Program Overview
CS NEST is a free, ten-week venture-creation workshop designed to help entrepreneurially minded students and technologists create high-growth startups. Get product ideas, mentorship, and one-on-one coaching to develop a high-growth startup company. CS NEST is a program of a nationally ranked startup accelerator, gener8tor.
CS NEST program looks like:
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Product Development: Ideate, validate and build minimum viable products (MVPs).
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Culture: Experience first-hand the challenges, but also tremendous benefit, of iterating quickly with minimal resources in solving business problems.
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Methodology: Come away with a roadmap for testing new ideas through the design of an MVP.
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Next Steps: Understand what you need to do to continue growing your company, and access other resources within gener8tor’s network to help.
Eligibility Criteria for CS NEST:
1- Location: CS NEST is a venture-creation workshop for University of Wisconsin students and technologists in Madison, Wisconsin.
2- You’re Committed: CS NEST provides product ideas, mentorship, and coaching, then works with each team one-on-one for 10 weeks to help develop ideas.
3- Entrepreneurial Mindset: We’re seeking entrepreneurially minded individuals or teams who are ready to dive in and learn more about startups.
| Application Deadline | February 6th, 2026 |
| Program Kickoff | February 6th, 2026 |
| Program End | April 22nd, 2026 |
