University Innovation Fellows - User contributions [en]

Priorities:University of Pittsburgh Student Priorities

2016-02-11T23:04:54Z

GrantJacoby:

= Overview<br/> =

The University of Pittsburgh is a well-known leader in innovation within the fields of engineering and medical research.  Translational research and entrepreneurship exist primarily at the institutional level.  Many organizations exist, like the Institute of Entrepreneurial Excellence, to give budding entrepreneurs the needed resources and inspiration to proceed from ideation to market.  In the last 20 years alone, such programs have created more than 800 startups and 7,000 jobs in the Pittsburgh area.  Between the sheer amount of research conducted and available seed funding (Coulter Program for bioengineering devices, other VC connections through Institute of Entrepreneurial Excellence) Innovation and Entrepreneurship needs only to be catalyzed to take off, since all necessary ingredients are in abundance at the University of Pittsburgh.

However, there is a huge gap on campus between these institutions and undergraduate students.  Most students are unaware of PantherlabWorks (a commercialization accelerator) and do not know that the university offers patent and IP counseling through the Office of Technology Management/Office of Enterprise Development.  At present, these institutions mainly serve graduate students and faculty. 

Fortunately, administrators are beginning to take a strong interest in university-facilitated patent development and product realization for undergraduate students.  Professors from the Industrial Engineering department will soon introduce a product realization certificate to span all majors and the chemical engineering department has recently revamped its sophomore and junior year curriculum to more intently convey design principles.  The mechanical engineering department, too, has been steadily increasing the focus on sustainability and marketability in undergraduate design classes, as in ‘MEMS 0024: Intro to Mechanical Engineering Design.’

Still, it is clear that there is more work to be done.  In many other disciplines, serious project management/design courses are not mandatory until senior year.  Further, freshman students are NEVER formally exposed to the opportunities of product development for engineers.  The best opportunities for undergrads to get involved in projects are in extracurricular clubs.  DesignHub, Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW), and Engineers Without Borders (EWB) are three of the strongest organizations on campus for completing actual projects with significant impact in local and global communities.

We seek to expand upon and merge into a community, the values and practices of these groups.  Two gaps we seek to bridge as UI Fellows are as follows:

#Inspire and Forge Project Teams (applied/realized value)
#*Connect product ideas that have market value with teams capable of producing them.  Provide access to funding and guidance for these teams.  
#Provide an incubator space (applied/realized value)
#*Allow such teams to function effectively and provide the necessary inspiration/motivation to get undergraduates interested in I&E.
#Increase awareness of I&E on campus
#*TEDx Event
#*Creativity Wall
#*1000 Pitches
#*Club of Clubs
#Change Curriculum 
#*First Year Classes
#*Provide an interdisciplinary entrepreneurship class
#*Give credit to entrepreneurs
#Build an Entreneurship Community at Pitt Business and Connect the Different Departments
#*Connect student organizations across departments in Entrepreneurship through Suitable
#*Hold site visits and lectures series for business students interested in entreperneurship
#*Run and operate one hackathon per semester at Pitt Business
#*Organize 3 projects to compete at the Enactus National and Regional Competitions

= Strategy #1: Inspire and Forge Project Teams =

Following are an array of strategies that will fully address Gap #1 over a 2-3 year period:

== Tactic #1: Create Advisory Board/Panel to Promote I&E ==

•   Description: Students in the Pitt Business school are currently looking to launch an entrepreneurship club- one that would connect mixed groups of students to form cohesive teams (engineering, business, law, etc. students) and validate market potential.  In partnering with this effort, an advisory board for I&E would seek out possible projects and give them to an able team.  It would be the goal of such a board to find the need on campus for different products, looking for possible ideas in extracurricular clubs, professors, and perhaps, industry.  These projects would be assigned to a team that applies with a plan to complete them, and they would be guided to the IP resources on campus and eventually to the proper contacts in the Business school for marketing advice.    

•   Team Leader:: TBD

== Tactic #2: Host Seminars/Grand Challenges to Educate/Inspire ==

•   Description: Professors in the Engineering Education Resource Center (EERC), are in the process of applying for a grant to host seminars and challenge sessions for next semester.  As Innovation Fellows, we have been given the opportunity to help plan these events and hope to use them to foster support (especially at the freshman/sophomore level) for the movement.  Current seminar ideas include: Dinner with entrepreneurs, microGrant challenge, skill seminars. 

•   Team Leader:: TBD

= Strategy #2: Provide better innovation spaces =

Students on campus need more space to work on projects. These spaces will not only meet that need, they will also improve the innovative culture by giving students a home base, a hang out spot, where innovative communities can form.

In order to accomplish this goal, a group in the engineering school is starting an initial space in order to prove demand and bolster support. In the near future, we hope to expand the space and form multiple spaces, encompassing the entire scale of prototyping fidelity and providing the lowest posible barrier to entry to students in all schools at Pitt

== <span style="font-size:large">Milestone #1: Find and Create a Space (Completed Jan 1st 2016)</span> ==

•   Secured space in engineering building to serve as the first space. Space was remodelled and essentially inheirited as a blank slate.

== <span style="font-size:large">Milestone #2: Form teams to manage the space (Initially formed Jan 19th)</span> ==

The space is managed by 4 subteams. Each subteam has a team leader. All of the team leaders serve as the overall management team for the space, which is led by Zach Patterson. Dr. Buddy Clark serves as a faculty mentor & leader. Subteams are:

*Equipment Team: In charge of keeping an equipment & materials wishist and maintaining equipment & materials in the room. Led by Nick Petro
*Education & Training Team: In charge of training new users to use the space, creating training modules for equipment as it is added, and providing and stimulating ongoing education for members. Led by Kevin Gilboy
*Users Team: In charge of accumulating key data for the space in order to form a quantitative value proposition for additional spaces. Also helps determine baseline requirements for room use. Led by Linday Pietz
*Outreach Team: In charge of promoting the space both on and off campus. Seeks industry sponsors. Led by Reshef Elisha

== <span style="font-size:large;">Milestone #3: Have a completely organized, functional, highly used space<br/><span style="font-size:medium;">Date: April 2016</span></span> ==

*Paint and outfit the room to make it a more welcoming and thought provoking place
*Set up equipment and materials in the room
*Iron out the management scheme to ensure maximum efficiency and effectiveness
*Maximize data tracking
*Steadily increase traffic and cultivate a community
*Secure industry sponsors

== <span style="font-size:large;">Milestone #4: Have a grand opening to kick off the new school year</span><br/><span style="font-size:medium;">Date: September 2016</span> ==

After completely setting up the space, ensuring everthing runs smoothly, and perfecting our data tracking techniquies, we will begin to heavily promote the space in the new school year, holding events and doing our best to bring in more students than we have space and resources. By doing this, we hope to prove that demand has outgrown the space and that it is time to expand to more and better spaces. 

== <span style="font-size:large;">Milestone #5: Propose more and better spaces</span><br/><span style="font-size:medium;">Date: October 2016</span> ==

The data collected over the course of the year will serve as the basis for a proposal to greatly increase the resources put into makerspaces and to rapidly expand our space to other location. We will propose both more spaces for general project work along with additional spaces for higher fildelity work.

== <span style="font-size:large;">Milestone #6: Begin a campuswide group of makerspaces</span><br/><span style="font-size:medium;">Date: Spring 2017</span> ==

Using funding hopefully aquired from Milestone #5, we will scale up our proven management structure and launch additional spaces around campus

= Strategy #3: Increase awareness of I&E on campus  =

== Tactic #1: TEDx Event ==

•   Description: University of Pittsburgh currently has lectures about various subjects with key speakers through Pitt Program Council. Most of these events are sold out and students have to line up to get tickets. Adding a TEDx events will connect students to interdisciplinary opportunities and start them in design thinking. •   Team Leader: David Jacob (current bioengineering candidate) 

Milestones:

*Apply for TEDx event license
*Form committees (advertising, sponsors, speakers, visuals, etc.)
*Invite speakers
*Search for sponsors
*Reserve event space
*Advertise the event on campus
*Hold the TEDx event

== Tactic #2: Creativity Wall ==

•   Description: In the engineering building, there are already many white boards on the wall to increase innovation, talk about upcoming events, and have challenges or problems presented. If they could use one of the walls that gets the most traffic and pose an open ended question, students could add to the ideas and come up with new ways to solve it. This could also be put on the outside of classrooms so that students write on it before entering a class. If they also added more whiteboards in the Business and Arts and Sciences buildings, they could pose the same question that week that was posed in the Engineering building and see how other students approach this. Team Leader: Student TBD

== Tactic #3: 1000 Pitches ==

•   Description: Currently, Pitt students are starting 1000 pitches on campus. They are using this platform to encourage innovation and design thinking, and allowing everyone to feel creative and innovative. This should continue on campus to add to awareness on campus.

= Strategy #4: Change Curriculum  =

== Tactic #1: First Year Classes ==

•   Description: Students at each of the schools at University of Pittsburgh are required to take an introductory class their freshman year. We could incorporate design thinking or innovation and entrepreneurship into the curriculum.

*In Spring 2015, the engineering school launched The Art of Making, a course initially designed for freshmen honors engineering students. The course is a demanding journey through the world of design thinking and rapid prototyping. Students leave the course having been introduced to a wide array of prototyping skills in fabrication, electronics, pretotyping, etc. More importantly, students gain the confidence to be doers and the background to better learn and apply material from theoretical coursework to come. As a cherry on top, the course drastically improves students' ability to choose a major within engineering as they get much better exposure to the sorts of things that different engineers might do. <br/>The course has since been adapted for upperclassmen students both in and outside of engineering as an elective. Students who have participated in the course have gone on to be leaders in project based clubs and other similar endeavors.<br/>Dr. Joe Samosky is the preofessor and creator of the course. Many Pitt UIFs and UIFCs are co-creators and original TAs of the course including [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Nathan_Smialek Nate Smialek], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Zachary_Patterson Zach Patterson], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Brian_Rhindress Brian Rhindress], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Madhur_Malhotra Madhur Malhotra], and [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Ian_McIntyre Ian McIntyre]. [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Jennifer_Sommer Jenny Sommer] is currently a TA for the Spring 2016 offering.

