V1 Product Studio is an initiative to bring together students of all experience levels and interest to build impactful software products. This isn't a startup accelerator or class, but a community-focused, ambitious program to bring project ideas to life. At the end of the fall, you and your team of 2-3 people will have successfully launched a product on Product Hunt, Reddit, etc. and have active users.

V1 is the community for ambitious student builders at the University of Michigan. Check out more on the website here.

You don't need formal experience, but you need to be ambitious and/or ready to learn. You also need to put in the time required (5-10 hours a week) this fall to make this product a reality. This will be one of your most impactful experiences, and the time you spend on your project should reflect that.

No! We’ll be working with each team to narrow down a specific problem area they’d like to work on and then help them write a spec!

You can expect to commit an average of 5-10 hours a week. The program begins early December 2021. You'll have a team mentor — who's an experienced builder — and they'll help you and your team stay on track to build and launch your product.

We’ll ideate on ideas with you, write up a spec, and spend the rest of the time building out an MVP and helping you launch it on various channels including but not limited to Product Hunt, Reddit, and more and hopefully, in the end you’ll have real users!

It’s up to you and the rest of your team! You are welcome to continue working on the projects - in fact, we encourage it! You can also choose to mentor the next cohort :)

We expect the initial cohort to be 4-5 teams and each team to be ~2-3 people.

Yes. This program is run by 5 Michigan students who are a part of the senior leadership team at V1.

Email us at team@v1michigan.com