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Fellow:Averi M. Turner

2018-02-20T03:25:13Z

Averi Turner:

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Averi Maxyne Turner is a senior at Morgan State University double majoring in Health Education with a concentration in Health Administration & Business Administration. She has always had a passion for giving back and encouraging others to do their best! 

In her free time she likes to dance and travel. She plans to study abroad this summer (Summer of 2018) in South Africa hoping to make the lives of the youth just a little better and ensuring she leaves her mark some sort of way while there. 

Averi was rasied by a single father and he has instilled some amazing characteristics in her that will take her soo many places. The best is yet to come!

In the future Averi plans to have her own children's hospital, non-profit clinic, and dance studio.

Fellow:Averi M. Turner

2018-02-20T03:24:51Z

Averi Turner:

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Averi Maxyne Turner is a senior at Morgan State University double majoring in Health Education with a concentration in Health Administration & Business Administration. She has always had a passion for giving back and encouraging others to do their best! 

In her free time she likes to dance and travel. She plans to study abroad this summer (Summer of 2018) in South Africa hoping to make the lives of the youth just a little better and ensuring she leaves her mark some sort of way while there. 

Averi was rasied by a single father and he has instilled some amazing characteristics in her that will take her soo many places. The best is yet to come!

In the future Averi plans to have her own children's hospital, non-profit clinic, and dance studio.

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2018-02-20T03:23:43Z

Averi Turner:

Fellow:Averi M. Turner

2018-02-20T03:11:58Z

Averi Turner: Created page with "Averi Maxyne Turner is a senior at Morgan State University double majoring in Health Education with a concentration in Health Administration & Business Administration. She has..."

Averi Maxyne Turner is a senior at Morgan State University double majoring in Health Education with a concentration in Health Administration & Business Administration. She has always had a passion for giving back and encouraging others to do their best! 

In her free time she likes to dance and travel. She plans to study abroad this summer (Summer of 2018) in South Africa hoping to make the lives of the youth just a little better and ensuring she leaves her mark some sort of way while there. 

Averi was rasied by a single father and he has instilled some amazing characteristics in her that will take her soo many places. The best is yet to come!

In the future Averi plans to have her own children's hospital, non-profit clinic, and dance studio.

Priorities:Morgan State University Student Priorities

2018-02-20T03:01:23Z

Averi Turner:

= Overview =

Morgan State University is the premier public urban research university in Maryland known for its excellence in teaching, intensive research, effective public service, and community engagement. Morgan prepares diverse and competitive graduates for success in a global, interdependent society.

= Project Pitch Videos =

Spring 2018 Video: [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DdWaPPpQksBTYgqUxfHc969f8k8tZ-vU/view?usp=sharing Video]

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DdWaPPpQksBTYgqUxfHc969f8k8tZ-vU/view?usp=sharing

Spring 2017 Project Pitch Video

[https://youtu.be/fXSRQiGvuP8 https://youtu.be/fXSRQiGvuP8]

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2017 Spring LC1

<a href="[https://youtu.be/V1I7jaFruYs https://www.youtu.be/V1I7jaFruYs]"> Morgan State University Spring 2017 Prototype </a>

2016 Fall LC 3

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 2016 Fall LC1

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2016 Fall LC4

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2016 Fall LC2

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2016 Fall LC5

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2016 Spring

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2015 Fall

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2015 Spring

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2014 Spring

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= Strategic Priorities =

Problem #1: Campus Communication

Campus Spirit is a defining character on any school’s campus. Morgan students need something to raise their dampened spirits and create a bubbly atmosphere. We realized that the real problem is students are not aware of things happening on campus.

MSU Announce is the email service that broadcasts information to students. On a daily basis, students receive about 3-5 emails relaying campus news. The volume of information received makes it hard to keep up with or filter out relevant information.

This observation led to the idea of placing electronic banners in key locations to disperse news all over campus. The banners can be used as a medium for students to advertise services, businesses, products, and events.

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Prototype Video:

Video link: [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PglWFK-f2wggDgbpUCgdZxwLKpvB6uiJ/view?usp=sharing https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PglWFK-f2wggDgbpUCgdZxwLKpvB6uiJ/view?usp=sharing]

Problem #2: Improving Morgan Housing

Problem:Morgan State University (MSU) has a deficit of suitable housing for students with a

desire to live on campus. This academic school year, MSU admitted its largest freshmen class

ever, resulting in a shortage of housing, classes, and food for students of all academic levels.