== Tactic #2: Provide an Interdisciplinary Entrepreneurship Class ==

•   Description: Currently, Pitt has entrepreneurship and design thinking classes in all three schools. However, each class is only allowed to be taken by students from their respective schools. Pitt should add a course that allows students to take a class about innovation, design thinking and entrepreneurship that is open to all disciplines. That would allow students to see how to approach these problems from various viewpoints and will lead them to more creative thinking due to the interdisciplinary collaboration.

== Tactic #3: Give credit to entrepreneurs ==

•   Description: Pitt offers credit to students with internships and research on campus. Pitt could apply the same thing to entrepreneurial ventures which would allow students to manage their time more effectively because their projects would go back to school credit.

= Strategy #5: Startup Pitt =
<div>Innovation cannot thrive in a bubble. Entrepreneurship is up-and-coming in Pittsburgh, and it’s important that undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Pittsburgh are exposed to this awesome movement. Ian is experiencing the entrepreneurial drive first-hand. Regardless of the value of his bioengineering degree, Ian pondered dropping out of school after his startup was admitted into the Alphalab Gear Accelerator program. Ian has feet in both realms: one in the University, one in the community. At the University, Ian is watching groups of students practicing design thinking, innovation, and entrepreneurship, all which are valuable skills for those involved in startups. These students are driven and searching to use what they learn in the classroom on real-world projects. On the other side, Ian is (somewhat firsthand) witnessing the need for startups to hire interns with engineering, design, and business experience.  In fact, Ian worked as an intern with his project to further the technological and business development before the thought of commercialization occurred. Why can’t other interns help young startups succeed?</div><div><br/></div><div>Startup Pitt is a smaller-scale model of Venture for America, a program that places recent college graduates in startups throughout the country. VFA Fellows have been instrumental in building businesses and helping startups succeed. Likewise, Startup Pitt interns will help Pittsburgh startups become successful while earning salary and a valuable internship experience. Of course, Startup Pitt keeps to it’s title: starting-up Pittsburgh as a center of entrepreneurship.</div><div><br/></div>
== Program Specifics ==
<div>The Startup Pitt process may be compared to an engineering cooperative-education (co-op) program, an educational program that places engineering students in an established company or engineering firm. A co-op student works for three semesters -- one full year -- with a schedule negotiated between the employer and student. A student may alternate between work and school semesters; work in the fall, assume classes in the spring, work in the summer, assume classes in the fall, etc. On the other hand, a company may want a student to work for a year through, during which time the student would not return to classes. There are subjective benefits and disadvantages to each schedule setup that vary with students and courses of studies. However, a  co-op trumps a traditional internship in that a student maintains full-time student status during the co-op semesters. Full-time student status permits a student to reside in on-campus dormitories and receive all the stipulations of being a student. A co-op student does not pay tuition unless she enrolls in night classes.</div><div><br/></div><div>Startup Pitt provides a flexible hiring duration for startups and for students who are looking for an internship.  While a co-op is expected to work for three semesters, the Startup Pitt program adapts to the needs of the intern and the startup to satisfy both parties. For example, if a startup can only hire a student for one semester, Startup Pitt may provide an intern who appreciates the short-term work experience that will not delay graduation. Furthermore, Startup Pitt provides internships to not only engineering students, but also business students, students of design, and students who possess skillsets desired by a Pittsburgh startup. Startup Pitt allows a more flexible internship duration.</div><div><br/></div><div>Finances hinder a startup’s ability to hire appropriate help. The Startup Pitt program acknowledges that startups may want to hire an intern but may not be able to afford an intern. Startup Pitt works with departments and organizations at the University of Pittsburgh as well as the supporters of Pittsburgh incubators to subsidize the pay for an intern. In this manner, a startup receives extra help to grow a business without the concern of paying an intern, and an intern receives pay while gaining valuable work experience.</div><div><br/></div>
== Timeline ==

All objectives and tasks in the timeline are subject to change.

=== Customer discovery (March 2015) ===
<div>Identify the needs of students at the University of Pittsburgh. Student groups include engineering students, business students, and those involved in I&E activities. Channels to reach students include department and program coordinators, seminars, and student / faculty organizations. Survey questions include</div>
*Would you (students) be interested in working for a startup?
*How important is maintaining your full-time student status?
*For how many academic semesters could you see yourself working an internship at a startup?
*Why does working at a startup interest you?
*What kinds of skills do you believe are needed to be successful with growing a startup?
*Would you be willing to potentially delay your graduation?
*How much pay (hourly rate) would you see yourself making while interning at a startup?
<div><br/></div><div>Identify the needs of startups in Pittsburgh incubators and accelerators, such as startups involved in Alphalab, Alphalab Gear, Thrill Mill, Idea Foundry, and Revv Oakland.  Survey questions include</div>
*Do you believe a college student pursuing an engineering / business / etc. major could make a contribution to your startup as an intern?
*What skills would you look for in a student intern for your startup?
*How long would you hire a Startup Pitt intern?
*If at all, how much could you afford to pay a Startup Pitt intern?
*If the Startup Pitt inter’s pay was subsidized through the University of Pittsburgh and/or your accelerator/incubator, would you be more likely to hire a Startup Pitt intern?
<div><br/></div>
=== Prototype financial infrastructure (April 2015) ===
<div>Coordinate with the University of Pittsburgh Innovation Institute, the Swanson School of Engineering, the College of Business Administration, and the investor networks who support Pittsburgh incubators/accelerators to assess the potential of subsidizing a Startup Pitt’s hourly pay. Establish the value of Startup Pitt with each supporter, and evaluate how much each supporter is willing to contribute to a Startup Pitt intern. </div><div><br/></div>
=== Future tasks ===

*Discuss program with University of Pittsburgh administration. Investigate potential of maintaining full-time student status during employment (May 2015)
*Formulate a faculty and student committee to evaluate student applications (June 2015)
<div>
= Strategy #5: Build an Entreneurship Community at Pitt Business =

'''Enactus Spring 2016 Action Plan''' 

'''Entrepreneurship Showcase Momentum Plan:'''

1.    Winning teams will be awarded a $100 stipend to work with Enactus as a project. They will also be provided financial guidance from the Enactus Finance Team (Josh Ordos and Bruce Baka)

2.    Teams will be matched with a mentor or leader in the community through the Enactus Leadership Team and provided access to the BAB.

3.    Winning teams will be given priority access to talk to speakers at all Enactus events and will also have the opportunity to get relevant site visits paid for by Enactus.

4.    The Enactus Club will provide Lean Canvas model-training sessions to the winning teams during the course of semester.

5.    The winnings teams will also have the opportunity to obtain intern support or additional team member support from Enactus club members.

6.    Teams that continue to partner with Enactus as a sponsored project will be encouraged to compete at the regional and national competitions to earn more startup funding. 

'''BAB (Business Advisory Board) Plan:''' 

1.    The BAB must be available to provide guidance to all winning teams at the Entrepreneurship Showcase hackathon.

a.     They must also be accessible to any other Enactus projects at least once per month.

2.    Each BAB member will serve to connect Enactus with at least one speaker per semester.

3.    Each BAB member will be used to organize at least one site visit per semester for Enactus.

4.    Each BAB member will be used as a project specific mentor to at least one Enactus team per semester.

5.    The BAB members must attend at least one site visits, general body meeting, or speaker event in order to provide Enactus students with clear access to the BAB Board.

6.    Recruiting:

a.     TBA (Mario) 

'''Food Waste/Related Momentum Plan:'''

 1.    Enactus will operate at least one food waste/related project this semester.

a.     This will be organized and led by Hope Murray and it is already in the planning.

2.    Enactus will hold 2 food waste related speakers.

a.     Tentatively: Hungry Harvest in March (Grant)

b.    Tentatively: Executive Chef at Sodexo (Rhonda + Audrey)

3.    Enactus will hold 2 food waste/related site visits this semester.

a.     Farm Truck Foods – A Food Waste Site Trip

b.    CMU Food Truck – A Food Waste Site Trip

c.     412 Food Rescue – A Food Waste Industry Speaker

4.    Enactus will also serve to connect students to startups in food related industries.

a.     The goal is to connect at least one Enactus member to a food industry related intern position in spring or summer 2016. 

'''Site Visit, Speaker Event, and Projects Goals:''' 

1.    Enactus will operate at least three projects this semester.

2.    Enactus will run at least 1 site visit per month.

a.     2 entrepreneurship related site visits:

                                               i.     TBA (Rhonda)

                                              ii.     TBA (Cathy Lada)

3.    Enactus will run at least 1 speaker event per month at general club meetings.

a.     2 entrepreneurship related speakers:

                                               i.     Tim Zak, Director of CMU’s Social Innovation Institute – A Global Perspective Talk (Rhonda + Cathy Lada)

                                              ii.     Nicole Muise-Kielkucki, Director of Social Enterprise Initiatives at Idea Foundry – Supporting Social Entrepreneurs Talk (Rhonda)

'''Regional and National Enactus Event Plan'''

1.    Regional: March 29<sup>th</sup> Washington D.C.

a.     Application Due Date: February 22<sup>nd</sup>

b.    Projects

                                               i.     Hope Murray – Food Truck/Membership College Café

                                              ii.     Mario – Student/Faculty Pet Day Care – Volunteers are Students

                                             iii.     TBA – Expecting 1 more project from new members this semester

                                            iv.     TBA – Expecting 1-3 more projects from the Entrepreneurship Showcase 

2.    National Event: May 15<sup>th</sup>-17<sup>th</sup> in St. Louis

a.     Due Date: TBA

b.    Projects

                                               i.     TBA

3.    Regional and National Events Planning Team

a.     Sophia Tan

b.    Mario Nicolia

c.     Grant Jacoby

d.    Hope Murray

e.    Demetra Mallios

'''Additional Groups and Organizations to Contact'''

1.     Food Recovery Network - For additional members and project ideas (TBA)

a.     Are there any other organizations that may consider co-membership to run the food truck? (TBA)

2.     University Innovation Fellows - For additional leadership assistance (Grant)

3.     Engineers for A Sustainable World - For additional members and project ideas (Grant/Engineer?)

4.     All Innovation Institute Events - For additional members and project ideas (TBA)

5.     Randall Family Big Idea - For additional members and project ideas (TBA)

6.     Thrill Mill – For internship opportunities for students (Grant)

7.     Design Hub - For additional members and project ideas (Mario)

***TBA - Need to find a recruiting chair for Enactus ASAP to go to all entrepreneurship events on campus to push meetings, events, and site visits

'''Future Goals and Standards''' 

1.     Food Hackathon September 2016

a.     Audrey - Can we start to organize a food hackathon for the beginning of the fall semester?

b.     Use this as a springboard for marketing attention for new membership.

