University Innovation Fellows - User contributions [en]

School:Texas A & M University

2015-10-08T22:22:53Z

Bcooper96:

[[File:TAMU LC emblem.png|thumb|center|350px|TAMU LC emblem.png]]

= Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship =

Texas A&M has support for students to learn about and become involved with entrepreneurship. Programs, like Startup Aggieland and Aggies in Business, are generally new and constantly evolving and have been put in place to reach out to students across college and disciplinary boundaries.

The Mays Business School Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship provides undergraduate and graduate certificates for entrepreneurship. Unfortunately, the undergraduate certificate is limited to undergraduate students in Mays Business School. Only the graduate certificate is available to students across colleges. The Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship, however, does support student entrepreneurship as well as faculty and the local community with competitions and lecture series to inspire and educate across campus. [[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/ http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/]] Some of its popular programs include:

*[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/ideas-challenge/ Ideas Challenge] - idea competition where 40 finalist ideas are chosen, and the top 3 ideas receive a cash prize (1st - $3,000, 2nd - $2,000, 3rd - $1000)
*[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/3DS/ 3 Day Startup] - a weekend event where students collaborate to form businesses and demo a prototype to a panel of judges, including investors

[[File:TAMU LC 3ds 1.jpg|thumb|right|TAMU LC 3ds 1.jpg]][[File:TAMU LC 3ds 2.jpg|thumb|right|TAMU LC 3ds 2.jpg]]

*[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/lunch-learn/ Lunch and Learn] - lunch speaker events
*[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/start-up-101/ Startup 101]- a weekly lesson spanning 3 or 4 weeks featuring presentations from business leaders, marketers, and IP attorneys and their advice on startup creation

Startup Aggieland is a brand new student incubator designed to provide students who have launch-ready concepts with the opportunity to receive co-working spaces, mentors, and a supportive community.  They lack laboratories, equipment, and funding. [[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/accelerator/ http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/accelerator/]]

[[File:TAMU LC startupaggieland 1.jpg|thumb|right|TAMU LC startupaggieland 1.jpg]][[File:TAMU LC startupaggieland 2.jpg|thumb|right|TAMU LC startupaggieland 2.jpg]]

Aggies in Business (AiB) is another brand new program that provides business consulting for local businesses, and enables students to be employed by the university to perform this consulting work.  The student employees are overseen by leadership.  [[http://www.txaib.org/images/txaib/pages/aib_consulting.html http://www.txaib.org/images/txaib/pages/aib_consulting.html]]

Texas A&M also has several avenues, such as the Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship Newsletter, Texas A&M Regional Engineering Conference, and Engineering Development (hosted by Student Engineers' Council), to inform students of and market innovation and entrepreneurial activities and opportunities. 

= Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship =

The university offers great resources to enable faculty entrepreneurship. CNVE offers online resources ( for e.g. lectures and case-studies) to help faculty introduce innovation and entrepreneurship to students in both innovation- and entrepreneurship-focused and non- innovation and entrepreneurship-focused courses.

Faculty are allowed to participate in nearly all of the programs run by CNVE  which also enables them to be introduced to and educated in entrepreneurship, and there are numerous institutions that provide commercialization of research. For example, the Office of Texas A&M System Technology Commericialization assists faculty in taking their research outside the university in the form of inventions and startups. 

The Division of Research at A&M is a library of resources in the university and surrounding network.  They accept grant proposals and funnel research opportunities to the correct institutions (most of which are listed under Entrepreneurship and Funding Resources).  [[http://vpr.tamu.edu/about http://vpr.tamu.edu/about]]

= University Technology Transfer Function =

Texas A&M offers a number of offices to encourage quick transfer of research to industry, aided also by some incubators in the surrounding Bryan / College Station area.

The Texas A&M Office of Technology Commercialization identifies and supports the transition of academic research into a monetized product by linking researchers with entrepreneurs and investors.  Businesses are spin-outs of the A&M System research and licensed through A&M. [[http://otc.tamu.edu/ http://otc.tamu.edu/]]

*~36 current startups listed
*Formation of over 700 license agreements
*Manage 900 patents, 1500 patent applications

Texas A&M AgriLife Research is a hub for agricultural entrepreneurs.  They have existing relationships with sponsors in order to quickly develop startups where researchers can remain scientists and hand over project management to a sponsor.  [[http://agriliferesearch.tamu.edu/corporaterelations/about-corporate-relations/ http://agriliferesearch.tamu.edu/corporaterelations/about-corporate-relations/]]

*Network of
**250 country extension offices
**900 professional educators

 Texas A&M Transport Institution provides networking for innovators to research institutions regarding the transportation profession as a whole, including construction and safety. [[http://tti.tamu.edu/group/tog/ http://tti.tamu.edu/group/tog/]]

Research Valley is a hub that provides support to early stage startups as well as networking to quickly bring startups and technology ventures to the industry. They are built on strong industry relationships that enables the quick move to industry.  [[http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/ http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/]]

*Access to capital from
**Aggie Angel Network
**Research Valley Funds, LLC
**Texas  Emerging Technology Fund ($200 million in funding for commercialization)
**Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas
**See updated landscape analysis for more options on regional capital.

= University-Industry Collaboration =

The University has strong ties with big industry leaders to encourage a quick transition from research to industry.

Research Valley is a hub that provides support to early stage startups as well as networking to quickly bring startups and technology ventures to the industry. They are built on strong industry relationships that enables the quick move to industry.  [[http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/ http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/]]

*Relationships with
**Pfizer
**Novartis
**MDF Anderson
**Hewlett Packard
**Schlumberger
**ConocoPhillips

The Mays Business School Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship has an advisory council built from industry leaders, including leaders in finance, construction, banking, law, technology, and marketing. Additionally, they have strong relationships with local I&E institutions in the local community and state of Texas. [[http://cnve.tamu.edu/about/advisory-council/ http://cnve.tamu.edu/about/advisory-council/]]

The Dwight D. Look College of Engineering within the university supports and fosters industry and nonprofit relationships within the realm of engineering.  In addition, the individual departments within the school have close ties with industry leaders and a campus presence from representatives of those businesses.  [[http://engineering.tamu.edu/contact/easa http://engineering.tamu.edu/contact/easa]]

= Regional and Local Economic Development Efforts =

Texas A&M has a relationship with a number of local institutions that are fostering local entrepreneurs and innovators.

Research Valley is a hub that provides support to early stage startups as well as networking to quickly bring startups and technology ventures to the industry.   They are built on strong industry relationships that enables the quick move to industry.  CNVE has ties with Research Valley’s leadership.  [[http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/ http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/]]

BCS Chamber is the local chamber of commerce.  The BCS Chamber is unique in its very strong commitment and involvement in the local community.  CNVE is developing a stronger relationship with the chamber, the first steps being induction of several student startups (primarily from Startup Aggieland) as members. [[http://www.bcschamber.org/ http://www.bcschamber.org/]] 

The May’s Business School Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship provides programs for students and faculty, but also opens the doors of their lectures and programs to members of the local community (see [http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/ebv/ Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans]). [[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/ http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/]] 

The Aggie 100 recognizes and celebrates the top 100 fastest growing Aggie-owned or Aggie-led businesses in the world.  The annual gathering hosts nearly a thousand attendees, and aims to pass the successes and strategies of the top businesses to the next generation of Aggie entrepreneurs. [[http://www.aggie100.com/ http://www.aggie100.com/]] 

Texas A&M AgriLife Research provides a community development program to provide technical assistance, grants, and workshops to communities to strengthen the foundation for economic development.  [[http://communities.tamu.edu/ http://communities.tamu.edu/]] 

Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station provides networking to all Texans to find a research partner, including all the other research-capable universities in the state, and to pursue higher research opportunities.  [[http://tees.tamu.edu/about/rpc/ http://tees.tamu.edu/about/rpc/]]

*Grants provided for
**3 school districts
**1 community center
**4 hospitals

= Landscape Canvas =

a. Canvas from the Fall 2015 University Innovation Fellows

{{#widget:Google Spreadsheet|key=1eX5KGWZwDbRjcqnRqyyJ3LiOjcdFXF7m2_RN_WhftWU|width=1300|height=700}}

b. Canvas from the Spring 2014 University Innovation Candidate

{{#widget:Google Spreadsheet|key=0Al07QhTi7pOIdEhJX2lOT1RsZ3NOSWZlNmNTSjl4UkE|width=1300|height=700}}

c. Canvas from the Fall 2013 University Innovation Fellows

{{#widget:Google Spreadsheet|key=0AgHBY23xvE2CdDRQdzUxN3JCWElxMzBDMVZ3Y2lkaWc|width=1300|height=700}}

= Landscape Presentation =

a. Presentation Fall 2015 University Innovation Fellows

[https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1guZPj9TNkbHlm4i9gQLGil3IpHG-RQ6VR6lOVKxDW5M/embed?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000 https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1guZPj9TNkbHlm4i9gQLGil3IpHG-RQ6VR6lOVKxDW5M/embed?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000]

= Related Links =

[[Texas A & M University Student Priorities]]

[[Texas A&M University Student Priorities: Part II|Texas A & M University Student Priorities Part II]]

[[Graham Leslie]]

[[Dean Tate]]

[[Gurlovleen Rathore|Gurlovleen_Rathore]]

[[Brendan Cooper]]

[[Category:Universities]]

School:Texas A & M University

2015-10-08T22:21:31Z

Bcooper96:

[[File:TAMU LC emblem.png|thumb|center|350px|TAMU LC emblem.png]]

= Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship =

Texas A&M has support for students to learn about and become involved with entrepreneurship. Programs, like Startup Aggieland and Aggies in Business, are generally new and constantly evolving and have been put in place to reach out to students across college and disciplinary boundaries.

The Mays Business School Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship provides undergraduate and graduate certificates for entrepreneurship. Unfortunately, the undergraduate certificate is limited to undergraduate students in Mays Business School. Only the graduate certificate is available to students across colleges. The Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship, however, does support student entrepreneurship as well as faculty and the local community with competitions and lecture series to inspire and educate across campus. [[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/ http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/]] Some of its popular programs include:

*[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/ideas-challenge/ Ideas Challenge] - idea competition where 40 finalist ideas are chosen, and the top 3 ideas receive a cash prize (1st - $3,000, 2nd - $2,000, 3rd - $1000)
*[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/3DS/ 3 Day Startup] - a weekend event where students collaborate to form businesses and demo a prototype to a panel of judges, including investors

[[File:TAMU LC 3ds 1.jpg|thumb|right|TAMU LC 3ds 1.jpg]][[File:TAMU LC 3ds 2.jpg|thumb|right|TAMU LC 3ds 2.jpg]]

*[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/lunch-learn/ Lunch and Learn] - lunch speaker events
*[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/start-up-101/ Startup 101]- a weekly lesson spanning 3 or 4 weeks featuring presentations from business leaders, marketers, and IP attorneys and their advice on startup creation

Startup Aggieland is a brand new student incubator designed to provide students who have launch-ready concepts with the opportunity to receive co-working spaces, mentors, and a supportive community.  They lack laboratories, equipment, and funding. [[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/accelerator/ http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/accelerator/]]

[[File:TAMU LC startupaggieland 1.jpg|thumb|right|TAMU LC startupaggieland 1.jpg]][[File:TAMU LC startupaggieland 2.jpg|thumb|right|TAMU LC startupaggieland 2.jpg]]

Aggies in Business (AiB) is another brand new program that provides business consulting for local businesses, and enables students to be employed by the university to perform this consulting work.  The student employees are overseen by leadership.  [[http://www.txaib.org/images/txaib/pages/aib_consulting.html http://www.txaib.org/images/txaib/pages/aib_consulting.html]]

Texas A&M also has several avenues, such as the Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship Newsletter, Texas A&M Regional Engineering Conference, and Engineering Development (hosted by Student Engineers' Council), to inform students of and market innovation and entrepreneurial activities and opportunities. 

= Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship =

The university offers great resources to enable faculty entrepreneurship. CNVE offers online resources ( for e.g. lectures and case-studies) to help faculty introduce innovation and entrepreneurship to students in both innovation- and entrepreneurship-focused and non- innovation and entrepreneurship-focused courses.

Faculty are allowed to participate in nearly all of the programs run by CNVE  which also enables them to be introduced to and educated in entrepreneurship, and there are numerous institutions that provide commercialization of research. For example, the Office of Texas A&M System Technology Commericialization assists faculty in taking their research outside the university in the form of inventions and startups. 

The Division of Research at A&M is a library of resources in the university and surrounding network.  They accept grant proposals and funnel research opportunities to the correct institutions (most of which are listed under Entrepreneurship and Funding Resources).  [[http://vpr.tamu.edu/about http://vpr.tamu.edu/about]]

= University Technology Transfer Function =

Texas A&M offers a number of offices to encourage quick transfer of research to industry, aided also by some incubators in the surrounding Bryan / College Station area.

The Texas A&M Office of Technology Commercialization identifies and supports the transition of academic research into a monetized product by linking researchers with entrepreneurs and investors.  Businesses are spin-outs of the A&M System research and licensed through A&M. [[http://otc.tamu.edu/ http://otc.tamu.edu/]]

*~36 current startups listed
*Formation of over 700 license agreements
*Manage 900 patents, 1500 patent applications

Texas A&M AgriLife Research is a hub for agricultural entrepreneurs.  They have existing relationships with sponsors in order to quickly develop startups where researchers can remain scientists and hand over project management to a sponsor.  [[http://agriliferesearch.tamu.edu/corporaterelations/about-corporate-relations/ http://agriliferesearch.tamu.edu/corporaterelations/about-corporate-relations/]]

*Network of
**250 country extension offices
**900 professional educators

 Texas A&M Transport Institution provides networking for innovators to research institutions regarding the transportation profession as a whole, including construction and safety. [[http://tti.tamu.edu/group/tog/ http://tti.tamu.edu/group/tog/]]

Research Valley is a hub that provides support to early stage startups as well as networking to quickly bring startups and technology ventures to the industry. They are built on strong industry relationships that enables the quick move to industry.  [[http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/ http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/]]

*Access to capital from
**Aggie Angel Network
**Research Valley Funds, LLC
**Texas  Emerging Technology Fund ($200 million in funding for commercialization)
**Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas
**See updated landscape analysis for more options on regional capital.

= University-Industry Collaboration =

The University has strong ties with big industry leaders to encourage a quick transition from research to industry.

Research Valley is a hub that provides support to early stage startups as well as networking to quickly bring startups and technology ventures to the industry. They are built on strong industry relationships that enables the quick move to industry.  [[http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/ http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/]]

*Relationships with
**Pfizer
**Novartis
**MDF Anderson
**Hewlett Packard
**Schlumberger
**ConocoPhillips

The Mays Business School Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship has an advisory council built from industry leaders, including leaders in finance, construction, banking, law, technology, and marketing. Additionally, they have strong relationships with local I&E institutions in the local community and state of Texas. [[http://cnve.tamu.edu/about/advisory-council/ http://cnve.tamu.edu/about/advisory-council/]]

The Dwight D. Look College of Engineering within the university supports and fosters industry and nonprofit relationships within the realm of engineering.  In addition, the individual departments within the school have close ties with industry leaders and a campus presence from representatives of those businesses.  [[http://engineering.tamu.edu/contact/easa http://engineering.tamu.edu/contact/easa]]

= Regional and Local Economic Development Efforts =

Texas A&M has a relationship with a number of local institutions that are fostering local entrepreneurs and innovators.

Research Valley is a hub that provides support to early stage startups as well as networking to quickly bring startups and technology ventures to the industry.   They are built on strong industry relationships that enables the quick move to industry.  CNVE has ties with Research Valley’s leadership.  [[http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/ http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/]]

BCS Chamber is the local chamber of commerce.  The BCS Chamber is unique in its very strong commitment and involvement in the local community.  CNVE is developing a stronger relationship with the chamber, the first steps being induction of several student startups (primarily from Startup Aggieland) as members. [[http://www.bcschamber.org/ http://www.bcschamber.org/]] 

The May’s Business School Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship provides programs for students and faculty, but also opens the doors of their lectures and programs to members of the local community (see [http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/ebv/ Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans]). [[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/ http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/]] 

The Aggie 100 recognizes and celebrates the top 100 fastest growing Aggie-owned or Aggie-led businesses in the world.  The annual gathering hosts nearly a thousand attendees, and aims to pass the successes and strategies of the top businesses to the next generation of Aggie entrepreneurs. [[http://www.aggie100.com/ http://www.aggie100.com/]] 

Texas A&M AgriLife Research provides a community development program to provide technical assistance, grants, and workshops to communities to strengthen the foundation for economic development.  [[http://communities.tamu.edu/ http://communities.tamu.edu/]] 

Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station provides networking to all Texans to find a research partner, including all the other research-capable universities in the state, and to pursue higher research opportunities.  [[http://tees.tamu.edu/about/rpc/ http://tees.tamu.edu/about/rpc/]]

*Grants provided for
**3 school districts
**1 community center
**4 hospitals

= Landscape Canvas =

a. Canvas from the Fall 2015 University Innovation Fellows

{{#widget:Google Spreadsheet|key=1eX5KGWZwDbRjcqnRqyyJ3LiOjcdFXF7m2_RN_WhftWU|width=1300|height=700}}

b. Canvas from the Spring 2014 University Innovation Candidate

{{#widget:Google Spreadsheet|key=0Al07QhTi7pOIdEhJX2lOT1RsZ3NOSWZlNmNTSjl4UkE|width=1300|height=700}}

c. Canvas from the Fall 2013 University Innovation Fellows

{{#widget:Google Spreadsheet|key=0AgHBY23xvE2CdDRQdzUxN3JCWElxMzBDMVZ3Y2lkaWc|width=1300|height=700}}

= Landscape Presentation =

a. Presentation Fall 2015 University Innovation Fellows

[https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1guZPj9TNkbHlm4i9gQLGil3IpHG-RQ6VR6lOVKxDW5M/embed?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000 https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1guZPj9TNkbHlm4i9gQLGil3IpHG-RQ6VR6lOVKxDW5M/embed?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000]

= Related Links =

[[Texas A & M University Student Priorities]]

[[Texas_A&M_University_Student_Priorities:_Part_II|Texas A & M University Student Priorities Part II]]

[[Graham Leslie]]

[[Dean Tate]]

[[Gurlovleen Rathore|Gurlovleen_Rathore]]

[[Category:Universities]]

School:Texas A & M University

2015-10-08T22:19:41Z

Bcooper96:

[[File:TAMU LC emblem.png|thumb|center|350px|TAMU LC emblem.png]]

= Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship =

Texas A&M has support for students to learn about and become involved with entrepreneurship. Programs, like Startup Aggieland and Aggies in Business, are generally new and constantly evolving and have been put in place to reach out to students across college and disciplinary boundaries.

The Mays Business School Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship provides undergraduate and graduate certificates for entrepreneurship. Unfortunately, the undergraduate certificate is limited to undergraduate students in Mays Business School. Only the graduate certificate is available to students across colleges. The Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship, however, does support student entrepreneurship as well as faculty and the local community with competitions and lecture series to inspire and educate across campus. [[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/ http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/]] Some of its popular programs include:

*[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/ideas-challenge/ Ideas Challenge] - idea competition where 40 finalist ideas are chosen, and the top 3 ideas receive a cash prize (1st - $3,000, 2nd - $2,000, 3rd - $1000)
*[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/3DS/ 3 Day Startup] - a weekend event where students collaborate to form businesses and demo a prototype to a panel of judges, including investors

[[File:TAMU LC 3ds 1.jpg|thumb|right|TAMU LC 3ds 1.jpg]][[File:TAMU LC 3ds 2.jpg|thumb|right|TAMU LC 3ds 2.jpg]]

*[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/lunch-learn/ Lunch and Learn] - lunch speaker events
*[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/start-up-101/ Startup 101]- a weekly lesson spanning 3 or 4 weeks featuring presentations from business leaders, marketers, and IP attorneys and their advice on startup creation

Startup Aggieland is a brand new student incubator designed to provide students who have launch-ready concepts with the opportunity to receive co-working spaces, mentors, and a supportive community.  They lack laboratories, equipment, and funding. [[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/accelerator/ http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/accelerator/]]

[[File:TAMU LC startupaggieland 1.jpg|thumb|right|TAMU LC startupaggieland 1.jpg]][[File:TAMU LC startupaggieland 2.jpg|thumb|right|TAMU LC startupaggieland 2.jpg]]

Aggies in Business (AiB) is another brand new program that provides business consulting for local businesses, and enables students to be employed by the university to perform this consulting work.  The student employees are overseen by leadership.  [[http://www.txaib.org/images/txaib/pages/aib_consulting.html http://www.txaib.org/images/txaib/pages/aib_consulting.html]]

Texas A&M also has several avenues, such as the Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship Newsletter, Texas A&M Regional Engineering Conference, and Engineering Development (hosted by Student Engineers' Council), to inform students of and market innovation and entrepreneurial activities and opportunities. 

= Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship =

The university offers great resources to enable faculty entrepreneurship. CNVE offers online resources ( for e.g. lectures and case-studies) to help faculty introduce innovation and entrepreneurship to students in both innovation- and entrepreneurship-focused and non- innovation and entrepreneurship-focused courses.

Faculty are allowed to participate in nearly all of the programs run by CNVE  which also enables them to be introduced to and educated in entrepreneurship, and there are numerous institutions that provide commercialization of research. For example, the Office of Texas A&M System Technology Commericialization assists faculty in taking their research outside the university in the form of inventions and startups. 

The Division of Research at A&M is a library of resources in the university and surrounding network.  They accept grant proposals and funnel research opportunities to the correct institutions (most of which are listed under Entrepreneurship and Funding Resources).  [[http://vpr.tamu.edu/about http://vpr.tamu.edu/about]]

= University Technology Transfer Function =

Texas A&M offers a number of offices to encourage quick transfer of research to industry, aided also by some incubators in the surrounding Bryan / College Station area.

The Texas A&M Office of Technology Commercialization identifies and supports the transition of academic research into a monetized product by linking researchers with entrepreneurs and investors.  Businesses are spin-outs of the A&M System research and licensed through A&M. [[http://otc.tamu.edu/ http://otc.tamu.edu/]]

*~36 current startups listed
*Formation of over 700 license agreements
*Manage 900 patents, 1500 patent applications

Texas A&M AgriLife Research is a hub for agricultural entrepreneurs.  They have existing relationships with sponsors in order to quickly develop startups where researchers can remain scientists and hand over project management to a sponsor.  [[http://agriliferesearch.tamu.edu/corporaterelations/about-corporate-relations/ http://agriliferesearch.tamu.edu/corporaterelations/about-corporate-relations/]]

*Network of
**250 country extension offices
**900 professional educators

 Texas A&M Transport Institution provides networking for innovators to research institutions regarding the transportation profession as a whole, including construction and safety. [[http://tti.tamu.edu/group/tog/ http://tti.tamu.edu/group/tog/]]

Research Valley is a hub that provides support to early stage startups as well as networking to quickly bring startups and technology ventures to the industry. They are built on strong industry relationships that enables the quick move to industry.  [[http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/ http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/]]

*Access to capital from
**Aggie Angel Network
**Research Valley Funds, LLC
**Texas  Emerging Technology Fund ($200 million in funding for commercialization)
**Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas
**See updated landscape analysis for more options on regional capital.

= University-Industry Collaboration =

The University has strong ties with big industry leaders to encourage a quick transition from research to industry.

Research Valley is a hub that provides support to early stage startups as well as networking to quickly bring startups and technology ventures to the industry. They are built on strong industry relationships that enables the quick move to industry.  [[http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/ http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/]]

*Relationships with
**Pfizer
**Novartis
**MDF Anderson
**Hewlett Packard
**Schlumberger
**ConocoPhillips

The Mays Business School Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship has an advisory council built from industry leaders, including leaders in finance, construction, banking, law, technology, and marketing. Additionally, they have strong relationships with local I&E institutions in the local community and state of Texas. [[http://cnve.tamu.edu/about/advisory-council/ http://cnve.tamu.edu/about/advisory-council/]]

The Dwight D. Look College of Engineering within the university supports and fosters industry and nonprofit relationships within the realm of engineering.  In addition, the individual departments within the school have close ties with industry leaders and a campus presence from representatives of those businesses.  [[http://engineering.tamu.edu/contact/easa http://engineering.tamu.edu/contact/easa]]

= Regional and Local Economic Development Efforts =

Texas A&M has a relationship with a number of local institutions that are fostering local entrepreneurs and innovators.

Research Valley is a hub that provides support to early stage startups as well as networking to quickly bring startups and technology ventures to the industry.   They are built on strong industry relationships that enables the quick move to industry.  CNVE has ties with Research Valley’s leadership.  [[http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/ http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/]]

BCS Chamber is the local chamber of commerce.  The BCS Chamber is unique in its very strong commitment and involvement in the local community.  CNVE is developing a stronger relationship with the chamber, the first steps being induction of several student startups (primarily from Startup Aggieland) as members. [[http://www.bcschamber.org/ http://www.bcschamber.org/]] 

The May’s Business School Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship provides programs for students and faculty, but also opens the doors of their lectures and programs to members of the local community (see [http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/ebv/ Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans]). [[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/ http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/]] 

The Aggie 100 recognizes and celebrates the top 100 fastest growing Aggie-owned or Aggie-led businesses in the world.  The annual gathering hosts nearly a thousand attendees, and aims to pass the successes and strategies of the top businesses to the next generation of Aggie entrepreneurs. [[http://www.aggie100.com/ http://www.aggie100.com/]] 

Texas A&M AgriLife Research provides a community development program to provide technical assistance, grants, and workshops to communities to strengthen the foundation for economic development.  [[http://communities.tamu.edu/ http://communities.tamu.edu/]] 

Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station provides networking to all Texans to find a research partner, including all the other research-capable universities in the state, and to pursue higher research opportunities.  [[http://tees.tamu.edu/about/rpc/ http://tees.tamu.edu/about/rpc/]]

*Grants provided for
**3 school districts
**1 community center
**4 hospitals

= Landscape Canvas =

a. Canvas from the Fall 2015 University Innovation Fellows

{{#widget:Google Spreadsheet|key=1eX5KGWZwDbRjcqnRqyyJ3LiOjcdFXF7m2_RN_WhftWU|width=1300|height=700}}

b. Canvas from the Spring 2014 University Innovation Candidate

{{#widget:Google Spreadsheet|key=0Al07QhTi7pOIdEhJX2lOT1RsZ3NOSWZlNmNTSjl4UkE|width=1300|height=700}}

c. Canvas from the Fall 2013 University Innovation Fellows

{{#widget:Google Spreadsheet|key=0AgHBY23xvE2CdDRQdzUxN3JCWElxMzBDMVZ3Y2lkaWc|width=1300|height=700}}

= Landscape Presentation =

a. Presentation Fall 2015 University Innovation Fellows

<iframe src="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1guZPj9TNkbHlm4i9gQLGil3IpHG-RQ6VR6lOVKxDW5M/embed?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000" frameborder="0" width="960" height="569" allowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" webkitallowfullscreen="true"></iframe>

= Related Links =

[[Texas A & M University Student Priorities]]

[[Texas_A&M_University_Student_Priorities:_Part_II|Texas A & M University Student Priorities Part II]]

[[Graham Leslie]]

[[Dean Tate]]

[[Gurlovleen Rathore|Gurlovleen_Rathore]]

[[Category:Universities]]

School:Texas A & M University

2015-10-08T22:17:19Z

Bcooper96:

[[File:TAMU LC emblem.png|thumb|center|350px|TAMU LC emblem.png]]

= Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship =

Texas A&M has support for students to learn about and become involved with entrepreneurship. Programs, like Startup Aggieland and Aggies in Business, are generally new and constantly evolving and have been put in place to reach out to students across college and disciplinary boundaries.

