Want to become a BVCC Volunteer?
BVCC is dedicated to empowering HBCU students by equipping them with the knowledge, skills, and insight needed to succeed in the venture capital and tech industries. Our volunteers are an integral part of our mission to increase black wealth in the United States. They bring their expertise and guidance to our curriculum programs, helping to prepare students for lucrative careers in venture capital and tech fields.
We offer a range of opportunities for volunteers to get involved and make a difference.
Volunteer Opportunities:
Boot Camp Instructor
Curriculum Session Instructor
Panelist
Mentor
Project Host
Portfolio Reviewer
Mock Interview Prep
Interested in becoming a BVCC volunteer?
Apply today to become a BVCC volunteer, and help us empower the next generation of black leaders in the venture capital and tech industries.
Fall ’22 Curriculum Volunteer Instructors
The sessions below display the curriculum program from six career tracks. The program is subject to change for the upcoming semester. To express interest in becoming a BVCC volunteer please complete this form below.
Venture Capital Track
Taught by VC Professionals
Session 1: Industry Overview VC Careers & What VC’s
Session 2: Investment Criteria
Session 3: Valuation and Dilution
Session 4: Defining Users and Customer Personas
Session 5: Competitive Landscaping Analysis and Market Mapping
Session 6: Understanding Business Models
Session 7: Defining and calculating TAM
Session 8: Growth KPIs
Session 9: Sourcing Strategies: Value Proposition
Session 10: Sourcing strategies: Screening and Vetting deals
Entrepreneurship Track
Taught by Entrepreneur Professionals
Session 1: Developing the Entrepreneurial Mindset
Session 2: Problem Identification Workshop
Session 3: Generating Solutions to Problems
Session 4: Defining User and Customer Personas
Session 5: Competitive Landscaping Analysis and Market Mapping
Session 6: Understanding Business Models
Session 7: Defining and calculating TAM
Session 8: Conducting User Interviews
Session 9: Value Proposition
Session 10: Developing your MVP & GTM Strategy
Product Management Track
Taught by PM Professionals
Session 1: Product Management 101
Session 2: Problem Identification Workshop
Session 3: Generating Solutions to Problems
Session 4: Defining Users and Customer Personas
Session 5: Product Development Methodologies
Session 6: Writing Effective Requirements
Session 7: Roadmap prioritization/ release planning
Session 8: Intro to Data Analytics
Session 9: Developing a Launch Plan
Session 10: Post Launch/ Next Steps/Product Growth
User Experience Design Track
Taught by UX Design Professionals
Session 1: Intro to UX Design
Session 2: Design Thinking Workshop
Session 3: How to Define the User and Customer Persona
Session 4: Visual Design, Wireframing, and Prototyping
Session 5: UX Design Patterns & Systems/ Interaction Design
Session 6: Information Architecture
Session 7: Design Handoff
Session 8: Intro to Atomic Design/ Accessibility & Inclusive Design
Session 9: User Interface Platforms/ Mediums
Session 10: Design Implementation/ Iteration
User Experience Research Track
Taught by UX Research Professionals
Session 1: Intro to UX Research in Early Product Development
Session 2: Exploring the Problem Space
Session 3: User Interviews
Session 4: Mapping the User Journey
Session 5: Defining the User Problem + Opportunities
Session 6: Concept Ideation
Session 7: Concept Testing
Session 8: Concept Study Synthesis and Insights + Communication
Session 9: TBA
Session 10: TBA
Software Engineering Track
Taught by SWE Professionals
Session 1: Intro & SDLC Part 1 (planning, defining, and designing)
Session 2: SDLC Part 2 (building, testing, and deployment)
Session 3: Intro to Front-End Development
Session 4: Intro to Back-End Development
Mari Lescaille - Session 5: Intro to APIs
Session 6: Intro to Databases
Session 7: Cloud Computing & Service
Session 8: Security
Session 9: Async/Synchronous programming & concurrency/ Parallelism
Session 10: Quality Assurance/ Testing
Curriculum Volunteer Form
Are you interested in volunteering as an instructor for one of our six career tracks?
Please fill out the form below by including the track you wish to moderate, and at least 2 time slots. Our sessions run from September 19th - November 28th and last for 2 hours, every Tuesday from 7 pm-9 pm ET.
After your submission, a BVCC representative will contact you!