2.     Enactus Leadership Requirements:

a.     1 site visit per month

b.     1 speaker per month

c.      At least 3 projects per any given semester

d.     1 industry focus per semester (can be multiple semesters)

e.     Participate in Regional Competition Annually

3.     Connect at least one student to a startup internship per semester in order to create a stronger internship network in the entrepreneurial community.

4.     Organize at least 1 hackathon per semester with another organization.

a.     Partner with at least one other CBA organizations to promote interdisciplinary relationships. </div>

= Related Links =

[[University of Pittsburgh]]

[[Nathan Smialek]]

[[Brian Rhindress]]

[[Karuna Relwani|Karuna Relwani]]

[[Jennifer Sommer]]

[[Ian McIntyre|Ian McIntyre]]

[[Grant Jacoby|Grant Jacoby]]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Zachary_Patterson Zach Patterson]

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Priorities:University of Pittsburgh Student Priorities

2016-02-11T23:04:36Z

GrantJacoby:

= Overview<br/> =

The University of Pittsburgh is a well-known leader in innovation within the fields of engineering and medical research.  Translational research and entrepreneurship exist primarily at the institutional level.  Many organizations exist, like the Institute of Entrepreneurial Excellence, to give budding entrepreneurs the needed resources and inspiration to proceed from ideation to market.  In the last 20 years alone, such programs have created more than 800 startups and 7,000 jobs in the Pittsburgh area.  Between the sheer amount of research conducted and available seed funding (Coulter Program for bioengineering devices, other VC connections through Institute of Entrepreneurial Excellence) Innovation and Entrepreneurship needs only to be catalyzed to take off, since all necessary ingredients are in abundance at the University of Pittsburgh.

However, there is a huge gap on campus between these institutions and undergraduate students.  Most students are unaware of PantherlabWorks (a commercialization accelerator) and do not know that the university offers patent and IP counseling through the Office of Technology Management/Office of Enterprise Development.  At present, these institutions mainly serve graduate students and faculty. 

Fortunately, administrators are beginning to take a strong interest in university-facilitated patent development and product realization for undergraduate students.  Professors from the Industrial Engineering department will soon introduce a product realization certificate to span all majors and the chemical engineering department has recently revamped its sophomore and junior year curriculum to more intently convey design principles.  The mechanical engineering department, too, has been steadily increasing the focus on sustainability and marketability in undergraduate design classes, as in ‘MEMS 0024: Intro to Mechanical Engineering Design.’

Still, it is clear that there is more work to be done.  In many other disciplines, serious project management/design courses are not mandatory until senior year.  Further, freshman students are NEVER formally exposed to the opportunities of product development for engineers.  The best opportunities for undergrads to get involved in projects are in extracurricular clubs.  DesignHub, Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW), and Engineers Without Borders (EWB) are three of the strongest organizations on campus for completing actual projects with significant impact in local and global communities.

We seek to expand upon and merge into a community, the values and practices of these groups.  Two gaps we seek to bridge as UI Fellows are as follows:

#Inspire and Forge Project Teams (applied/realized value)
#*Connect product ideas that have market value with teams capable of producing them.  Provide access to funding and guidance for these teams.  
#Provide an incubator space (applied/realized value)
#*Allow such teams to function effectively and provide the necessary inspiration/motivation to get undergraduates interested in I&E.
#Increase awareness of I&E on campus
#*TEDx Event
#*Creativity Wall
#*1000 Pitches
#*Club of Clubs
#Change Curriculum 
#*First Year Classes
#*Provide an interdisciplinary entrepreneurship class
#*Give credit to entrepreneurs
#Build an Entreneurship Community at Pitt Business and Connect the Different Departments
#*Connect student organizations across departments in Entrepreneurship through Suitable
#*Hold site visits and lectures series for business students interested in entreperneurship
#*Run and operate one hackathon per semester at Pitt Business
#*Organize 3 projects to compete at the Enactus National and Regional Competitions

= Strategy #1: Inspire and Forge Project Teams =

Following are an array of strategies that will fully address Gap #1 over a 2-3 year period:

== Tactic #1: Create Advisory Board/Panel to Promote I&E ==

•   Description: Students in the Pitt Business school are currently looking to launch an entrepreneurship club- one that would connect mixed groups of students to form cohesive teams (engineering, business, law, etc. students) and validate market potential.  In partnering with this effort, an advisory board for I&E would seek out possible projects and give them to an able team.  It would be the goal of such a board to find the need on campus for different products, looking for possible ideas in extracurricular clubs, professors, and perhaps, industry.  These projects would be assigned to a team that applies with a plan to complete them, and they would be guided to the IP resources on campus and eventually to the proper contacts in the Business school for marketing advice.    

•   Team Leader:: TBD

== Tactic #2: Host Seminars/Grand Challenges to Educate/Inspire ==

•   Description: Professors in the Engineering Education Resource Center (EERC), are in the process of applying for a grant to host seminars and challenge sessions for next semester.  As Innovation Fellows, we have been given the opportunity to help plan these events and hope to use them to foster support (especially at the freshman/sophomore level) for the movement.  Current seminar ideas include: Dinner with entrepreneurs, microGrant challenge, skill seminars. 

•   Team Leader:: TBD

= Strategy #2: Provide better innovation spaces =

Students on campus need more space to work on projects. These spaces will not only meet that need, they will also improve the innovative culture by giving students a home base, a hang out spot, where innovative communities can form.

In order to accomplish this goal, a group in the engineering school is starting an initial space in order to prove demand and bolster support. In the near future, we hope to expand the space and form multiple spaces, encompassing the entire scale of prototyping fidelity and providing the lowest posible barrier to entry to students in all schools at Pitt

== <span style="font-size:large">Milestone #1: Find and Create a Space (Completed Jan 1st 2016)</span> ==

•   Secured space in engineering building to serve as the first space. Space was remodelled and essentially inheirited as a blank slate.

== <span style="font-size:large">Milestone #2: Form teams to manage the space (Initially formed Jan 19th)</span> ==

The space is managed by 4 subteams. Each subteam has a team leader. All of the team leaders serve as the overall management team for the space, which is led by Zach Patterson. Dr. Buddy Clark serves as a faculty mentor & leader. Subteams are:

*Equipment Team: In charge of keeping an equipment & materials wishist and maintaining equipment & materials in the room. Led by Nick Petro
*Education & Training Team: In charge of training new users to use the space, creating training modules for equipment as it is added, and providing and stimulating ongoing education for members. Led by Kevin Gilboy
*Users Team: In charge of accumulating key data for the space in order to form a quantitative value proposition for additional spaces. Also helps determine baseline requirements for room use. Led by Linday Pietz
*Outreach Team: In charge of promoting the space both on and off campus. Seeks industry sponsors. Led by Reshef Elisha

== <span style="font-size:large;">Milestone #3: Have a completely organized, functional, highly used space<br/><span style="font-size:medium;">Date: April 2016</span></span> ==

*Paint and outfit the room to make it a more welcoming and thought provoking place
*Set up equipment and materials in the room
*Iron out the management scheme to ensure maximum efficiency and effectiveness
*Maximize data tracking
*Steadily increase traffic and cultivate a community
*Secure industry sponsors

== <span style="font-size:large;">Milestone #4: Have a grand opening to kick off the new school year</span><br/><span style="font-size:medium;">Date: September 2016</span> ==

After completely setting up the space, ensuring everthing runs smoothly, and perfecting our data tracking techniquies, we will begin to heavily promote the space in the new school year, holding events and doing our best to bring in more students than we have space and resources. By doing this, we hope to prove that demand has outgrown the space and that it is time to expand to more and better spaces. 

== <span style="font-size:large;">Milestone #5: Propose more and better spaces</span><br/><span style="font-size:medium;">Date: October 2016</span> ==

The data collected over the course of the year will serve as the basis for a proposal to greatly increase the resources put into makerspaces and to rapidly expand our space to other location. We will propose both more spaces for general project work along with additional spaces for higher fildelity work.

== <span style="font-size:large;">Milestone #6: Begin a campuswide group of makerspaces</span><br/><span style="font-size:medium;">Date: Spring 2017</span> ==

Using funding hopefully aquired from Milestone #5, we will scale up our proven management structure and launch additional spaces around campus

= Strategy #3: Increase awareness of I&E on campus  =

== Tactic #1: TEDx Event ==

•   Description: University of Pittsburgh currently has lectures about various subjects with key speakers through Pitt Program Council. Most of these events are sold out and students have to line up to get tickets. Adding a TEDx events will connect students to interdisciplinary opportunities and start them in design thinking. •   Team Leader: David Jacob (current bioengineering candidate) 

Milestones:

*Apply for TEDx event license
*Form committees (advertising, sponsors, speakers, visuals, etc.)
*Invite speakers
*Search for sponsors
*Reserve event space
*Advertise the event on campus
*Hold the TEDx event

== Tactic #2: Creativity Wall ==

•   Description: In the engineering building, there are already many white boards on the wall to increase innovation, talk about upcoming events, and have challenges or problems presented. If they could use one of the walls that gets the most traffic and pose an open ended question, students could add to the ideas and come up with new ways to solve it. This could also be put on the outside of classrooms so that students write on it before entering a class. If they also added more whiteboards in the Business and Arts and Sciences buildings, they could pose the same question that week that was posed in the Engineering building and see how other students approach this. Team Leader: Student TBD

== Tactic #3: 1000 Pitches ==

•   Description: Currently, Pitt students are starting 1000 pitches on campus. They are using this platform to encourage innovation and design thinking, and allowing everyone to feel creative and innovative. This should continue on campus to add to awareness on campus.