The Mays Business School Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship provides undergraduate and graduate certificates for entrepreneurship. Unfortunately, the undergraduate certificate is limited to undergraduate students in Mays Business School. Only the graduate certificate is available to students across colleges. The Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship, however, does support student entrepreneurship as well as faculty and the local community with competitions and lecture series to inspire and educate across campus. [[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/ http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/]] Some of its popular programs include:

*[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/ideas-challenge/ Ideas Challenge] - idea competition where 40 finalist ideas are chosen, and the top 3 ideas receive a cash prize (1st - $3,000, 2nd - $2,000, 3rd - $1000)
*[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/3DS/ 3 Day Startup] - a weekend event where students collaborate to form businesses and demo a prototype to a panel of judges, including investors

[[File:TAMU LC 3ds 1.jpg|thumb|right|TAMU LC 3ds 1.jpg]][[File:TAMU LC 3ds 2.jpg|thumb|right|TAMU LC 3ds 2.jpg]]

*[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/lunch-learn/ Lunch and Learn] - lunch speaker events
*[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/start-up-101/ Startup 101]- a weekly lesson spanning 3 or 4 weeks featuring presentations from business leaders, marketers, and IP attorneys and their advice on startup creation

Startup Aggieland is a brand new student incubator designed to provide students who have launch-ready concepts with the opportunity to receive co-working spaces, mentors, and a supportive community.  They lack laboratories, equipment, and funding. [[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/accelerator/ http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/accelerator/]]

[[File:TAMU LC startupaggieland 1.jpg|thumb|right|TAMU LC startupaggieland 1.jpg]][[File:TAMU LC startupaggieland 2.jpg|thumb|right|TAMU LC startupaggieland 2.jpg]]

Aggies in Business (AiB) is another brand new program that provides business consulting for local businesses, and enables students to be employed by the university to perform this consulting work.  The student employees are overseen by leadership.  [[http://www.txaib.org/images/txaib/pages/aib_consulting.html http://www.txaib.org/images/txaib/pages/aib_consulting.html]]

Texas A&M also has several avenues, such as the Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship Newsletter, Texas A&M Regional Engineering Conference, and Engineering Development (hosted by Student Engineers' Council), to inform students of and market innovation and entrepreneurial activities and opportunities. 

= Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship =

The university offers great resources to enable faculty entrepreneurship. CNVE offers online resources ( for e.g. lectures and case-studies) to help faculty introduce innovation and entrepreneurship to students in both innovation- and entrepreneurship-focused and non- innovation and entrepreneurship-focused courses.

Faculty are allowed to participate in nearly all of the programs run by CNVE  which also enables them to be introduced to and educated in entrepreneurship, and there are numerous institutions that provide commercialization of research. For example, the Office of Texas A&M System Technology Commericialization assists faculty in taking their research outside the university in the form of inventions and startups. 

The Division of Research at A&M is a library of resources in the university and surrounding network.  They accept grant proposals and funnel research opportunities to the correct institutions (most of which are listed under Entrepreneurship and Funding Resources).  [[http://vpr.tamu.edu/about http://vpr.tamu.edu/about]]

= University Technology Transfer Function =

Texas A&M offers a number of offices to encourage quick transfer of research to industry, aided also by some incubators in the surrounding Bryan / College Station area.

The Texas A&M Office of Technology Commercialization identifies and supports the transition of academic research into a monetized product by linking researchers with entrepreneurs and investors.  Businesses are spin-outs of the A&M System research and licensed through A&M. [[http://otc.tamu.edu/ http://otc.tamu.edu/]]

*~36 current startups listed
*Formation of over 700 license agreements
*Manage 900 patents, 1500 patent applications

Texas A&M AgriLife Research is a hub for agricultural entrepreneurs.  They have existing relationships with sponsors in order to quickly develop startups where researchers can remain scientists and hand over project management to a sponsor.  [[http://agriliferesearch.tamu.edu/corporaterelations/about-corporate-relations/ http://agriliferesearch.tamu.edu/corporaterelations/about-corporate-relations/]]

*Network of
**250 country extension offices
**900 professional educators

 Texas A&M Transport Institution provides networking for innovators to research institutions regarding the transportation profession as a whole, including construction and safety. [[http://tti.tamu.edu/group/tog/ http://tti.tamu.edu/group/tog/]]

Research Valley is a hub that provides support to early stage startups as well as networking to quickly bring startups and technology ventures to the industry. They are built on strong industry relationships that enables the quick move to industry.  [[http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/ http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/]]

*Access to capital from
**Aggie Angel Network
**Research Valley Funds, LLC
**Texas  Emerging Technology Fund ($200 million in funding for commercialization)
**Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas
**See updated landscape analysis for more options on regional capital.

= University-Industry Collaboration =

The University has strong ties with big industry leaders to encourage a quick transition from research to industry.

Research Valley is a hub that provides support to early stage startups as well as networking to quickly bring startups and technology ventures to the industry. They are built on strong industry relationships that enables the quick move to industry.  [[http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/ http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/]]

*Relationships with
**Pfizer
**Novartis
**MDF Anderson
**Hewlett Packard
**Schlumberger
**ConocoPhillips

The Mays Business School Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship has an advisory council built from industry leaders, including leaders in finance, construction, banking, law, technology, and marketing. Additionally, they have strong relationships with local I&E institutions in the local community and state of Texas. [[http://cnve.tamu.edu/about/advisory-council/ http://cnve.tamu.edu/about/advisory-council/]]

The Dwight D. Look College of Engineering within the university supports and fosters industry and nonprofit relationships within the realm of engineering.  In addition, the individual departments within the school have close ties with industry leaders and a campus presence from representatives of those businesses.  [[http://engineering.tamu.edu/contact/easa http://engineering.tamu.edu/contact/easa]]

= Regional and Local Economic Development Efforts =

Texas A&M has a relationship with a number of local institutions that are fostering local entrepreneurs and innovators.

Research Valley is a hub that provides support to early stage startups as well as networking to quickly bring startups and technology ventures to the industry.   They are built on strong industry relationships that enables the quick move to industry.  CNVE has ties with Research Valley’s leadership.  [[http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/ http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/]]

BCS Chamber is the local chamber of commerce.  The BCS Chamber is unique in its very strong commitment and involvement in the local community.  CNVE is developing a stronger relationship with the chamber, the first steps being induction of several student startups (primarily from Startup Aggieland) as members. [[http://www.bcschamber.org/ http://www.bcschamber.org/]] 

The May’s Business School Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship provides programs for students and faculty, but also opens the doors of their lectures and programs to members of the local community (see [http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/ebv/ Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans]). [[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/ http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/]] 

The Aggie 100 recognizes and celebrates the top 100 fastest growing Aggie-owned or Aggie-led businesses in the world.  The annual gathering hosts nearly a thousand attendees, and aims to pass the successes and strategies of the top businesses to the next generation of Aggie entrepreneurs. [[http://www.aggie100.com/ http://www.aggie100.com/]] 

Texas A&M AgriLife Research provides a community development program to provide technical assistance, grants, and workshops to communities to strengthen the foundation for economic development.  [[http://communities.tamu.edu/ http://communities.tamu.edu/]] 

Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station provides networking to all Texans to find a research partner, including all the other research-capable universities in the state, and to pursue higher research opportunities.  [[http://tees.tamu.edu/about/rpc/ http://tees.tamu.edu/about/rpc/]]

*Grants provided for
**3 school districts
**1 community center
**4 hospitals

= Landscape Canvas =

a. Canvas from the Fall 2015 University Innovation Fellows

{{#widget:Google Spreadsheet|key=1eX5KGWZwDbRjcqnRqyyJ3LiOjcdFXF7m2_RN_WhftWU|width=1300|height=700}}

b. Canvas from the Spring 2014 University Innovation Candidate

{{#widget:Google Spreadsheet|key=0Al07QhTi7pOIdEhJX2lOT1RsZ3NOSWZlNmNTSjl4UkE|width=1300|height=700}}

c. Canvas from the Fall 2013 University Innovation Fellows

{{#widget:Google Spreadsheet|key=0AgHBY23xvE2CdDRQdzUxN3JCWElxMzBDMVZ3Y2lkaWc|width=1300|height=700}}

= Landscape Presentation =

a. Presentation Fall 2015 University Innovation Fellows

{{#widget:Google Spreadsheet|key=1guZPj9TNkbHlm4i9gQLGil3IpHG-RQ6VR6lOVKxDW5M|width=1300|height=700}}

= Related Links =

[[Texas A & M University Student Priorities]]

[[Texas_A&M_University_Student_Priorities:_Part_II|Texas A & M University Student Priorities Part II]]

[[Graham Leslie]]

[[Dean Tate]]

[[Gurlovleen Rathore|Gurlovleen_Rathore]]

[[Category:Universities]]

School:Texas A & M University

2015-10-08T22:16:48Z

Bcooper96:

[[File:TAMU LC emblem.png|thumb|center|350px|TAMU LC emblem.png]]

= Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship =

Texas A&M has support for students to learn about and become involved with entrepreneurship. Programs, like Startup Aggieland and Aggies in Business, are generally new and constantly evolving and have been put in place to reach out to students across college and disciplinary boundaries.

The Mays Business School Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship provides undergraduate and graduate certificates for entrepreneurship. Unfortunately, the undergraduate certificate is limited to undergraduate students in Mays Business School. Only the graduate certificate is available to students across colleges. The Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship, however, does support student entrepreneurship as well as faculty and the local community with competitions and lecture series to inspire and educate across campus. [[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/ http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/]] Some of its popular programs include:

*[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/ideas-challenge/ Ideas Challenge] - idea competition where 40 finalist ideas are chosen, and the top 3 ideas receive a cash prize (1st - $3,000, 2nd - $2,000, 3rd - $1000)
*[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/3DS/ 3 Day Startup] - a weekend event where students collaborate to form businesses and demo a prototype to a panel of judges, including investors

[[File:TAMU LC 3ds 1.jpg|thumb|right|TAMU LC 3ds 1.jpg]][[File:TAMU LC 3ds 2.jpg|thumb|right|TAMU LC 3ds 2.jpg]]

*[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/lunch-learn/ Lunch and Learn] - lunch speaker events
*[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/start-up-101/ Startup 101]- a weekly lesson spanning 3 or 4 weeks featuring presentations from business leaders, marketers, and IP attorneys and their advice on startup creation

Startup Aggieland is a brand new student incubator designed to provide students who have launch-ready concepts with the opportunity to receive co-working spaces, mentors, and a supportive community.  They lack laboratories, equipment, and funding. [[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/accelerator/ http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/accelerator/]]

[[File:TAMU LC startupaggieland 1.jpg|thumb|right|TAMU LC startupaggieland 1.jpg]][[File:TAMU LC startupaggieland 2.jpg|thumb|right|TAMU LC startupaggieland 2.jpg]]

Aggies in Business (AiB) is another brand new program that provides business consulting for local businesses, and enables students to be employed by the university to perform this consulting work.  The student employees are overseen by leadership.  [[http://www.txaib.org/images/txaib/pages/aib_consulting.html http://www.txaib.org/images/txaib/pages/aib_consulting.html]]

Texas A&M also has several avenues, such as the Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship Newsletter, Texas A&M Regional Engineering Conference, and Engineering Development (hosted by Student Engineers' Council), to inform students of and market innovation and entrepreneurial activities and opportunities. 

= Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship =

The university offers great resources to enable faculty entrepreneurship. CNVE offers online resources ( for e.g. lectures and case-studies) to help faculty introduce innovation and entrepreneurship to students in both innovation- and entrepreneurship-focused and non- innovation and entrepreneurship-focused courses.

Faculty are allowed to participate in nearly all of the programs run by CNVE  which also enables them to be introduced to and educated in entrepreneurship, and there are numerous institutions that provide commercialization of research. For example, the Office of Texas A&M System Technology Commericialization assists faculty in taking their research outside the university in the form of inventions and startups. 

The Division of Research at A&M is a library of resources in the university and surrounding network.  They accept grant proposals and funnel research opportunities to the correct institutions (most of which are listed under Entrepreneurship and Funding Resources).  [[http://vpr.tamu.edu/about http://vpr.tamu.edu/about]]

= University Technology Transfer Function =

Texas A&M offers a number of offices to encourage quick transfer of research to industry, aided also by some incubators in the surrounding Bryan / College Station area.

The Texas A&M Office of Technology Commercialization identifies and supports the transition of academic research into a monetized product by linking researchers with entrepreneurs and investors.  Businesses are spin-outs of the A&M System research and licensed through A&M. [[http://otc.tamu.edu/ http://otc.tamu.edu/]]

*~36 current startups listed
*Formation of over 700 license agreements
*Manage 900 patents, 1500 patent applications

Texas A&M AgriLife Research is a hub for agricultural entrepreneurs.  They have existing relationships with sponsors in order to quickly develop startups where researchers can remain scientists and hand over project management to a sponsor.  [[http://agriliferesearch.tamu.edu/corporaterelations/about-corporate-relations/ http://agriliferesearch.tamu.edu/corporaterelations/about-corporate-relations/]]

*Network of
**250 country extension offices
**900 professional educators

 Texas A&M Transport Institution provides networking for innovators to research institutions regarding the transportation profession as a whole, including construction and safety. [[http://tti.tamu.edu/group/tog/ http://tti.tamu.edu/group/tog/]]

Research Valley is a hub that provides support to early stage startups as well as networking to quickly bring startups and technology ventures to the industry. They are built on strong industry relationships that enables the quick move to industry.  [[http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/ http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/]]

*Access to capital from
**Aggie Angel Network
**Research Valley Funds, LLC
**Texas  Emerging Technology Fund ($200 million in funding for commercialization)
**Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas
**See updated landscape analysis for more options on regional capital.

= University-Industry Collaboration =

The University has strong ties with big industry leaders to encourage a quick transition from research to industry.

Research Valley is a hub that provides support to early stage startups as well as networking to quickly bring startups and technology ventures to the industry. They are built on strong industry relationships that enables the quick move to industry.  [[http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/ http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/]]

*Relationships with
**Pfizer
**Novartis
**MDF Anderson
**Hewlett Packard
**Schlumberger
**ConocoPhillips

The Mays Business School Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship has an advisory council built from industry leaders, including leaders in finance, construction, banking, law, technology, and marketing. Additionally, they have strong relationships with local I&E institutions in the local community and state of Texas. [[http://cnve.tamu.edu/about/advisory-council/ http://cnve.tamu.edu/about/advisory-council/]]

The Dwight D. Look College of Engineering within the university supports and fosters industry and nonprofit relationships within the realm of engineering.  In addition, the individual departments within the school have close ties with industry leaders and a campus presence from representatives of those businesses.  [[http://engineering.tamu.edu/contact/easa http://engineering.tamu.edu/contact/easa]]

= Regional and Local Economic Development Efforts =

Texas A&M has a relationship with a number of local institutions that are fostering local entrepreneurs and innovators.

Research Valley is a hub that provides support to early stage startups as well as networking to quickly bring startups and technology ventures to the industry.   They are built on strong industry relationships that enables the quick move to industry.  CNVE has ties with Research Valley’s leadership.  [[http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/ http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/]]

BCS Chamber is the local chamber of commerce.  The BCS Chamber is unique in its very strong commitment and involvement in the local community.  CNVE is developing a stronger relationship with the chamber, the first steps being induction of several student startups (primarily from Startup Aggieland) as members. [[http://www.bcschamber.org/ http://www.bcschamber.org/]] 

The May’s Business School Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship provides programs for students and faculty, but also opens the doors of their lectures and programs to members of the local community (see [http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/ebv/ Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans]). [[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/ http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/]] 

The Aggie 100 recognizes and celebrates the top 100 fastest growing Aggie-owned or Aggie-led businesses in the world.  The annual gathering hosts nearly a thousand attendees, and aims to pass the successes and strategies of the top businesses to the next generation of Aggie entrepreneurs. [[http://www.aggie100.com/ http://www.aggie100.com/]] 

Texas A&M AgriLife Research provides a community development program to provide technical assistance, grants, and workshops to communities to strengthen the foundation for economic development.  [[http://communities.tamu.edu/ http://communities.tamu.edu/]] 

Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station provides networking to all Texans to find a research partner, including all the other research-capable universities in the state, and to pursue higher research opportunities.  [[http://tees.tamu.edu/about/rpc/ http://tees.tamu.edu/about/rpc/]]

*Grants provided for
**3 school districts
**1 community center
**4 hospitals

= Landscape Canvas =

a. Canvas from the Fall 2015 University Innovation Fellows

{{#widget:Google Spreadsheet|key=1eX5KGWZwDbRjcqnRqyyJ3LiOjcdFXF7m2_RN_WhftWU|width=1300|height=700}}

b. Canvas from the Spring 2014 University Innovation Candidate

{{#widget:Google Spreadsheet|key=0Al07QhTi7pOIdEhJX2lOT1RsZ3NOSWZlNmNTSjl4UkE|width=1300|height=700}}

c. Canvas from the Fall 2013 University Innovation Fellows

{{#widget:Google Spreadsheet|key=0AgHBY23xvE2CdDRQdzUxN3JCWElxMzBDMVZ3Y2lkaWc|width=1300|height=700}}

= Landscape Presentation =

a. Presentation Fall 2015 University Innovation Fellows

{{#widget:Google Slides|key=1guZPj9TNkbHlm4i9gQLGil3IpHG-RQ6VR6lOVKxDW5M|width=1300|height=700}}

= Related Links =

[[Texas A & M University Student Priorities]]

[[Texas_A&M_University_Student_Priorities:_Part_II|Texas A & M University Student Priorities Part II]]

[[Graham Leslie]]

[[Dean Tate]]

[[Gurlovleen Rathore|Gurlovleen_Rathore]]

[[Category:Universities]]

School:Texas A & M University

2015-10-08T22:16:26Z

Bcooper96:

[[File:TAMU LC emblem.png|thumb|center|350px|TAMU LC emblem.png]]

= Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship =

Texas A&M has support for students to learn about and become involved with entrepreneurship. Programs, like Startup Aggieland and Aggies in Business, are generally new and constantly evolving and have been put in place to reach out to students across college and disciplinary boundaries.

The Mays Business School Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship provides undergraduate and graduate certificates for entrepreneurship. Unfortunately, the undergraduate certificate is limited to undergraduate students in Mays Business School. Only the graduate certificate is available to students across colleges. The Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship, however, does support student entrepreneurship as well as faculty and the local community with competitions and lecture series to inspire and educate across campus. [[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/ http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/]] Some of its popular programs include:

*[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/ideas-challenge/ Ideas Challenge] - idea competition where 40 finalist ideas are chosen, and the top 3 ideas receive a cash prize (1st - $3,000, 2nd - $2,000, 3rd - $1000)
*[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/3DS/ 3 Day Startup] - a weekend event where students collaborate to form businesses and demo a prototype to a panel of judges, including investors

[[File:TAMU LC 3ds 1.jpg|thumb|right|TAMU LC 3ds 1.jpg]][[File:TAMU LC 3ds 2.jpg|thumb|right|TAMU LC 3ds 2.jpg]]

*[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/lunch-learn/ Lunch and Learn] - lunch speaker events
*[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/start-up-101/ Startup 101]- a weekly lesson spanning 3 or 4 weeks featuring presentations from business leaders, marketers, and IP attorneys and their advice on startup creation

Startup Aggieland is a brand new student incubator designed to provide students who have launch-ready concepts with the opportunity to receive co-working spaces, mentors, and a supportive community.  They lack laboratories, equipment, and funding. [[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/accelerator/ http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/accelerator/]]

[[File:TAMU LC startupaggieland 1.jpg|thumb|right|TAMU LC startupaggieland 1.jpg]][[File:TAMU LC startupaggieland 2.jpg|thumb|right|TAMU LC startupaggieland 2.jpg]]

Aggies in Business (AiB) is another brand new program that provides business consulting for local businesses, and enables students to be employed by the university to perform this consulting work.  The student employees are overseen by leadership.  [[http://www.txaib.org/images/txaib/pages/aib_consulting.html http://www.txaib.org/images/txaib/pages/aib_consulting.html]]

Texas A&M also has several avenues, such as the Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship Newsletter, Texas A&M Regional Engineering Conference, and Engineering Development (hosted by Student Engineers' Council), to inform students of and market innovation and entrepreneurial activities and opportunities. 

= Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship =

The university offers great resources to enable faculty entrepreneurship. CNVE offers online resources ( for e.g. lectures and case-studies) to help faculty introduce innovation and entrepreneurship to students in both innovation- and entrepreneurship-focused and non- innovation and entrepreneurship-focused courses.

Faculty are allowed to participate in nearly all of the programs run by CNVE  which also enables them to be introduced to and educated in entrepreneurship, and there are numerous institutions that provide commercialization of research. For example, the Office of Texas A&M System Technology Commericialization assists faculty in taking their research outside the university in the form of inventions and startups. 

The Division of Research at A&M is a library of resources in the university and surrounding network.  They accept grant proposals and funnel research opportunities to the correct institutions (most of which are listed under Entrepreneurship and Funding Resources).  [[http://vpr.tamu.edu/about http://vpr.tamu.edu/about]]

= University Technology Transfer Function =

Texas A&M offers a number of offices to encourage quick transfer of research to industry, aided also by some incubators in the surrounding Bryan / College Station area.

The Texas A&M Office of Technology Commercialization identifies and supports the transition of academic research into a monetized product by linking researchers with entrepreneurs and investors.  Businesses are spin-outs of the A&M System research and licensed through A&M. [[http://otc.tamu.edu/ http://otc.tamu.edu/]]

*~36 current startups listed
*Formation of over 700 license agreements
*Manage 900 patents, 1500 patent applications

Texas A&M AgriLife Research is a hub for agricultural entrepreneurs.  They have existing relationships with sponsors in order to quickly develop startups where researchers can remain scientists and hand over project management to a sponsor.  [[http://agriliferesearch.tamu.edu/corporaterelations/about-corporate-relations/ http://agriliferesearch.tamu.edu/corporaterelations/about-corporate-relations/]]

*Network of
**250 country extension offices
**900 professional educators

 Texas A&M Transport Institution provides networking for innovators to research institutions regarding the transportation profession as a whole, including construction and safety. [[http://tti.tamu.edu/group/tog/ http://tti.tamu.edu/group/tog/]]

Research Valley is a hub that provides support to early stage startups as well as networking to quickly bring startups and technology ventures to the industry. They are built on strong industry relationships that enables the quick move to industry.  [[http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/ http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/]]

*Access to capital from
**Aggie Angel Network
**Research Valley Funds, LLC
**Texas  Emerging Technology Fund ($200 million in funding for commercialization)
**Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas
**See updated landscape analysis for more options on regional capital.

= University-Industry Collaboration =

The University has strong ties with big industry leaders to encourage a quick transition from research to industry.

Research Valley is a hub that provides support to early stage startups as well as networking to quickly bring startups and technology ventures to the industry. They are built on strong industry relationships that enables the quick move to industry.  [[http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/ http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/]]

*Relationships with
**Pfizer
**Novartis
**MDF Anderson
**Hewlett Packard
**Schlumberger
**ConocoPhillips

The Mays Business School Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship has an advisory council built from industry leaders, including leaders in finance, construction, banking, law, technology, and marketing. Additionally, they have strong relationships with local I&E institutions in the local community and state of Texas. [[http://cnve.tamu.edu/about/advisory-council/ http://cnve.tamu.edu/about/advisory-council/]]

The Dwight D. Look College of Engineering within the university supports and fosters industry and nonprofit relationships within the realm of engineering.  In addition, the individual departments within the school have close ties with industry leaders and a campus presence from representatives of those businesses.  [[http://engineering.tamu.edu/contact/easa http://engineering.tamu.edu/contact/easa]]

= Regional and Local Economic Development Efforts =

Texas A&M has a relationship with a number of local institutions that are fostering local entrepreneurs and innovators.

Research Valley is a hub that provides support to early stage startups as well as networking to quickly bring startups and technology ventures to the industry.   They are built on strong industry relationships that enables the quick move to industry.  CNVE has ties with Research Valley’s leadership.  [[http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/ http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/]]

BCS Chamber is the local chamber of commerce.  The BCS Chamber is unique in its very strong commitment and involvement in the local community.  CNVE is developing a stronger relationship with the chamber, the first steps being induction of several student startups (primarily from Startup Aggieland) as members. [[http://www.bcschamber.org/ http://www.bcschamber.org/]] 

The May’s Business School Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship provides programs for students and faculty, but also opens the doors of their lectures and programs to members of the local community (see [http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/ebv/ Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans]). [[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/ http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/]] 

The Aggie 100 recognizes and celebrates the top 100 fastest growing Aggie-owned or Aggie-led businesses in the world.  The annual gathering hosts nearly a thousand attendees, and aims to pass the successes and strategies of the top businesses to the next generation of Aggie entrepreneurs. [[http://www.aggie100.com/ http://www.aggie100.com/]] 

Texas A&M AgriLife Research provides a community development program to provide technical assistance, grants, and workshops to communities to strengthen the foundation for economic development.  [[http://communities.tamu.edu/ http://communities.tamu.edu/]] 

Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station provides networking to all Texans to find a research partner, including all the other research-capable universities in the state, and to pursue higher research opportunities.  [[http://tees.tamu.edu/about/rpc/ http://tees.tamu.edu/about/rpc/]]

*Grants provided for
**3 school districts
**1 community center
**4 hospitals

= Landscape Canvas =

a. Canvas from the Fall 2015 University Innovation Fellows

{{#widget:Google Spreadsheet|key=1eX5KGWZwDbRjcqnRqyyJ3LiOjcdFXF7m2_RN_WhftWU|width=1300|height=700}}

b. Canvas from the Spring 2014 University Innovation Candidate

{{#widget:Google Spreadsheet|key=0Al07QhTi7pOIdEhJX2lOT1RsZ3NOSWZlNmNTSjl4UkE|width=1300|height=700}}

c. Canvas from the Fall 2013 University Innovation Fellows

{{#widget:Google Spreadsheet|key=0AgHBY23xvE2CdDRQdzUxN3JCWElxMzBDMVZ3Y2lkaWc|width=1300|height=700}}

= Landscape Presentation =

a. Presentation Fall 2015 University Innovation Fellows

{{#widget:Google Slideshow|key=1guZPj9TNkbHlm4i9gQLGil3IpHG-RQ6VR6lOVKxDW5M|width=1300|height=700}}

= Related Links =

[[Texas A & M University Student Priorities]]

[[Texas_A&M_University_Student_Priorities:_Part_II|Texas A & M University Student Priorities Part II]]

[[Graham Leslie]]

[[Dean Tate]]

[[Gurlovleen Rathore|Gurlovleen_Rathore]]

[[Category:Universities]]

School:Texas A & M University

2015-10-08T22:15:47Z

Bcooper96:

[[File:TAMU LC emblem.png|thumb|center|350px|TAMU LC emblem.png]]

= Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship =

Texas A&M has support for students to learn about and become involved with entrepreneurship. Programs, like Startup Aggieland and Aggies in Business, are generally new and constantly evolving and have been put in place to reach out to students across college and disciplinary boundaries.

