Customer Interviews and User Personas Intro

  • Wednesday, Oct. 29 – Session #3: User Personas and Journey Mapping

  • Thursday, Oct. 30 – Session #4: Problem Statement, Final Share-Out of Learnings, & Workshop Reflection

Statewide Virtual Cohort

  • Monday, Nov. 3 – Session #1: Introduction & Customer Interviews Intro

  • Tuesday, Nov. 4 – Session #2: Customer Interviews and User Personas Intro

  • Wednesday, Nov. 5 – Session #3: User Personas and Journey Mapping

  • Thursday, Nov. 6 – Session #4: Problem Statement, Final Share-Out of Learnings, & Workshop Reflection

Each session is 2 hours in length. Final in-person locations for the Western and Eastern cohorts will be announced on October 13, 2025, based on where the greatest number of applicants are located. Founders accepted into an in-person cohort who cannot attend at the chosen site will have the option to join the virtual program.

Application Deadline

The deadline to apply is October 10, 2025.