= Strategy #4: Change Curriculum  =

== Tactic #1: First Year Classes ==

•   Description: Students at each of the schools at University of Pittsburgh are required to take an introductory class their freshman year. We could incorporate design thinking or innovation and entrepreneurship into the curriculum.

*In Spring 2015, the engineering school launched The Art of Making, a course initially designed for freshmen honors engineering students. The course is a demanding journey through the world of design thinking and rapid prototyping. Students leave the course having been introduced to a wide array of prototyping skills in fabrication, electronics, pretotyping, etc. More importantly, students gain the confidence to be doers and the background to better learn and apply material from theoretical coursework to come. As a cherry on top, the course drastically improves students' ability to choose a major within engineering as they get much better exposure to the sorts of things that different engineers might do. <br/>The course has since been adapted for upperclassmen students both in and outside of engineering as an elective. Students who have participated in the course have gone on to be leaders in project based clubs and other similar endeavors.<br/>Dr. Joe Samosky is the preofessor and creator of the course. Many Pitt UIFs and UIFCs are co-creators and original TAs of the course including [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Nathan_Smialek Nate Smialek], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Zachary_Patterson Zach Patterson], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Brian_Rhindress Brian Rhindress], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Madhur_Malhotra Madhur Malhotra], and [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Ian_McIntyre Ian McIntyre]. [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Jennifer_Sommer Jenny Sommer] is currently a TA for the Spring 2016 offering.

== Tactic #2: Provide an Interdisciplinary Entrepreneurship Class ==

•   Description: Currently, Pitt has entrepreneurship and design thinking classes in all three schools. However, each class is only allowed to be taken by students from their respective schools. Pitt should add a course that allows students to take a class about innovation, design thinking and entrepreneurship that is open to all disciplines. That would allow students to see how to approach these problems from various viewpoints and will lead them to more creative thinking due to the interdisciplinary collaboration.

== Tactic #3: Give credit to entrepreneurs ==

•   Description: Pitt offers credit to students with internships and research on campus. Pitt could apply the same thing to entrepreneurial ventures which would allow students to manage their time more effectively because their projects would go back to school credit.

= Strategy #5: Startup Pitt =
<div>Innovation cannot thrive in a bubble. Entrepreneurship is up-and-coming in Pittsburgh, and it’s important that undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Pittsburgh are exposed to this awesome movement. Ian is experiencing the entrepreneurial drive first-hand. Regardless of the value of his bioengineering degree, Ian pondered dropping out of school after his startup was admitted into the Alphalab Gear Accelerator program. Ian has feet in both realms: one in the University, one in the community. At the University, Ian is watching groups of students practicing design thinking, innovation, and entrepreneurship, all which are valuable skills for those involved in startups. These students are driven and searching to use what they learn in the classroom on real-world projects. On the other side, Ian is (somewhat firsthand) witnessing the need for startups to hire interns with engineering, design, and business experience.  In fact, Ian worked as an intern with his project to further the technological and business development before the thought of commercialization occurred. Why can’t other interns help young startups succeed?</div><div><br/></div><div>Startup Pitt is a smaller-scale model of Venture for America, a program that places recent college graduates in startups throughout the country. VFA Fellows have been instrumental in building businesses and helping startups succeed. Likewise, Startup Pitt interns will help Pittsburgh startups become successful while earning salary and a valuable internship experience. Of course, Startup Pitt keeps to it’s title: starting-up Pittsburgh as a center of entrepreneurship.</div><div><br/></div>
== Program Specifics ==
<div>The Startup Pitt process may be compared to an engineering cooperative-education (co-op) program, an educational program that places engineering students in an established company or engineering firm. A co-op student works for three semesters -- one full year -- with a schedule negotiated between the employer and student. A student may alternate between work and school semesters; work in the fall, assume classes in the spring, work in the summer, assume classes in the fall, etc. On the other hand, a company may want a student to work for a year through, during which time the student would not return to classes. There are subjective benefits and disadvantages to each schedule setup that vary with students and courses of studies. However, a  co-op trumps a traditional internship in that a student maintains full-time student status during the co-op semesters. Full-time student status permits a student to reside in on-campus dormitories and receive all the stipulations of being a student. A co-op student does not pay tuition unless she enrolls in night classes.</div><div><br/></div><div>Startup Pitt provides a flexible hiring duration for startups and for students who are looking for an internship.  While a co-op is expected to work for three semesters, the Startup Pitt program adapts to the needs of the intern and the startup to satisfy both parties. For example, if a startup can only hire a student for one semester, Startup Pitt may provide an intern who appreciates the short-term work experience that will not delay graduation. Furthermore, Startup Pitt provides internships to not only engineering students, but also business students, students of design, and students who possess skillsets desired by a Pittsburgh startup. Startup Pitt allows a more flexible internship duration.</div><div><br/></div><div>Finances hinder a startup’s ability to hire appropriate help. The Startup Pitt program acknowledges that startups may want to hire an intern but may not be able to afford an intern. Startup Pitt works with departments and organizations at the University of Pittsburgh as well as the supporters of Pittsburgh incubators to subsidize the pay for an intern. In this manner, a startup receives extra help to grow a business without the concern of paying an intern, and an intern receives pay while gaining valuable work experience.</div><div><br/></div>
== Timeline ==

All objectives and tasks in the timeline are subject to change.

=== Customer discovery (March 2015) ===
<div>Identify the needs of students at the University of Pittsburgh. Student groups include engineering students, business students, and those involved in I&E activities. Channels to reach students include department and program coordinators, seminars, and student / faculty organizations. Survey questions include</div>
*Would you (students) be interested in working for a startup?
*How important is maintaining your full-time student status?
*For how many academic semesters could you see yourself working an internship at a startup?
*Why does working at a startup interest you?
*What kinds of skills do you believe are needed to be successful with growing a startup?
*Would you be willing to potentially delay your graduation?
*How much pay (hourly rate) would you see yourself making while interning at a startup?
<div><br/></div><div>Identify the needs of startups in Pittsburgh incubators and accelerators, such as startups involved in Alphalab, Alphalab Gear, Thrill Mill, Idea Foundry, and Revv Oakland.  Survey questions include</div>
*Do you believe a college student pursuing an engineering / business / etc. major could make a contribution to your startup as an intern?
*What skills would you look for in a student intern for your startup?
*How long would you hire a Startup Pitt intern?
*If at all, how much could you afford to pay a Startup Pitt intern?
*If the Startup Pitt inter’s pay was subsidized through the University of Pittsburgh and/or your accelerator/incubator, would you be more likely to hire a Startup Pitt intern?
<div><br/></div>
=== Prototype financial infrastructure (April 2015) ===
<div>Coordinate with the University of Pittsburgh Innovation Institute, the Swanson School of Engineering, the College of Business Administration, and the investor networks who support Pittsburgh incubators/accelerators to assess the potential of subsidizing a Startup Pitt’s hourly pay. Establish the value of Startup Pitt with each supporter, and evaluate how much each supporter is willing to contribute to a Startup Pitt intern. </div><div><br/></div>
=== Future tasks ===

*Discuss program with University of Pittsburgh administration. Investigate potential of maintaining full-time student status during employment (May 2015)
*Formulate a faculty and student committee to evaluate student applications (June 2015)
<div>
= Strategy #5: Build an Entreneurship Community at Pitt Business =

'''Enactus Spring 2016 Action Plan''' 

'''Entrepreneurship Showcase Momentum Plan:'''

1.    Winning teams will be awarded a $100 stipend to work with Enactus as a project. They will also be provided financial guidance from the Enactus Finance Team (Josh Ordos and Bruce Baka)

2.    Teams will be matched with a mentor or leader in the community through the Enactus Leadership Team and provided access to the BAB.

3.    Winning teams will be given priority access to talk to speakers at all Enactus events and will also have the opportunity to get relevant site visits paid for by Enactus.

4.    The Enactus Club will provide Lean Canvas model-training sessions to the winning teams during the course of semester.

5.    The winnings teams will also have the opportunity to obtain intern support or additional team member support from Enactus club members.

6.    Teams that continue to partner with Enactus as a sponsored project will be encouraged to compete at the regional and national competitions to earn more startup funding. 

'''BAB (Business Advisory Board) Plan:''' 

1.    The BAB must be available to provide guidance to all winning teams at the Entrepreneurship Showcase hackathon.

a.     They must also be accessible to any other Enactus projects at least once per month.

2.    Each BAB member will serve to connect Enactus with at least one speaker per semester.

3.    Each BAB member will be used to organize at least one site visit per semester for Enactus.

4.    Each BAB member will be used as a project specific mentor to at least one Enactus team per semester.

5.    The BAB members must attend at least one site visits, general body meeting, or speaker event in order to provide Enactus students with clear access to the BAB Board.

6.    Recruiting:

a.     TBA (Mario) 

'''Food Waste/Related Momentum Plan:'''

 1.    Enactus will operate at least one food waste/related project this semester.

a.     This will be organized and led by Hope Murray and it is already in the planning.

2.    Enactus will hold 2 food waste related speakers.

a.     Tentatively: Hungry Harvest in March (Grant)

b.    Tentatively: Executive Chef at Sodexo (Rhonda + Audrey)

3.    Enactus will hold 2 food waste/related site visits this semester.

a.     Farm Truck Foods – A Food Waste Site Trip

b.    CMU Food Truck – A Food Waste Site Trip

c.     412 Food Rescue – A Food Waste Industry Speaker

4.    Enactus will also serve to connect students to startups in food related industries.

a.     The goal is to connect at least one Enactus member to a food industry related intern position in spring or summer 2016. 