The Mays Business School Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship provides undergraduate and graduate certificates for entrepreneurship. Unfortunately, the undergraduate certificate is limited to undergraduate students in Mays Business School. Only the graduate certificate is available to students across colleges. The Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship, however, does support student entrepreneurship as well as faculty and the local community with competitions and lecture series to inspire and educate across campus. [[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/ http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/]] Some of its popular programs include:

*[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/ideas-challenge/ Ideas Challenge] - idea competition where 40 finalist ideas are chosen, and the top 3 ideas receive a cash prize (1st - $3,000, 2nd - $2,000, 3rd - $1000)
*[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/3DS/ 3 Day Startup] - a weekend event where students collaborate to form businesses and demo a prototype to a panel of judges, including investors

[[File:TAMU LC 3ds 1.jpg|thumb|right|TAMU LC 3ds 1.jpg]][[File:TAMU LC 3ds 2.jpg|thumb|right|TAMU LC 3ds 2.jpg]]

*[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/lunch-learn/ Lunch and Learn] - lunch speaker events
*[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/start-up-101/ Startup 101]- a weekly lesson spanning 3 or 4 weeks featuring presentations from business leaders, marketers, and IP attorneys and their advice on startup creation

Startup Aggieland is a brand new student incubator designed to provide students who have launch-ready concepts with the opportunity to receive co-working spaces, mentors, and a supportive community.  They lack laboratories, equipment, and funding. [[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/accelerator/ http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/accelerator/]]

[[File:TAMU LC startupaggieland 1.jpg|thumb|right|TAMU LC startupaggieland 1.jpg]][[File:TAMU LC startupaggieland 2.jpg|thumb|right|TAMU LC startupaggieland 2.jpg]]

Aggies in Business (AiB) is another brand new program that provides business consulting for local businesses, and enables students to be employed by the university to perform this consulting work.  The student employees are overseen by leadership.  [[http://www.txaib.org/images/txaib/pages/aib_consulting.html http://www.txaib.org/images/txaib/pages/aib_consulting.html]]

Texas A&M also has several avenues, such as the Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship Newsletter, Texas A&M Regional Engineering Conference, and Engineering Development (hosted by Student Engineers' Council), to inform students of and market innovation and entrepreneurial activities and opportunities. 

= Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship =

The university offers great resources to enable faculty entrepreneurship. CNVE offers online resources ( for e.g. lectures and case-studies) to help faculty introduce innovation and entrepreneurship to students in both innovation- and entrepreneurship-focused and non- innovation and entrepreneurship-focused courses.

Faculty are allowed to participate in nearly all of the programs run by CNVE  which also enables them to be introduced to and educated in entrepreneurship, and there are numerous institutions that provide commercialization of research. For example, the Office of Texas A&M System Technology Commericialization assists faculty in taking their research outside the university in the form of inventions and startups. 

The Division of Research at A&M is a library of resources in the university and surrounding network.  They accept grant proposals and funnel research opportunities to the correct institutions (most of which are listed under Entrepreneurship and Funding Resources).  [[http://vpr.tamu.edu/about http://vpr.tamu.edu/about]]

= University Technology Transfer Function =

Texas A&M offers a number of offices to encourage quick transfer of research to industry, aided also by some incubators in the surrounding Bryan / College Station area.

The Texas A&M Office of Technology Commercialization identifies and supports the transition of academic research into a monetized product by linking researchers with entrepreneurs and investors.  Businesses are spin-outs of the A&M System research and licensed through A&M. [[http://otc.tamu.edu/ http://otc.tamu.edu/]]

*~36 current startups listed
*Formation of over 700 license agreements
*Manage 900 patents, 1500 patent applications

Texas A&M AgriLife Research is a hub for agricultural entrepreneurs.  They have existing relationships with sponsors in order to quickly develop startups where researchers can remain scientists and hand over project management to a sponsor.  [[http://agriliferesearch.tamu.edu/corporaterelations/about-corporate-relations/ http://agriliferesearch.tamu.edu/corporaterelations/about-corporate-relations/]]

*Network of
**250 country extension offices
**900 professional educators

 Texas A&M Transport Institution provides networking for innovators to research institutions regarding the transportation profession as a whole, including construction and safety. [[http://tti.tamu.edu/group/tog/ http://tti.tamu.edu/group/tog/]]

Research Valley is a hub that provides support to early stage startups as well as networking to quickly bring startups and technology ventures to the industry. They are built on strong industry relationships that enables the quick move to industry.  [[http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/ http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/]]

*Access to capital from
**Aggie Angel Network
**Research Valley Funds, LLC
**Texas  Emerging Technology Fund ($200 million in funding for commercialization)
**Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas
**See updated landscape analysis for more options on regional capital.

= University-Industry Collaboration =

The University has strong ties with big industry leaders to encourage a quick transition from research to industry.

Research Valley is a hub that provides support to early stage startups as well as networking to quickly bring startups and technology ventures to the industry. They are built on strong industry relationships that enables the quick move to industry.  [[http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/ http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/]]

*Relationships with
**Pfizer
**Novartis
**MDF Anderson
**Hewlett Packard
**Schlumberger
**ConocoPhillips

The Mays Business School Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship has an advisory council built from industry leaders, including leaders in finance, construction, banking, law, technology, and marketing. Additionally, they have strong relationships with local I&E institutions in the local community and state of Texas. [[http://cnve.tamu.edu/about/advisory-council/ http://cnve.tamu.edu/about/advisory-council/]]

The Dwight D. Look College of Engineering within the university supports and fosters industry and nonprofit relationships within the realm of engineering.  In addition, the individual departments within the school have close ties with industry leaders and a campus presence from representatives of those businesses.  [[http://engineering.tamu.edu/contact/easa http://engineering.tamu.edu/contact/easa]]

= Regional and Local Economic Development Efforts =

Texas A&M has a relationship with a number of local institutions that are fostering local entrepreneurs and innovators.

Research Valley is a hub that provides support to early stage startups as well as networking to quickly bring startups and technology ventures to the industry.   They are built on strong industry relationships that enables the quick move to industry.  CNVE has ties with Research Valley’s leadership.  [[http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/ http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/]]

BCS Chamber is the local chamber of commerce.  The BCS Chamber is unique in its very strong commitment and involvement in the local community.  CNVE is developing a stronger relationship with the chamber, the first steps being induction of several student startups (primarily from Startup Aggieland) as members. [[http://www.bcschamber.org/ http://www.bcschamber.org/]] 

The May’s Business School Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship provides programs for students and faculty, but also opens the doors of their lectures and programs to members of the local community (see [http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/ebv/ Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans]). [[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/ http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/]] 

The Aggie 100 recognizes and celebrates the top 100 fastest growing Aggie-owned or Aggie-led businesses in the world.  The annual gathering hosts nearly a thousand attendees, and aims to pass the successes and strategies of the top businesses to the next generation of Aggie entrepreneurs. [[http://www.aggie100.com/ http://www.aggie100.com/]] 

Texas A&M AgriLife Research provides a community development program to provide technical assistance, grants, and workshops to communities to strengthen the foundation for economic development.  [[http://communities.tamu.edu/ http://communities.tamu.edu/]] 

Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station provides networking to all Texans to find a research partner, including all the other research-capable universities in the state, and to pursue higher research opportunities.  [[http://tees.tamu.edu/about/rpc/ http://tees.tamu.edu/about/rpc/]]

*Grants provided for
**3 school districts
**1 community center
**4 hospitals

= Landscape Canvas =

a. Canvas from the Fall 2015 University Innovation Fellows

{{#widget:Google Spreadsheet|key=1eX5KGWZwDbRjcqnRqyyJ3LiOjcdFXF7m2_RN_WhftWU|width=1300|height=700}}

b. Canvas from the Spring 2014 University Innovation Candidate

{{#widget:Google Spreadsheet|key=0Al07QhTi7pOIdEhJX2lOT1RsZ3NOSWZlNmNTSjl4UkE|width=1300|height=700}}

c. Canvas from the Fall 2013 University Innovation Fellows

{{#widget:Google Spreadsheet|key=0AgHBY23xvE2CdDRQdzUxN3JCWElxMzBDMVZ3Y2lkaWc|width=1300|height=700}}

= Landscape Presentation =

a. Presentation Fall 2015 University Innovation Fellows

{{widget#:Google Slideshow|key=1guZPj9TNkbHlm4i9gQLGil3IpHG-RQ6VR6lOVKxDW5M|width=1300|height=700}}

= Related Links =

[[Texas A & M University Student Priorities]]

[[Texas_A&M_University_Student_Priorities:_Part_II|Texas A & M University Student Priorities Part II]]

[[Graham Leslie]]

[[Dean Tate]]

[[Gurlovleen Rathore|Gurlovleen_Rathore]]

[[Category:Universities]]

School:Texas A & M University

2015-10-08T22:15:20Z

Bcooper96:

[[File:TAMU LC emblem.png|thumb|center|350px|TAMU LC emblem.png]]

= Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship =

Texas A&M has support for students to learn about and become involved with entrepreneurship. Programs, like Startup Aggieland and Aggies in Business, are generally new and constantly evolving and have been put in place to reach out to students across college and disciplinary boundaries.

The Mays Business School Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship provides undergraduate and graduate certificates for entrepreneurship. Unfortunately, the undergraduate certificate is limited to undergraduate students in Mays Business School. Only the graduate certificate is available to students across colleges. The Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship, however, does support student entrepreneurship as well as faculty and the local community with competitions and lecture series to inspire and educate across campus. [[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/ http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/]] Some of its popular programs include:

*[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/ideas-challenge/ Ideas Challenge] - idea competition where 40 finalist ideas are chosen, and the top 3 ideas receive a cash prize (1st - $3,000, 2nd - $2,000, 3rd - $1000)
*[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/3DS/ 3 Day Startup] - a weekend event where students collaborate to form businesses and demo a prototype to a panel of judges, including investors

[[File:TAMU LC 3ds 1.jpg|thumb|right|TAMU LC 3ds 1.jpg]][[File:TAMU LC 3ds 2.jpg|thumb|right|TAMU LC 3ds 2.jpg]]

*[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/lunch-learn/ Lunch and Learn] - lunch speaker events
*[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/start-up-101/ Startup 101]- a weekly lesson spanning 3 or 4 weeks featuring presentations from business leaders, marketers, and IP attorneys and their advice on startup creation

Startup Aggieland is a brand new student incubator designed to provide students who have launch-ready concepts with the opportunity to receive co-working spaces, mentors, and a supportive community.  They lack laboratories, equipment, and funding. [[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/accelerator/ http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/accelerator/]]

[[File:TAMU LC startupaggieland 1.jpg|thumb|right|TAMU LC startupaggieland 1.jpg]][[File:TAMU LC startupaggieland 2.jpg|thumb|right|TAMU LC startupaggieland 2.jpg]]

Aggies in Business (AiB) is another brand new program that provides business consulting for local businesses, and enables students to be employed by the university to perform this consulting work.  The student employees are overseen by leadership.  [[http://www.txaib.org/images/txaib/pages/aib_consulting.html http://www.txaib.org/images/txaib/pages/aib_consulting.html]]

Texas A&M also has several avenues, such as the Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship Newsletter, Texas A&M Regional Engineering Conference, and Engineering Development (hosted by Student Engineers' Council), to inform students of and market innovation and entrepreneurial activities and opportunities. 

= Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship =

The university offers great resources to enable faculty entrepreneurship. CNVE offers online resources ( for e.g. lectures and case-studies) to help faculty introduce innovation and entrepreneurship to students in both innovation- and entrepreneurship-focused and non- innovation and entrepreneurship-focused courses.

Faculty are allowed to participate in nearly all of the programs run by CNVE  which also enables them to be introduced to and educated in entrepreneurship, and there are numerous institutions that provide commercialization of research. For example, the Office of Texas A&M System Technology Commericialization assists faculty in taking their research outside the university in the form of inventions and startups. 

The Division of Research at A&M is a library of resources in the university and surrounding network.  They accept grant proposals and funnel research opportunities to the correct institutions (most of which are listed under Entrepreneurship and Funding Resources).  [[http://vpr.tamu.edu/about http://vpr.tamu.edu/about]]

= University Technology Transfer Function =

Texas A&M offers a number of offices to encourage quick transfer of research to industry, aided also by some incubators in the surrounding Bryan / College Station area.

The Texas A&M Office of Technology Commercialization identifies and supports the transition of academic research into a monetized product by linking researchers with entrepreneurs and investors.  Businesses are spin-outs of the A&M System research and licensed through A&M. [[http://otc.tamu.edu/ http://otc.tamu.edu/]]

*~36 current startups listed
*Formation of over 700 license agreements
*Manage 900 patents, 1500 patent applications

Texas A&M AgriLife Research is a hub for agricultural entrepreneurs.  They have existing relationships with sponsors in order to quickly develop startups where researchers can remain scientists and hand over project management to a sponsor.  [[http://agriliferesearch.tamu.edu/corporaterelations/about-corporate-relations/ http://agriliferesearch.tamu.edu/corporaterelations/about-corporate-relations/]]

*Network of
**250 country extension offices
**900 professional educators

 Texas A&M Transport Institution provides networking for innovators to research institutions regarding the transportation profession as a whole, including construction and safety. [[http://tti.tamu.edu/group/tog/ http://tti.tamu.edu/group/tog/]]

Research Valley is a hub that provides support to early stage startups as well as networking to quickly bring startups and technology ventures to the industry. They are built on strong industry relationships that enables the quick move to industry.  [[http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/ http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/]]

*Access to capital from
**Aggie Angel Network
**Research Valley Funds, LLC
**Texas  Emerging Technology Fund ($200 million in funding for commercialization)
**Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas
**See updated landscape analysis for more options on regional capital.

= University-Industry Collaboration =

The University has strong ties with big industry leaders to encourage a quick transition from research to industry.

Research Valley is a hub that provides support to early stage startups as well as networking to quickly bring startups and technology ventures to the industry. They are built on strong industry relationships that enables the quick move to industry.  [[http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/ http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/]]

*Relationships with
**Pfizer
**Novartis
**MDF Anderson
**Hewlett Packard
**Schlumberger
**ConocoPhillips

The Mays Business School Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship has an advisory council built from industry leaders, including leaders in finance, construction, banking, law, technology, and marketing. Additionally, they have strong relationships with local I&E institutions in the local community and state of Texas. [[http://cnve.tamu.edu/about/advisory-council/ http://cnve.tamu.edu/about/advisory-council/]]

The Dwight D. Look College of Engineering within the university supports and fosters industry and nonprofit relationships within the realm of engineering.  In addition, the individual departments within the school have close ties with industry leaders and a campus presence from representatives of those businesses.  [[http://engineering.tamu.edu/contact/easa http://engineering.tamu.edu/contact/easa]]

= Regional and Local Economic Development Efforts =

Texas A&M has a relationship with a number of local institutions that are fostering local entrepreneurs and innovators.

Research Valley is a hub that provides support to early stage startups as well as networking to quickly bring startups and technology ventures to the industry.   They are built on strong industry relationships that enables the quick move to industry.  CNVE has ties with Research Valley’s leadership.  [[http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/ http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/]]

BCS Chamber is the local chamber of commerce.  The BCS Chamber is unique in its very strong commitment and involvement in the local community.  CNVE is developing a stronger relationship with the chamber, the first steps being induction of several student startups (primarily from Startup Aggieland) as members. [[http://www.bcschamber.org/ http://www.bcschamber.org/]] 

The May’s Business School Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship provides programs for students and faculty, but also opens the doors of their lectures and programs to members of the local community (see [http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/ebv/ Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans]). [[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/ http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/]] 

The Aggie 100 recognizes and celebrates the top 100 fastest growing Aggie-owned or Aggie-led businesses in the world.  The annual gathering hosts nearly a thousand attendees, and aims to pass the successes and strategies of the top businesses to the next generation of Aggie entrepreneurs. [[http://www.aggie100.com/ http://www.aggie100.com/]] 

Texas A&M AgriLife Research provides a community development program to provide technical assistance, grants, and workshops to communities to strengthen the foundation for economic development.  [[http://communities.tamu.edu/ http://communities.tamu.edu/]] 

Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station provides networking to all Texans to find a research partner, including all the other research-capable universities in the state, and to pursue higher research opportunities.  [[http://tees.tamu.edu/about/rpc/ http://tees.tamu.edu/about/rpc/]]

*Grants provided for
**3 school districts
**1 community center
**4 hospitals

= Landscape Canvas =

a. Canvas from the Fall 2015 University Innovation Fellows

{{#widget:Google Spreadsheet|key=1eX5KGWZwDbRjcqnRqyyJ3LiOjcdFXF7m2_RN_WhftWU|width=1300|height=700}}

b. Canvas from the Spring 2014 University Innovation Candidate

{{#widget:Google Spreadsheet|key=0Al07QhTi7pOIdEhJX2lOT1RsZ3NOSWZlNmNTSjl4UkE|width=1300|height=700}}

c. Canvas from the Fall 2013 University Innovation Fellows

{{#widget:Google Spreadsheet|key=0AgHBY23xvE2CdDRQdzUxN3JCWElxMzBDMVZ3Y2lkaWc|width=1300|height=700}}

= Landscape Presentation =

a. Presentation Fall 2015 University Innovation Fellows

{{widget#:Google Slideshow|key=1guZPj9TNkbHlm4i9gQLGil3IpHG-RQ6VR6lOVKxDW5M|width=1300|height=700}}

= Related Links =

[[Texas A & M University Student Priorities]]

[[Texas_A&M_University_Student_Priorities:_Part_II|Texas A & M University Student Priorities Part II]]

[[Graham Leslie]]

[[Dean Tate]]

[[Gurlovleen Rathore|Gurlovleen_Rathore]]

[[Category:Universities]]

School:Texas A & M University

2015-10-08T22:13:32Z

Bcooper96:

[[File:TAMU LC emblem.png|thumb|center|350px|TAMU LC emblem.png]]

= Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship =

Texas A&M has support for students to learn about and become involved with entrepreneurship. Programs, like Startup Aggieland and Aggies in Business, are generally new and constantly evolving and have been put in place to reach out to students across college and disciplinary boundaries.

The Mays Business School Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship provides undergraduate and graduate certificates for entrepreneurship. Unfortunately, the undergraduate certificate is limited to undergraduate students in Mays Business School. Only the graduate certificate is available to students across colleges. The Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship, however, does support student entrepreneurship as well as faculty and the local community with competitions and lecture series to inspire and educate across campus. [[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/ http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/]] Some of its popular programs include:

*[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/ideas-challenge/ Ideas Challenge] - idea competition where 40 finalist ideas are chosen, and the top 3 ideas receive a cash prize (1st - $3,000, 2nd - $2,000, 3rd - $1000)
*[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/3DS/ 3 Day Startup] - a weekend event where students collaborate to form businesses and demo a prototype to a panel of judges, including investors

[[File:TAMU LC 3ds 1.jpg|thumb|right|TAMU LC 3ds 1.jpg]][[File:TAMU LC 3ds 2.jpg|thumb|right|TAMU LC 3ds 2.jpg]]

*[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/lunch-learn/ Lunch and Learn] - lunch speaker events
*[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/start-up-101/ Startup 101]- a weekly lesson spanning 3 or 4 weeks featuring presentations from business leaders, marketers, and IP attorneys and their advice on startup creation

Startup Aggieland is a brand new student incubator designed to provide students who have launch-ready concepts with the opportunity to receive co-working spaces, mentors, and a supportive community.  They lack laboratories, equipment, and funding. [[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/accelerator/ http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/accelerator/]]

[[File:TAMU LC startupaggieland 1.jpg|thumb|right|TAMU LC startupaggieland 1.jpg]][[File:TAMU LC startupaggieland 2.jpg|thumb|right|TAMU LC startupaggieland 2.jpg]]

Aggies in Business (AiB) is another brand new program that provides business consulting for local businesses, and enables students to be employed by the university to perform this consulting work.  The student employees are overseen by leadership.  [[http://www.txaib.org/images/txaib/pages/aib_consulting.html http://www.txaib.org/images/txaib/pages/aib_consulting.html]]

Texas A&M also has several avenues, such as the Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship Newsletter, Texas A&M Regional Engineering Conference, and Engineering Development (hosted by Student Engineers' Council), to inform students of and market innovation and entrepreneurial activities and opportunities. 

= Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship =

The university offers great resources to enable faculty entrepreneurship. CNVE offers online resources ( for e.g. lectures and case-studies) to help faculty introduce innovation and entrepreneurship to students in both innovation- and entrepreneurship-focused and non- innovation and entrepreneurship-focused courses.

Faculty are allowed to participate in nearly all of the programs run by CNVE  which also enables them to be introduced to and educated in entrepreneurship, and there are numerous institutions that provide commercialization of research. For example, the Office of Texas A&M System Technology Commericialization assists faculty in taking their research outside the university in the form of inventions and startups. 

The Division of Research at A&M is a library of resources in the university and surrounding network.  They accept grant proposals and funnel research opportunities to the correct institutions (most of which are listed under Entrepreneurship and Funding Resources).  [[http://vpr.tamu.edu/about http://vpr.tamu.edu/about]]

= University Technology Transfer Function =

Texas A&M offers a number of offices to encourage quick transfer of research to industry, aided also by some incubators in the surrounding Bryan / College Station area.

The Texas A&M Office of Technology Commercialization identifies and supports the transition of academic research into a monetized product by linking researchers with entrepreneurs and investors.  Businesses are spin-outs of the A&M System research and licensed through A&M. [[http://otc.tamu.edu/ http://otc.tamu.edu/]]

*~36 current startups listed
*Formation of over 700 license agreements
*Manage 900 patents, 1500 patent applications

Texas A&M AgriLife Research is a hub for agricultural entrepreneurs.  They have existing relationships with sponsors in order to quickly develop startups where researchers can remain scientists and hand over project management to a sponsor.  [[http://agriliferesearch.tamu.edu/corporaterelations/about-corporate-relations/ http://agriliferesearch.tamu.edu/corporaterelations/about-corporate-relations/]]

*Network of
**250 country extension offices
**900 professional educators

 Texas A&M Transport Institution provides networking for innovators to research institutions regarding the transportation profession as a whole, including construction and safety. [[http://tti.tamu.edu/group/tog/ http://tti.tamu.edu/group/tog/]]

Research Valley is a hub that provides support to early stage startups as well as networking to quickly bring startups and technology ventures to the industry. They are built on strong industry relationships that enables the quick move to industry.  [[http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/ http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/]]

*Access to capital from
**Aggie Angel Network
**Research Valley Funds, LLC
**Texas  Emerging Technology Fund ($200 million in funding for commercialization)
**Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas
**See updated landscape analysis for more options on regional capital.

= University-Industry Collaboration =

The University has strong ties with big industry leaders to encourage a quick transition from research to industry.

Research Valley is a hub that provides support to early stage startups as well as networking to quickly bring startups and technology ventures to the industry. They are built on strong industry relationships that enables the quick move to industry.  [[http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/ http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/]]

*Relationships with
**Pfizer
**Novartis
**MDF Anderson
**Hewlett Packard
**Schlumberger
**ConocoPhillips

The Mays Business School Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship has an advisory council built from industry leaders, including leaders in finance, construction, banking, law, technology, and marketing. Additionally, they have strong relationships with local I&E institutions in the local community and state of Texas. [[http://cnve.tamu.edu/about/advisory-council/ http://cnve.tamu.edu/about/advisory-council/]]

The Dwight D. Look College of Engineering within the university supports and fosters industry and nonprofit relationships within the realm of engineering.  In addition, the individual departments within the school have close ties with industry leaders and a campus presence from representatives of those businesses.  [[http://engineering.tamu.edu/contact/easa http://engineering.tamu.edu/contact/easa]]

= Regional and Local Economic Development Efforts =

Texas A&M has a relationship with a number of local institutions that are fostering local entrepreneurs and innovators.

Research Valley is a hub that provides support to early stage startups as well as networking to quickly bring startups and technology ventures to the industry.   They are built on strong industry relationships that enables the quick move to industry.  CNVE has ties with Research Valley’s leadership.  [[http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/ http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/]]

BCS Chamber is the local chamber of commerce.  The BCS Chamber is unique in its very strong commitment and involvement in the local community.  CNVE is developing a stronger relationship with the chamber, the first steps being induction of several student startups (primarily from Startup Aggieland) as members. [[http://www.bcschamber.org/ http://www.bcschamber.org/]] 

The May’s Business School Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship provides programs for students and faculty, but also opens the doors of their lectures and programs to members of the local community (see [http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/ebv/ Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans]). [[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/ http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/]] 

The Aggie 100 recognizes and celebrates the top 100 fastest growing Aggie-owned or Aggie-led businesses in the world.  The annual gathering hosts nearly a thousand attendees, and aims to pass the successes and strategies of the top businesses to the next generation of Aggie entrepreneurs. [[http://www.aggie100.com/ http://www.aggie100.com/]] 

Texas A&M AgriLife Research provides a community development program to provide technical assistance, grants, and workshops to communities to strengthen the foundation for economic development.  [[http://communities.tamu.edu/ http://communities.tamu.edu/]] 

Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station provides networking to all Texans to find a research partner, including all the other research-capable universities in the state, and to pursue higher research opportunities.  [[http://tees.tamu.edu/about/rpc/ http://tees.tamu.edu/about/rpc/]]

*Grants provided for
**3 school districts
**1 community center
**4 hospitals

= Landscape Canvas =

a. Canvas from the Fall 2015 University Innovation Fellows

{{#widget:Google Spreadsheet|key=1eX5KGWZwDbRjcqnRqyyJ3LiOjcdFXF7m2_RN_WhftWU|width=1300|height=700}}

b. Canvas from the Spring 2014 University Innovation Candidate

{{#widget:Google Spreadsheet|key=0Al07QhTi7pOIdEhJX2lOT1RsZ3NOSWZlNmNTSjl4UkE|width=1300|height=700}}

c. Canvas from the Fall 2013 University Innovation Fellows

{{#widget:Google Spreadsheet|key=0AgHBY23xvE2CdDRQdzUxN3JCWElxMzBDMVZ3Y2lkaWc|width=1300|height=700}}

= Landscape Presentation =

a. Presentation Fall 2015 University Innovation Fellows

src="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1guZPj9TNkbHlm4i9gQLGil3IpHG-RQ6VR6lOVKxDW5M/embed?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000" frameborder="0" width="960" height="569" allowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" webkitallowfullscreen="true"></iframe>

= Related Links =

[[Texas A & M University Student Priorities]]

[[Texas_A&M_University_Student_Priorities:_Part_II|Texas A & M University Student Priorities Part II]]

[[Graham Leslie]]

[[Dean Tate]]

[[Gurlovleen Rathore|Gurlovleen_Rathore]]

[[Category:Universities]]

School:Texas A & M University

2015-10-08T22:11:00Z

Bcooper96:

[[File:TAMU LC emblem.png|thumb|center|350px|TAMU LC emblem.png]]

= Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship =

Texas A&M has support for students to learn about and become involved with entrepreneurship. Programs, like Startup Aggieland and Aggies in Business, are generally new and constantly evolving and have been put in place to reach out to students across college and disciplinary boundaries.

The Mays Business School Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship provides undergraduate and graduate certificates for entrepreneurship. Unfortunately, the undergraduate certificate is limited to undergraduate students in Mays Business School. Only the graduate certificate is available to students across colleges. The Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship, however, does support student entrepreneurship as well as faculty and the local community with competitions and lecture series to inspire and educate across campus. [[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/ http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/]] Some of its popular programs include:

*[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/ideas-challenge/ Ideas Challenge] - idea competition where 40 finalist ideas are chosen, and the top 3 ideas receive a cash prize (1st - $3,000, 2nd - $2,000, 3rd - $1000)
*[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/3DS/ 3 Day Startup] - a weekend event where students collaborate to form businesses and demo a prototype to a panel of judges, including investors

[[File:TAMU LC 3ds 1.jpg|thumb|right|TAMU LC 3ds 1.jpg]][[File:TAMU LC 3ds 2.jpg|thumb|right|TAMU LC 3ds 2.jpg]]

*[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/lunch-learn/ Lunch and Learn] - lunch speaker events
*[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/start-up-101/ Startup 101]- a weekly lesson spanning 3 or 4 weeks featuring presentations from business leaders, marketers, and IP attorneys and their advice on startup creation

Startup Aggieland is a brand new student incubator designed to provide students who have launch-ready concepts with the opportunity to receive co-working spaces, mentors, and a supportive community.  They lack laboratories, equipment, and funding. [[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/accelerator/ http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/accelerator/]]

[[File:TAMU LC startupaggieland 1.jpg|thumb|right|TAMU LC startupaggieland 1.jpg]][[File:TAMU LC startupaggieland 2.jpg|thumb|right|TAMU LC startupaggieland 2.jpg]]

Aggies in Business (AiB) is another brand new program that provides business consulting for local businesses, and enables students to be employed by the university to perform this consulting work.  The student employees are overseen by leadership.  [[http://www.txaib.org/images/txaib/pages/aib_consulting.html http://www.txaib.org/images/txaib/pages/aib_consulting.html]]

Texas A&M also has several avenues, such as the Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship Newsletter, Texas A&M Regional Engineering Conference, and Engineering Development (hosted by Student Engineers' Council), to inform students of and market innovation and entrepreneurial activities and opportunities. 

= Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship =

The university offers great resources to enable faculty entrepreneurship. CNVE offers online resources ( for e.g. lectures and case-studies) to help faculty introduce innovation and entrepreneurship to students in both innovation- and entrepreneurship-focused and non- innovation and entrepreneurship-focused courses.

Faculty are allowed to participate in nearly all of the programs run by CNVE  which also enables them to be introduced to and educated in entrepreneurship, and there are numerous institutions that provide commercialization of research. For example, the Office of Texas A&M System Technology Commericialization assists faculty in taking their research outside the university in the form of inventions and startups. 

The Division of Research at A&M is a library of resources in the university and surrounding network.  They accept grant proposals and funnel research opportunities to the correct institutions (most of which are listed under Entrepreneurship and Funding Resources).  [[http://vpr.tamu.edu/about http://vpr.tamu.edu/about]]

= University Technology Transfer Function =

Texas A&M offers a number of offices to encourage quick transfer of research to industry, aided also by some incubators in the surrounding Bryan / College Station area.

The Texas A&M Office of Technology Commercialization identifies and supports the transition of academic research into a monetized product by linking researchers with entrepreneurs and investors.  Businesses are spin-outs of the A&M System research and licensed through A&M. [[http://otc.tamu.edu/ http://otc.tamu.edu/]]

*~36 current startups listed
*Formation of over 700 license agreements
*Manage 900 patents, 1500 patent applications

Texas A&M AgriLife Research is a hub for agricultural entrepreneurs.  They have existing relationships with sponsors in order to quickly develop startups where researchers can remain scientists and hand over project management to a sponsor.  [[http://agriliferesearch.tamu.edu/corporaterelations/about-corporate-relations/ http://agriliferesearch.tamu.edu/corporaterelations/about-corporate-relations/]]

*Network of
**250 country extension offices
**900 professional educators

 Texas A&M Transport Institution provides networking for innovators to research institutions regarding the transportation profession as a whole, including construction and safety. [[http://tti.tamu.edu/group/tog/ http://tti.tamu.edu/group/tog/]]

Research Valley is a hub that provides support to early stage startups as well as networking to quickly bring startups and technology ventures to the industry. They are built on strong industry relationships that enables the quick move to industry.  [[http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/ http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/]]

*Access to capital from
**Aggie Angel Network
**Research Valley Funds, LLC
**Texas  Emerging Technology Fund ($200 million in funding for commercialization)
**Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas
**See updated landscape analysis for more options on regional capital.

= University-Industry Collaboration =

The University has strong ties with big industry leaders to encourage a quick transition from research to industry.

Research Valley is a hub that provides support to early stage startups as well as networking to quickly bring startups and technology ventures to the industry. They are built on strong industry relationships that enables the quick move to industry.  [[http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/ http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/]]

*Relationships with
**Pfizer
**Novartis
**MDF Anderson
**Hewlett Packard
**Schlumberger
**ConocoPhillips

The Mays Business School Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship has an advisory council built from industry leaders, including leaders in finance, construction, banking, law, technology, and marketing. Additionally, they have strong relationships with local I&E institutions in the local community and state of Texas. [[http://cnve.tamu.edu/about/advisory-council/ http://cnve.tamu.edu/about/advisory-council/]]

The Dwight D. Look College of Engineering within the university supports and fosters industry and nonprofit relationships within the realm of engineering.  In addition, the individual departments within the school have close ties with industry leaders and a campus presence from representatives of those businesses.  [[http://engineering.tamu.edu/contact/easa http://engineering.tamu.edu/contact/easa]]

= Regional and Local Economic Development Efforts =

Texas A&M has a relationship with a number of local institutions that are fostering local entrepreneurs and innovators.

Research Valley is a hub that provides support to early stage startups as well as networking to quickly bring startups and technology ventures to the industry.   They are built on strong industry relationships that enables the quick move to industry.  CNVE has ties with Research Valley’s leadership.  [[http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/ http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/]]

BCS Chamber is the local chamber of commerce.  The BCS Chamber is unique in its very strong commitment and involvement in the local community.  CNVE is developing a stronger relationship with the chamber, the first steps being induction of several student startups (primarily from Startup Aggieland) as members. [[http://www.bcschamber.org/ http://www.bcschamber.org/]] 

The May’s Business School Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship provides programs for students and faculty, but also opens the doors of their lectures and programs to members of the local community (see [http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/ebv/ Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans]). [[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/ http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/]] 

The Aggie 100 recognizes and celebrates the top 100 fastest growing Aggie-owned or Aggie-led businesses in the world.  The annual gathering hosts nearly a thousand attendees, and aims to pass the successes and strategies of the top businesses to the next generation of Aggie entrepreneurs. [[http://www.aggie100.com/ http://www.aggie100.com/]] 

Texas A&M AgriLife Research provides a community development program to provide technical assistance, grants, and workshops to communities to strengthen the foundation for economic development.  [[http://communities.tamu.edu/ http://communities.tamu.edu/]] 

Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station provides networking to all Texans to find a research partner, including all the other research-capable universities in the state, and to pursue higher research opportunities.  [[http://tees.tamu.edu/about/rpc/ http://tees.tamu.edu/about/rpc/]]

*Grants provided for
**3 school districts
**1 community center
**4 hospitals

= Landscape Canvas =

a. Canvas from the Fall 2015 University Innovation Fellows

{{#widget:Google Spreadsheet|key=1eX5KGWZwDbRjcqnRqyyJ3LiOjcdFXF7m2_RN_WhftWU|width=1300|height=700}}

b. Canvas from the Spring 2014 University Innovation Candidate

{{#widget:Google Spreadsheet|key=0Al07QhTi7pOIdEhJX2lOT1RsZ3NOSWZlNmNTSjl4UkE|width=1300|height=700}}

c. Canvas from the Fall 2013 University Innovation Fellows

{{#widget:Google Spreadsheet|key=0AgHBY23xvE2CdDRQdzUxN3JCWElxMzBDMVZ3Y2lkaWc|width=1300|height=700}}

= Landscape Presentation =

= Related Links =

[[Texas A & M University Student Priorities]]

[[Texas_A&M_University_Student_Priorities:_Part_II|Texas A & M University Student Priorities Part II]]

[[Graham Leslie]]

[[Dean Tate]]

[[Gurlovleen Rathore|Gurlovleen_Rathore]]

[[Category:Universities]]

School:Texas A & M University

2015-10-08T22:07:44Z

Bcooper96:

[[File:TAMU LC emblem.png|thumb|center|350px|TAMU LC emblem.png]]

= Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship =

Texas A&M has support for students to learn about and become involved with entrepreneurship. Programs, like Startup Aggieland and Aggies in Business, are generally new and constantly evolving and have been put in place to reach out to students across college and disciplinary boundaries.

The Mays Business School Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship provides undergraduate and graduate certificates for entrepreneurship. Unfortunately, the undergraduate certificate is limited to undergraduate students in Mays Business School. Only the graduate certificate is available to students across colleges. The Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship, however, does support student entrepreneurship as well as faculty and the local community with competitions and lecture series to inspire and educate across campus. [[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/ http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/]] Some of its popular programs include:

*[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/ideas-challenge/ Ideas Challenge] - idea competition where 40 finalist ideas are chosen, and the top 3 ideas receive a cash prize (1st - $3,000, 2nd - $2,000, 3rd - $1000)
*[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/3DS/ 3 Day Startup] - a weekend event where students collaborate to form businesses and demo a prototype to a panel of judges, including investors

[[File:TAMU LC 3ds 1.jpg|thumb|right|TAMU LC 3ds 1.jpg]][[File:TAMU LC 3ds 2.jpg|thumb|right|TAMU LC 3ds 2.jpg]]

*[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/lunch-learn/ Lunch and Learn] - lunch speaker events
*[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/start-up-101/ Startup 101]- a weekly lesson spanning 3 or 4 weeks featuring presentations from business leaders, marketers, and IP attorneys and their advice on startup creation

Startup Aggieland is a brand new student incubator designed to provide students who have launch-ready concepts with the opportunity to receive co-working spaces, mentors, and a supportive community.  They lack laboratories, equipment, and funding. [[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/accelerator/ http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/accelerator/]]

[[File:TAMU LC startupaggieland 1.jpg|thumb|right|TAMU LC startupaggieland 1.jpg]][[File:TAMU LC startupaggieland 2.jpg|thumb|right|TAMU LC startupaggieland 2.jpg]]

Aggies in Business (AiB) is another brand new program that provides business consulting for local businesses, and enables students to be employed by the university to perform this consulting work.  The student employees are overseen by leadership.  [[http://www.txaib.org/images/txaib/pages/aib_consulting.html http://www.txaib.org/images/txaib/pages/aib_consulting.html]]

Texas A&M also has several avenues, such as the Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship Newsletter, Texas A&M Regional Engineering Conference, and Engineering Development (hosted by Student Engineers' Council), to inform students of and market innovation and entrepreneurial activities and opportunities. 

= Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship =

The university offers great resources to enable faculty entrepreneurship. CNVE offers online resources ( for e.g. lectures and case-studies) to help faculty introduce innovation and entrepreneurship to students in both innovation- and entrepreneurship-focused and non- innovation and entrepreneurship-focused courses.

Faculty are allowed to participate in nearly all of the programs run by CNVE  which also enables them to be introduced to and educated in entrepreneurship, and there are numerous institutions that provide commercialization of research. For example, the Office of Texas A&M System Technology Commericialization assists faculty in taking their research outside the university in the form of inventions and startups. 

The Division of Research at A&M is a library of resources in the university and surrounding network.  They accept grant proposals and funnel research opportunities to the correct institutions (most of which are listed under Entrepreneurship and Funding Resources).  [[http://vpr.tamu.edu/about http://vpr.tamu.edu/about]]

= University Technology Transfer Function =

Texas A&M offers a number of offices to encourage quick transfer of research to industry, aided also by some incubators in the surrounding Bryan / College Station area.

The Texas A&M Office of Technology Commercialization identifies and supports the transition of academic research into a monetized product by linking researchers with entrepreneurs and investors.  Businesses are spin-outs of the A&M System research and licensed through A&M. [[http://otc.tamu.edu/ http://otc.tamu.edu/]]

*~36 current startups listed
*Formation of over 700 license agreements
*Manage 900 patents, 1500 patent applications

Texas A&M AgriLife Research is a hub for agricultural entrepreneurs.  They have existing relationships with sponsors in order to quickly develop startups where researchers can remain scientists and hand over project management to a sponsor.  [[http://agriliferesearch.tamu.edu/corporaterelations/about-corporate-relations/ http://agriliferesearch.tamu.edu/corporaterelations/about-corporate-relations/]]

*Network of
**250 country extension offices
**900 professional educators

 Texas A&M Transport Institution provides networking for innovators to research institutions regarding the transportation profession as a whole, including construction and safety. [[http://tti.tamu.edu/group/tog/ http://tti.tamu.edu/group/tog/]]

Research Valley is a hub that provides support to early stage startups as well as networking to quickly bring startups and technology ventures to the industry. They are built on strong industry relationships that enables the quick move to industry.  [[http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/ http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/]]

*Access to capital from
**Aggie Angel Network
**Research Valley Funds, LLC
**Texas  Emerging Technology Fund ($200 million in funding for commercialization)
**Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas
**See updated landscape analysis for more options on regional capital.

= University-Industry Collaboration =

The University has strong ties with big industry leaders to encourage a quick transition from research to industry.

Research Valley is a hub that provides support to early stage startups as well as networking to quickly bring startups and technology ventures to the industry. They are built on strong industry relationships that enables the quick move to industry.  [[http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/ http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/]]

*Relationships with
**Pfizer
**Novartis
**MDF Anderson
**Hewlett Packard
**Schlumberger
**ConocoPhillips

The Mays Business School Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship has an advisory council built from industry leaders, including leaders in finance, construction, banking, law, technology, and marketing. Additionally, they have strong relationships with local I&E institutions in the local community and state of Texas. [[http://cnve.tamu.edu/about/advisory-council/ http://cnve.tamu.edu/about/advisory-council/]]

The Dwight D. Look College of Engineering within the university supports and fosters industry and nonprofit relationships within the realm of engineering.  In addition, the individual departments within the school have close ties with industry leaders and a campus presence from representatives of those businesses.  [[http://engineering.tamu.edu/contact/easa http://engineering.tamu.edu/contact/easa]]

= Regional and Local Economic Development Efforts =

Texas A&M has a relationship with a number of local institutions that are fostering local entrepreneurs and innovators.

Research Valley is a hub that provides support to early stage startups as well as networking to quickly bring startups and technology ventures to the industry.   They are built on strong industry relationships that enables the quick move to industry.  CNVE has ties with Research Valley’s leadership.  [[http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/ http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/]]

BCS Chamber is the local chamber of commerce.  The BCS Chamber is unique in its very strong commitment and involvement in the local community.  CNVE is developing a stronger relationship with the chamber, the first steps being induction of several student startups (primarily from Startup Aggieland) as members. [[http://www.bcschamber.org/ http://www.bcschamber.org/]] 

The May’s Business School Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship provides programs for students and faculty, but also opens the doors of their lectures and programs to members of the local community (see [http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/ebv/ Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans]). [[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/ http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/]] 

The Aggie 100 recognizes and celebrates the top 100 fastest growing Aggie-owned or Aggie-led businesses in the world.  The annual gathering hosts nearly a thousand attendees, and aims to pass the successes and strategies of the top businesses to the next generation of Aggie entrepreneurs. [[http://www.aggie100.com/ http://www.aggie100.com/]] 

Texas A&M AgriLife Research provides a community development program to provide technical assistance, grants, and workshops to communities to strengthen the foundation for economic development.  [[http://communities.tamu.edu/ http://communities.tamu.edu/]] 

Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station provides networking to all Texans to find a research partner, including all the other research-capable universities in the state, and to pursue higher research opportunities.  [[http://tees.tamu.edu/about/rpc/ http://tees.tamu.edu/about/rpc/]]

*Grants provided for
**3 school districts
**1 community center
**4 hospitals

= Landscape Canvas =

a. Canvas from the Fall 2015 University Innovation Fellows

{{#widget:Google Spreadsheet|key=1eX5KGWZwDbRjcqnRqyyJ3LiOjcdFXF7m2_RN_WhftWU|width=1300|height=700}}

b. Canvas from the Spring 2014 University Innovation Candidate

{{#widget:Google Spreadsheet|key=0Al07QhTi7pOIdEhJX2lOT1RsZ3NOSWZlNmNTSjl4UkE|width=1300|height=700}}

c. Canvas from the Fall 2013 University Innovation Fellows

{{#widget:Google Spreadsheet|key=0AgHBY23xvE2CdDRQdzUxN3JCWElxMzBDMVZ3Y2lkaWc|width=1300|height=700}}

= Related Links =

[[Texas A & M University Student Priorities]]

[[Texas_A&M_University_Student_Priorities:_Part_II|Texas A & M University Student Priorities Part II]]

[[Graham Leslie]]

[[Dean Tate]]

[[Gurlovleen Rathore|Gurlovleen_Rathore]]

[[Category:Universities]]

School:Texas A & M University

2015-10-08T22:06:46Z

Bcooper96:

[[File:TAMU LC emblem.png|thumb|center|350px|TAMU LC emblem.png]]

= Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship =

Texas A&M has support for students to learn about and become involved with entrepreneurship. Programs, like Startup Aggieland and Aggies in Business, are generally new and constantly evolving and have been put in place to reach out to students across college and disciplinary boundaries.

The Mays Business School Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship provides undergraduate and graduate certificates for entrepreneurship. Unfortunately, the undergraduate certificate is limited to undergraduate students in Mays Business School. Only the graduate certificate is available to students across colleges. The Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship, however, does support student entrepreneurship as well as faculty and the local community with competitions and lecture series to inspire and educate across campus. [[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/ http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/]] Some of its popular programs include:

*[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/ideas-challenge/ Ideas Challenge] - idea competition where 40 finalist ideas are chosen, and the top 3 ideas receive a cash prize (1st - $3,000, 2nd - $2,000, 3rd - $1000)
*[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/3DS/ 3 Day Startup] - a weekend event where students collaborate to form businesses and demo a prototype to a panel of judges, including investors

[[File:TAMU LC 3ds 1.jpg|thumb|right|TAMU LC 3ds 1.jpg]][[File:TAMU LC 3ds 2.jpg|thumb|right|TAMU LC 3ds 2.jpg]]

*[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/lunch-learn/ Lunch and Learn] - lunch speaker events
*[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/start-up-101/ Startup 101]- a weekly lesson spanning 3 or 4 weeks featuring presentations from business leaders, marketers, and IP attorneys and their advice on startup creation

Startup Aggieland is a brand new student incubator designed to provide students who have launch-ready concepts with the opportunity to receive co-working spaces, mentors, and a supportive community.  They lack laboratories, equipment, and funding. [[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/accelerator/ http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/accelerator/]]

[[File:TAMU LC startupaggieland 1.jpg|thumb|right|TAMU LC startupaggieland 1.jpg]][[File:TAMU LC startupaggieland 2.jpg|thumb|right|TAMU LC startupaggieland 2.jpg]]

Aggies in Business (AiB) is another brand new program that provides business consulting for local businesses, and enables students to be employed by the university to perform this consulting work.  The student employees are overseen by leadership.  [[http://www.txaib.org/images/txaib/pages/aib_consulting.html http://www.txaib.org/images/txaib/pages/aib_consulting.html]]

Texas A&M also has several avenues, such as the Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship Newsletter, Texas A&M Regional Engineering Conference, and Engineering Development (hosted by Student Engineers' Council), to inform students of and market innovation and entrepreneurial activities and opportunities. 

= Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship =

The university offers great resources to enable faculty entrepreneurship. CNVE offers online resources ( for e.g. lectures and case-studies) to help faculty introduce innovation and entrepreneurship to students in both innovation- and entrepreneurship-focused and non- innovation and entrepreneurship-focused courses.

Faculty are allowed to participate in nearly all of the programs run by CNVE  which also enables them to be introduced to and educated in entrepreneurship, and there are numerous institutions that provide commercialization of research. For example, the Office of Texas A&M System Technology Commericialization assists faculty in taking their research outside the university in the form of inventions and startups. 

The Division of Research at A&M is a library of resources in the university and surrounding network.  They accept grant proposals and funnel research opportunities to the correct institutions (most of which are listed under Entrepreneurship and Funding Resources).  [[http://vpr.tamu.edu/about http://vpr.tamu.edu/about]]

= University Technology Transfer Function =

Texas A&M offers a number of offices to encourage quick transfer of research to industry, aided also by some incubators in the surrounding Bryan / College Station area.

The Texas A&M Office of Technology Commercialization identifies and supports the transition of academic research into a monetized product by linking researchers with entrepreneurs and investors.  Businesses are spin-outs of the A&M System research and licensed through A&M. [[http://otc.tamu.edu/ http://otc.tamu.edu/]]

*~36 current startups listed
*Formation of over 700 license agreements
*Manage 900 patents, 1500 patent applications

Texas A&M AgriLife Research is a hub for agricultural entrepreneurs.  They have existing relationships with sponsors in order to quickly develop startups where researchers can remain scientists and hand over project management to a sponsor.  [[http://agriliferesearch.tamu.edu/corporaterelations/about-corporate-relations/ http://agriliferesearch.tamu.edu/corporaterelations/about-corporate-relations/]]

*Network of
**250 country extension offices
**900 professional educators

 Texas A&M Transport Institution provides networking for innovators to research institutions regarding the transportation profession as a whole, including construction and safety. [[http://tti.tamu.edu/group/tog/ http://tti.tamu.edu/group/tog/]]

Research Valley is a hub that provides support to early stage startups as well as networking to quickly bring startups and technology ventures to the industry. They are built on strong industry relationships that enables the quick move to industry.  [[http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/ http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/]]

*Access to capital from
**Aggie Angel Network
**Research Valley Funds, LLC
**Texas  Emerging Technology Fund ($200 million in funding for commercialization)
**Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas
**See updated landscape analysis for more options on regional capital.

= University-Industry Collaboration =

The University has strong ties with big industry leaders to encourage a quick transition from research to industry.

Research Valley is a hub that provides support to early stage startups as well as networking to quickly bring startups and technology ventures to the industry. They are built on strong industry relationships that enables the quick move to industry.  [[http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/ http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/]]

*Relationships with
**Pfizer
**Novartis
**MDF Anderson
**Hewlett Packard
**Schlumberger
**ConocoPhillips

The Mays Business School Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship has an advisory council built from industry leaders, including leaders in finance, construction, banking, law, technology, and marketing. Additionally, they have strong relationships with local I&E institutions in the local community and state of Texas. [[http://cnve.tamu.edu/about/advisory-council/ http://cnve.tamu.edu/about/advisory-council/]]

The Dwight D. Look College of Engineering within the university supports and fosters industry and nonprofit relationships within the realm of engineering.  In addition, the individual departments within the school have close ties with industry leaders and a campus presence from representatives of those businesses.  [[http://engineering.tamu.edu/contact/easa http://engineering.tamu.edu/contact/easa]]

= Regional and Local Economic Development Efforts =

Texas A&M has a relationship with a number of local institutions that are fostering local entrepreneurs and innovators.

Research Valley is a hub that provides support to early stage startups as well as networking to quickly bring startups and technology ventures to the industry.   They are built on strong industry relationships that enables the quick move to industry.  CNVE has ties with Research Valley’s leadership.  [[http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/ http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/]]

BCS Chamber is the local chamber of commerce.  The BCS Chamber is unique in its very strong commitment and involvement in the local community.  CNVE is developing a stronger relationship with the chamber, the first steps being induction of several student startups (primarily from Startup Aggieland) as members. [[http://www.bcschamber.org/ http://www.bcschamber.org/]] 

The May’s Business School Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship provides programs for students and faculty, but also opens the doors of their lectures and programs to members of the local community (see [http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/ebv/ Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans]). [[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/ http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/]] 

The Aggie 100 recognizes and celebrates the top 100 fastest growing Aggie-owned or Aggie-led businesses in the world.  The annual gathering hosts nearly a thousand attendees, and aims to pass the successes and strategies of the top businesses to the next generation of Aggie entrepreneurs. [[http://www.aggie100.com/ http://www.aggie100.com/]] 

Texas A&M AgriLife Research provides a community development program to provide technical assistance, grants, and workshops to communities to strengthen the foundation for economic development.  [[http://communities.tamu.edu/ http://communities.tamu.edu/]] 

Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station provides networking to all Texans to find a research partner, including all the other research-capable universities in the state, and to pursue higher research opportunities.  [[http://tees.tamu.edu/about/rpc/ http://tees.tamu.edu/about/rpc/]]

*Grants provided for
**3 school districts
**1 community center
**4 hospitals

= Landscape Canvas =

a. Canvas from the Fall 2015 University Innovation Fellows

{{#widget:Google Spreadsheet|key=1eX5KGWZwDbRjcqnRqyyJ3LiOjcdFXF7m2_RN_WhftW|width=1300|height=700}}

b. Canvas from the Spring 2014 University Innovation Candidate

{{#widget:Google Spreadsheet|key=0Al07QhTi7pOIdEhJX2lOT1RsZ3NOSWZlNmNTSjl4UkE|width=1300|height=700}}

c. Canvas from the Fall 2013 University Innovation Fellows

{{#widget:Google Spreadsheet|key=0AgHBY23xvE2CdDRQdzUxN3JCWElxMzBDMVZ3Y2lkaWc|width=1300|height=700}}

= Related Links =

[[Texas A & M University Student Priorities]]

[[Texas_A&M_University_Student_Priorities:_Part_II|Texas A & M University Student Priorities Part II]]

[[Graham Leslie]]

[[Dean Tate]]

[[Gurlovleen Rathore|Gurlovleen_Rathore]]

[[Category:Universities]]

School:Texas A & M University

2015-10-08T22:05:05Z

Bcooper96:

[[File:TAMU LC emblem.png|thumb|center|350px|TAMU LC emblem.png]]

= Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship =

Texas A&M has support for students to learn about and become involved with entrepreneurship. Programs, like Startup Aggieland and Aggies in Business, are generally new and constantly evolving and have been put in place to reach out to students across college and disciplinary boundaries.

The Mays Business School Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship provides undergraduate and graduate certificates for entrepreneurship. Unfortunately, the undergraduate certificate is limited to undergraduate students in Mays Business School. Only the graduate certificate is available to students across colleges. The Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship, however, does support student entrepreneurship as well as faculty and the local community with competitions and lecture series to inspire and educate across campus. [[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/ http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/]] Some of its popular programs include:

*[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/ideas-challenge/ Ideas Challenge] - idea competition where 40 finalist ideas are chosen, and the top 3 ideas receive a cash prize (1st - $3,000, 2nd - $2,000, 3rd - $1000)
*[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/3DS/ 3 Day Startup] - a weekend event where students collaborate to form businesses and demo a prototype to a panel of judges, including investors

[[File:TAMU LC 3ds 1.jpg|thumb|right|TAMU LC 3ds 1.jpg]][[File:TAMU LC 3ds 2.jpg|thumb|right|TAMU LC 3ds 2.jpg]]

*[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/lunch-learn/ Lunch and Learn] - lunch speaker events
*[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/start-up-101/ Startup 101]- a weekly lesson spanning 3 or 4 weeks featuring presentations from business leaders, marketers, and IP attorneys and their advice on startup creation

Startup Aggieland is a brand new student incubator designed to provide students who have launch-ready concepts with the opportunity to receive co-working spaces, mentors, and a supportive community.  They lack laboratories, equipment, and funding. [[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/accelerator/ http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/accelerator/]]

[[File:TAMU LC startupaggieland 1.jpg|thumb|right|TAMU LC startupaggieland 1.jpg]][[File:TAMU LC startupaggieland 2.jpg|thumb|right|TAMU LC startupaggieland 2.jpg]]

Aggies in Business (AiB) is another brand new program that provides business consulting for local businesses, and enables students to be employed by the university to perform this consulting work.  The student employees are overseen by leadership.  [[http://www.txaib.org/images/txaib/pages/aib_consulting.html http://www.txaib.org/images/txaib/pages/aib_consulting.html]]

Texas A&M also has several avenues, such as the Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship Newsletter, Texas A&M Regional Engineering Conference, and Engineering Development (hosted by Student Engineers' Council), to inform students of and market innovation and entrepreneurial activities and opportunities. 

= Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship =

The university offers great resources to enable faculty entrepreneurship. CNVE offers online resources ( for e.g. lectures and case-studies) to help faculty introduce innovation and entrepreneurship to students in both innovation- and entrepreneurship-focused and non- innovation and entrepreneurship-focused courses.

Faculty are allowed to participate in nearly all of the programs run by CNVE  which also enables them to be introduced to and educated in entrepreneurship, and there are numerous institutions that provide commercialization of research. For example, the Office of Texas A&M System Technology Commericialization assists faculty in taking their research outside the university in the form of inventions and startups. 

The Division of Research at A&M is a library of resources in the university and surrounding network.  They accept grant proposals and funnel research opportunities to the correct institutions (most of which are listed under Entrepreneurship and Funding Resources).  [[http://vpr.tamu.edu/about http://vpr.tamu.edu/about]]

= University Technology Transfer Function =

Texas A&M offers a number of offices to encourage quick transfer of research to industry, aided also by some incubators in the surrounding Bryan / College Station area.

