Take your idea to market

Do you have the next big business idea? Pitch your idea now for the opportunity to compete for over $10,000.

As a solo entrepreneur or on a team of two or three students, present your business venture to a panel of faculty, investors, and industry experts. Five of the top teams receive seed funding to develop their concept, meet monthly with an industry mentor, and receive valuable investor feedback. Teams showcase their progress each spring, and one winning team takes home over $10,000 in prize money.

Questions? Contact Carey.Student@jhu.edu.

Use design thinking in health care to take a Johns Hopkins technology to market

We lead the way in cutting-edge medical software that improves patient care. But an idea or technology alone won’t save lives. Johns Hopkins innovators need your business acumen to launch a startup and bring their health solutions from bench to bedside.

At the Hexcite early-stage medical software accelerator program, students from across Johns Hopkins match with care providers with an idea to create and market a software solution that improves patient care. Join a team of design and engineering students while working closely with Johns Hopkins Medicine clinical faculty and staff.

Become a leader in health technology innovation

Engage with new health technology software from every angle. Serve as the team’s project manager, provide business support (defining the business model and drive the marketing strategy), and create and lead team pitches and presentations. Develop new skills at workshops on software development, design thinking, customer interviews, and wireframing.

During weekly, expert-led sessions, navigate the first steps of business and technical design to maximize the technology’s growth and business generation. Following 16-weeks of inventive programming and mentorship, Hexcite teams are well positioned to build their technology in partnership with the Johns Hopkins Technology Innovation Center, conduct an internal pilot at Johns Hopkins, and launch a Baltimore start-up.

Outcomes

Business outcomes

• Co-founders and a business team
• 40+ interviews with prospective customers
• Polished pitch deck
• Prototype of your app
• Funding application started

Skill and resource outcomes

• New methods for problem-solving
• Network of entrepreneurs
• Support from the Johns Hopkins Technology Innovation center
• An understanding of the pathways to bring innovations to market at Johns Hopkins
• Potential for in-kind investment from the Johns Hopkins Technology Innovation Center after Hexcite concludes

Your 16 weeks at Hexcite

In addition to working on your software with your team, meet with the entire Hexcite cohort weekly for a series of workshops, trainings, and interactive events. Topics include:

• Commercialization pathway, market size and definition, and competitive matrixes
• Interviewing: What works (and what doesn’t)
• Exploring business models
• Perfecting your pitch
• User-centered design and market barriers
• All things legal: IP, disclosure, regulations, and more
• Considering user experience in wireframing
• Product planning and the minimum viable software product
• The entrepreneurial ecosystem: Funding and resources
• All things data and integration at Johns Hopkins
• Preparing for your pilot at Johns Hopkins
• Pitch and prototype
• Test your pitch
• Pitch event
• Funding and grants

Experiential learning is in our DNA

At America’s first research university, we know firsthand that the next big discovery in business happens when we roll up our sleeves and immerse ourselves in the field. That’s why we push ourselves out of our comfort zones and bring the field to the classroom, take the classroom to the field, and drive innovations to market. We don’t shy away from complex problems, we embrace them, and hone our skills and knowledge in the process.

Carey Business School’s full-time MBA curriculum was recognized by MBA Roundtable with a 2021 Innovator Award of General Excellence. MBA Roundtable’s Innovator Award Program promotes initiatives that advance innovation in graduate management education and recognizes institutions that drive change in the field.  

Gain the skills employers demand

Throughout your career, you will be faced with tough decisions, tight budgets, limited resources, and not enough data. But your foundation of strong leadership skills developed in our hands-on courses prepares you to face the most difficult challenges head-on. Our courses and co-curriculars aren’t based on a mold. It’s about finding what styles and strategies work best for you. Think creatively. Innovate to overcome obstacles. And graduate with the framework to continue sharpening your personalized approach to leadership, research, client engagement, and communication.

The World Economic Forum “Future of Jobs” report named complex problem solving, critical thinking, teaming, and creativity the top three in-demand skills for 2020. Experiential learning is your opportunity to refine these skills and pilot new approaches while working with business partners to solve their existing problems and current challenges.

Where will experiential learning take you?

Our students have completed 200+ on-site projects around the world. If you prefer to stay close, you can collaborate with Johns Hopkins experts across the university and hospital, and tap into Baltimore and Washington, D.C.’s vibrant innovation networks to make an impact in one of the nation’s largest metropolitan areas.

Experiential co-curriculars

Trade in the classroom for consulting jobs, case competitions, and more to grow your network and gain invaluable insights and experience. Put your business education to work and continue building your leadership skills with co-curricular experiential learning opportunities.

Explore all of our co-curricular experiential learning opportunities.

• Case competitions
• Community Consulting lab
• Commercialization Academy
• Hexite
• Impact sprints
• MIINT Impact Investing program

Experiential Courses by Program

• FLEXIBLE MBA
• FULL-TIME MBA
• MASTER OF SCIENCE
• EXECUTIVE EDUCATION

Explore the dynamic Carey community through a selection of in-person, on the road, and virtual opportunities. Experience firsthand what it’s like to be a student in Baltimore or Washington, D.C. at Carey Business School by visiting us in-person. If you can’t make it to Carey in-person, attend a virtual information session, take a look at our locations via our virtual tour, or visit us on the road at a location closer to you. We will be participating or hosting events worldwide.

Whether you join us in-person, online, or on the road, you will have the opportunity to learn more about our programs, the application process, financial aid, the unwavering support Carey provides you throughout your time as a student, and more. You will also learn about the teams you’ll work with during your time at Carey, such as Career & Life Design and Experiential Learning. Continue to check this page as we regularly add new visit opportunities.

Ways to connect with Carey

Please note: Event attendance has no bearing on an applicant’s admission decision, nor does it qualify an applicant to receive an application fee waiver. While we encourage prospective students to attend our admissions events, webinars, and information sessions to learn more about our program and the Carey community, these events do not provide an opportunity to waive the application fee.

About Our Locations

Baltimore, MD

Baltimore’s Harbor East neighborhood was once the city’s industrial heart but has now emerged as a direction setter for business in Baltimore - from established firms to newly relocated ventures and thriving startups. This also makes it the ideal location to pursue a graduate business education and start the next phase of your career. Your future, built here.

Washington, D.C.

Carey Business School’s new D.C. location at 555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW is designed for the academic needs of today and the future. This state-of-the-art Johns Hopkins location creates new opportunities for research, education, and public engagements, giving you the powerful combination of the distinctive Hopkins advantage in the heart of Washington, D.C.