'''Site Visit, Speaker Event, and Projects Goals:''' 

1.    Enactus will operate at least three projects this semester.

2.    Enactus will run at least 1 site visit per month.

a.     2 entrepreneurship related site visits:

                                               i.     TBA (Rhonda)

                                              ii.     TBA (Cathy Lada)

3.    Enactus will run at least 1 speaker event per month at general club meetings.

a.     2 entrepreneurship related speakers:

                                               i.     Tim Zak, Director of CMU’s Social Innovation Institute – A Global Perspective Talk (Rhonda + Cathy Lada)

                                              ii.     Nicole Muise-Kielkucki, Director of Social Enterprise Initiatives at Idea Foundry – Supporting Social Entrepreneurs Talk (Rhonda)

'''Regional and National Enactus Event Plan'''

1.    Regional: March 29<sup>th</sup> Washington D.C.

a.     Application Due Date: February 22<sup>nd</sup>

b.    Projects

                                               i.     Hope Murray – Food Truck/Membership College Café

                                              ii.     Mario – Student/Faculty Pet Day Care – Volunteers are Students

                                             iii.     TBA – Expecting 1 more project from new members this semester

                                            iv.     TBA – Expecting 1-3 more projects from the Entrepreneurship Showcase 

2.    National Event: May 15<sup>th</sup>-17<sup>th</sup> in St. Louis

a.     Due Date: TBA

b.    Projects

                                               i.     TBA

3.    Regional and National Events Planning Team

a.     Sophia Tan

b.    Mario Nicolia

c.     Grant Jacoby

d.    Hope Murray

e.    Demetra Mallios

'''Additional Groups and Organizations to Contact'''

1.     Food Recovery Network - For additional members and project ideas (TBA)

a.     Are there any other organizations that may consider co-membership to run the food truck? (TBA)

2.     University Innovation Fellows - For additional leadership assistance (Grant)

3.     Engineers for A Sustainable World - For additional members and project ideas (Grant/Engineer?)

4.     All Innovation Institute Events - For additional members and project ideas (TBA)

5.     Randall Family Big Idea - For additional members and project ideas (TBA)

6.     Thrill Mill – For internship opportunities for students (Grant)

7.     Design Hub - For additional members and project ideas (Mario)

***TBA - Need to find a recruiting chair for Enactus ASAP to go to all entrepreneurship events on campus to push meetings, events, and site visits

'''Future Goals and Standards''' 

1.     Food Hackathon September 2016

a.     Audrey - Can we start to organize a food hackathon for the beginning of the fall semester?

b.     Use this as a springboard for marketing attention for new membership.

2.     Enactus Leadership Requirements:

a.     1 site visit per month

b.     1 speaker per month

c.      At least 3 projects per any given semester

d.     1 industry focus per semester (can be multiple semesters)

e.     Participate in Regional Competition Annually

3.     Connect at least one student to a startup internship per semester in order to create a stronger internship network in the entrepreneurial community.

4.     Organize at least 1 hackathon per semester with another organization.

a.     Partner with at least one other CBA organizations to promote interdisciplinary relationships. </div>

= Strategy #7 =

= Related Links =

[[University of Pittsburgh]]

[[Nathan Smialek]]

[[Brian Rhindress]]

[[Karuna Relwani|Karuna Relwani]]

[[Jennifer Sommer]]

[[Ian McIntyre|Ian McIntyre]]

[[Grant Jacoby|Grant Jacoby]]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Zachary_Patterson Zach Patterson]

[[Category:Student Priorities|u]]

Priorities:University of Pittsburgh Student Priorities

2016-02-06T21:32:59Z

GrantJacoby:

= Overview<br/> =

The University of Pittsburgh is a well-known leader in innovation within the fields of engineering and medical research.  Translational research and entrepreneurship exist primarily at the institutional level.  Many organizations exist, like the Institute of Entrepreneurial Excellence, to give budding entrepreneurs the needed resources and inspiration to proceed from ideation to market.  In the last 20 years alone, such programs have created more than 800 startups and 7,000 jobs in the Pittsburgh area.  Between the sheer amount of research conducted and available seed funding (Coulter Program for bioengineering devices, other VC connections through Institute of Entrepreneurial Excellence) Innovation and Entrepreneurship needs only to be catalyzed to take off, since all necessary ingredients are in abundance at the University of Pittsburgh.

However, there is a huge gap on campus between these institutions and undergraduate students.  Most students are unaware of PantherlabWorks (a commercialization accelerator) and do not know that the university offers patent and IP counseling through the Office of Technology Management/Office of Enterprise Development.  At present, these institutions mainly serve graduate students and faculty. 

Fortunately, administrators are beginning to take a strong interest in university-facilitated patent development and product realization for undergraduate students.  Professors from the Industrial Engineering department will soon introduce a product realization certificate to span all majors and the chemical engineering department has recently revamped its sophomore and junior year curriculum to more intently convey design principles.  The mechanical engineering department, too, has been steadily increasing the focus on sustainability and marketability in undergraduate design classes, as in ‘MEMS 0024: Intro to Mechanical Engineering Design.’

Still, it is clear that there is more work to be done.  In many other disciplines, serious project management/design courses are not mandatory until senior year.  Further, freshman students are NEVER formally exposed to the opportunities of product development for engineers.  The best opportunities for undergrads to get involved in projects are in extracurricular clubs.  Engineers for Sustainable Medical Development (ESMD), Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW), and Engineers Without Borders (EWB) are three of the strongest organizations on campus for completing actual projects with significant impact in local and global communities.

We seek to expand upon and merge into a community, the values and practices of these groups.  Two gaps we seek to bridge as UI Fellows are as follows:

#Inspire and Forge Project Teams (applied/realized value)
#*Connect product ideas that have market value with teams capable of producing them.  Provide access to funding and guidance for these teams.  
#Provide an incubator space (applied/realized value)
#*Allow such teams to function effectively and provide the necessary inspiration/motivation to get undergraduates interested in I&E.
#Increase awareness of I&E on campus
#*TEDx Event
#*Creativity Wall
#*1000 Pitches
#*Club of Clubs
#Change Curriculum 
#*First Year Classes
#*Provide an interdisciplinary entrepreneurship class
#*Give credit to entrepreneurs
#Build an Entreneurship Community at Pitt Business and Connect the Different Departments
#*Connect student organizations across departments in Entrepreneurship through Suitable
#*Hold site visits and lectures series for business students interested in entreperneurship
#*Run and operate one hackathon per semester at Pitt Business
#*Organize 3 projects to compete at the Enactus National and Regional Competitions

= Calling all Students =

Entrepreneurship and Innovation Academic Year Challenge

*Where: Benedum Hall, Room TBD 
*When: November 19th, 2013
*RSVP: TBD

= Strategy #1: Inspire and Forge Project Teams =

Following are an array of strategies that will fully address Gap #1 over a 2-3 year period:

== Tactic #1: Create Advisory Board/Panel to Promote I&E ==

•   Description: Students in the Pitt Business school are currently looking to launch an entrepreneurship club- one that would connect mixed groups of students to form cohesive teams (engineering, business, law, etc. students) and validate market potential.  In partnering with this effort, an advisory board for I&E would seek out possible projects and give them to an able team.  It would be the goal of such a board to find the need on campus for different products, looking for possible ideas in extracurricular clubs, professors, and perhaps, industry.  These projects would be assigned to a team that applies with a plan to complete them, and they would be guided to the IP resources on campus and eventually to the proper contacts in the Business school for marketing advice.    

•   Team Leader:: TBD

== Tactic #2: Host Seminars/Grand Challenges to Educate/Inspire ==

•   Description: Professors in the Engineering Education Resource Center (EERC), are in the process of applying for a grant to host seminars and challenge sessions for next semester.  As Innovation Fellows, we have been given the opportunity to help plan these events and hope to use them to foster support (especially at the freshman/sophomore level) for the movement.  Current seminar ideas include: Dinner with entrepreneurs, microGrant challenge, skill seminars. 

•   Team Leader:: TBD

= Strategy #2: Provide an Incubator Space  =

Following are an array of strategies that will fully address Gap #2 over a 2-3 year period:

= <span style="font-size:large">Tactic #1: Find and Create a Space</span> =

•   Description:  If students are now coming up with ideas or being given projects, they will need a space to work in.  Also, a design room provides inspiration and success stories to work with.  With UC-Berkeley and other successful UI incubator spaces as a model, this design room would serve as a hub for students interested in getting involved with projects and competitions. 

•   Team Leader: TBD

== <span style="font-size:large">Tactic #2: Technical Skills Sessions</span> ==

•   Description: Often, young students need to learn some basic skills before they are ready to take on a design project.  One way to do this would be skills seminars in the design room that include 3D CAD drawing, arduinos, etc.  Also, it may be conducive to get students to apply for machine room certification so that they can work safely in the shop when their design has reached that stage.    

•   Team Leader: TBD

== Tactic #3: Host Design Competitions ==

•   Description: Another way to inspire students is to actually host design competitions in the incubator space.  This could mean finding a competition through “mindsumo.com” or facilitating the completion of a project for entry in a local competition like the Randall Big Idea Competition.  A winner in one of these competitions is very likely to attract many other students to the space.

•   Team Leader: TBD

= Strategy #3: Increase awareness of I&E on campus  =

== Tactic #1: TEDx Event ==

•   Description: University of Pittsburgh currently has lectures about various subjects with key speakers through Pitt Program Council. Most of these events are sold out and students have to line up to get tickets. Adding a TEDx events will connect students to interdisciplinary opportunities and start them in design thinking. •   Team Leader: David Jacob (current bioengineering candidate) 

Milestones:

*Apply for TEDx event license
*Form committees (advertising, sponsors, speakers, visuals, etc.)
*Invite speakers
*Search for sponsors
*Reserve event space
*Advertise the event on campus
*Hold the TEDx event

== Tactic #2: Creativity Wall ==

•   Description: In the engineering building, there are already many white boards on the wall to increase innovation, talk about upcoming events, and have challenges or problems presented. If they could use one of the walls that gets the most traffic and pose an open ended question, students could add to the ideas and come up with new ways to solve it. This could also be put on the outside of classrooms so that students write on it before entering a class. If they also added more whiteboards in the Business and Arts and Sciences buildings, they could pose the same question that week that was posed in the Engineering building and see how other students approach this. Team Leader: Student TBD

== Tactic #3: 1000 Pitches ==

•   Description: Currently, Pitt students are starting 1000 pitches on campus. They are using this platform to encourage innovation and design thinking, and allowing everyone to feel creative and innovative. This should continue on campus to add to awareness on campus.