The Texas A&M Office of Technology Commercialization identifies and supports the transition of academic research into a monetized product by linking researchers with entrepreneurs and investors.  Businesses are spin-outs of the A&M System research and licensed through A&M. [[http://otc.tamu.edu/ http://otc.tamu.edu/]]

*~36 current startups listed
*Formation of over 700 license agreements
*Manage 900 patents, 1500 patent applications

Texas A&M AgriLife Research is a hub for agricultural entrepreneurs.  They have existing relationships with sponsors in order to quickly develop startups where researchers can remain scientists and hand over project management to a sponsor.  [[http://agriliferesearch.tamu.edu/corporaterelations/about-corporate-relations/ http://agriliferesearch.tamu.edu/corporaterelations/about-corporate-relations/]]

*Network of
**250 country extension offices
**900 professional educators

 Texas A&M Transport Institution provides networking for innovators to research institutions regarding the transportation profession as a whole, including construction and safety. [[http://tti.tamu.edu/group/tog/ http://tti.tamu.edu/group/tog/]]

Research Valley is a hub that provides support to early stage startups as well as networking to quickly bring startups and technology ventures to the industry. They are built on strong industry relationships that enables the quick move to industry.  [[http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/ http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/]]

*Access to capital from
**Aggie Angel Network
**Research Valley Funds, LLC
**Texas  Emerging Technology Fund ($200 million in funding for commercialization)
**Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas
**See updated landscape analysis for more options on regional capital.

= University-Industry Collaboration =

The University has strong ties with big industry leaders to encourage a quick transition from research to industry.

Research Valley is a hub that provides support to early stage startups as well as networking to quickly bring startups and technology ventures to the industry. They are built on strong industry relationships that enables the quick move to industry.  [[http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/ http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/]]

*Relationships with
**Pfizer
**Novartis
**MDF Anderson
**Hewlett Packard
**Schlumberger
**ConocoPhillips

The Mays Business School Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship has an advisory council built from industry leaders, including leaders in finance, construction, banking, law, technology, and marketing. Additionally, they have strong relationships with local I&E institutions in the local community and state of Texas. [[http://cnve.tamu.edu/about/advisory-council/ http://cnve.tamu.edu/about/advisory-council/]]

The Dwight D. Look College of Engineering within the university supports and fosters industry and nonprofit relationships within the realm of engineering.  In addition, the individual departments within the school have close ties with industry leaders and a campus presence from representatives of those businesses.  [[http://engineering.tamu.edu/contact/easa http://engineering.tamu.edu/contact/easa]]

= Regional and Local Economic Development Efforts =

Texas A&M has a relationship with a number of local institutions that are fostering local entrepreneurs and innovators.

Research Valley is a hub that provides support to early stage startups as well as networking to quickly bring startups and technology ventures to the industry.   They are built on strong industry relationships that enables the quick move to industry.  CNVE has ties with Research Valley’s leadership.  [[http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/ http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/]]

BCS Chamber is the local chamber of commerce.  The BCS Chamber is unique in its very strong commitment and involvement in the local community.  CNVE is developing a stronger relationship with the chamber, the first steps being induction of several student startups (primarily from Startup Aggieland) as members. [[http://www.bcschamber.org/ http://www.bcschamber.org/]] 

The May’s Business School Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship provides programs for students and faculty, but also opens the doors of their lectures and programs to members of the local community (see [http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/ebv/ Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans]). [[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/ http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/]] 

The Aggie 100 recognizes and celebrates the top 100 fastest growing Aggie-owned or Aggie-led businesses in the world.  The annual gathering hosts nearly a thousand attendees, and aims to pass the successes and strategies of the top businesses to the next generation of Aggie entrepreneurs. [[http://www.aggie100.com/ http://www.aggie100.com/]] 

Texas A&M AgriLife Research provides a community development program to provide technical assistance, grants, and workshops to communities to strengthen the foundation for economic development.  [[http://communities.tamu.edu/ http://communities.tamu.edu/]] 

Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station provides networking to all Texans to find a research partner, including all the other research-capable universities in the state, and to pursue higher research opportunities.  [[http://tees.tamu.edu/about/rpc/ http://tees.tamu.edu/about/rpc/]]

*Grants provided for
**3 school districts
**1 community center
**4 hospitals

= Landscape Canvas =

a. Canvas from the Fall 2015 University Innovation Fellows

<iframe src="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1eX5KGWZwDbRjcqnRqyyJ3LiOjcdFXF7m2_RN_WhftWU/pubhtml?widget=true&headers=false"></iframe>

b. Canvas from the Spring 2014 University Innovation Candidate

{{#widget:Google Spreadsheet|key=0Al07QhTi7pOIdEhJX2lOT1RsZ3NOSWZlNmNTSjl4UkE|width=1300|height=700}}

c. Canvas from the Fall 2013 University Innovation Fellows

{{#widget:Google Spreadsheet|key=0AgHBY23xvE2CdDRQdzUxN3JCWElxMzBDMVZ3Y2lkaWc|width=1300|height=700}}

= Related Links =

[[Texas A & M University Student Priorities]]

[[Texas_A&M_University_Student_Priorities:_Part_II|Texas A & M University Student Priorities Part II]]

[[Graham Leslie]]

[[Dean Tate]]

[[Gurlovleen Rathore|Gurlovleen_Rathore]]

[[Category:Universities]]

School:Texas A & M University

2015-10-08T22:01:18Z

Bcooper96:

[[File:TAMU LC emblem.png|thumb|center|350px|TAMU LC emblem.png]]

= Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship =

Texas A&M has support for students to learn about and become involved with entrepreneurship. Programs, like Startup Aggieland and Aggies in Business, are generally new and constantly evolving and have been put in place to reach out to students across college and disciplinary boundaries.

The Mays Business School Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship provides undergraduate and graduate certificates for entrepreneurship. Unfortunately, the undergraduate certificate is limited to undergraduate students in Mays Business School. Only the graduate certificate is available to students across colleges. The Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship, however, does support student entrepreneurship as well as faculty and the local community with competitions and lecture series to inspire and educate across campus. [[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/ http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/]] Some of its popular programs include:

*[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/ideas-challenge/ Ideas Challenge] - idea competition where 40 finalist ideas are chosen, and the top 3 ideas receive a cash prize (1st - $3,000, 2nd - $2,000, 3rd - $1000)
*[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/3DS/ 3 Day Startup] - a weekend event where students collaborate to form businesses and demo a prototype to a panel of judges, including investors

[[File:TAMU LC 3ds 1.jpg|thumb|right|TAMU LC 3ds 1.jpg]][[File:TAMU LC 3ds 2.jpg|thumb|right|TAMU LC 3ds 2.jpg]]

*[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/lunch-learn/ Lunch and Learn] - lunch speaker events
*[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/start-up-101/ Startup 101]- a weekly lesson spanning 3 or 4 weeks featuring presentations from business leaders, marketers, and IP attorneys and their advice on startup creation

Startup Aggieland is a brand new student incubator designed to provide students who have launch-ready concepts with the opportunity to receive co-working spaces, mentors, and a supportive community.  They lack laboratories, equipment, and funding. [[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/accelerator/ http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/accelerator/]]

[[File:TAMU LC startupaggieland 1.jpg|thumb|right|TAMU LC startupaggieland 1.jpg]][[File:TAMU LC startupaggieland 2.jpg|thumb|right|TAMU LC startupaggieland 2.jpg]]

Aggies in Business (AiB) is another brand new program that provides business consulting for local businesses, and enables students to be employed by the university to perform this consulting work.  The student employees are overseen by leadership.  [[http://www.txaib.org/images/txaib/pages/aib_consulting.html http://www.txaib.org/images/txaib/pages/aib_consulting.html]]

Texas A&M also has several avenues, such as the Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship Newsletter, Texas A&M Regional Engineering Conference, and Engineering Development (hosted by Student Engineers' Council), to inform students of and market innovation and entrepreneurial activities and opportunities. 

= Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship =

The university offers great resources to enable faculty entrepreneurship. CNVE offers online resources ( for e.g. lectures and case-studies) to help faculty introduce innovation and entrepreneurship to students in both innovation- and entrepreneurship-focused and non- innovation and entrepreneurship-focused courses.

Faculty are allowed to participate in nearly all of the programs run by CNVE  which also enables them to be introduced to and educated in entrepreneurship, and there are numerous institutions that provide commercialization of research. For example, the Office of Texas A&M System Technology Commericialization assists faculty in taking their research outside the university in the form of inventions and startups. 

The Division of Research at A&M is a library of resources in the university and surrounding network.  They accept grant proposals and funnel research opportunities to the correct institutions (most of which are listed under Entrepreneurship and Funding Resources).  [[http://vpr.tamu.edu/about http://vpr.tamu.edu/about]]

= University Technology Transfer Function =

Texas A&M offers a number of offices to encourage quick transfer of research to industry, aided also by some incubators in the surrounding Bryan / College Station area.

The Texas A&M Office of Technology Commercialization identifies and supports the transition of academic research into a monetized product by linking researchers with entrepreneurs and investors.  Businesses are spin-outs of the A&M System research and licensed through A&M. [[http://otc.tamu.edu/ http://otc.tamu.edu/]]

*~36 current startups listed
*Formation of over 700 license agreements
*Manage 900 patents, 1500 patent applications

Texas A&M AgriLife Research is a hub for agricultural entrepreneurs.  They have existing relationships with sponsors in order to quickly develop startups where researchers can remain scientists and hand over project management to a sponsor.  [[http://agriliferesearch.tamu.edu/corporaterelations/about-corporate-relations/ http://agriliferesearch.tamu.edu/corporaterelations/about-corporate-relations/]]

*Network of
**250 country extension offices
**900 professional educators

 Texas A&M Transport Institution provides networking for innovators to research institutions regarding the transportation profession as a whole, including construction and safety. [[http://tti.tamu.edu/group/tog/ http://tti.tamu.edu/group/tog/]]

Research Valley is a hub that provides support to early stage startups as well as networking to quickly bring startups and technology ventures to the industry. They are built on strong industry relationships that enables the quick move to industry.  [[http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/ http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/]]

*Access to capital from
**Aggie Angel Network
**Research Valley Funds, LLC
**Texas  Emerging Technology Fund ($200 million in funding for commercialization)
**Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas
**See updated landscape analysis for more options on regional capital.

= University-Industry Collaboration =

The University has strong ties with big industry leaders to encourage a quick transition from research to industry.

Research Valley is a hub that provides support to early stage startups as well as networking to quickly bring startups and technology ventures to the industry. They are built on strong industry relationships that enables the quick move to industry.  [[http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/ http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/]]

*Relationships with
**Pfizer
**Novartis
**MDF Anderson
**Hewlett Packard
**Schlumberger
**ConocoPhillips

The Mays Business School Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship has an advisory council built from industry leaders, including leaders in finance, construction, banking, law, technology, and marketing. Additionally, they have strong relationships with local I&E institutions in the local community and state of Texas. [[http://cnve.tamu.edu/about/advisory-council/ http://cnve.tamu.edu/about/advisory-council/]]

The Dwight D. Look College of Engineering within the university supports and fosters industry and nonprofit relationships within the realm of engineering.  In addition, the individual departments within the school have close ties with industry leaders and a campus presence from representatives of those businesses.  [[http://engineering.tamu.edu/contact/easa http://engineering.tamu.edu/contact/easa]]

= Regional and Local Economic Development Efforts =

Texas A&M has a relationship with a number of local institutions that are fostering local entrepreneurs and innovators.

Research Valley is a hub that provides support to early stage startups as well as networking to quickly bring startups and technology ventures to the industry.   They are built on strong industry relationships that enables the quick move to industry.  CNVE has ties with Research Valley’s leadership.  [[http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/ http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/]]

BCS Chamber is the local chamber of commerce.  The BCS Chamber is unique in its very strong commitment and involvement in the local community.  CNVE is developing a stronger relationship with the chamber, the first steps being induction of several student startups (primarily from Startup Aggieland) as members. [[http://www.bcschamber.org/ http://www.bcschamber.org/]] 

The May’s Business School Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship provides programs for students and faculty, but also opens the doors of their lectures and programs to members of the local community (see [http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/ebv/ Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans]). [[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/ http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/]] 

The Aggie 100 recognizes and celebrates the top 100 fastest growing Aggie-owned or Aggie-led businesses in the world.  The annual gathering hosts nearly a thousand attendees, and aims to pass the successes and strategies of the top businesses to the next generation of Aggie entrepreneurs. [[http://www.aggie100.com/ http://www.aggie100.com/]] 

Texas A&M AgriLife Research provides a community development program to provide technical assistance, grants, and workshops to communities to strengthen the foundation for economic development.  [[http://communities.tamu.edu/ http://communities.tamu.edu/]] 

Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station provides networking to all Texans to find a research partner, including all the other research-capable universities in the state, and to pursue higher research opportunities.  [[http://tees.tamu.edu/about/rpc/ http://tees.tamu.edu/about/rpc/]]

*Grants provided for
**3 school districts
**1 community center
**4 hospitals

= Landscape Canvas =

a. Canvas from the Fall 2015 University Innovation Fellows

<iframe src="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1eX5KGWZwDbRjcqnRqyyJ3LiOjcdFXF7m2_RN_WhftWU/pubhtml?widget=true&headers=false"></iframe>

b. Canvas from the Spring 2014 University Innovation Candidate

{{#widget:Google Spreadsheet|key=0Al07QhTi7pOIdEhJX2lOT1RsZ3NOSWZlNmNTSjl4UkE|width=1300|height=700}}

c. Canvas from the Fall 2013 University Innovation Fellows

{{#widget:Google Spreadsheet|key=0AgHBY23xvE2CdDRQdzUxN3JCWElxMzBDMVZ3Y2lkaWc|width=1300|height=700}}

= Related Links =

[[Texas A & M University Student Priorities]]

[[Texas_A&M_University_Student_Priorities:_Part_II|Texas A & M University Student Priorities Part II]]

[[Graham Leslie]]

[[Dean Tate]]

[[Gurlovleen Rathore|Gurlovleen_Rathore]]

[[Category:Universities]]

School:Texas A & M University

2015-10-08T21:55:25Z

Bcooper96:

[[File:TAMU LC emblem.png|thumb|center|350px|TAMU LC emblem.png]]

= Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship =

Texas A&M has support for students to learn about and become involved with entrepreneurship. Programs, like Startup Aggieland and Aggies in Business, are generally new and constantly evolving and have been put in place to reach out to students across college and disciplinary boundaries.

The Mays Business School Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship provides undergraduate and graduate certificates for entrepreneurship. Unfortunately, the undergraduate certificate is limited to undergraduate students in Mays Business School. Only the graduate certificate is available to students across colleges. The Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship, however, does support student entrepreneurship as well as faculty and the local community with competitions and lecture series to inspire and educate across campus. [[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/ http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/]] Some of its popular programs include:

*[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/ideas-challenge/ Ideas Challenge] - idea competition where 40 finalist ideas are chosen, and the top 3 ideas receive a cash prize (1st - $3,000, 2nd - $2,000, 3rd - $1000)
*[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/3DS/ 3 Day Startup] - a weekend event where students collaborate to form businesses and demo a prototype to a panel of judges, including investors

[[File:TAMU LC 3ds 1.jpg|thumb|right|TAMU LC 3ds 1.jpg]][[File:TAMU LC 3ds 2.jpg|thumb|right|TAMU LC 3ds 2.jpg]]

*[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/lunch-learn/ Lunch and Learn] - lunch speaker events
*[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/start-up-101/ Startup 101]- a weekly lesson spanning 3 or 4 weeks featuring presentations from business leaders, marketers, and IP attorneys and their advice on startup creation

Startup Aggieland is a brand new student incubator designed to provide students who have launch-ready concepts with the opportunity to receive co-working spaces, mentors, and a supportive community.  They lack laboratories, equipment, and funding. [[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/accelerator/ http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/accelerator/]]

[[File:TAMU LC startupaggieland 1.jpg|thumb|right|TAMU LC startupaggieland 1.jpg]][[File:TAMU LC startupaggieland 2.jpg|thumb|right|TAMU LC startupaggieland 2.jpg]]

Aggies in Business (AiB) is another brand new program that provides business consulting for local businesses, and enables students to be employed by the university to perform this consulting work.  The student employees are overseen by leadership.  [[http://www.txaib.org/images/txaib/pages/aib_consulting.html http://www.txaib.org/images/txaib/pages/aib_consulting.html]]

Texas A&M also has several avenues, such as the Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship Newsletter, Texas A&M Regional Engineering Conference, and Engineering Development (hosted by Student Engineers' Council), to inform students of and market innovation and entrepreneurial activities and opportunities. 

= Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship =

The university offers great resources to enable faculty entrepreneurship. CNVE offers online resources ( for e.g. lectures and case-studies) to help faculty introduce innovation and entrepreneurship to students in both innovation- and entrepreneurship-focused and non- innovation and entrepreneurship-focused courses.

Faculty are allowed to participate in nearly all of the programs run by CNVE  which also enables them to be introduced to and educated in entrepreneurship, and there are numerous institutions that provide commercialization of research. For example, the Office of Texas A&M System Technology Commericialization assists faculty in taking their research outside the university in the form of inventions and startups. 

The Division of Research at A&M is a library of resources in the university and surrounding network.  They accept grant proposals and funnel research opportunities to the correct institutions (most of which are listed under Entrepreneurship and Funding Resources).  [[http://vpr.tamu.edu/about http://vpr.tamu.edu/about]]

= University Technology Transfer Function =

Texas A&M offers a number of offices to encourage quick transfer of research to industry, aided also by some incubators in the surrounding Bryan / College Station area.

The Texas A&M Office of Technology Commercialization identifies and supports the transition of academic research into a monetized product by linking researchers with entrepreneurs and investors.  Businesses are spin-outs of the A&M System research and licensed through A&M. [[http://otc.tamu.edu/ http://otc.tamu.edu/]]

*~36 current startups listed
*Formation of over 700 license agreements
*Manage 900 patents, 1500 patent applications

Texas A&M AgriLife Research is a hub for agricultural entrepreneurs.  They have existing relationships with sponsors in order to quickly develop startups where researchers can remain scientists and hand over project management to a sponsor.  [[http://agriliferesearch.tamu.edu/corporaterelations/about-corporate-relations/ http://agriliferesearch.tamu.edu/corporaterelations/about-corporate-relations/]]

*Network of
**250 country extension offices
**900 professional educators

 Texas A&M Transport Institution provides networking for innovators to research institutions regarding the transportation profession as a whole, including construction and safety. [[http://tti.tamu.edu/group/tog/ http://tti.tamu.edu/group/tog/]]

Research Valley is a hub that provides support to early stage startups as well as networking to quickly bring startups and technology ventures to the industry. They are built on strong industry relationships that enables the quick move to industry.  [[http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/ http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/]]

*Access to capital from
**Aggie Angel Network
**Research Valley Funds, LLC
**Texas  Emerging Technology Fund ($200 million in funding for commercialization)
**Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas
**See updated landscape analysis for more options on regional capital.

= University-Industry Collaboration =

The University has strong ties with big industry leaders to encourage a quick transition from research to industry.

Research Valley is a hub that provides support to early stage startups as well as networking to quickly bring startups and technology ventures to the industry. They are built on strong industry relationships that enables the quick move to industry.  [[http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/ http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/]]

*Relationships with
**Pfizer
**Novartis
**MDF Anderson
**Hewlett Packard
**Schlumberger
**ConocoPhillips

The Mays Business School Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship has an advisory council built from industry leaders, including leaders in finance, construction, banking, law, technology, and marketing. Additionally, they have strong relationships with local I&E institutions in the local community and state of Texas. [[http://cnve.tamu.edu/about/advisory-council/ http://cnve.tamu.edu/about/advisory-council/]]

The Dwight D. Look College of Engineering within the university supports and fosters industry and nonprofit relationships within the realm of engineering.  In addition, the individual departments within the school have close ties with industry leaders and a campus presence from representatives of those businesses.  [[http://engineering.tamu.edu/contact/easa http://engineering.tamu.edu/contact/easa]]

= Regional and Local Economic Development Efforts =

Texas A&M has a relationship with a number of local institutions that are fostering local entrepreneurs and innovators.

Research Valley is a hub that provides support to early stage startups as well as networking to quickly bring startups and technology ventures to the industry.   They are built on strong industry relationships that enables the quick move to industry.  CNVE has ties with Research Valley’s leadership.  [[http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/ http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/]]

BCS Chamber is the local chamber of commerce.  The BCS Chamber is unique in its very strong commitment and involvement in the local community.  CNVE is developing a stronger relationship with the chamber, the first steps being induction of several student startups (primarily from Startup Aggieland) as members. [[http://www.bcschamber.org/ http://www.bcschamber.org/]] 

The May’s Business School Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship provides programs for students and faculty, but also opens the doors of their lectures and programs to members of the local community (see [http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/ebv/ Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans]). [[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/ http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/]] 

The Aggie 100 recognizes and celebrates the top 100 fastest growing Aggie-owned or Aggie-led businesses in the world.  The annual gathering hosts nearly a thousand attendees, and aims to pass the successes and strategies of the top businesses to the next generation of Aggie entrepreneurs. [[http://www.aggie100.com/ http://www.aggie100.com/]] 

Texas A&M AgriLife Research provides a community development program to provide technical assistance, grants, and workshops to communities to strengthen the foundation for economic development.  [[http://communities.tamu.edu/ http://communities.tamu.edu/]] 

Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station provides networking to all Texans to find a research partner, including all the other research-capable universities in the state, and to pursue higher research opportunities.  [[http://tees.tamu.edu/about/rpc/ http://tees.tamu.edu/about/rpc/]]

*Grants provided for
**3 school districts
**1 community center
**4 hospitals

= Landscape Canvas =

a. Canvas from the Fall 2015 University Innovation Fellows

{{#widget:Google Spreadsheet|key=1WOXGb3CWMkHO7RraU9aeWndBrxd-vFq3CCJSWxRrhPM|width=1300|height=700}}

b. Canvas from the Spring 2014 University Innovation Candidate

{{#widget:Google Spreadsheet|key=0Al07QhTi7pOIdEhJX2lOT1RsZ3NOSWZlNmNTSjl4UkE|width=1300|height=700}}

c. Canvas from the Fall 2013 University Innovation Fellows

{{#widget:Google Spreadsheet|key=0AgHBY23xvE2CdDRQdzUxN3JCWElxMzBDMVZ3Y2lkaWc|width=1300|height=700}}

= Related Links =

[[Texas A & M University Student Priorities]]

[[Texas_A&M_University_Student_Priorities:_Part_II|Texas A & M University Student Priorities Part II]]

[[Graham Leslie]]

[[Dean Tate]]

[[Gurlovleen Rathore|Gurlovleen_Rathore]]

[[Category:Universities]]

School:Texas A & M University

2015-10-08T21:53:39Z

Bcooper96:

[[File:TAMU LC emblem.png|thumb|center|350px|TAMU LC emblem.png]]

= Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship =

Texas A&M has support for students to learn about and become involved with entrepreneurship. Programs, like Startup Aggieland and Aggies in Business, are generally new and constantly evolving and have been put in place to reach out to students across college and disciplinary boundaries.

The Mays Business School Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship provides undergraduate and graduate certificates for entrepreneurship. Unfortunately, the undergraduate certificate is limited to undergraduate students in Mays Business School. Only the graduate certificate is available to students across colleges. The Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship, however, does support student entrepreneurship as well as faculty and the local community with competitions and lecture series to inspire and educate across campus. [[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/ http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/]] Some of its popular programs include:

*[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/ideas-challenge/ Ideas Challenge] - idea competition where 40 finalist ideas are chosen, and the top 3 ideas receive a cash prize (1st - $3,000, 2nd - $2,000, 3rd - $1000)
*[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/3DS/ 3 Day Startup] - a weekend event where students collaborate to form businesses and demo a prototype to a panel of judges, including investors

[[File:TAMU LC 3ds 1.jpg|thumb|right|TAMU LC 3ds 1.jpg]][[File:TAMU LC 3ds 2.jpg|thumb|right|TAMU LC 3ds 2.jpg]]

*[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/lunch-learn/ Lunch and Learn] - lunch speaker events
*[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/start-up-101/ Startup 101]- a weekly lesson spanning 3 or 4 weeks featuring presentations from business leaders, marketers, and IP attorneys and their advice on startup creation

Startup Aggieland is a brand new student incubator designed to provide students who have launch-ready concepts with the opportunity to receive co-working spaces, mentors, and a supportive community.  They lack laboratories, equipment, and funding. [[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/accelerator/ http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/accelerator/]]

[[File:TAMU LC startupaggieland 1.jpg|thumb|right|TAMU LC startupaggieland 1.jpg]][[File:TAMU LC startupaggieland 2.jpg|thumb|right|TAMU LC startupaggieland 2.jpg]]

Aggies in Business (AiB) is another brand new program that provides business consulting for local businesses, and enables students to be employed by the university to perform this consulting work.  The student employees are overseen by leadership.  [[http://www.txaib.org/images/txaib/pages/aib_consulting.html http://www.txaib.org/images/txaib/pages/aib_consulting.html]]

Texas A&M also has several avenues, such as the Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship Newsletter, Texas A&M Regional Engineering Conference, and Engineering Development (hosted by Student Engineers' Council), to inform students of and market innovation and entrepreneurial activities and opportunities. 

= Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship =

The university offers great resources to enable faculty entrepreneurship. CNVE offers online resources ( for e.g. lectures and case-studies) to help faculty introduce innovation and entrepreneurship to students in both innovation- and entrepreneurship-focused and non- innovation and entrepreneurship-focused courses.

Faculty are allowed to participate in nearly all of the programs run by CNVE  which also enables them to be introduced to and educated in entrepreneurship, and there are numerous institutions that provide commercialization of research. For example, the Office of Texas A&M System Technology Commericialization assists faculty in taking their research outside the university in the form of inventions and startups. 

The Division of Research at A&M is a library of resources in the university and surrounding network.  They accept grant proposals and funnel research opportunities to the correct institutions (most of which are listed under Entrepreneurship and Funding Resources).  [[http://vpr.tamu.edu/about http://vpr.tamu.edu/about]]

= University Technology Transfer Function =

Texas A&M offers a number of offices to encourage quick transfer of research to industry, aided also by some incubators in the surrounding Bryan / College Station area.

The Texas A&M Office of Technology Commercialization identifies and supports the transition of academic research into a monetized product by linking researchers with entrepreneurs and investors.  Businesses are spin-outs of the A&M System research and licensed through A&M. [[http://otc.tamu.edu/ http://otc.tamu.edu/]]

*~36 current startups listed
*Formation of over 700 license agreements
*Manage 900 patents, 1500 patent applications

Texas A&M AgriLife Research is a hub for agricultural entrepreneurs.  They have existing relationships with sponsors in order to quickly develop startups where researchers can remain scientists and hand over project management to a sponsor.  [[http://agriliferesearch.tamu.edu/corporaterelations/about-corporate-relations/ http://agriliferesearch.tamu.edu/corporaterelations/about-corporate-relations/]]

*Network of
**250 country extension offices
**900 professional educators

 Texas A&M Transport Institution provides networking for innovators to research institutions regarding the transportation profession as a whole, including construction and safety. [[http://tti.tamu.edu/group/tog/ http://tti.tamu.edu/group/tog/]]

Research Valley is a hub that provides support to early stage startups as well as networking to quickly bring startups and technology ventures to the industry. They are built on strong industry relationships that enables the quick move to industry.  [[http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/ http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/]]

*Access to capital from
**Aggie Angel Network
**Research Valley Funds, LLC
**Texas  Emerging Technology Fund ($200 million in funding for commercialization)
**Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas
**See updated landscape analysis for more options on regional capital.

= University-Industry Collaboration =

The University has strong ties with big industry leaders to encourage a quick transition from research to industry.

