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