= Strategy #4: Change Curriculum  =

== Tactic #1: First Year Classes ==

•   Description: Students at each of the schools at University of Pittsburgh are required to take an introductory class their freshman year. We could incorporate design thinking or innovation and entrepreneurship into the curriculum.

== Tactic #2: Provide an Interdisciplinary Entrepreneurship Class ==

•   Description: Currently, Pitt has entrepreneurship and design thinking classes in all three schools. However, each class is only allowed to be taken by students from their respective schools. Pitt should add a course that allows students to take a class about innovation, design thinking and entrepreneurship that is open to all disciplines. That would allow students to see how to approach these problems from various viewpoints and will lead them to more creative thinking due to the interdisciplinary collaboration.

== Tactic #3: Give credit to entrepreneurs ==

•   Description: Pitt offers credit to students with internships and research on campus. Pitt could apply the same thing to entrepreneurial ventures which would allow students to manage their time more effectively because their projects would go back to school credit.

= Strategy #5: Startup Pitt =
<div>Innovation cannot thrive in a bubble. Entrepreneurship is up-and-coming in Pittsburgh, and it’s important that undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Pittsburgh are exposed to this awesome movement. Ian is experiencing the entrepreneurial drive first-hand. Regardless of the value of his bioengineering degree, Ian pondered dropping out of school after his startup was admitted into the Alphalab Gear Accelerator program. Ian has feet in both realms: one in the University, one in the community. At the University, Ian is watching groups of students practicing design thinking, innovation, and entrepreneurship, all which are valuable skills for those involved in startups. These students are driven and searching to use what they learn in the classroom on real-world projects. On the other side, Ian is (somewhat firsthand) witnessing the need for startups to hire interns with engineering, design, and business experience.  In fact, Ian worked as an intern with his project to further the technological and business development before the thought of commercialization occurred. Why can’t other interns help young startups succeed?</div><div><br/></div><div>Startup Pitt is a smaller-scale model of Venture for America, a program that places recent college graduates in startups throughout the country. VFA Fellows have been instrumental in building businesses and helping startups succeed. Likewise, Startup Pitt interns will help Pittsburgh startups become successful while earning salary and a valuable internship experience. Of course, Startup Pitt keeps to it’s title: starting-up Pittsburgh as a center of entrepreneurship.</div><div><br/></div>
== Program Specifics ==
<div>The Startup Pitt process may be compared to an engineering cooperative-education (co-op) program, an educational program that places engineering students in an established company or engineering firm. A co-op student works for three semesters -- one full year -- with a schedule negotiated between the employer and student. A student may alternate between work and school semesters; work in the fall, assume classes in the spring, work in the summer, assume classes in the fall, etc. On the other hand, a company may want a student to work for a year through, during which time the student would not return to classes. There are subjective benefits and disadvantages to each schedule setup that vary with students and courses of studies. However, a  co-op trumps a traditional internship in that a student maintains full-time student status during the co-op semesters. Full-time student status permits a student to reside in on-campus dormitories and receive all the stipulations of being a student. A co-op student does not pay tuition unless she enrolls in night classes.</div><div><br/></div><div>Startup Pitt provides a flexible hiring duration for startups and for students who are looking for an internship.  While a co-op is expected to work for three semesters, the Startup Pitt program adapts to the needs of the intern and the startup to satisfy both parties. For example, if a startup can only hire a student for one semester, Startup Pitt may provide an intern who appreciates the short-term work experience that will not delay graduation. Furthermore, Startup Pitt provides internships to not only engineering students, but also business students, students of design, and students who possess skillsets desired by a Pittsburgh startup. Startup Pitt allows a more flexible internship duration.</div><div><br/></div><div>Finances hinder a startup’s ability to hire appropriate help. The Startup Pitt program acknowledges that startups may want to hire an intern but may not be able to afford an intern. Startup Pitt works with departments and organizations at the University of Pittsburgh as well as the supporters of Pittsburgh incubators to subsidize the pay for an intern. In this manner, a startup receives extra help to grow a business without the concern of paying an intern, and an intern receives pay while gaining valuable work experience.</div><div><br/></div>
== Timeline ==

All objectives and tasks in the timeline are subject to change.

=== Customer discovery (March 2015) ===
<div>Identify the needs of students at the University of Pittsburgh. Student groups include engineering students, business students, and those involved in I&E activities. Channels to reach students include department and program coordinators, seminars, and student / faculty organizations. Survey questions include</div>
*Would you (students) be interested in working for a startup?
*How important is maintaining your full-time student status?
*For how many academic semesters could you see yourself working an internship at a startup?
*Why does working at a startup interest you?
*What kinds of skills do you believe are needed to be successful with growing a startup?
*Would you be willing to potentially delay your graduation?
*How much pay (hourly rate) would you see yourself making while interning at a startup?
<div><br/></div><div>Identify the needs of startups in Pittsburgh incubators and accelerators, such as startups involved in Alphalab, Alphalab Gear, Thrill Mill, Idea Foundry, and Revv Oakland.  Survey questions include</div>
*Do you believe a college student pursuing an engineering / business / etc. major could make a contribution to your startup as an intern?
*What skills would you look for in a student intern for your startup?
*How long would you hire a Startup Pitt intern?
*If at all, how much could you afford to pay a Startup Pitt intern?
*If the Startup Pitt inter’s pay was subsidized through the University of Pittsburgh and/or your accelerator/incubator, would you be more likely to hire a Startup Pitt intern?
<div><br/></div>
=== Prototype financial infrastructure (April 2015) ===
<div>Coordinate with the University of Pittsburgh Innovation Institute, the Swanson School of Engineering, the College of Business Administration, and the investor networks who support Pittsburgh incubators/accelerators to assess the potential of subsidizing a Startup Pitt’s hourly pay. Establish the value of Startup Pitt with each supporter, and evaluate how much each supporter is willing to contribute to a Startup Pitt intern. </div><div><br/></div>
=== Future tasks ===

*Discuss program with University of Pittsburgh administration. Investigate potential of maintaining full-time student status during employment (May 2015)
*Formulate a faculty and student committee to evaluate student applications (June 2015)
<div>
= Strategy #5: Build an Entreneurship Community at Pitt Business =

'''Enactus Spring 2016 Action Plan''' 

'''Entrepreneurship Showcase Momentum Plan:'''

1.    Winning teams will be awarded a $100 stipend to work with Enactus as a project. They will also be provided financial guidance from the Enactus Finance Team (Josh Ordos and Bruce Baka)

2.    Teams will be matched with a mentor or leader in the community through the Enactus Leadership Team and provided access to the BAB.

3.    Winning teams will be given priority access to talk to speakers at all Enactus events and will also have the opportunity to get relevant site visits paid for by Enactus.

4.    The Enactus Club will provide Lean Canvas model-training sessions to the winning teams during the course of semester.

5.    The winnings teams will also have the opportunity to obtain intern support or additional team member support from Enactus club members.

6.    Teams that continue to partner with Enactus as a sponsored project will be encouraged to compete at the regional and national competitions to earn more startup funding. 

'''BAB (Business Advisory Board) Plan:''' 

1.    The BAB must be available to provide guidance to all winning teams at the Entrepreneurship Showcase hackathon.

a.     They must also be accessible to any other Enactus projects at least once per month.

2.    Each BAB member will serve to connect Enactus with at least one speaker per semester.

3.    Each BAB member will be used to organize at least one site visit per semester for Enactus.

4.    Each BAB member will be used as a project specific mentor to at least one Enactus team per semester.

5.    The BAB members must attend at least one site visits, general body meeting, or speaker event in order to provide Enactus students with clear access to the BAB Board.

6.    Recruiting:

a.     TBA (Mario) 

'''Food Waste/Related Momentum Plan:'''

 1.    Enactus will operate at least one food waste/related project this semester.

a.     This will be organized and led by Hope Murray and it is already in the planning.

2.    Enactus will hold 2 food waste related speakers.

a.     Tentatively: Hungry Harvest in March (Grant)

b.    Tentatively: Executive Chef at Sodexo (Rhonda + Audrey)

3.    Enactus will hold 2 food waste/related site visits this semester.

a.     Farm Truck Foods – A Food Waste Site Trip

b.    CMU Food Truck – A Food Waste Site Trip

c.     412 Food Rescue – A Food Waste Industry Speaker

4.    Enactus will also serve to connect students to startups in food related industries.

a.     The goal is to connect at least one Enactus member to a food industry related intern position in spring or summer 2016. 

'''Site Visit, Speaker Event, and Projects Goals:''' 

1.    Enactus will operate at least three projects this semester.

2.    Enactus will run at least 1 site visit per month.

a.     2 entrepreneurship related site visits:

                                               i.     TBA (Rhonda)

                                              ii.     TBA (Cathy Lada)

3.    Enactus will run at least 1 speaker event per month at general club meetings.

a.     2 entrepreneurship related speakers:

                                               i.     Tim Zak, Director of CMU’s Social Innovation Institute – A Global Perspective Talk (Rhonda + Cathy Lada)

                                              ii.     Nicole Muise-Kielkucki, Director of Social Enterprise Initiatives at Idea Foundry – Supporting Social Entrepreneurs Talk (Rhonda)

'''Regional and National Enactus Event Plan'''

1.    Regional: March 29<sup>th</sup> Washington D.C.

a.     Application Due Date: February 22<sup>nd</sup>

b.    Projects

                                               i.     Hope Murray – Food Truck/Membership College Café

                                              ii.     Mario – Student/Faculty Pet Day Care – Volunteers are Students

                                             iii.     TBA – Expecting 1 more project from new members this semester

                                            iv.     TBA – Expecting 1-3 more projects from the Entrepreneurship Showcase 

2.    National Event: May 15<sup>th</sup>-17<sup>th</sup> in St. Louis

a.     Due Date: TBA

b.    Projects

                                               i.     TBA

3.    Regional and National Events Planning Team

a.     Sophia Tan

b.    Mario Nicolia

c.     Grant Jacoby

d.    Hope Murray

e.    Demetra Mallios

'''Additional Groups and Organizations to Contact'''

1.     Food Recovery Network - For additional members and project ideas (TBA)

a.     Are there any other organizations that may consider co-membership to run the food truck? (TBA)

2.     University Innovation Fellows - For additional leadership assistance (Grant)

3.     Engineers for A Sustainable World - For additional members and project ideas (Grant/Engineer?)

4.     All Innovation Institute Events - For additional members and project ideas (TBA)

5.     Randall Family Big Idea - For additional members and project ideas (TBA)

6.     Thrill Mill – For internship opportunities for students (Grant)

7.     Design Hub - For additional members and project ideas (Mario)

***TBA - Need to find a recruiting chair for Enactus ASAP to go to all entrepreneurship events on campus to push meetings, events, and site visits

'''Future Goals and Standards''' 

1.     Food Hackathon September 2016

a.     Audrey - Can we start to organize a food hackathon for the beginning of the fall semester?

b.     Use this as a springboard for marketing attention for new membership.