Research Valley is a hub that provides support to early stage startups as well as networking to quickly bring startups and technology ventures to the industry. They are built on strong industry relationships that enables the quick move to industry.  [[http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/ http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/]]

*Relationships with
**Pfizer
**Novartis
**MDF Anderson
**Hewlett Packard
**Schlumberger
**ConocoPhillips

The Mays Business School Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship has an advisory council built from industry leaders, including leaders in finance, construction, banking, law, technology, and marketing. Additionally, they have strong relationships with local I&E institutions in the local community and state of Texas. [[http://cnve.tamu.edu/about/advisory-council/ http://cnve.tamu.edu/about/advisory-council/]]

The Dwight D. Look College of Engineering within the university supports and fosters industry and nonprofit relationships within the realm of engineering.  In addition, the individual departments within the school have close ties with industry leaders and a campus presence from representatives of those businesses.  [[http://engineering.tamu.edu/contact/easa http://engineering.tamu.edu/contact/easa]]

= Regional and Local Economic Development Efforts =

Texas A&M has a relationship with a number of local institutions that are fostering local entrepreneurs and innovators.

Research Valley is a hub that provides support to early stage startups as well as networking to quickly bring startups and technology ventures to the industry.   They are built on strong industry relationships that enables the quick move to industry.  CNVE has ties with Research Valley’s leadership.  [[http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/ http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/]]

BCS Chamber is the local chamber of commerce.  The BCS Chamber is unique in its very strong commitment and involvement in the local community.  CNVE is developing a stronger relationship with the chamber, the first steps being induction of several student startups (primarily from Startup Aggieland) as members. [[http://www.bcschamber.org/ http://www.bcschamber.org/]] 

The May’s Business School Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship provides programs for students and faculty, but also opens the doors of their lectures and programs to members of the local community (see [http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/ebv/ Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans]). [[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/ http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/]] 

The Aggie 100 recognizes and celebrates the top 100 fastest growing Aggie-owned or Aggie-led businesses in the world.  The annual gathering hosts nearly a thousand attendees, and aims to pass the successes and strategies of the top businesses to the next generation of Aggie entrepreneurs. [[http://www.aggie100.com/ http://www.aggie100.com/]] 

Texas A&M AgriLife Research provides a community development program to provide technical assistance, grants, and workshops to communities to strengthen the foundation for economic development.  [[http://communities.tamu.edu/ http://communities.tamu.edu/]] 

Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station provides networking to all Texans to find a research partner, including all the other research-capable universities in the state, and to pursue higher research opportunities.  [[http://tees.tamu.edu/about/rpc/ http://tees.tamu.edu/about/rpc/]]

*Grants provided for
**3 school districts
**1 community center
**4 hospitals

= Landscape Canvas =

a. Canvas from the Fall 2015 University Innovation Fellows

{{#widget:Google Spreadsheet|key=1eX5KGWZwDbRjcqnRqyyJ3LiOjcdFXF7m2_RN_WhftWU|width=1300|height=700}}

b. Canvas from the Spring 2014 University Innovation Candidate

{{#widget:Google Spreadsheet|key=0Al07QhTi7pOIdEhJX2lOT1RsZ3NOSWZlNmNTSjl4UkE|width=1300|height=700}}

c. Canvas from the Fall 2013 University Innovation Fellows

{{#widget:Google Spreadsheet|key=0AgHBY23xvE2CdDRQdzUxN3JCWElxMzBDMVZ3Y2lkaWc|width=1300|height=700}}

= Related Links =

[[Texas A & M University Student Priorities]]

[[Texas_A&M_University_Student_Priorities:_Part_II|Texas A & M University Student Priorities Part II]]

[[Graham Leslie]]

[[Dean Tate]]

[[Gurlovleen Rathore|Gurlovleen_Rathore]]

[[Category:Universities]]

School:Texas A & M University

2015-10-08T21:50:31Z

Bcooper96:

[[File:TAMU LC emblem.png|thumb|center|350px|TAMU LC emblem.png]]

= Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship =

Texas A&M has support for students to learn about and become involved with entrepreneurship. Programs, like Startup Aggieland and Aggies in Business, are generally new and constantly evolving and have been put in place to reach out to students across college and disciplinary boundaries.

The Mays Business School Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship provides undergraduate and graduate certificates for entrepreneurship. Unfortunately, the undergraduate certificate is limited to undergraduate students in Mays Business School. Only the graduate certificate is available to students across colleges. The Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship, however, does support student entrepreneurship as well as faculty and the local community with competitions and lecture series to inspire and educate across campus. [[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/ http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/]] Some of its popular programs include:

*[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/ideas-challenge/ Ideas Challenge] - idea competition where 40 finalist ideas are chosen, and the top 3 ideas receive a cash prize (1st - $3,000, 2nd - $2,000, 3rd - $1000)
*[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/3DS/ 3 Day Startup] - a weekend event where students collaborate to form businesses and demo a prototype to a panel of judges, including investors

[[File:TAMU LC 3ds 1.jpg|thumb|right|TAMU LC 3ds 1.jpg]][[File:TAMU LC 3ds 2.jpg|thumb|right|TAMU LC 3ds 2.jpg]]

*[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/lunch-learn/ Lunch and Learn] - lunch speaker events
*[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/start-up-101/ Startup 101]- a weekly lesson spanning 3 or 4 weeks featuring presentations from business leaders, marketers, and IP attorneys and their advice on startup creation

Startup Aggieland is a brand new student incubator designed to provide students who have launch-ready concepts with the opportunity to receive co-working spaces, mentors, and a supportive community.  They lack laboratories, equipment, and funding. [[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/accelerator/ http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/accelerator/]]

[[File:TAMU LC startupaggieland 1.jpg|thumb|right|TAMU LC startupaggieland 1.jpg]][[File:TAMU LC startupaggieland 2.jpg|thumb|right|TAMU LC startupaggieland 2.jpg]]

Aggies in Business (AiB) is another brand new program that provides business consulting for local businesses, and enables students to be employed by the university to perform this consulting work.  The student employees are overseen by leadership.  [[http://www.txaib.org/images/txaib/pages/aib_consulting.html http://www.txaib.org/images/txaib/pages/aib_consulting.html]]

Texas A&M also has several avenues, such as the Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship Newsletter, Texas A&M Regional Engineering Conference, and Engineering Development (hosted by Student Engineers' Council), to inform students of and market innovation and entrepreneurial activities and opportunities. 

= Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship =

The university offers great resources to enable faculty entrepreneurship. CNVE offers online resources ( for e.g. lectures and case-studies) to help faculty introduce innovation and entrepreneurship to students in both innovation- and entrepreneurship-focused and non- innovation and entrepreneurship-focused courses.

Faculty are allowed to participate in nearly all of the programs run by CNVE  which also enables them to be introduced to and educated in entrepreneurship, and there are numerous institutions that provide commercialization of research. For example, the Office of Texas A&M System Technology Commericialization assists faculty in taking their research outside the university in the form of inventions and startups. 

The Division of Research at A&M is a library of resources in the university and surrounding network.  They accept grant proposals and funnel research opportunities to the correct institutions (most of which are listed under Entrepreneurship and Funding Resources).  [[http://vpr.tamu.edu/about http://vpr.tamu.edu/about]]

= University Technology Transfer Function =

Texas A&M offers a number of offices to encourage quick transfer of research to industry, aided also by some incubators in the surrounding Bryan / College Station area.

The Texas A&M Office of Technology Commercialization identifies and supports the transition of academic research into a monetized product by linking researchers with entrepreneurs and investors.  Businesses are spin-outs of the A&M System research and licensed through A&M. [[http://otc.tamu.edu/ http://otc.tamu.edu/]]

*~36 current startups listed
*Formation of over 700 license agreements
*Manage 900 patents, 1500 patent applications

Texas A&M AgriLife Research is a hub for agricultural entrepreneurs.  They have existing relationships with sponsors in order to quickly develop startups where researchers can remain scientists and hand over project management to a sponsor.  [[http://agriliferesearch.tamu.edu/corporaterelations/about-corporate-relations/ http://agriliferesearch.tamu.edu/corporaterelations/about-corporate-relations/]]

*Network of
**250 country extension offices
**900 professional educators

 Texas A&M Transport Institution provides networking for innovators to research institutions regarding the transportation profession as a whole, including construction and safety. [[http://tti.tamu.edu/group/tog/ http://tti.tamu.edu/group/tog/]]

Research Valley is a hub that provides support to early stage startups as well as networking to quickly bring startups and technology ventures to the industry. They are built on strong industry relationships that enables the quick move to industry.  [[http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/ http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/]]

*Access to capital from
**Aggie Angel Network
**Research Valley Funds, LLC
**Texas  Emerging Technology Fund ($200 million in funding for commercialization)
**Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas
**See updated landscape analysis for more options on regional capital.

= University-Industry Collaboration =

The University has strong ties with big industry leaders to encourage a quick transition from research to industry.

Research Valley is a hub that provides support to early stage startups as well as networking to quickly bring startups and technology ventures to the industry. They are built on strong industry relationships that enables the quick move to industry.  [[http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/ http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/]]

*Relationships with
**Pfizer
**Novartis
**MDF Anderson
**Hewlett Packard
**Schlumberger
**ConocoPhillips

The Mays Business School Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship has an advisory council built from industry leaders, including leaders in finance, construction, banking, law, technology, and marketing. Additionally, they have strong relationships with local I&E institutions in the local community and state of Texas. [[http://cnve.tamu.edu/about/advisory-council/ http://cnve.tamu.edu/about/advisory-council/]]

The Dwight D. Look College of Engineering within the university supports and fosters industry and nonprofit relationships within the realm of engineering.  In addition, the individual departments within the school have close ties with industry leaders and a campus presence from representatives of those businesses.  [[http://engineering.tamu.edu/contact/easa http://engineering.tamu.edu/contact/easa]]

= Regional and Local Economic Development Efforts =

Texas A&M has a relationship with a number of local institutions that are fostering local entrepreneurs and innovators.

Research Valley is a hub that provides support to early stage startups as well as networking to quickly bring startups and technology ventures to the industry.   They are built on strong industry relationships that enables the quick move to industry.  CNVE has ties with Research Valley’s leadership.  [[http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/ http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/]]

BCS Chamber is the local chamber of commerce.  The BCS Chamber is unique in its very strong commitment and involvement in the local community.  CNVE is developing a stronger relationship with the chamber, the first steps being induction of several student startups (primarily from Startup Aggieland) as members. [[http://www.bcschamber.org/ http://www.bcschamber.org/]] 

The May’s Business School Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship provides programs for students and faculty, but also opens the doors of their lectures and programs to members of the local community (see [http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/ebv/ Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans]). [[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/ http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/]] 

The Aggie 100 recognizes and celebrates the top 100 fastest growing Aggie-owned or Aggie-led businesses in the world.  The annual gathering hosts nearly a thousand attendees, and aims to pass the successes and strategies of the top businesses to the next generation of Aggie entrepreneurs. [[http://www.aggie100.com/ http://www.aggie100.com/]] 

Texas A&M AgriLife Research provides a community development program to provide technical assistance, grants, and workshops to communities to strengthen the foundation for economic development.  [[http://communities.tamu.edu/ http://communities.tamu.edu/]] 

Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station provides networking to all Texans to find a research partner, including all the other research-capable universities in the state, and to pursue higher research opportunities.  [[http://tees.tamu.edu/about/rpc/ http://tees.tamu.edu/about/rpc/]]

*Grants provided for
**3 school districts
**1 community center
**4 hospitals

= Landscape Canvas =

a. Canvas from the Fall 2015 University Innovation Fellows

{{#widget:Google Spreadsheet|key=1eX5KGWZwDbRjcqnRqyyJ3LiOjcdFXF7m2RNWhftWU|width=1300|height=700}}

b. Canvas from the Spring 2014 University Innovation Candidate

{{#widget:Google Spreadsheet|key=0Al07QhTi7pOIdEhJX2lOT1RsZ3NOSWZlNmNTSjl4UkE|width=1300|height=700}}

c. Canvas from the Fall 2013 University Innovation Fellows

{{#widget:Google Spreadsheet|key=0AgHBY23xvE2CdDRQdzUxN3JCWElxMzBDMVZ3Y2lkaWc|width=1300|height=700}}

= Related Links =

[[Texas A & M University Student Priorities]]

[[Texas_A&M_University_Student_Priorities:_Part_II|Texas A & M University Student Priorities Part II]]

[[Graham Leslie]]

[[Dean Tate]]

[[Gurlovleen Rathore|Gurlovleen_Rathore]]

[[Category:Universities]]

School:Texas A & M University

2015-10-08T21:45:42Z

Bcooper96:

[[File:TAMU LC emblem.png|thumb|center|350px|TAMU LC emblem.png]]

= Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship =

Texas A&M has support for students to learn about and become involved with entrepreneurship. Programs, like Startup Aggieland and Aggies in Business, are generally new and constantly evolving and have been put in place to reach out to students across college and disciplinary boundaries.

The Mays Business School Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship provides undergraduate and graduate certificates for entrepreneurship. Unfortunately, the undergraduate certificate is limited to undergraduate students in Mays Business School. Only the graduate certificate is available to students across colleges. The Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship, however, does support student entrepreneurship as well as faculty and the local community with competitions and lecture series to inspire and educate across campus. [[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/ http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/]] Some of its popular programs include:

*[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/ideas-challenge/ Ideas Challenge] - idea competition where 40 finalist ideas are chosen, and the top 3 ideas receive a cash prize (1st - $3,000, 2nd - $2,000, 3rd - $1000)
*[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/3DS/ 3 Day Startup] - a weekend event where students collaborate to form businesses and demo a prototype to a panel of judges, including investors

[[File:TAMU LC 3ds 1.jpg|thumb|right|TAMU LC 3ds 1.jpg]][[File:TAMU LC 3ds 2.jpg|thumb|right|TAMU LC 3ds 2.jpg]]

*[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/lunch-learn/ Lunch and Learn] - lunch speaker events
*[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/start-up-101/ Startup 101]- a weekly lesson spanning 3 or 4 weeks featuring presentations from business leaders, marketers, and IP attorneys and their advice on startup creation

Startup Aggieland is a brand new student incubator designed to provide students who have launch-ready concepts with the opportunity to receive co-working spaces, mentors, and a supportive community.  They lack laboratories, equipment, and funding. [[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/accelerator/ http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/accelerator/]]

[[File:TAMU LC startupaggieland 1.jpg|thumb|right|TAMU LC startupaggieland 1.jpg]][[File:TAMU LC startupaggieland 2.jpg|thumb|right|TAMU LC startupaggieland 2.jpg]]

Aggies in Business (AiB) is another brand new program that provides business consulting for local businesses, and enables students to be employed by the university to perform this consulting work.  The student employees are overseen by leadership.  [[http://www.txaib.org/images/txaib/pages/aib_consulting.html http://www.txaib.org/images/txaib/pages/aib_consulting.html]]

Texas A&M also has several avenues, such as the Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship Newsletter, Texas A&M Regional Engineering Conference, and Engineering Development (hosted by Student Engineers' Council), to inform students of and market innovation and entrepreneurial activities and opportunities. 

= Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship =

The university offers great resources to enable faculty entrepreneurship. CNVE offers online resources ( for e.g. lectures and case-studies) to help faculty introduce innovation and entrepreneurship to students in both innovation- and entrepreneurship-focused and non- innovation and entrepreneurship-focused courses.

Faculty are allowed to participate in nearly all of the programs run by CNVE  which also enables them to be introduced to and educated in entrepreneurship, and there are numerous institutions that provide commercialization of research. For example, the Office of Texas A&M System Technology Commericialization assists faculty in taking their research outside the university in the form of inventions and startups. 

The Division of Research at A&M is a library of resources in the university and surrounding network.  They accept grant proposals and funnel research opportunities to the correct institutions (most of which are listed under Entrepreneurship and Funding Resources).  [[http://vpr.tamu.edu/about http://vpr.tamu.edu/about]]

= University Technology Transfer Function =

Texas A&M offers a number of offices to encourage quick transfer of research to industry, aided also by some incubators in the surrounding Bryan / College Station area.

The Texas A&M Office of Technology Commercialization identifies and supports the transition of academic research into a monetized product by linking researchers with entrepreneurs and investors.  Businesses are spin-outs of the A&M System research and licensed through A&M. [[http://otc.tamu.edu/ http://otc.tamu.edu/]]

*~36 current startups listed
*Formation of over 700 license agreements
*Manage 900 patents, 1500 patent applications

Texas A&M AgriLife Research is a hub for agricultural entrepreneurs.  They have existing relationships with sponsors in order to quickly develop startups where researchers can remain scientists and hand over project management to a sponsor.  [[http://agriliferesearch.tamu.edu/corporaterelations/about-corporate-relations/ http://agriliferesearch.tamu.edu/corporaterelations/about-corporate-relations/]]

*Network of
**250 country extension offices
**900 professional educators

 Texas A&M Transport Institution provides networking for innovators to research institutions regarding the transportation profession as a whole, including construction and safety. [[http://tti.tamu.edu/group/tog/ http://tti.tamu.edu/group/tog/]]

Research Valley is a hub that provides support to early stage startups as well as networking to quickly bring startups and technology ventures to the industry. They are built on strong industry relationships that enables the quick move to industry.  [[http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/ http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/]]

*Access to capital from
**Aggie Angel Network
**Research Valley Funds, LLC
**Texas  Emerging Technology Fund ($200 million in funding for commercialization)
**Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas
**See updated landscape analysis for more options on regional capital.

= University-Industry Collaboration =

The University has strong ties with big industry leaders to encourage a quick transition from research to industry.

Research Valley is a hub that provides support to early stage startups as well as networking to quickly bring startups and technology ventures to the industry. They are built on strong industry relationships that enables the quick move to industry.  [[http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/ http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/]]

*Relationships with
**Pfizer
**Novartis
**MDF Anderson
**Hewlett Packard
**Schlumberger
**ConocoPhillips

The Mays Business School Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship has an advisory council built from industry leaders, including leaders in finance, construction, banking, law, technology, and marketing. Additionally, they have strong relationships with local I&E institutions in the local community and state of Texas. [[http://cnve.tamu.edu/about/advisory-council/ http://cnve.tamu.edu/about/advisory-council/]]

The Dwight D. Look College of Engineering within the university supports and fosters industry and nonprofit relationships within the realm of engineering.  In addition, the individual departments within the school have close ties with industry leaders and a campus presence from representatives of those businesses.  [[http://engineering.tamu.edu/contact/easa http://engineering.tamu.edu/contact/easa]]

= Regional and Local Economic Development Efforts =

Texas A&M has a relationship with a number of local institutions that are fostering local entrepreneurs and innovators.

Research Valley is a hub that provides support to early stage startups as well as networking to quickly bring startups and technology ventures to the industry.   They are built on strong industry relationships that enables the quick move to industry.  CNVE has ties with Research Valley’s leadership.  [[http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/ http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/]]

BCS Chamber is the local chamber of commerce.  The BCS Chamber is unique in its very strong commitment and involvement in the local community.  CNVE is developing a stronger relationship with the chamber, the first steps being induction of several student startups (primarily from Startup Aggieland) as members. [[http://www.bcschamber.org/ http://www.bcschamber.org/]] 

The May’s Business School Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship provides programs for students and faculty, but also opens the doors of their lectures and programs to members of the local community (see [http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/ebv/ Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans]). [[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/ http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/]] 

The Aggie 100 recognizes and celebrates the top 100 fastest growing Aggie-owned or Aggie-led businesses in the world.  The annual gathering hosts nearly a thousand attendees, and aims to pass the successes and strategies of the top businesses to the next generation of Aggie entrepreneurs. [[http://www.aggie100.com/ http://www.aggie100.com/]] 

Texas A&M AgriLife Research provides a community development program to provide technical assistance, grants, and workshops to communities to strengthen the foundation for economic development.  [[http://communities.tamu.edu/ http://communities.tamu.edu/]] 

Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station provides networking to all Texans to find a research partner, including all the other research-capable universities in the state, and to pursue higher research opportunities.  [[http://tees.tamu.edu/about/rpc/ http://tees.tamu.edu/about/rpc/]]

*Grants provided for
**3 school districts
**1 community center
**4 hospitals

= Landscape Canvas =

a. Canvas from the Fall 2015 University Innoavtion Fellows

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b. Canvas from the Spring 2014 University Innovation Candidate

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 c. Canvas from the Fall 2013 University Innovation Fellows

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= Related Links =

[[Texas A & M University Student Priorities]]

[[Texas_A&M_University_Student_Priorities:_Part_II|Texas A & M University Student Priorities Part II]]

[[Graham Leslie]]

[[Dean Tate]]

[[Gurlovleen Rathore|Gurlovleen_Rathore]]

[[Category:Universities]]

School:Texas A & M University

2015-10-08T21:43:20Z

Bcooper96:

[[File:TAMU LC emblem.png|thumb|center|350px|TAMU LC emblem.png]]

= Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship =

Texas A&M has support for students to learn about and become involved with entrepreneurship. Programs, like Startup Aggieland and Aggies in Business, are generally new and constantly evolving and have been put in place to reach out to students across college and disciplinary boundaries.

The Mays Business School Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship provides undergraduate and graduate certificates for entrepreneurship. Unfortunately, the undergraduate certificate is limited to undergraduate students in Mays Business School. Only the graduate certificate is available to students across colleges. The Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship, however, does support student entrepreneurship as well as faculty and the local community with competitions and lecture series to inspire and educate across campus. [[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/ http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/]] Some of its popular programs include:

*[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/ideas-challenge/ Ideas Challenge] - idea competition where 40 finalist ideas are chosen, and the top 3 ideas receive a cash prize (1st - $3,000, 2nd - $2,000, 3rd - $1000)
*[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/3DS/ 3 Day Startup] - a weekend event where students collaborate to form businesses and demo a prototype to a panel of judges, including investors

[[File:TAMU LC 3ds 1.jpg|thumb|right|TAMU LC 3ds 1.jpg]][[File:TAMU LC 3ds 2.jpg|thumb|right|TAMU LC 3ds 2.jpg]]

*[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/lunch-learn/ Lunch and Learn] - lunch speaker events
*[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/start-up-101/ Startup 101]- a weekly lesson spanning 3 or 4 weeks featuring presentations from business leaders, marketers, and IP attorneys and their advice on startup creation

Startup Aggieland is a brand new student incubator designed to provide students who have launch-ready concepts with the opportunity to receive co-working spaces, mentors, and a supportive community.  They lack laboratories, equipment, and funding. [[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/accelerator/ http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/accelerator/]]

[[File:TAMU LC startupaggieland 1.jpg|thumb|right|TAMU LC startupaggieland 1.jpg]][[File:TAMU LC startupaggieland 2.jpg|thumb|right|TAMU LC startupaggieland 2.jpg]]

Aggies in Business (AiB) is another brand new program that provides business consulting for local businesses, and enables students to be employed by the university to perform this consulting work.  The student employees are overseen by leadership.  [[http://www.txaib.org/images/txaib/pages/aib_consulting.html http://www.txaib.org/images/txaib/pages/aib_consulting.html]]

Texas A&M also has several avenues, such as the Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship Newsletter, Texas A&M Regional Engineering Conference, and Engineering Development (hosted by Student Engineers' Council), to inform students of and market innovation and entrepreneurial activities and opportunities. 

= Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship =

The university offers great resources to enable faculty entrepreneurship. CNVE offers online resources ( for e.g. lectures and case-studies) to help faculty introduce innovation and entrepreneurship to students in both innovation- and entrepreneurship-focused and non- innovation and entrepreneurship-focused courses.

Faculty are allowed to participate in nearly all of the programs run by CNVE  which also enables them to be introduced to and educated in entrepreneurship, and there are numerous institutions that provide commercialization of research. For example, the Office of Texas A&M System Technology Commericialization assists faculty in taking their research outside the university in the form of inventions and startups. 

The Division of Research at A&M is a library of resources in the university and surrounding network.  They accept grant proposals and funnel research opportunities to the correct institutions (most of which are listed under Entrepreneurship and Funding Resources).  [[http://vpr.tamu.edu/about http://vpr.tamu.edu/about]]

= University Technology Transfer Function =

Texas A&M offers a number of offices to encourage quick transfer of research to industry, aided also by some incubators in the surrounding Bryan / College Station area.

The Texas A&M Office of Technology Commercialization identifies and supports the transition of academic research into a monetized product by linking researchers with entrepreneurs and investors.  Businesses are spin-outs of the A&M System research and licensed through A&M. [[http://otc.tamu.edu/ http://otc.tamu.edu/]]

*~36 current startups listed
*Formation of over 700 license agreements
*Manage 900 patents, 1500 patent applications

Texas A&M AgriLife Research is a hub for agricultural entrepreneurs.  They have existing relationships with sponsors in order to quickly develop startups where researchers can remain scientists and hand over project management to a sponsor.  [[http://agriliferesearch.tamu.edu/corporaterelations/about-corporate-relations/ http://agriliferesearch.tamu.edu/corporaterelations/about-corporate-relations/]]

*Network of
**250 country extension offices
**900 professional educators

 Texas A&M Transport Institution provides networking for innovators to research institutions regarding the transportation profession as a whole, including construction and safety. [[http://tti.tamu.edu/group/tog/ http://tti.tamu.edu/group/tog/]]

Research Valley is a hub that provides support to early stage startups as well as networking to quickly bring startups and technology ventures to the industry. They are built on strong industry relationships that enables the quick move to industry.  [[http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/ http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/]]

*Access to capital from
**Aggie Angel Network
**Research Valley Funds, LLC
**Texas  Emerging Technology Fund ($200 million in funding for commercialization)
**Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas
**See updated landscape analysis for more options on regional capital.

= University-Industry Collaboration =

The University has strong ties with big industry leaders to encourage a quick transition from research to industry.

Research Valley is a hub that provides support to early stage startups as well as networking to quickly bring startups and technology ventures to the industry. They are built on strong industry relationships that enables the quick move to industry.  [[http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/ http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/]]

*Relationships with
**Pfizer
**Novartis
**MDF Anderson
**Hewlett Packard
**Schlumberger
**ConocoPhillips

The Mays Business School Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship has an advisory council built from industry leaders, including leaders in finance, construction, banking, law, technology, and marketing. Additionally, they have strong relationships with local I&E institutions in the local community and state of Texas. [[http://cnve.tamu.edu/about/advisory-council/ http://cnve.tamu.edu/about/advisory-council/]]

The Dwight D. Look College of Engineering within the university supports and fosters industry and nonprofit relationships within the realm of engineering.  In addition, the individual departments within the school have close ties with industry leaders and a campus presence from representatives of those businesses.  [[http://engineering.tamu.edu/contact/easa http://engineering.tamu.edu/contact/easa]]

= Regional and Local Economic Development Efforts =

Texas A&M has a relationship with a number of local institutions that are fostering local entrepreneurs and innovators.