Solutions: 1.Purchase residential buildings in the surrounding community to increase

housing options for full-time students.

What I learned:

1. The process of finding funding for future development is very difficult.

2. The school must find funding to increase the security presence for “off-campus” housing,

as well.

3. There needs to be a manager, much like a landlord, to maintain the integrity of the

residential buildings.

What I could improve:

I could have a further detailed approach to obtaining the funds necessary to begin the project.

PROTOTYPE: A[https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1a-vp-nlii-KFVyhyYvLDKm99XAo_Vh1m?usp=sharing <span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">housing proposal]

Problem #3: Improving Morgan Food Experience

This aims to solve the food difficulty on campus. We are calling it “Bear Eats.” This is a phone application that students can use anytime to order food from restaurants close by. The driving is only open to students. While testing I learned a lot. These can be found in the Bear Eats feedback grid.

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== Encourage student Awareness and Involvement on Campus ==

The University Innovation Fellows at Morgan State University are unique because our team is composed of individuals who have different backgrounds and experiences creating an abundance of ideas and perspectives.  The team’s goal is to help bring about a change that the students want to see, and also help raise awareness and understanding of the importance of entrepreneurship and innovation. Morgan State offers many useful resources but they are either limited to certain majors or most students simply do not know they exist. Our goal is to make all labs, workshops and development centers accessible to every student.

 

== Create an Innovation, Commercialization, and Entrepreneurship (ICE) Center ==

This premier urban innovation center will foster creativity, improve entrepreneurial skill sets, and increase interdisciplinary collaborations. It will include a skills lab for learning hard skills. Weekly tech tutorials and workshops will also be given in this space.

== Incorporate Diversity Representation ==

Students participating in a Multicultural week to showcase the treasures of the underrepresented ethnicities on campus. Morgan having a large variety of international students, all cultures should be celebrated and unbiased. A brief general overview of Multicultural week: There will be a variety of events throughout the week where students can represent their countries flags, traditional attire and food. A multicultural mixer for students to music from different countries. Lastly, an day of cultural education, where students have the opportunity to teach other students on campus about their countries.

Tactic #1: Utilizing the Student Government Association and various student campus orginizations propose to the Univeristy a Mulitcultural Week.

Tactic #2: Once we have gained interest, collobarate with different cultural organizations (eg. Carribean Student Association, Latin Student Association etc.) and draft a event of weekly activities that will appeal to the student body and represent a variety of cultures on campus.

Tactic #3: Make sure we have equal amount of representation and campus paticipation and promote the weekly events on campus. Draft promotional flyers and use social media as an outlet to reach our audience. Each cultural group will aslo be expected to invite their friends and family and enjoy their music, food, and traditional clothing.

Tactic #4: Broadcast to the Morgan MILE which is the community that surrounds Morgan so that they may be involved in the cultural education. 

== Install BearBoards throughout campus. ==

To implement this project, the steps that need to be taken are:

1.   Present Idea to Stakeholders, and check the interest and support levels

2.   Ask students on campus how they would like BearBoards

3.   Come up with specific design and prototype of BearBoards

4.   Reveal the prototype to Stakeholders and possible Sponsors and Donors

5.   Begin the installation process for the BearBoards

6.   Announce the opening of the BearBoards and promote usage throughout campus.

 

== Product Development Center ==

The University Innovation Fellows plan to bring a Product Development Center to Morgan State University. This center will be a makerspace which allows students to develop prototypes. Morgan is home to many great ideas and wonderful entrepreneurs but students do not have a space to make those dreams come to fruition.

 

== Design Thinking Workshops ==

Design thinking workshops that involve both engineering and business students will be beneficial because students will collaborate ideas when working with such individuals form different fields. Mixing the two majors can have a huge impact on the university and growth of the students as well. Design thinking invokes a new process for developing answers to problems from multidimensional perspectives making it an excellent project.

Tactical #1: Research and find students and or professors who are well versed in Innovation and Design Thinking concepts to offer there time to partake in Design Thinking Workshops yearly. Coordinate with Dr. Foster a UIF Advisor who has done a Design Thinking Course to collaborate on how to approach this program at Morgan.

Tactical #2: Incorporate a trial Design Thinking Workshop open to a small sample group. This will help to gain feedback, and allow us to understand how to improve the workshops before opening to the general public.

Tactical #3: Implement improvement from feedback and open Design Thinking works shops to Morgan students of all majors and classifications.

