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Venture Capital Student Run Funds
Experiential learning is key. Innovation, entrepreneurship and Venture Capital/Angel Investing cannot be taught solely out of a text book. There has to be opportunities for students outside of the classroom to supplement this learning. For example, Dakota Venture Group, a University of North Dakota student run venture capital investment fund, was the first solely student run fund in the United States. Dakota Venture Group provides students the opportunity to conduct due diligence, make final investment decisions, manage the portfolio, and negotiate the deal terms.
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www.possibilityu.com
PossibilityU seeks to democratize the college admission process and enable all students to be engaged in making sound decisions about their higher education futures.
Please ask for a free demo
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Project Humanity Put them to Work Program
I feel our Government should help out the Homeless people, by using funds to provide workshops for the less fortunate, that want to be productive members of society. Why cant funds be allocated, to allow people a 2nd chance at retraining them and putting them back in the work force, therefore promoting humanity, economic growth, and self worth, not all homeless people want to be homeless and at one time were productive members of society, the easy way out is paying these peoples way and forgetting about, growth of the economy humanity goes along way reallly.
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Utilizing Incubator kitchens, educating community underserved seniors and disabled, how to select, prepare, store food safely for wellness .
Building a community kitchen that can be rented or leased by other groups, while retaining a main focus on hosting/presenting classes on preparing a food budget, meal planning, learning how to boil, saute, poach, or fry in a technical environment. Practical lessons in food selection, handling, storage, and finally, in not most important, learning which foods are best for each person's unique health needs to meet their age, lifestyle, geographic regions, social conditions.
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scholarships
providing more scholarship to low income students.
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Educate Investment Community
Put together a program which will educate the investment community on how to invest and evaluate software startups.
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Call for Solutions 2013 for Two $100k Awards funded by Gulfstream and Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics. Go to OceanExchange.org
2013 Theme is Leap to Zero+: solutions that help grow economies, increase productivity while reducing waste and the use of nature's resources.
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Have a look at 100kGarages.com
Have a look at 100kGarages.com, a free network of support and access for inspiring and leveraging small, digital-fabrication-based manufacturing -- the new industrial revolution. The web enables viability for small entrepreneurially driven business using competitive technologies that have been democratized in their cost and usability.
Such manufacturing can be agile and innovative, and can be highly efficient. Collaborations and web logistics allow both specialized niche production and marketing as well as subcontracting work servicing global manufacturing needs.
Read: "Makers: ..." and "Fabricated: ..." to understand how manufacturing is about to be revolutionized in the same way as publishing, entertainment, communications,…
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University of Pheonix campus in Jersey city Nj
The university had a marketing campaign advertise on a high profile radio station and the theme was: launch your business. An entrepreneur Workshop to get the tools to bring your ideas to life. This was a free informative workshop where participant hear from six panelists, get tips on starting your own business and network with like-minded go-getters. What stroked me in that event was that many participating came from under served communities because of the market segment they targeted. They were able to interact with the panelist whom are faculty members and indirectly inspire us all to want to join…
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Pennsylvania State University I-99 Corridor Region
Pennsylvania State University I-99 Corridor Region has received funding from the NSF Partnership for Innovation program and the Commonwealth to leverage Penn State research and education strengths for job creation in nearby counties of Bedford, Blair, and Centre.
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University of Pittsburgh: Innovation Commercialization Course
The Business of Innovation Commercialization Course in the Office of Technology Management hosts an annual, seven-week course aimed at educating and motivating both student and faculty researchers in innovation development, commercialization, and entrepreneurship.
The course takes participants through each step of the innovation and commercialization process, from idea conception to intellectual property protection and licensing, and all the way to early-stage market research and networking strategies. Private, individualized workshops are also offered where students can explore their own innovation ideas in a team setting.
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Innov8 Lafayette
University of Louisiana—Lafayette hosts the Innov8 Lafayette program. This eight day, community-wide program includes specific activities centered on the importance of innovation. Some activities are focused on the environment, entrepreneurship, and the arts.
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University of Washington- Business Plan Competetions
University of Washington has a multi-level business plan competition comprised of different competitions throughout the school year in combination with seminars, courses, and mentorship to assist in advancing student ideas to the next level. The competitions range across disciplines and industries, bringing students together from different departments.
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Promote Faculty innovation
Universities can encourage faculty innovation in several ways. Firstly, they can count relevant patents and IP towards tenure. Secondly, they can give professors “entrepreneurial leave” to commercialize their discoveries.
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Partner with secondary schools
Reach out to local schools to promote student interest in entrepreneurship and STEM fields at an early age. To do this, universities could sponsor camps, workshops and contests. For example, the University of South Florida holds the Young Innovator Competition to encourage young innovators.
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Technology Transfer Template
Universities should follow the lead of MIT and Stanford, adopting a technology transfer template that simplifies licensing so that new technologies can reach the market benefiting universities and the general economy
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