Research Valley is a hub that provides support to early stage startups as well as networking to quickly bring startups and technology ventures to the industry.   They are built on strong industry relationships that enables the quick move to industry.  CNVE has ties with Research Valley’s leadership.  [[http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/ http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/]]

BCS Chamber is the local chamber of commerce.  The BCS Chamber is unique in its very strong commitment and involvement in the local community.  CNVE is developing a stronger relationship with the chamber, the first steps being induction of several student startups (primarily from Startup Aggieland) as members. [[http://www.bcschamber.org/ http://www.bcschamber.org/]] 

The May’s Business School Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship provides programs for students and faculty, but also opens the doors of their lectures and programs to members of the local community (see [http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/ebv/ Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans]). [[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/ http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/]] 

The Aggie 100 recognizes and celebrates the top 100 fastest growing Aggie-owned or Aggie-led businesses in the world.  The annual gathering hosts nearly a thousand attendees, and aims to pass the successes and strategies of the top businesses to the next generation of Aggie entrepreneurs. [[http://www.aggie100.com/ http://www.aggie100.com/]] 

Texas A&M AgriLife Research provides a community development program to provide technical assistance, grants, and workshops to communities to strengthen the foundation for economic development.  [[http://communities.tamu.edu/ http://communities.tamu.edu/]] 

Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station provides networking to all Texans to find a research partner, including all the other research-capable universities in the state, and to pursue higher research opportunities.  [[http://tees.tamu.edu/about/rpc/ http://tees.tamu.edu/about/rpc/]]

*Grants provided for
**3 school districts
**1 community center
**4 hospitals

= Landscape Canvas =

a. Canvas from the Fall 2015 University Innoavtion Fellows

{{#widget:Google Spreadsheet|key=1eX5KGWZwDbRjcqnRqyyJ3LiOjcdFXF7m2|width=1300|height=700}}

b. Canvas from the Spring 2014 University Innovation Candidate

{{#widget:Google Spreadsheet|key=0Al07QhTi7pOIdEhJX2lOT1RsZ3NOSWZlNmNTSjl4UkE|width=1300|height=700}}

 c. Canvas from the Fall 2013 University Innovation Fellows

{{#widget:Google Spreadsheet|key=0AgHBY23xvE2CdDRQdzUxN3JCWElxMzBDMVZ3Y2lkaWc|width=1300|height=700}}

= Related Links =

[[Texas A & M University Student Priorities]]

[[Texas_A&M_University_Student_Priorities:_Part_II|Texas A & M University Student Priorities Part II]]

[[Graham Leslie]]

[[Dean Tate]]

[[Gurlovleen Rathore|Gurlovleen_Rathore]]

[[Category:Universities]]

Priorities:Texas A & M University Student Priorities

2015-10-08T21:29:53Z

Bcooper96:

= Overview =

Texas A&M has a large innovative and entrepreneurial ecosystem. We have a variety of resources aimed at reaching both graduate and undergraduate students, as well as faculty. However, many of the more developed programs are limited to graduate students due to the fact that funds are easier spent on students that are very serious about their pursuits. Undergraduate programs are not non-existent, but simply younger and less robust. Student body awareness is an issue that plauges these newer events as well as an uncertainty of what our campus wants to develop in order to increase the I&E mentality. Knowing what students would want to attend is somewhat of a shot in the dark, hampering the development of new programs.

That being said, programs are being developed with modest success by the engineering faculty. The ultimate pathway to growth in student auidience sizes can be found in student-aided promotion and program development ( i.e. University Innovation Fellows). The Texas A&M University UIF's are devoted to allowing these new and immensly important programs to flourish. We intend to be the bridge between the faculty that have the ability to appropriate the neccessary funding and the students that have aspirations for the campus environment.

= Project: Second-Tier Idea-to-Startup Support Structure  =

UIF Involved: Brendan Cooper

This project is aimed at developing an additional undergraduate program that helps to increase the conversion rate between ideation and startup businesses.

There exists a program within Texas A&M called Aggies Invent in which students participate in an all-inclusive innovation weekend. They are tasked with deciding on a need that requires a solution, and are then expected to diagnose the issue and develop an early stage solution. Through this avenue of creative incitement, groups and ideas are created that have genuine business potential, and could be taken to further stages of development.

Currently it is very difficult to gather the neccessary momentum to proceed into a business venture. This is because of several issues:

1) Students are unmotivated/ get discouraged not knowing what to do next

2) School is demanding

3) Students become doubtful of their products' or their own potential

4) The group has bad chemistry/ not all members wish to continue

These are issues that need to be minimized in order to effectively promote the ideas that have true merit.

Our plan is to develop a secondary event or program that comes in to re-inspire students and provided much needed guidance at the right time--just before most groups face an utter demize. There are several ways to achieve this, and a multitude of events that could be hosted to make the entrepreneurial process smoother on campus.

== Milestone #1: ==

Research needs to be conducted within the existing Aggies Invent program in order to establish a program that faculty and students agree would be mutually beneficial. Intentions:

'''1) Conduct interviews at an Aggies Invent weekend for groups that participate.'''

           Types of input expected:

                  What program would they like to see?

                  How would you rate your group effectiveness?

                  Do you think you will continue developing your idea?

'''2) Particpate in an Aggies Invent weekend.'''

           Types of takeaways expected:

                  Did our group expect to continue?

                  Why did or didn't we?

                  What obstacles did we face?

'''Dates:'''

October 23-25: Research conducted for participants of an Aggies invent, base line interviews.

Week of November 2nd: Conduct Follow up interviews to determine how many groups did infact continue and why.

November 20-22: Particpate in Aggies Invent weekend.

== Milestone #2:  ==

Construct a model for the innovative group's lifecycle. Data that was gathered in the research phase needs to be compressed into a general template or diagram that expresses exactly what a group faces at any point in the Texas A&M Startup timeline. This lifecycle will be mostly concerned with the early development and strength of a group's motivation.

'''1) Develop the physical model.'''

'''2) Present this model to faculty to triangulate where this secondary program would be most beneficial.'''

'''Dates:'''

December: FInish model and present to faculty.

December (after semester): develop comprehensive plan of when we can implement a test event.

== Milestone #3: ==

With the correct information in hand, now comes the time to try to build the new event and/or program. A program curriculum and event timeline needs to be drafted in order to make sure that the test event is well planned and perfoms the function that we are hoping it will perform.

'''1) Ideation of what the program needs to contain (using research as guide).'''

             Things to remember:

                      The aim of this event is to support the development of a business model and plan.

                      The event should resemble the same basic structure as its parent event: Aggies Invent, but with a few twists.

'''2) Draft the program based on what is settled upon in the stage above.'''

'''3) Reserve the resources needed to complete the event.'''

'''4) Invite teams that have participated in Aggies Invent in the past (max 10 teams).'''

'''5) Run the test program.'''

'''Dates:'''

January 2016: Complete ideation and start drafting the program structure.

February 2016: Reserve the resources and host the event.

= Project 2: =

== Milestone: ==

== Milestone: ==

== Milestone: ==

= Project 3: =

== Milestone: ==

== Milestone: ==

== Milestone: ==

= Related Links =

[[Texas A & M University]]

[[Category:Student Priorities|Student_Priorities]]

Priorities:Texas A & M University Student Priorities

2015-10-08T21:27:07Z

Bcooper96:

= Overview =

Texas A&M has a large innovative and entrepreneurial ecosystem. We have a variety of resources aimed at reaching both graduate and undergraduate students, as well as faculty. However, many of the more developed programs are limited to graduate students due to the fact that funds are easier spent on students that are very serious about their pursuits. Undergraduate programs are not non-existent, but simply younger and less robust. Student body awareness is an issue that plauges these newer events as well as an uncertainty of what our campus wants to develop in order to increase the I&E mentality. Knowing what students would want to attend is somewhat of a shot in the dark, hampering the development of new programs.

That being said, programs are being developed with modest success by the engineering faculty. The ultimate pathway to growth in student auidience sizes can be found in student-aided promotion and program development ( i.e. University Innovation Fellows). The Texas A&M University UIF's are devoted to allowing these new and immensly important programs to flourish. We intend to be the bridge between the faculty that have the ability to appropriate the neccessary funding and the students that have aspirations for the campus environment.

= Project: Second-Tier Idea-to-Startup Support Structure  =

UIF Involved: Brendan Cooper

This project is aimed at developing an additional undergraduate program that helps to increase the conversion rate between ideation and startup businesses.

There exists a program within Texas A&M called Aggies Invent in which students participate in an all-inclusive innovation weekend. They are tasked with deciding on a need that requires a solution, and are then expected to diagnose the issue and develop an early stage solution. Through this avenue of creative incitement, groups and ideas are created that have genuine business potential, and could be taken to further stages of development.

Currently it is very difficult to gather the neccessary momentum to proceed into a business venture. This is because of several issues:

1) Students are unmotivated/ get discouraged not knowing what to do next

2) School is demanding

3) Students become doubtful of their products' or their own potential

4) The group has bad chemistry/ not all members wish to continue

These are issues that need to be minimized in order to effectively promote the ideas that have true merit.

Our plan is to develop a secondary event or program that comes in to re-inspire students and provided much needed guidance at the right time--just before most groups face an utter demize. There are several ways to achieve this, and a multitude of events that could be hosted to make the entrepreneurial process smoother on campus.

== Milestone #1: ==

Research needs to be conducted within the existing Aggies Invent program in order to establish a program that faculty and students agree would be mutually beneficial. Intentions:

'''1) Conduct interviews at an Aggies Invent weekend for groups that participate.'''

           Types of input expected:

                  What program would they like to see?

                  How would you rate your group effectiveness?

                  Do you think you will continue developing your idea?

'''2) Particpate in an Aggies Invent weekend.'''

           Types of takeaways expected:

                  Did our group expect to continue?

                  Why did or didn't we?

                  What obstacles did we face?

'''Dates:'''

October 23-25: Research conducted for participants of an Aggies invent, base line interviews.

Week of November 2nd: Conduct Follow up interviews to determine how many groups did infact continue and why.

November 20-22: Particpate in Aggies Invent weekend.

== Milestone #2:  ==

Construct a model for the innovative group's lifecycle. Data that was gathered in the research phase needs to be compressed into a general template or diagram that expresses exactly what a group faces at any point in the Texas A&M Startup timeline. This lifecycle will be mostly concerned with the early development and strength of a group's motivation.

'''1) Develop the physical model.'''

'''2) Present this model to faculty to triangulate where this secondary program would be most beneficial.'''

'''Dates:'''

December: FInish model and present to faculty.

December (after semester): develop comprehensive plan of when we can implement a test event.

== Milestone #3: ==

With the correct information in hand, now comes the time to try to build the new event and/or program. A program curriculum and event timeline needs to be drafted in order to make sure that the test event is well planned and perfoms the function that we are hoping it will perform.

'''1) Ideation of what the program needs to contain (using research as guide).'''

             Things to remember:

                      The aim of this event is to support the development of a business model and plan that would help aspiring teams to break through the "it's                       neat" phase.

                      The event should resemble the same basic structure as its parent event: Aggies Invent.

'''2) Draft the program based on what is settled upon in the stage above.'''

'''3) Reserve the resources needed to complete the event.'''

'''4) Invite teams that have participated in Aggies Invent in the past (max 10 teams).'''

'''5) Run the test program.'''

= Project 2: =

== Milestone: ==

== Milestone: ==

== Milestone: ==

= Project 3: =

== Milestone: ==

== Milestone: ==

== Milestone: ==

= Related Links =

[[Texas A & M University]]

[[Category:Student Priorities|Student_Priorities]]

Priorities:Texas A & M University Student Priorities

2015-10-07T21:38:32Z

Bcooper96:

= Overview =

Texas A&M has a large innovative and entrepreneurial ecosystem. We have a variety of resources aimed at reaching both graduate and undergraduate students, as well as faculty. However, many of the more developed programs are limited to graduate students due to the fact that funds are easier spent on students that are very serious about their pursuits. Undergraduate programs are not non-existent, but simply younger and less robust. Student body awareness is an issue that plauges these newer events as well as an uncertainty of what our campus wants to develop in order to increase the I&E mentality. Knowing what students would want to attend is somewhat of a shot in the dark, hampering the development of new programs.

That being said, programs are being developed with modest success by the engineering faculty. The ultimate pathway to growth in student auidience sizes can be found in student-aided promotion and program development ( i.e. University Innovation Fellows). The Texas A&M University UIF's are devoted to allowing these new and immensly important programs to flourish. We intend to be the bridge between the faculty that have the ability to appropriate the neccessary funding and the students that have aspirations for the campus environment.

= Project: Second-Tier Idea-to-Startup Support Structure  =

UIF Involved: Brendan Cooper

This project is aimed at developing an additional undergraduate program that helps to increase the conversion rate between ideation and startup businesses.

There exists a program within Texas A&M called Aggies Invent in which students participate in an all-inclusive innovation weekend. They are tasked with deciding on a need that requires a solution, and are then expected to diagnose the issue and develop an early stage solution. Through this avenue of creative incitement, groups and ideas are created that have genuine business potential, and could be taken to further stages of development.

Currently it is very difficult to gather the neccessary momentum to proceed into a business venture. This is because of several issues:

1) Students are unmotivated/ get discouraged not knowing what to do next

2) School is demanding

3) Students become doubtful of their products' or their own potential

4) The group has bad chemistry/ not all members wish to continue

These are issues that need to be minimized in order to effectively promote the ideas that have true merit.

Our plan is to develop a secondary event or program that comes in to re-inspire students and provided much needed guidance at the right time--just before most groups face an utter demize. There are several ways to achieve this, and a multitude of events that could be hosted to make the entrepreneurial process smoother on campus.

== Milestone #1: ==

Research needs to be conducted within the existing Aggies Invent program in order to establish a program that faculty and students agree would be mutually beneficial. Intentions:

'''1) Conduct interviews at an Aggies Invent weekend for groups that participate.'''

           Types of input expected:

                  What program would they like to see?

                  How would you rate your group effectiveness?

                  Do you think you will continue developing your idea?

'''2) Particpate in an Aggies Invent weekend.'''

           Types of takeaways expected:

                  Did our group expect to continue?

                  Why did or didn't we?

                  What obstacles did we face?

'''Dates:'''

October 23-25: Research conducted for participants of an Aggies invent, base line interviews.

Week of November 2nd: Conduct Follow up interviews to determine how many groups did infact continue and why.

November 20-22: Particpate in Aggies Invent weekend.

== Milestone #2:  ==

Construct a model for the innovative group's lifecycle. Data that was gathered in the research phase needs to be compressed into a general template or diagram that expresses exactly what a group faces at any point in the Texas A&M Startup timeline. This lifecycle will be mostly concerned with the early development and strength of a group's motivation.

'''1) Develop the physical model.'''

'''2) Present this model to faculty to triangulate where this secondary program would be most beneficial.'''

'''Dates:'''

December: FInish model and present to faculty.

December (after semester): develop comprehensive plan of when we can implement a test event.

== Milestone: ==

= Project 2: =

== Milestone: ==

== Milestone: ==

== Milestone: ==

= Project 3: =

== Milestone: ==

== Milestone: ==

== Milestone: ==

= Related Links =

[[Texas A & M University]]

[[Category:Student Priorities|Student_Priorities]]

Priorities:Texas A & M University Student Priorities

2015-10-07T21:32:36Z

Bcooper96:

= Overview =

Texas A&M has a large innovative and entrepreneurial ecosystem. We have a variety of resources aimed at reaching both graduate and undergraduate students, as well as faculty. However, many of the more developed programs are limited to graduate students due to the fact that funds are easier spent on students that are very serious about their pursuits. Undergraduate programs are not non-existent, but simply younger and less robust. Student body awareness is an issue that plauges these newer events as well as an uncertainty of what our campus wants to develop in order to increase the I&E mentality. Knowing what students would want to attend is somewhat of a shot in the dark, hampering the development of new programs.

That being said, programs are being developed with modest success by the engineering faculty. The ultimate pathway to growth in student auidience sizes can be found in student-aided promotion and program development ( i.e. University Innovation Fellows). The Texas A&M University UIF's are devoted to allowing these new and immensly important programs to flourish. We intend to be the bridge between the faculty that have the ability to appropriate the neccessary funding and the students that have aspirations for the campus environment.

= Project: Second-Tier Idea-to-Startup Support Structure  =

UIF Involved: Brendan Cooper

This project is aimed at developing an additional undergraduate program that helps to increase the conversion rate between ideation and startup businesses.

There exists a program within Texas A&M called Aggies Invent in which students participate in an all-inclusive innovation weekend. They are tasked with deciding on a need that requires a solution, and are then expected to diagnose the issue and develop an early stage solution. Through this avenue of creative incitement, groups and ideas are created that have genuine business potential, and could be taken to further stages of development.

Currently it is very difficult to gather the neccessary momentum to proceed into a business venture. This is because of several issues:

1) Students are unmotivated/ get discouraged not knowing what to do next

2) School is demanding

3) Students become doubtful of their products' or their own potential

4) The group has bad chemistry/ not all members wish to continue

These are issues that need to be minimized in order to effectively promote the ideas that have true merit.

Our plan is to develop a secondary event or program that comes in to re-inspire students and provided much needed guidance at the right time--just before most groups face an utter demize. There are several ways to achieve this, and a multitude of events that could be hosted to make the entrepreneurial process smoother on campus.

== Milestone #1: ==

Research needs to be conducted within the existing Aggies Invent program in order to establish a program that faculty and students agree would be mutually beneficial. Intentions:

'''1) Conduct interviews at an Aggies Invent weekend for groups that participate.'''

           Types of input expected:

                  What program would they like to see?

                  How would you rate your group effectiveness?

                  Do you think you will continue developing your idea?

'''2) Particpate in an Aggies Invent weekend.'''

           Types of takeaways expected:

                  Did our group expect to continue?

                  Why did or didn't we?

                  What obstacles did we face?

'''Dates:'''

October 23-25: Research conducted for participants of an Aggies invent, base line interviews.

Week of November 2nd: Conduct Follow up interviews to determine how many groups did infact continue and why.

November 20-22: Particpate in Aggies Invent weekend.

== Milestone #2:  ==

== Milestone: ==

= Project 2: =

== Milestone: ==

== Milestone: ==

== Milestone: ==

= Project 3: =

== Milestone: ==

== Milestone: ==

== Milestone: ==

= Related Links =

[[Texas A & M University]]

[[Category:Student Priorities|Student_Priorities]]

Priorities:Texas A & M University Student Priorities

2015-10-07T21:31:37Z

Bcooper96:

= Overview =

Texas A&M has a large innovative and entrepreneurial ecosystem. We have a variety of resources aimed at reaching both graduate and undergraduate students, as well as faculty. However, many of the more developed programs are limited to graduate students due to the fact that funds are easier spent on students that are very serious about their pursuits. Undergraduate programs are not non-existent, but simply younger and less robust. Student body awareness is an issue that plauges these newer events as well as an uncertainty of what our campus wants to develop in order to increase the I&E mentality. Knowing what students would want to attend is somewhat of a shot in the dark, hampering the development of new programs.

That being said, programs are being developed with modest success by the engineering faculty. The ultimate pathway to growth in student auidience sizes can be found in student-aided promotion and program development ( i.e. University Innovation Fellows). The Texas A&M University UIF's are devoted to allowing these new and immensly important programs to flourish. We intend to be the bridge between the faculty that have the ability to appropriate the neccessary funding and the students that have aspirations for the campus environment.

= Project: Second-Tier Idea-to-Startup Support Structure  =

UIF Involved: Brendan Cooper

This project is aimed at developing an additional undergraduate program that helps to increase the conversion rate between ideation and startup businesses.

There exists a program within Texas A&M called Aggies Invent in which students participate in an all-inclusive innovation weekend. They are tasked with deciding on a need that requires a solution, and are then expected to diagnose the issue and develop an early stage solution. Through this avenue of creative incitement, groups and ideas are created that have genuine business potential, and could be taken to further stages of development.

Currently it is very difficult to gather the neccessary momentum to proceed into a business venture. This is because of several issues:

1) Students are unmotivated/ get discouraged not knowing what to do next

2) School is demanding

3) Students become doubtful of their products' or their own potential

4) The group has bad chemistry/ not all members wish to continue

These are issues that need to be minimized in order to effectively promote the ideas that have true merit.

Our plan is to develop a secondary event or program that comes in to re-inspire students and provided much needed guidance at the right time--just before most groups face an utter demize. There are several ways to achieve this, and a multitude of events that could be hosted to make the entrepreneurial process smoother on campus.

== Milestone #1: ==

Research needs to be conducted within the existing Aggies Invent program in order to establish a program that faculty and students agree would be mutually beneficial. Intentions:

'''1) Conduct interviews at an Aggies Invent weekend for groups that participate.'''

           Types of input expected:

                  What program would they like to see?

                  How would you rate your group effectiveness?

                  Do you think you will continue developing your idea?

'''2) Particpate in an Aggies Invent weekend.'''

           Types of takeaways expected:

                  Did our group expect to continue?

                  Why did or didn't we?

                  What obstacles did we face?

'''Dates:'''

October 23-25: Research conducted for participants of an Aggies invent, base line interviews.

Week of November 2nd: Conduct Follow up interviews to determine how many groups did infact continue and why.

November 20-22: Particpate in Aggies Invent weekend.

== Milestone: ==

== Milestone: ==

= Project 2: =

== Milestone: ==

== Milestone: ==

== Milestone: ==

= Project 3: =

== Milestone: ==

== Milestone: ==

== Milestone: ==

= Related Links =

[[Texas A & M University]]

[[Category:Student Priorities|Student_Priorities]]

Priorities:Texas A & M University Student Priorities

2015-10-07T21:26:46Z

Bcooper96:

Priorities:Texas A & M University Student Priorities

2015-10-07T20:55:49Z

Bcooper96:

Priorities:Texas A & M University Student Priorities

2015-10-07T20:33:26Z

Bcooper96:

Priorities:Texas A & M University Student Priorities

2015-10-07T20:33:05Z

Bcooper96:

Priorities:Texas A & M University Student Priorities

2015-10-07T20:04:14Z

Bcooper96:

Priorities:Texas A & M University Student Priorities

2015-10-07T20:02:33Z

Bcooper96:

Priorities:Texas A & M University Student Priorities

2015-10-07T20:02:11Z

Bcooper96:

Priorities:Texas A & M University Student Priorities

2015-10-07T20:02:02Z

Bcooper96:

Priorities:Texas A & M University Student Priorities

2015-10-07T20:01:35Z

Bcooper96:

Priorities:Texas A & M University Student Priorities

2015-10-07T20:00:13Z

Bcooper96:

Priorities:Texas A & M University Student Priorities

2015-10-07T19:58:31Z

Bcooper96:

Priorities:Texas A & M University Student Priorities

2015-10-07T19:58:06Z

Bcooper96:

= Overview =

Texas A&M has a large innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem, and it is ranked the sixth largest university in America. They have a lot of resources that are primarily used by faculty and graduate students because of the maturity of their research or seriousness of seeing their idea through. Therefore, there is a gap in undergraduate involvement in the vast amount of resources, due to their lack of confidence or being unaware of the resources that are readily available to them. The primary way this gap can be filled is through students equipping other students with the knowledge and confidence they need to use these resources.

The Innovation Leadership Council, a student organization yet to be created, will become the group of students who are knowledgeable of all resources available on campus. Their primary goal will be to counsel other students to see an idea from start to finish. The council will consist of ten students from various majors around campus such as: Engineering, Agriculture, Biomedical, and Business. Each student will then be responsible for finding a faculty member who will support them, so as to build a council of faculty members for these students to turn to.

At first, the organization will be used to continue building a model of what each major perceives the innovation and entrepreneurial gaps are within their major and what resources are available to fill that gap. All of these resources will then be consolidated into one place where all students can easily access and understand them. There are four stages that students can go through to reach their full potential. When the council is knowledgeable of all available resources on campus, they will begin to seek ways to engage students in innovation and entrepreneurship. The council will engage students through four stages: Excitement, Education, Creation and Support, and Continued Support. These stages are meant to: build personal interest in innovation and entrepreneurship, give students the confidence to begin their journey to have a startup company, help them launch their business or organization, then to connect them with all the resources they need to be independent.

These strategies are primarily focused on equipping undergraduate students with the knowledge they need to follow a great idea from start to finish through using the resources already available at Texas A&M.

{{#Widget:Prezis|id=6o6rbacgnmyc}}

This presentation demonstrates the gaps and solutions, which are as written below.

= Innovation Leadership Council =

Below is a lead model that helps determine the gaps and how to fill them

[[File:Tamu Lead model.jpg|center|400px|Tamu Lead model.jpg]]

== Tactic #1: Form Student Organization - Innovation Leadership Council ==

There is a gap that needs to be filled in giving students an avenue to be innovative. Building a council of students who pave the way for others to be innovative would fill this gap. Students will be more willing approach a council of students for advice about their innovative and entrepreneurial ideas. The council can then encourage them and point them in the right direction. The council will constantly be up to date with what is going on in the innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem and with the resources available on campus to help students.

'''Team Leader:''' Graham, Dean

'''Milestones:'''

*Faculty advisor - 12/13
*Student Leaders go through training - 12/13
*Write organization's constitution - 12/13
*Become recognized student organization by university - 12/13

== Tactic #2: Build Council Team ==

To influence innovation and entrepreneurship on a grand scale, you need to build a diverse council from many different majors throughout campus. This will allow the council to be informed on many different events/resources available all over campus. This will make the council all the more influential in how it can help students through whatever phase of innovation they're in, whether it be engineering, agriculture or business.

'''Team Leader:''' Graham, Dean

'''Milestones:'''

*Determine which majors will benefit the council most - 11/13
*Contact faculty to recommend outstanding students - 11/13
*Interview students - 11/13
*Build council team - 12/13

== Tactic #3: Gain Faculty Support ==

Faculty support is crucial. The faculty are the decision-makers on campus, who can supply the council with whatever resources they need to grow. They are able to advise the council on which direction they are headed and whether or not it will have a positive impact.

'''Team Leader:''' Council team

'''Milestones:'''

*Inform council team of the importance of faculty support - 12/13
*Council team gains faculty support from each major - 12/13

= From Education to Creation & Support =

Below is an example of the methods and goals of the council

[[File:Tamu Methods Goals.jpg|center|400px|Tamu Methods Goals.jpg]]

== Milestone: ==

== Milestone: ==

== Milestone: ==

= =

= Related Links =

[[Texas A & M University]]

[[Category:Student Priorities|Student_Priorities]]

Priorities:Texas A & M University Student Priorities

2015-10-07T19:57:52Z

Bcooper96:

= Overview =

Texas A&M has a large innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem, and it is ranked the sixth largest university in America. They have a lot of resources that are primarily used by faculty and graduate students because of the maturity of their research or seriousness of seeing their idea through. Therefore, there is a gap in undergraduate involvement in the vast amount of resources, due to their lack of confidence or being unaware of the resources that are readily available to them. The primary way this gap can be filled is through students equipping other students with the knowledge and confidence they need to use these resources.

The Innovation Leadership Council, a student organization yet to be created, will become the group of students who are knowledgeable of all resources available on campus. Their primary goal will be to counsel other students to see an idea from start to finish. The council will consist of ten students from various majors around campus such as: Engineering, Agriculture, Biomedical, and Business. Each student will then be responsible for finding a faculty member who will support them, so as to build a council of faculty members for these students to turn to.

At first, the organization will be used to continue building a model of what each major perceives the innovation and entrepreneurial gaps are within their major and what resources are available to fill that gap. All of these resources will then be consolidated into one place where all students can easily access and understand them. There are four stages that students can go through to reach their full potential. When the council is knowledgeable of all available resources on campus, they will begin to seek ways to engage students in innovation and entrepreneurship. The council will engage students through four stages: Excitement, Education, Creation and Support, and Continued Support. These stages are meant to: build personal interest in innovation and entrepreneurship, give students the confidence to begin their journey to have a startup company, help them launch their business or organization, then to connect them with all the resources they need to be independent.

These strategies are primarily focused on equipping undergraduate students with the knowledge they need to follow a great idea from start to finish through using the resources already available at Texas A&M.

{{#Widget:Prezis|id=6o6rbacgnmyc}}

This presentation demonstrates the gaps and solutions, which are as written below.

= Innovation Leadership Council =

Below is a lead model that helps determine the gaps and how to fill them

[[File:Tamu Lead model.jpg|center|400px|Tamu Lead model.jpg]]

== Tactic #1: Form Student Organization - Innovation Leadership Council ==

There is a gap that needs to be filled in giving students an avenue to be innovative. Building a council of students who pave the way for others to be innovative would fill this gap. Students will be more willing approach a council of students for advice about their innovative and entrepreneurial ideas. The council can then encourage them and point them in the right direction. The council will constantly be up to date with what is going on in the innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem and with the resources available on campus to help students.

'''Team Leader:''' Graham, Dean

'''Milestones:'''

*Faculty advisor - 12/13
*Student Leaders go through training - 12/13
*Write organization's constitution - 12/13
*Become recognized student organization by university - 12/13

== Tactic #2: Build Council Team ==

To influence innovation and entrepreneurship on a grand scale, you need to build a diverse council from many different majors throughout campus. This will allow the council to be informed on many different events/resources available all over campus. This will make the council all the more influential in how it can help students through whatever phase of innovation they're in, whether it be engineering, agriculture or business.