Tactical #4: Get students interested in working towards a Maker Space. 

 

== Alumni Student Mixer ==

The disconnect between Alumni and students can be helped by incorporating the Alumni Student Mixer. The Alumni House on campus has a specific budget and council used to incorporate the connection between alumni and students. Unfortunately these resources are never used to bring the two together. An Alumni Student mixer can help bridge the gap of non-communication and open opportunities for job offers, internships for students as well as possible events to incorporate on Morgan's campus that is beneficial to the campus community.

Tactic #1: Reach out to Alumni house on campus to act as a liaison between Alumni and current student body. 

Tactic #2: Begin reaching out to Alumni introducing them to the idea and giving them ample time to schedule time with us.

Tactic #3: Work diligently with the administration in the Alumni House to solidify logistics (i.e. Location, maximum capacity, itinerary of the event, costs and materials needed, book a photographer, plan promotion tactics)

Tactic #4: Use promotion tactics as agreed between the Alumni House and our group to reach out to students on campus. In order to reach out to students, we will most likely partner with prevalent student organizations with high visibility (i.e. Student Government Association, SMOOTH Organization, National Council of Negro Women Club, etc.) to gain student body interest. Continue to promote this event to ensure great attendance.

Tactic #5: Send same promotional details to Alumni ranging from graduating Class of 1970 to the most recent graduating class. This allows a broad spectrum of Alumni that can appeal to the student body. Give Alumni ample amount of time to spread the word and to request off of work or arrange travel plans in time of event.

Tactic #6: Plan an agenda balancing fun activities (like a "Battle of the Decades" DJ competition, "Journey through time" fashion show of attire worn back when each class went to school divided by very 5 years, and a menu for attendees to be able to enjoy food). Plan engaging networking opportunities inbetween (Keynote speakers from top companies speaking to students, panel of Alumni for a professional Q&A, "Speed Interviewing"; match students with one Alumni from a top company and every 5 minutes the student would move down to the next Alumni, this would allow students to get a snapshot of the company and allows the Alumni to meet students for potential job offers (resumes and business cards would be exchanged, at the end, each would rate the other and high rankings will be paired after event)). This maximizes attendance for the current student body by attracting them with "fun" and professional development, as well as appealing to the Alumni for a walk down memory lane and an opportunity to give back to their Alma Mater. 

Tactic #7: Launch event.

== Expose more STEM students to Innovation and Entrepreneurship ==

'''Tactic #1-'''The provision of an Introduction to Business course for STEM majors will heavily attract the interest of these students who feel they just have to get the A's  to become well rounded.

'''Tactic #2- '''Introducing a Campus Discovery concept called Morgan Konnect where students will be able to view and leverage the [https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0By3dnjIxAwoDalFnNmF3ZzI4QjA&usp=sharing# Morgan State University Landscape Canvas] to Discover,Learn, Experiment, Pursue, and Spin out.

'''Tactic #3- '''Building an incubator for students who have personal projects they would like to pursue in line with technological innovation. This environment will aid the students to build a creative mindset which may be the seed of "The Next Big Thing."

== Increase Student-Driven Commercialization ==

Morgan has stated that it will "support innovation in business and the commercialization of intellectual property through growing a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship, securing an increased number of patents, and establishing a technology transfer center to support the creation of new business and technology transfer enterprises"

'''Tactic #1: Local Tech Collaboration with incubators such as [http://etcbaltimore.com/ ETC Baltimore] and accelerators such as [http://www.juxtopia.org/about/founder/ Juxtopia]:'''

Morgan has stated that it wants to "explore public/private collaborative relationships with developers, contractors, and other commercial groups and entities to develop new environmentally-sustainable and technologically-advanced administrative and student residential facilities, to expand Morgan’s physical presence throughout the state, and to promote the state and the Morgan brand."

== Local partnerships that will expose students to industrial and entrepreneurial skills through projects designed by members of the local tech community. ==

'''Tactic #2: Redefining the terms of the intellectual property rights outline by Morgan State University:'''

Students are eager to build new technology and make changes, but as individuals who have work hard though using the resources of the college would like to believe that in the 21st century students can still receive recognition for their work. A proposal is that "any potentially patentable inventions belong to the university, and royalties are split between the inventor, his/her department and Morgan State University (1/3 each). For undergraduates, the IP is theirs, unless their work has been supported by research funds, or they have made use of shops, labs and other Morgan State University property more than incidentally."



