FORKAIA® SCOUTING COMBINE

14 DAY INTENSIVE


THE COMBINE

The Forkaia® Scouting Combine is a 2 week-long showcase occurring where college students perform work tasks in front of employers, colleges, recruiters, and scouts. With increasing interest in the tech sector, the scouting combine has grown in scope and significance, allowing hiring managers to evaluate upcoming prospects in a standardized setting. Students attend by invitation only. A student’s performance during the combine can affect their recruitment status and salary, and ultimately their career.

THE SCHEDULE

DAY 1 | TRAINING AND ORIENTATION

DAY 2 | DRAFT

DAYS 3-5 | IDEA LAB PROJECT 1 LAUNCH PHASE

DAYS 6-8 | IDEA LAB PROJECT 2 GROWTH PHASE

DAYS 9-10 | AGENCY PROJECT

DAYS 11-12 | ACCELERATOR PROJECT

DAYS 13-14 | FREE PLAY

THE COMPANY

Forkaia® is an experiential learning platform and venture studio composed of 300 different startups, a 1000 room Innovation Lab, 12 platforms, an Accelerator, an Agency, a Production Studio, a Startup Academy and a FARM system that nurtures, trains, and manages a new type of talent – the Business Athlete. 

The Forkaia® Combine is designed for educational training so rather than having you do the work of regular employees, we want you to learn about different parts of our businesses.

We like to switch up the workload using a rotational program.

We have a ton of interesting projects you can work on in the Idea Lab

You’ll gain experience working on startups across multiple industries, learning the different facets of entrepreneurship and what it takes to bring an idea to market via Forkaia® Startup Academy

We also give our participants an opportunity to get first hand experience building their portfolio working on consulting projects in their related field through the Forkaia® Agency

Working directly with our Agency clients will also give you great exposure and a chance to showcase your skills and capabilities while learning from mentors in your aspiring fields.


THE WORK

You will be assigned a supervising Mentor who will work with you and task jobs in the areas you find interesting so you’re engaged and learning all the time. 

You will work in teams, on 3-5 Projects. 

Each Friday is Demo day where you will update and outline your progress to your assigned Mentors for feedback, tips and insights.

We also assign you your own personal Concierge throughout the duration of the Combine program you have access to ensure you have the best experience possible. 

We have a collaborative environment where we discuss challenges and ideas openly. Everything from quick design questions, philosophical discussions, to fun ideas for our technology – nothing is off limits.  We are an engineering-driven organization; everyone at Forkaia® makes product decisions. Every day is different and you’ll be working on multiple, innovative projects in succession. 



THE CURRICULUM

DAY 1 TRAINING AND ORIENTATION | Meet the cohort & learn our methodology

This is where it all begins. During Orientation, we will review the Forkaia® Combine structure, methodology, the different platforms, tools, and requirements. 

You will meet the cohort. And we’ll outline the monthly objectives we want the team to achieve during the three month curriculum.

EXAMPLE

  • RULES

  • COCKPIT TRAINING

  • BAM

  • ACADEMY

  • MVP

  • BLUEPRINT

DAY 2 | DRAFT - Get Drafted by Startup

  • Pick Startup

  • Pick Team (DEVELOPMENT, DATA SCIENCE, BUSINESS, CREATIVE)

EXAMPLE

  • Startup: Pink Algae

  • Team: DATA SCIENCE TEAM

DAYS 3-5 | IDEA LAB PROJECT 1 LAUNCH PHASE

Idea Lab - Learn Startups and Entrepreneurship and gain invaluable experience, experimenting with multiple different businesses and industries

  • Collaborate with friendly, talented people with diverse backgrounds

  • Fun and exciting projects to choose from

  • Projects/work tailored towards your interest

EXAMPLE: Conduct a product and market research report of Pink Algae

We need a Swot analysis on competitor-like Brain Computer Interfaces

First you have to make a list of who’s in this space(Neuralink, Kernel, MindMaze, etc.)

In order to find a true niche We want to know What types of similar products exist, what are their shortcomings, how can we improve them, what challenges do they face, Gather intelligence on the Players, who’s been successful and who hasn’t. 

Learn about their business models and growth strategies; What's worked, what hasn't etc. etc..We also need Market analysis, growth and outlook.

DAYS 6-8 | PROJECT 2 GROWTH PHASE

Work with Startup Team 2 in a different phase of the business lifecycle. 

EXAMPLE: build a database for INSOLAR records so we can look something up and pull a query easier and faster. We need a central database built that includes all the records in this data in the given data. 


DAYS 9-10 | AGENCY PROJECT

Get exposure working for Agency Clients. It’s an opportunity to get first hand experience building your portfolio working on Solving real-time problems in your field of study with a very diverse and talented team. 

EXAMPLE: Deliverable: Data visualization based on excel data that I provide to you. Make correlations, conduct robust and rigorous statistical and data analysis, and find relationships and conclusions/inferences. You must give me pictures/images/graphs, charts, etc etc by using data analysis/statistical methods and draw conclusions.

You will get: real-time PCR data (simple Cq values and RFUs that basically show amplification or target or not), attributes of samples (cleaned up for you), and a background lit.review.

You will use these experimental data to conduct your own data analysis as you see fit. Find relationships, trends, statistical significance, etc.

Background on Topic: Pathogen Detection of Urinary Tract Infections by molecular real-time pcr vs. traditional urine culture/urinalysis methods.

DAYS 11-12 | ACCELERATOR PROJECT

Get experience working with other founders in the Forkaia® Accelerator Program. 

EXAMPLE: Mining Data | Establish a strategy and gather the right data for the Accelerator startup. Choose and set up database (e.g. MySQL vs. MongoDB vs. PostgreSQL).


DAYS 13-14 | FREE PLAY

Work on tasks in any Platform of your choice. 

  • Idea Lab | Portfolio Startup

  • Accelerator | Your Startup

  • The Agency | Client Projects 

  • Creative Lab | Content & Production 

  • Talent Agency | Tech Talent Agency


EXAMPLE: 

  • Text Analysis and keyword Extraction on Talent Agency resumes

  • Create data visualization figures for presentations and reports

  • In Accelerator Prelaunch Companies, set up strategies to leverage Accelerator data after launch. Please create procedures that will help the Startup process data efficiently once the company launches.

  • Implementation Details: Outline what the startup of your choice would need in terms of data structures, databases, outside APIs or resources, etc. 

COMPLETION CERTIFICATE | Completing the Forkaia® Combine is an honor. The program is challenging, and the expectations are demanding. On the final day, you will receive your Completion Certificate and celebrate with your peers, friends and family, as well as select Mentors.


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