2.     Enactus Leadership Requirements:

a.     1 site visit per month

b.     1 speaker per month

c.      At least 3 projects per any given semester

d.     1 industry focus per semester (can be multiple semesters)

e.     Participate in Regional Competition Annually

3.     Connect at least one student to a startup internship per semester in order to create a stronger internship network in the entrepreneurial community.

4.     Organize at least 1 hackathon per semester with another organization.

a.     Partner with at least one other CBA organizations to promote interdisciplinary relationships.
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= Related Links =

[[University of Pittsburgh]]

[[Nathan Smialek]]

[[Brian Rhindress]]

[[Karuna Relwani|Karuna Relwani]]

[[Jennifer Sommer]]

[[Ian McIntyre|Ian McIntyre]]

[[Grant Jacoby|Grant Jacoby]]

[[Category:Student Priorities|Student_Priorities]]

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GrantJacoby: The Plan to Build an Entreneurship Community at Pitt Business

The Plan to Build an Entreneurship Community at Pitt Business

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2016-02-06T21:24:39Z

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= Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship =

The University of Pittsburgh is a city campus complete with a 4-year accredited undergraduate program, which is complemented by numerous prestigious graduate programs such as the School of Medicine, School of Law, School of Pharmacy, and School of Business. The University of Pittsburgh received $759 million dollars 2013 to fund its various research endeavors.  These research dollars have cultivated an environment that has fostered the growth of an incredibly young yet impressive entrepreneurial landscape.  Pitt is a giant in life science innovation, partnering its engineering and business programs with the international conglomerate UPMC has yielded a plethora medical device inventions and innovations in addition to numerous patents, start-ups, and licensing opportunities.  This success is trickling down through the ranks allowing students to become instrumental in large entrepreneurial pursuits.  Programs such as the Coulter Program and CMI fund medical innovation and are beginning to recognize the untapped potential of undergraduate innovators. In addition opportunities like the Randall Family Big Idea Competition help support  any  venture at the university .Through special project funds and micro grants these programs are giving students a chance to contribute to Pitt’s entrepreneurial success.  Undergraduate funding is an incredibly new standard for our entrepreneurial faculty and the overwhelming success of the pilot groups of undergraduate teams has ensured the sustainability of undergraduate funding for years to come.

= Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship =

Since 1996 Pitt has seen 98 start-up companies emerge, nine of which began in 2013. Many of these start-up companies emerge from life science research conducted by faculty members at Pitt. The faculty research is often funded by large government grants such as the NIH or NSF. However, that funding does not provide a viable means for launching a potential business from a research facility. The University has turned to Coulter program and CMI to facilitate the transition of these ideas to the marketplace. The University of Pittsburgh received $3.54 million from the Wallace H. Coulter Foundation in 2011 to fund translational research to be supplemented by $1.5 million dollars from the schools of Medicine and Engineering respectively. The grant covers five years of funding and was awarded to only six universities nationally. The goal of the Coulter program grant is to accelerate the introduction of new technologies to address current clinical deficiencies. CMI (Center for Medical Innovation) is an initiative that is similar to the Coulter program however, is Pitt-specific. CMI was started through the Coulter initiative and is intended to be the perpetual seeding program after the Coulter grant has finished. With these programs Pitt faculty has been overwhelming successful in moving their innovative technologies into the marketplace.

= University Technology Transfer Function =

<span id="docs-internal-guid-69774ec0-2e5d-5abf-a9a6-2ae9ba54ca89"><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Office of Technology and Management at the University of Pittsburgh is responsible for disclosing and managing all innovations and inventions.  The process one follows to acquire intellectual property is as follows:</span></span>
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<li><span id="docs-internal-guid-69774ec0-2e5d-5abf-a9a6-2ae9ba54ca89"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Meet with a group interested in pursuing a project</span></span></li>
<li><span id="docs-internal-guid-69774ec0-2e5d-5abf-a9a6-2ae9ba54ca89"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Define the parameters of the project within the scientific group including:</span></span></li>
</ul>
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<li><span id="docs-internal-guid-69774ec0-2e5d-5abf-a9a6-2ae9ba54ca89"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Product specifications</span></span></li>
<li><span id="docs-internal-guid-69774ec0-2e5d-5abf-a9a6-2ae9ba54ca89"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Necessary collaborators</span></span></li>
<li><span id="docs-internal-guid-69774ec0-2e5d-5abf-a9a6-2ae9ba54ca89"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Proposed budget</span></span></li>
</ul>
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<li><span id="docs-internal-guid-69774ec0-2e5d-5abf-a9a6-2ae9ba54ca89"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Meet with the Office of Technology and Management to conduct relevant patent searches</span></span></li>
<li><span id="docs-internal-guid-69774ec0-2e5d-5abf-a9a6-2ae9ba54ca89"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Determine whether the product is worth pursuing</span></span></li>
<li><span id="docs-internal-guid-69774ec0-2e5d-5abf-a9a6-2ae9ba54ca89"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Acquire funding for approved product</span></span></li>
<li><span id="docs-internal-guid-69774ec0-2e5d-5abf-a9a6-2ae9ba54ca89"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Design and build a prototype</span></span></li>
<li><span id="docs-internal-guid-69774ec0-2e5d-5abf-a9a6-2ae9ba54ca89"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bring prototype to TTC committee (group of legal experts)</span></span></li>
<li><span id="docs-internal-guid-69774ec0-2e5d-5abf-a9a6-2ae9ba54ca89"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TTC committee makes a ruling on whether or not prototype is fit to patent</span></span></li>
<li><span id="docs-internal-guid-69774ec0-2e5d-5abf-a9a6-2ae9ba54ca89"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Submit patent application</span></span></li>
</ul>

<span id="docs-internal-guid-69774ec0-2e5d-5abf-a9a6-2ae9ba54ca89"><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">At this point Pitt is new to the entrepreneurial world so the majority of effort in patenting the life science innovations and inventions has been through CMI and Coulter.  However, CMI and Coulter are looking to from more concrete relations between the OTM, research laboratories, and the department of Bioengineering.  We hope to cultivate a perpetual seed funding program to drive future life science innovation and invention.</span></span>
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= University-Industry Collaboration<br/> =