'''Team Leader:''' Graham, Dean

'''Milestones:'''

*Determine which majors will benefit the council most - 11/13
*Contact faculty to recommend outstanding students - 11/13
*Interview students - 11/13
*Build council team - 12/13

== Tactic #3: Gain Faculty Support ==

Faculty support is crucial. The faculty are the decision-makers on campus, who can supply the council with whatever resources they need to grow. They are able to advise the council on which direction they are headed and whether or not it will have a positive impact.

'''Team Leader:''' Council team

'''Milestones:'''

*Inform council team of the importance of faculty support - 12/13
*Council team gains faculty support from each major - 12/13

= From Education to Creation & Support =

Below is an example of the methods and goals of the council

[[File:Tamu Methods Goals.jpg|center|400px|Tamu Methods Goals.jpg]]

== Tactic #1: Educate Students to Bring Out Their Creativity Through Innovation ==

There is already a desire in many students to be innovative. The attraction is there, but the avenue needs some work. There are many resources already on campus, but they only attract a specific crowd of students. The Innovation Leadership Council will be able to find which avenue will attract a diverse group of students from all majors to work together. These avenues will challenge students to use what they already know from class, and to educate them on what they want to know. The overall goal with this approach is to give students an environment where they can be innovative and solve a problem with a team.

'''Team Leader: '''Council team

'''Milestones:'''

*Brainstorm what students want to learn - 2/14
*Create events/competitions where students can be creative - 2/14
*Inform students of events sponsored by other organizations - 2/14

== Milestone: ==

== Milestone: ==

= =

= Related Links =

[[Texas A & M University]]

[[Category:Student Priorities|Student_Priorities]]

Priorities:Texas A & M University Student Priorities

2015-10-07T19:57:37Z

Bcooper96:

= Overview =

Texas A&M has a large innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem, and it is ranked the sixth largest university in America. They have a lot of resources that are primarily used by faculty and graduate students because of the maturity of their research or seriousness of seeing their idea through. Therefore, there is a gap in undergraduate involvement in the vast amount of resources, due to their lack of confidence or being unaware of the resources that are readily available to them. The primary way this gap can be filled is through students equipping other students with the knowledge and confidence they need to use these resources.

The Innovation Leadership Council, a student organization yet to be created, will become the group of students who are knowledgeable of all resources available on campus. Their primary goal will be to counsel other students to see an idea from start to finish. The council will consist of ten students from various majors around campus such as: Engineering, Agriculture, Biomedical, and Business. Each student will then be responsible for finding a faculty member who will support them, so as to build a council of faculty members for these students to turn to.

At first, the organization will be used to continue building a model of what each major perceives the innovation and entrepreneurial gaps are within their major and what resources are available to fill that gap. All of these resources will then be consolidated into one place where all students can easily access and understand them. There are four stages that students can go through to reach their full potential. When the council is knowledgeable of all available resources on campus, they will begin to seek ways to engage students in innovation and entrepreneurship. The council will engage students through four stages: Excitement, Education, Creation and Support, and Continued Support. These stages are meant to: build personal interest in innovation and entrepreneurship, give students the confidence to begin their journey to have a startup company, help them launch their business or organization, then to connect them with all the resources they need to be independent.

These strategies are primarily focused on equipping undergraduate students with the knowledge they need to follow a great idea from start to finish through using the resources already available at Texas A&M.

{{#Widget:Prezis|id=6o6rbacgnmyc}}

This presentation demonstrates the gaps and solutions, which are as written below.

= Innovation Leadership Council =

Below is a lead model that helps determine the gaps and how to fill them

[[File:Tamu Lead model.jpg|center|400px|Tamu Lead model.jpg]]

== Tactic #1: Form Student Organization - Innovation Leadership Council ==

There is a gap that needs to be filled in giving students an avenue to be innovative. Building a council of students who pave the way for others to be innovative would fill this gap. Students will be more willing approach a council of students for advice about their innovative and entrepreneurial ideas. The council can then encourage them and point them in the right direction. The council will constantly be up to date with what is going on in the innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem and with the resources available on campus to help students.

'''Team Leader:''' Graham, Dean

'''Milestones:'''

*Faculty advisor - 12/13
*Student Leaders go through training - 12/13
*Write organization's constitution - 12/13
*Become recognized student organization by university - 12/13

== Tactic #2: Build Council Team ==

To influence innovation and entrepreneurship on a grand scale, you need to build a diverse council from many different majors throughout campus. This will allow the council to be informed on many different events/resources available all over campus. This will make the council all the more influential in how it can help students through whatever phase of innovation they're in, whether it be engineering, agriculture or business.

'''Team Leader:''' Graham, Dean

'''Milestones:'''

*Determine which majors will benefit the council most - 11/13
*Contact faculty to recommend outstanding students - 11/13
*Interview students - 11/13
*Build council team - 12/13

== Tactic #3: Gain Faculty Support ==

Faculty support is crucial. The faculty are the decision-makers on campus, who can supply the council with whatever resources they need to grow. They are able to advise the council on which direction they are headed and whether or not it will have a positive impact.

'''Team Leader:''' Council team

'''Milestones:'''

*Inform council team of the importance of faculty support - 12/13
*Council team gains faculty support from each major - 12/13

= From Education to Creation & Support =

Below is an example of the methods and goals of the council

[[File:Tamu Methods Goals.jpg|center|400px|Tamu Methods Goals.jpg]]

== Tactic #1: Educate Students to Bring Out Their Creativity Through Innovation ==

There is already a desire in many students to be innovative. The attraction is there, but the avenue needs some work. There are many resources already on campus, but they only attract a specific crowd of students. The Innovation Leadership Council will be able to find which avenue will attract a diverse group of students from all majors to work together. These avenues will challenge students to use what they already know from class, and to educate them on what they want to know. The overall goal with this approach is to give students an environment where they can be innovative and solve a problem with a team.

'''Team Leader: '''Council team

'''Milestones:'''

*Brainstorm what students want to learn - 2/14
*Create events/competitions where students can be creative - 2/14
*Inform students of events sponsored by other organizations - 2/14

== Project: ==

== Milestone: ==

= =

= Related Links =

[[Texas A & M University]]

[[Category:Student Priorities|Student_Priorities]]

Priorities:Texas A & M University Student Priorities

2015-10-07T19:57:01Z

Bcooper96:

= Overview =

Texas A&M has a large innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem, and it is ranked the sixth largest university in America. They have a lot of resources that are primarily used by faculty and graduate students because of the maturity of their research or seriousness of seeing their idea through. Therefore, there is a gap in undergraduate involvement in the vast amount of resources, due to their lack of confidence or being unaware of the resources that are readily available to them. The primary way this gap can be filled is through students equipping other students with the knowledge and confidence they need to use these resources.

The Innovation Leadership Council, a student organization yet to be created, will become the group of students who are knowledgeable of all resources available on campus. Their primary goal will be to counsel other students to see an idea from start to finish. The council will consist of ten students from various majors around campus such as: Engineering, Agriculture, Biomedical, and Business. Each student will then be responsible for finding a faculty member who will support them, so as to build a council of faculty members for these students to turn to.

At first, the organization will be used to continue building a model of what each major perceives the innovation and entrepreneurial gaps are within their major and what resources are available to fill that gap. All of these resources will then be consolidated into one place where all students can easily access and understand them. There are four stages that students can go through to reach their full potential. When the council is knowledgeable of all available resources on campus, they will begin to seek ways to engage students in innovation and entrepreneurship. The council will engage students through four stages: Excitement, Education, Creation and Support, and Continued Support. These stages are meant to: build personal interest in innovation and entrepreneurship, give students the confidence to begin their journey to have a startup company, help them launch their business or organization, then to connect them with all the resources they need to be independent.

These strategies are primarily focused on equipping undergraduate students with the knowledge they need to follow a great idea from start to finish through using the resources already available at Texas A&M.

{{#Widget:Prezis|id=6o6rbacgnmyc}}

This presentation demonstrates the gaps and solutions, which are as written below.

= Innovation Leadership Council =

Below is a lead model that helps determine the gaps and how to fill them

[[File:Tamu Lead model.jpg|center|400px|Tamu Lead model.jpg]]

== Tactic #1: Form Student Organization - Innovation Leadership Council ==

There is a gap that needs to be filled in giving students an avenue to be innovative. Building a council of students who pave the way for others to be innovative would fill this gap. Students will be more willing approach a council of students for advice about their innovative and entrepreneurial ideas. The council can then encourage them and point them in the right direction. The council will constantly be up to date with what is going on in the innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem and with the resources available on campus to help students.

'''Team Leader:''' Graham, Dean

'''Milestones:'''

*Faculty advisor - 12/13
*Student Leaders go through training - 12/13
*Write organization's constitution - 12/13
*Become recognized student organization by university - 12/13

== Tactic #2: Build Council Team ==

To influence innovation and entrepreneurship on a grand scale, you need to build a diverse council from many different majors throughout campus. This will allow the council to be informed on many different events/resources available all over campus. This will make the council all the more influential in how it can help students through whatever phase of innovation they're in, whether it be engineering, agriculture or business.

'''Team Leader:''' Graham, Dean

'''Milestones:'''

*Determine which majors will benefit the council most - 11/13
*Contact faculty to recommend outstanding students - 11/13
*Interview students - 11/13
*Build council team - 12/13

== Tactic #3: Gain Faculty Support ==

Faculty support is crucial. The faculty are the decision-makers on campus, who can supply the council with whatever resources they need to grow. They are able to advise the council on which direction they are headed and whether or not it will have a positive impact.

'''Team Leader:''' Council team

'''Milestones:'''

*Inform council team of the importance of faculty support - 12/13
*Council team gains faculty support from each major - 12/13

= From Education to Creation & Support =

Below is an example of the methods and goals of the council

[[File:Tamu Methods Goals.jpg|center|400px|Tamu Methods Goals.jpg]]

== Tactic #1: Educate Students to Bring Out Their Creativity Through Innovation ==

There is already a desire in many students to be innovative. The attraction is there, but the avenue needs some work. There are many resources already on campus, but they only attract a specific crowd of students. The Innovation Leadership Council will be able to find which avenue will attract a diverse group of students from all majors to work together. These avenues will challenge students to use what they already know from class, and to educate them on what they want to know. The overall goal with this approach is to give students an environment where they can be innovative and solve a problem with a team.

'''Team Leader: '''Council team

'''Milestones:'''

*Brainstorm what students want to learn - 2/14
*Create events/competitions where students can be creative - 2/14
*Inform students of events sponsored by other organizations - 2/14

== Project: ==

== Project: ==

= =

= Related Links =

[[Texas A & M University]]

[[Category:Student Priorities|Student_Priorities]]

Priorities:Texas A & M University Student Priorities

2015-10-07T19:56:38Z

Bcooper96:

= Overview =

Texas A&M has a large innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem, and it is ranked the sixth largest university in America. They have a lot of resources that are primarily used by faculty and graduate students because of the maturity of their research or seriousness of seeing their idea through. Therefore, there is a gap in undergraduate involvement in the vast amount of resources, due to their lack of confidence or being unaware of the resources that are readily available to them. The primary way this gap can be filled is through students equipping other students with the knowledge and confidence they need to use these resources.

The Innovation Leadership Council, a student organization yet to be created, will become the group of students who are knowledgeable of all resources available on campus. Their primary goal will be to counsel other students to see an idea from start to finish. The council will consist of ten students from various majors around campus such as: Engineering, Agriculture, Biomedical, and Business. Each student will then be responsible for finding a faculty member who will support them, so as to build a council of faculty members for these students to turn to.

At first, the organization will be used to continue building a model of what each major perceives the innovation and entrepreneurial gaps are within their major and what resources are available to fill that gap. All of these resources will then be consolidated into one place where all students can easily access and understand them. There are four stages that students can go through to reach their full potential. When the council is knowledgeable of all available resources on campus, they will begin to seek ways to engage students in innovation and entrepreneurship. The council will engage students through four stages: Excitement, Education, Creation and Support, and Continued Support. These stages are meant to: build personal interest in innovation and entrepreneurship, give students the confidence to begin their journey to have a startup company, help them launch their business or organization, then to connect them with all the resources they need to be independent.

These strategies are primarily focused on equipping undergraduate students with the knowledge they need to follow a great idea from start to finish through using the resources already available at Texas A&M.

{{#Widget:Prezis|id=6o6rbacgnmyc}}

This presentation demonstrates the gaps and solutions, which are as written below.

= Innovation Leadership Council =

Below is a lead model that helps determine the gaps and how to fill them

[[File:Tamu Lead model.jpg|center|400px|Tamu Lead model.jpg]]

== Tactic #1: Form Student Organization - Innovation Leadership Council ==

There is a gap that needs to be filled in giving students an avenue to be innovative. Building a council of students who pave the way for others to be innovative would fill this gap. Students will be more willing approach a council of students for advice about their innovative and entrepreneurial ideas. The council can then encourage them and point them in the right direction. The council will constantly be up to date with what is going on in the innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem and with the resources available on campus to help students.

'''Team Leader:''' Graham, Dean

'''Milestones:'''

*Faculty advisor - 12/13
*Student Leaders go through training - 12/13
*Write organization's constitution - 12/13
*Become recognized student organization by university - 12/13

== Tactic #2: Build Council Team ==

To influence innovation and entrepreneurship on a grand scale, you need to build a diverse council from many different majors throughout campus. This will allow the council to be informed on many different events/resources available all over campus. This will make the council all the more influential in how it can help students through whatever phase of innovation they're in, whether it be engineering, agriculture or business.

'''Team Leader:''' Graham, Dean

'''Milestones:'''

*Determine which majors will benefit the council most - 11/13
*Contact faculty to recommend outstanding students - 11/13
*Interview students - 11/13
*Build council team - 12/13

== Tactic #3: Gain Faculty Support ==

Faculty support is crucial. The faculty are the decision-makers on campus, who can supply the council with whatever resources they need to grow. They are able to advise the council on which direction they are headed and whether or not it will have a positive impact.

'''Team Leader:''' Council team

'''Milestones:'''

*Inform council team of the importance of faculty support - 12/13
*Council team gains faculty support from each major - 12/13

= From Education to Creation & Support =

Below is an example of the methods and goals of the council

[[File:Tamu Methods Goals.jpg|center|400px|Tamu Methods Goals.jpg]]

== Tactic #1: Educate Students to Bring Out Their Creativity Through Innovation ==

There is already a desire in many students to be innovative. The attraction is there, but the avenue needs some work. There are many resources already on campus, but they only attract a specific crowd of students. The Innovation Leadership Council will be able to find which avenue will attract a diverse group of students from all majors to work together. These avenues will challenge students to use what they already know from class, and to educate them on what they want to know. The overall goal with this approach is to give students an environment where they can be innovative and solve a problem with a team.

'''Team Leader: '''Council team

'''Milestones:'''

*Brainstorm what students want to learn - 2/14
*Create events/competitions where students can be creative - 2/14
*Inform students of events sponsored by other organizations - 2/14

== Tactic #2: Creation & Support ==

Creation and support are the steps where most student projects never move on to the next step. Students are either afraid of failure or are unaware of the resources that it will take to turn their project into a startup company. This is where the council will come in. They will gather all the resources students need and simply point them in the right direction.

'''Team Leader:''' Graham

'''Milestones:'''

*Obtain support from various resources on/off campus - 1/14
*Find a maker space - 2/14
*Encourage dedicated student teams to take their projects to the next step

== Project: ==

= =

= Related Links =

[[Texas A & M University]]

[[Category:Student Priorities|Student_Priorities]]

Priorities:Texas A & M University Student Priorities

2015-10-07T19:55:44Z

Bcooper96:

= Overview =

Texas A&M has a large innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem, and it is ranked the sixth largest university in America. They have a lot of resources that are primarily used by faculty and graduate students because of the maturity of their research or seriousness of seeing their idea through. Therefore, there is a gap in undergraduate involvement in the vast amount of resources, due to their lack of confidence or being unaware of the resources that are readily available to them. The primary way this gap can be filled is through students equipping other students with the knowledge and confidence they need to use these resources.

The Innovation Leadership Council, a student organization yet to be created, will become the group of students who are knowledgeable of all resources available on campus. Their primary goal will be to counsel other students to see an idea from start to finish. The council will consist of ten students from various majors around campus such as: Engineering, Agriculture, Biomedical, and Business. Each student will then be responsible for finding a faculty member who will support them, so as to build a council of faculty members for these students to turn to.

At first, the organization will be used to continue building a model of what each major perceives the innovation and entrepreneurial gaps are within their major and what resources are available to fill that gap. All of these resources will then be consolidated into one place where all students can easily access and understand them. There are four stages that students can go through to reach their full potential. When the council is knowledgeable of all available resources on campus, they will begin to seek ways to engage students in innovation and entrepreneurship. The council will engage students through four stages: Excitement, Education, Creation and Support, and Continued Support. These stages are meant to: build personal interest in innovation and entrepreneurship, give students the confidence to begin their journey to have a startup company, help them launch their business or organization, then to connect them with all the resources they need to be independent.

These strategies are primarily focused on equipping undergraduate students with the knowledge they need to follow a great idea from start to finish through using the resources already available at Texas A&M.

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This presentation demonstrates the gaps and solutions, which are as written below.

= Innovation Leadership Council =

Below is a lead model that helps determine the gaps and how to fill them

[[File:Tamu Lead model.jpg|center|400px|Tamu Lead model.jpg]]

== Tactic #1: Form Student Organization - Innovation Leadership Council ==

There is a gap that needs to be filled in giving students an avenue to be innovative. Building a council of students who pave the way for others to be innovative would fill this gap. Students will be more willing approach a council of students for advice about their innovative and entrepreneurial ideas. The council can then encourage them and point them in the right direction. The council will constantly be up to date with what is going on in the innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem and with the resources available on campus to help students.

'''Team Leader:''' Graham, Dean

'''Milestones:'''

*Faculty advisor - 12/13
*Student Leaders go through training - 12/13
*Write organization's constitution - 12/13
*Become recognized student organization by university - 12/13

== Tactic #2: Build Council Team ==

To influence innovation and entrepreneurship on a grand scale, you need to build a diverse council from many different majors throughout campus. This will allow the council to be informed on many different events/resources available all over campus. This will make the council all the more influential in how it can help students through whatever phase of innovation they're in, whether it be engineering, agriculture or business.

'''Team Leader:''' Graham, Dean

'''Milestones:'''

*Determine which majors will benefit the council most - 11/13
*Contact faculty to recommend outstanding students - 11/13
*Interview students - 11/13
*Build council team - 12/13

== Tactic #3: Gain Faculty Support ==

Faculty support is crucial. The faculty are the decision-makers on campus, who can supply the council with whatever resources they need to grow. They are able to advise the council on which direction they are headed and whether or not it will have a positive impact.

'''Team Leader:''' Council team

'''Milestones:'''

*Inform council team of the importance of faculty support - 12/13
*Council team gains faculty support from each major - 12/13

= From Education to Creation & Support =

Below is an example of the methods and goals of the council

[[File:Tamu Methods Goals.jpg|center|400px|Tamu Methods Goals.jpg]]

== Tactic #1: Educate Students to Bring Out Their Creativity Through Innovation ==

There is already a desire in many students to be innovative. The attraction is there, but the avenue needs some work. There are many resources already on campus, but they only attract a specific crowd of students. The Innovation Leadership Council will be able to find which avenue will attract a diverse group of students from all majors to work together. These avenues will challenge students to use what they already know from class, and to educate them on what they want to know. The overall goal with this approach is to give students an environment where they can be innovative and solve a problem with a team.

'''Team Leader: '''Council team

'''Milestones:'''

*Brainstorm what students want to learn - 2/14
*Create events/competitions where students can be creative - 2/14
*Inform students of events sponsored by other organizations - 2/14

== Tactic #2: Creation & Support ==

Creation and support are the steps where most student projects never move on to the next step. Students are either afraid of failure or are unaware of the resources that it will take to turn their project into a startup company. This is where the council will come in. They will gather all the resources students need and simply point them in the right direction.

'''Team Leader:''' Graham

'''Milestones:'''

*Obtain support from various resources on/off campus - 1/14
*Find a maker space - 2/14
*Encourage dedicated student teams to take their projects to the next step

== Tactic #3: Provide Resources to Build Independence for Innovative Students ==

It is not enough for innovative students to create a startup; they need continued support to back them up even after college. They need the support of companies or organizations that will give them financial and business advice that will really lift their startup off the ground. This will give students the confidence they need to be independent with their innovative design, even after college.

'''Team Leader:''' Council team

'''Milestones:'''

*Gather support for specific student teams - 3/14
*Help build their network so they can be independent - 3/14

= =

= Related Links =

[[Texas A & M University]]

[[Category:Student Priorities|Student_Priorities]]

Priorities:Texas A & M University Student Priorities

2015-10-07T19:54:42Z

Bcooper96:

= Overview =

Texas A&M has a large innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem, and it is ranked the sixth largest university in America. They have a lot of resources that are primarily used by faculty and graduate students because of the maturity of their research or seriousness of seeing their idea through. Therefore, there is a gap in undergraduate involvement in the vast amount of resources, due to their lack of confidence or being unaware of the resources that are readily available to them. The primary way this gap can be filled is through students equipping other students with the knowledge and confidence they need to use these resources.

The Innovation Leadership Council, a student organization yet to be created, will become the group of students who are knowledgeable of all resources available on campus. Their primary goal will be to counsel other students to see an idea from start to finish. The council will consist of ten students from various majors around campus such as: Engineering, Agriculture, Biomedical, and Business. Each student will then be responsible for finding a faculty member who will support them, so as to build a council of faculty members for these students to turn to.

At first, the organization will be used to continue building a model of what each major perceives the innovation and entrepreneurial gaps are within their major and what resources are available to fill that gap. All of these resources will then be consolidated into one place where all students can easily access and understand them. There are four stages that students can go through to reach their full potential. When the council is knowledgeable of all available resources on campus, they will begin to seek ways to engage students in innovation and entrepreneurship. The council will engage students through four stages: Excitement, Education, Creation and Support, and Continued Support. These stages are meant to: build personal interest in innovation and entrepreneurship, give students the confidence to begin their journey to have a startup company, help them launch their business or organization, then to connect them with all the resources they need to be independent.

These strategies are primarily focused on equipping undergraduate students with the knowledge they need to follow a great idea from start to finish through using the resources already available at Texas A&M.

{{#Widget:Prezis|id=6o6rbacgnmyc}}

This presentation demonstrates the gaps and solutions, which are as written below.

= Innovation Leadership Council =

Below is a lead model that helps determine the gaps and how to fill them

[[File:Tamu Lead model.jpg|center|400px|Tamu Lead model.jpg]]

== Tactic #1: Form Student Organization - Innovation Leadership Council ==

There is a gap that needs to be filled in giving students an avenue to be innovative. Building a council of students who pave the way for others to be innovative would fill this gap. Students will be more willing approach a council of students for advice about their innovative and entrepreneurial ideas. The council can then encourage them and point them in the right direction. The council will constantly be up to date with what is going on in the innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem and with the resources available on campus to help students.

'''Team Leader:''' Graham, Dean

'''Milestones:'''

*Faculty advisor - 12/13
*Student Leaders go through training - 12/13
*Write organization's constitution - 12/13
*Become recognized student organization by university - 12/13

== Tactic #2: Build Council Team ==

To influence innovation and entrepreneurship on a grand scale, you need to build a diverse council from many different majors throughout campus. This will allow the council to be informed on many different events/resources available all over campus. This will make the council all the more influential in how it can help students through whatever phase of innovation they're in, whether it be engineering, agriculture or business.

'''Team Leader:''' Graham, Dean

'''Milestones:'''

*Determine which majors will benefit the council most - 11/13
*Contact faculty to recommend outstanding students - 11/13
*Interview students - 11/13
*Build council team - 12/13

== Tactic #3: Gain Faculty Support ==

Faculty support is crucial. The faculty are the decision-makers on campus, who can supply the council with whatever resources they need to grow. They are able to advise the council on which direction they are headed and whether or not it will have a positive impact.

'''Team Leader:''' Council team

'''Milestones:'''

*Inform council team of the importance of faculty support - 12/13
*Council team gains faculty support from each major - 12/13

= From Education to Creation & Support =

Below is an example of the methods and goals of the council

[[File:Tamu Methods Goals.jpg|center|400px|Tamu Methods Goals.jpg]]

== Tactic #1: Educate Students to Bring Out Their Creativity Through Innovation ==

There is already a desire in many students to be innovative. The attraction is there, but the avenue needs some work. There are many resources already on campus, but they only attract a specific crowd of students. The Innovation Leadership Council will be able to find which avenue will attract a diverse group of students from all majors to work together. These avenues will challenge students to use what they already know from class, and to educate them on what they want to know. The overall goal with this approach is to give students an environment where they can be innovative and solve a problem with a team.

'''Team Leader: '''Council team

'''Milestones:'''

*Brainstorm what students want to learn - 2/14
*Create events/competitions where students can be creative - 2/14
*Inform students of events sponsored by other organizations - 2/14

== Tactic #2: Creation & Support ==

Creation and support are the steps where most student projects never move on to the next step. Students are either afraid of failure or are unaware of the resources that it will take to turn their project into a startup company. This is where the council will come in. They will gather all the resources students need and simply point them in the right direction.

'''Team Leader:''' Graham

'''Milestones:'''

*Obtain support from various resources on/off campus - 1/14
*Find a maker space - 2/14
*Encourage dedicated student teams to take their projects to the next step

== Tactic #3: Provide Resources to Build Independence for Innovative Students ==

It is not enough for innovative students to create a startup; they need continued support to back them up even after college. They need the support of companies or organizations that will give them financial and business advice that will really lift their startup off the ground. This will give students the confidence they need to be independent with their innovative design, even after college.

'''Team Leader:''' Council team

'''Milestones:'''

*Gather support for specific student teams - 3/14
*Help build their network so they can be independent - 3/14

= =

= Related Links =

[[Texas A & M University]]

[[Graham Leslie]]

[[Dean Tate]]

[[Category:Student Priorities|Student_Priorities]]

Fellow:Brendan Cooper

2015-08-29T03:32:28Z

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Brendan Cooper is a University Innovation Fellow and Mechanical Engineering student at Texas A&M University in sunny College Station, Texas. His experiences as an engineer have driven him to pursue a career that will confront issues of both design and aesthetics. As an intern for VT-DRB Aviation Consultants, Brendan was able to develop and define skills that will help him be prepared for the future of his choosing, particularly in design. Beyond this working education in design, he was also able to gain insight on the nature of the manufacturing process, helping to further expand his understanding of the engineering process. With these lessons learned and experiences gained, Brendan continues to forge a path that will fulfill his expectations of himself and his capabilities. In the workplace, he hopes to engage himself in product design and development as it relates to engineering.

Brendan is a creative and constructive person that works hard on whatever he is presented. He is a leader by example and is dedicated to perfectionism, even in the face of hardship. This being said, he also knows how to have fun and enjoy what makes life worthwhile. He is an avid traveler and lived overseas in England for an extend amount of time. From that experience he was able to glean lasting friendships and a unified cultural perspective that have contributed to his success thus far. He also enjoys hobbies such as model construction, drawing, and last but not least, swimming. Brendan is primarily a good learner, and strives to use that facet of his personality for the betterment of his society.

Being a University Innovation Fellow does not weigh lightly on Brendan. The opportunities presented by such an organization promise to be outstanding, and his devotion to accomplishing true change within his campus is great. He wants to encourage the growth of as many innovative and creative thinkers on his campus as he possibly can. His enthusiasm, coupled with the platform of the UIF, will ensure that his aims are accomplished.

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