The term 'RAD' comes from R&D, research and development, and over the evolution of the program has come to stand for a unique educational experience that helps students amplify their founder knowledge and abilities. Designed only for student-founders, they, like student-athletes, practice alongside each other. They learn by doing self-propelled research and development of their original startup ideas with their actual teams amidst feedback from peers, near-peers, and coaches. Based on concepts drawn from social physics and flow, the psychology of optimal experience, Startup RAD delivers a social learning context for students to discover how they can best grow—through thoughts, words, and actions—as startup founders. The ultimate goal of Startup RAD is to help students achieve an emotionally-embodied understanding of their innovative capacity and potential.
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