== Morgan Konnect ==

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'''Dining at Morgan'''
 
                   After countless interviews with students, we’ve concluded that dining is the biggest issue on campus. So, as a leadership circle, we’ve decided to take on several projects that we believe would drastically improve the dining experience at Morgan in all areas. From snacks, to small groceries, to toiletries, and especially breakfast, lunch and dinner, we believe our four projects will change the dynamic of how Morgan operates. Without quality meals, the overall ecosystem at Morgan would be damaged and hinder students from innovation, entrepreneurship, and their own personal and academic priorities. We believe that with better access to food, an ultimate necessity, our I&E ecosystem will improve.
 '''Project 1: Social Media'''

 

'''Tactic1.'''  Facebook, twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat would be our target social media pages 

'''Tactic 2. '''Upgrade our MSU dining website to state meals of the week along with nutritional facts

'''Tactic 3.''' Internet ads

'''Tactic 4.''' Guaranteed update on Morgan State University homepage for changed dining decisions

'''Project 2: Dining Poll'''

 

'''Tactic 1.''' Allow reviews on MSU food calendar website where you can rate the meals by stars and comments

'''Tactic 2.''' Take polls of vegan/ vegetarian/ international students’ preferences

'''Tactic 3.''' Staff evaluation by students who can comment anonymously

'''Tactic 4.''' Food website has staff photos and names helping identifying who was on call if an issue occurs or if the person dining would like to give a compliment

'''Tactic 5.''' Data of desired dining hours

 

'''Project 3: Desired Dining Hours'''

 

'''Tactic 1. '''Collect data of high volumes of dining swipes 

'''Tactic 2.''' Push for these hours; given a students perspective. Breakfast 7:00am-10:30am, Lunch 11:00am- 3:30pm, Snack Shop 3:30pm- 4:30pm, Dinner 6:00pm- 10:00pm

 

'''Project 4: Convenience Store'''



'''Tactic 1.''' Increase late night security 

'''Tactic 2.''' Put money on bear card to pay for products in store (Benny Bucks)

'''Tactic 3.''' Non-food products can be purchased with Benny Bucks (ex: school supplies, contraceptives, toiletries, event tickets, parking tickets etc.)

'''Tactic 4'''. Push for operation hours 8:00pm- 1:00am

'''Tactic 5.''' Ticket station (students will be able to purchase event tickets and pay for parking. It will be bear card accessible only)

= Related Links  =

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Morgan_State_University Morgan State University]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Morgan_State_University_Student_Priorities Morgan State University Student Priorities]

Spring 2018 Fellows:

[http://universityinnovation.org/Oyare%20Victor%20Oko Oyare Victor Oko]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Sumayyah%20Raji Sumayyah Raji]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Evan%20Robertson Evan Robertson]

[http://universityinnovation.org/Averi%20Turner Averi M. Turner]

Spring 2017 Fellows:

[[Kofi.afriyie|Kofi Afriyie]]

Rashae Hilson

[[Tobiloba Komolafe|Tobiloba Komolafe]]

[[Oluwakayode Jasanya|Oluwakayode Jasanya]]

Fall 2016 Fellows:

''Leadership Circle 1:''

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Saxfield_Chatmon Saxfield Chatmon]

Ashley Gray

Jordan Joines

Sheena Williams 

''Leadership Circle 2:''

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/User:KenishaYoung Kenisha Young]

''Leadership Circle 3: ''

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Taylor_Griffin Taylor Griffin]

[[Ayodeji Afolabi]]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Avian_Richardson Avian Richardson]

''Leadership Circle 4:''

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/User:Malin5 Matthew Lindsey<]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/User:Abdulganiyu Abdulganiyu Ajilore]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/User:Arjac5 Arianna Jackson]

''Leadership Circle 5:''

[[Brie Thompson|Brie Thompson]]

[[Nesha Jackson|Nesha Jackson]]

[[Oluwaseun Ojimi|Oluwaseun Ojimi]]

[[Kendell Costley|Kendell Costley]]

Spring 2016 Fellows:

[[Destiny Bond|Destiny Bond]]

[[Chanell Mosley|Chanell Mosley]]

[[Monique Ndagha|Monique Ndagha]]

[[Maliik Nelson|Maliik Nelson]]

[[Mikhal wyatt|Mikhal Wyatt]]

Fall 2015 Fellows:

[[Ravin Jajistar|Ravin Jajistar]]

[[Abdoul Mohammed|Abdoul Mohammed]]

[[Iyanna Patterson|Iyanna Patterson]]

[[Michael Shiferaw|Michael Shiferaw]]

[[Mareco Edwards|Mareco Edwards]]

Fall 2014 Fellow:

[[Adrien Feudjio|Adrien Feudjio]]

Fall 2013 Fellow:

[[Jaime Arribas Starkey-El|Jamie Arribas Starkey-El]]

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Organization:The Entrepreneurs Fund

2018-01-12T05:28:57Z

Averi Turner:

= Overview =

[http://www.tefunds.com/ The Entrepreneurs' Fund] (TEF) is a series of venture funds created with an "entrepreneur-centric, "get on base", grow smart and score model. The TEF's model is an extention of the philosphy of its current Managing Director, Jeffrey Webber, employed from 1990-2003 as the founding partner of R .B. Webber & Company, Inc., which provided strategic planning consulting services to high technology companies. The series includes The Entrepreneurs' Fund (TEF), The Entrepreneurs' Fund II (TEF2), The Entrepreneurs Growth Fund (TEGF), and the latest, the Entrepreneurs' Fund III (TEF3), which is a Silicon Valley based, early stage venture fund focused on Software and Healthcare startups. The industry focus of TEF3 includes: digital media, E-commerce, healthcare and healthcare services, Internet, IT, life sciences, medical devices and instruments, and software. 
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= Purpose =

TEF is a seed fund which provides the initial investments to aspiring entrepreneurs. TEF favors serial entrepreneurs or successful serial entrepreneurs who come highly recommended by members of their ecosystem to reduce risk and provide the Fund with a proprietary deal flow. TEF focuses on getting companies on base by developing successful products and services, attracting customers, and generating revenue and employs active management, transparency, modest management fees, and meaningful levels of personal commitment ensure that incentives for all stakeholder groups are aligned. TEF has ensured its partners have become experts in the two industries it invests in most. They have each spent at least 20 years in business-to-business software, and Forrester Research forecasts revenue associated with Cloud-based B2B to grow from $40 billion in 2012 to $160 billion in 2020, and TEF will be in the thick of this growth.

= Distinct Differences From Other Offerings =

One of TEF IV’s distinct competitive advantages in the enterprise software market is its affiliated consulting team. The TEF Consulting Group provides pre-investment due diligence and post-investment project support to TEF IV’s portfolio companies. This differentiating attribute has been a key factor in the success of the TEF Funds. The consulting team has broad experience in fostering growth and accelerating revenue in early-stage companies, and is expert in market-facing activities, including pricing, market prioritization, customer segmentation, go-to-market planning, Cloud/SaaS business modeling, and competitive positioning.

= Impact Achieved for Students and Campus =

The Entrepreneurs' Fund currently does not have any university or college partnerships, but such partnerships might be established by student startups seeking investment from TEF.

= Steps Required to Bring Resource to Campus =

TEF favors serial entrepreneurs or successful serial entrepreneurs who come highly recommended by members of their ecosystem to reduce risk, so the first couple of steps would be getting affiliated with TEF's portfolio members: TEF IV Companies:  [http://bluetigerlabs.com/ Blue Tiger Labs] [http://factorlab.com/ Factor Lab] [http://pebblejet.com/ PebbleJet] [http://www.purfresh.com/ Purfresh] [http://sparkcognition.com/ Sparkcognition] [http://welltok.com/index.html Welltok] TEF III Companies: [http://www.efficientfinance.com/ Efficient Finance] [http://www.inboundwriter.com/ Inbound Writer] [http://www.krux.com/ Krux] [https://www.merchantatlas.com/ MerchantAtlas] [http://www.nextalk.com/ NexTalk ][http://www.secretbuilders.com/ Secret Builders] [http://www.getsmartify.com/ Smartify] [http://www.soasta.com/ SOASTA] [https://thetrustedinsight.com Trusted Insight] Past Portfolio Successes: AURUM AvantGo Commerce One enCommerce Genesys New Brand Analytics Persistence Pilot Network PTRX Rapt Sagent Sybase Webify Establishing connections with these companies can lead to insights gained and lessons learned through the startup's experience with TEF.

= Important Facts =

*$25 Billion - Market Value
*10,500 Jobs Created
*20 years + of succesful investing 

= Contact Information =

The Entrepreneurs’ Fund 1900 S. Norfolk Street, Suite 219 San Mateo CA 94403 USA

Email: info@tef3.com

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