<span id="docs-internal-guid-69774ec0-2e5d-aa25-b69b-a97fbdc0ce62"><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The University of Pittsburgh, at this point, does not have strong ties with large industry to provide students an arena in which to practice entrepreneurship.  Rather, Pitt looks to build companies and fund small ventures giving students a more hands on experience.  The reasoning for this is quite simple; the University of Pittsburgh has at its disposal UPMC and millions of dollars in research funding.  This contributes to a gold mine of market needs and clinical deficiencies.  Pitt’s major downfall is its lack of collaboration, until recently the departments did not work together to take advantage of these potential products and businesses.  The new age of student-driven entrepreneurship is changing that.  </span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Student organizations, like Design Hub, pair student composed design teams with physicians at UPMC to help prototype products that physicians see a need for</span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 255); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">.</span><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Students are working hands-on with clinicians and are bringing small ideas to life, which are leading to larger successes down the road.  Many of these ideas start as small projects but turn into start-up companies and small businesses.  The bottom line is industry collaboration is not necessary to make entrepreneurs at Pitt successful, better collaboration between departments will lead to a booming age of entrepreneurial partnership between UPMC and the rest of the university.</span></span>
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= Regional and Local Economic Development Efforts =
<div>The City of Pittsburgh is, perhaps, one of the quickest and most vibrantly emerging entrepreneurial landscapes in the country. Pittsburgh is well known for low labor costs and having strong student graduates (36,000 annually from 36 colleges and universities). Further $3 billion is invested in R&D per year and Pittsburgh is located within 500 miles of half of U.S. power buyers. Fun fact: The Economist named Pittsburgh “Most Livable Place in the Continental U.S.” for two consecutive years.</div><div><br/></div><div>Important entrepreneurial developments in Pittsburgh include:</div>
*The recent opening of a local “Tech Shop” branch.  This “Tech Shop” houses machine shops and electronic labs for design and is posed to become a design hub.
*Thrill Mill- a non-profit organization that hosts business plan competitions an incubator space, and great networking opportunities for budding entrepreneurs.
*Startup Weekend Pittsburgh began in 2012, following the national movement,, allowing anyone to pitch their startup idea and receive feedback from their peers. 
<div><br/></div><div>Overall, it is evident that Pittsburgh startups are beginning to take off.  Companies like Astrobotic (set to be the next to reach the moon with their lunar rover and win the Google XPrize) are budding and national entrepreneurial organizations like Venture for America are taking note.  No doubt, Pittsburgh is in the process of becoming a home to innovation and entrepreneurship and will continue to develop over the coming years.</div><div><br/></div>
= The Innovation Institute and the Increase in I&E =
<div>The announcement of the University of Pittsburgh Innovation Institute in 2013 began a dramatic increase in innovative and entrepreneurial activities at the University of Pittsburgh. The Innovation Institute serves as the housing entity for the Office of Technology Management, the Office of Enterprise Development, and Institute for Entrepreneurial Excellence. The Innovation Institute’s mission is to promote and foster a community of innovation throughout the Pitt campus, and to unite the various Pitt colleges, faculty, and students in entrepreneurial endeavors.</div><div><br/></div><div>The Innovation Institute manages design and business competitions, events, and educational opportunities for aspiring innovators. One of the most prominent competitions is the Randall Family Big Idea competition, a competition focused on start-up creation and exploring the potential of new ideas. The Big Idea competition supports twelve winners with upwards of $25,000 in support of their idea. Student teams learn how to pitch ideas orally and via video media, develop business plans, evaluate intellectual property, and potentially start full-fledged companies. Other competitions include hackathons, such as the brand-new She Innovates! all-womens hackathon as well as the IBM Smart-tag hackathon.  Startup Weekends, give students the opportunity to meet like-minded students of different disciplines as they contemplate their own ideas. Long-lasting competitions, such as the Pitt Innovation Challenge (PINCH) and the Pitt Mobile App Challenge provide students the exposure to innovation competitions.</div><div><br/></div><div>The Innovation Institute manages events that allow Pitt students to learn from entrepreneurs at Pitt and in the Pittsburgh area. Last fall, the Innovation Institute hosted the first MIT Enterprise Forum at Pitt, a public event at which students and faculty could learn from local entrepreneurs at various stages in the commercialization process. The Innovation Institute also hosts free seminars so that students may learn about different aspects of entrepreneurship, from general workshops on business model formation, to specific seminars discussing how to start a business on an F-1 Visa.  Furthermore, the Innovation Institute provides formal classes, such as the Benchtop-to-Bedside course, to provide faculty and students with the support needed to translate research projects into sustainable businesses. Outside of the University of Pittsburgh, the Innovation Institute promotes Pittsburgh community events including the Thrival Innovation and Music Festival, the Steel City Codefest, and the Three Rivers Venture Fair. The Innovation Institute maintains relationships with investors, business networks, and local accelerators including Innovation Works, the Alphalab and Alphalab Gear Accelerators, the Idea Foundry, and Thrill Mill.</div><div><br/></div><div>The presence of the Innovation Institute is spurring new movements from both students and faculty. Undergraduate and graduate clubs such as Enactus, Launch Pitt, the Pitt Startup Network, and Design Hub, are committed to giving students the exposure to both hard- and soft-skills, innovative practices, and most importantly design thinking mentalities.  Faculty at the engineering school are sponsoring the Design Expo, an event that, showcases the design projects of seniors involved in their capstone project. Finally, new undergraduate and graduate course offerings include The Art of Hands-On Systems Design and Engineering; Medical Product Ideation; Technology Innovation, Adoption, and Diffusion; Entrepreneurship and New Venture Initiation; and Client-Centered Rehabilitation Engineering Design. </div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div>
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<u>''Student Initiatives''</u>

*Opportunities for clubs to come up with products and seek patents

<u>''School Resources''</u>

*Primary entrepreneurship focus in School of Engineering, School of Business with target towards graduate students
*Support for funding and collaboration:
**Office of Enterprise Development
**Office of Technology Management
**Institute for Entrepreneurial Excellence
*Big Idea Competition
*Center for Product Innovation
*Entrepreneurial Scholars Award

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University Innovation Fellow: Karuna Relwani

Where to find What E&I-related in Pittsburgh

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[[Nathan Smialek]]

[[Brian Rhindress]]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Karuna_Relwani Karuna Relwani]

[[Jennifer Sommer]]

[[Ian McIntyre|Ian McIntyre]]

[[Madhur Malhotra|Madhur Malhotra]]

[[David Jacob|David Jacob]]

[[Harinee Suthakar|Harinee Suthakar]]

[[Grant_Jacoby|Grant Jacoby]]

[[University of Pittsburgh Student Priorities]]

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File:Grant Jacoby Profile.docx

2016-02-06T20:59:04Z

GrantJacoby:

Priorities:University of Pittsburgh Student Priorities

2016-02-06T20:55:23Z

GrantJacoby:

Resource:How to Use Betabox Mobile Makers Spaces

2016-01-22T20:58:52Z

GrantJacoby:

<p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p>
OVERVIEW

Betaversity or Betabox is a mobile prototyping company led by CEO Sean Maroni. He went to school at NC State for a major in mechanical engineering however his interests reach many other fields and majors. As a student he became interested in running creative spaces. Sean came up with this idea along with more students he met through epicenter. They decided to create a makers pace that was portable. Thus Betabox was born. It is the first transportable makers space.

PURPOSE

The purpose of Betabox is to inspire creativity and design thinking around the country in affordable and transportable ways through mobile creative spaces. Betabox offers a wide variety of tools and spaces that can help corporations and students alike to solve real world problems.

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DISTINCT DIFFERENCES FROM OTHER OFFERINGS

Betabox is portable unlike any other competitor and they serve all sorts of industries. They help corporations with engineering issues and they help students start businesses. The most interesting part of Betabox compared to competitors is their adaptability. Betabox can do anywhere in the country! Imagine a freestanding makers space delivered to your doorstep anytime you want!

 

ACADEMIC PERMISSION

The Betabox can be found around the country. It was originally tested at UC Davis and then taken over as a consulting project by Sean and his cohorts. In the beginning they saw a growing demand for their idea. They realized students and schools were looking for news ways to get their own creative spaces. But schools also realized that making your own space can be expensive so Betabox began to rent their to different schools in the university and K-12 setting.  [[File:|Description: Macintosh HD:Users:Grant:Desktop:Screen Shot 2016-01-20 at 9.18.23 PM.png]]

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STEPS REQUIRED TO BRING RESOURCE TO CAMPUS

This didn’t come easy. Sean and Betabox knew early on that they needed to work and build good relationships with everyone in power of making the decisions at the university setting. They also knew that they would need to bring the best materials and thought leaders to their boxes in order to inspire innovation and design thinking.

With that in mind Betabox has grown to a larger scale! It has taken on many different forms for leaders and thinkers in many different academic backgrounds. They have created modular boxes for makers, ideators, and others with many different specifications. Betabox have also connected students to the necessary information to grow their ideas.

But it didn’t stop there. Betabox made it a goal to inspire kids to lead in their own entrepreneurial community. They realized their product was most useful when students went out of their way to build more upon what Betabox had started. Sean has said that his most important lessons came from his customers. It was the students, teachers, and engineers that used his box that were able to tell him how to best use it.

 

CONTACT INFORMATION

You can find more about Betabox through their website betaboxlabs.com. If you want to get in contact with the CEO, Sean Maroni, feel free to email the UIF representative at [mailto:gtj5@pitt.edu gtj5@pitt.edu] for more information.

 

CONCLUSION

In the end Betabox has a ton of room to grow as a company. You can visit their website to learn more and potentially get a Betabox somewhere near you. Sean is a very well spoken leader and has a lot knowledge in the makers space realm. He offered a lot of valuable information and he left some tips for anyone interested. He wanted to say “you need to listen to your customers, experiment and iterate, and make sure to facilitate the growth and design of products in a fun atmosphere.” Simply put he is trying to remind us all that innovation is collaborative and fun. Betabox is all about making memorable and educational experiences for everyone involved from the CEO to the student to the teacher. If you ever have the desire to brainstorm an idea make sure to look up where the closest BetaBox is near to you! Keep a lookout for Betabox 2.0 coming soon!
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Resource:How to Use Betabox Mobile Makers Spaces

2016-01-22T20:58:29Z

GrantJacoby:

<p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p>
OVERVIEW

Betaversity or Betabox is a mobile prototyping company led by CEO Sean Maroni. He went to school at NC State for a major in mechanical engineering however his interests reach many other fields and majors. As a student he became interested in running creative spaces. Sean came up with this idea along with more students he met through epicenter. They decided to create a makers pace that was portable. Thus Betabox was born. It is the first transportable makers space.

 

PURPOSE

The purpose of Betabox is to inspire creativity and design thinking around the country in affordable and transportable ways through mobile creative spaces. Betabox offers a wide variety of tools and spaces that can help corporations and students alike to solve real world problems.
<p style="text-align: center;"></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p>
DISTINCT DIFFERENCES FROM OTHER OFFERINGS

Betabox is portable unlike any other competitor and they serve all sorts of industries. They help corporations with engineering issues and they help students start businesses. The most interesting part of Betabox compared to competitors is their adaptability. Betabox can do anywhere in the country! Imagine a freestanding makers space delivered to your doorstep anytime you want!

 

ACADEMIC PERMISSION

The Betabox can be found around the country. It was originally tested at UC Davis and then taken over as a consulting project by Sean and his cohorts. In the beginning they saw a growing demand for their idea. They realized students and schools were looking for news ways to get their own creative spaces. But schools also realized that making your own space can be expensive so Betabox began to rent their to different schools in the university and K-12 setting.  [[File:|Description: Macintosh HD:Users:Grant:Desktop:Screen Shot 2016-01-20 at 9.18.23 PM.png]]

<p style="text-align: center;"></p>
STEPS REQUIRED TO BRING RESOURCE TO CAMPUS

This didn’t come easy. Sean and Betabox knew early on that they needed to work and build good relationships with everyone in power of making the decisions at the university setting. They also knew that they would need to bring the best materials and thought leaders to their boxes in order to inspire innovation and design thinking.

With that in mind Betabox has grown to a larger scale! It has taken on many different forms for leaders and thinkers in many different academic backgrounds. They have created modular boxes for makers, ideators, and others with many different specifications. Betabox have also connected students to the necessary information to grow their ideas.

But it didn’t stop there. Betabox made it a goal to inspire kids to lead in their own entrepreneurial community. They realized their product was most useful when students went out of their way to build more upon what Betabox had started. Sean has said that his most important lessons came from his customers. It was the students, teachers, and engineers that used his box that were able to tell him how to best use it.

 

CONTACT INFORMATION

You can find more about Betabox through their website betaboxlabs.com. If you want to get in contact with the CEO, Sean Maroni, feel free to email the UIF representative at [mailto:gtj5@pitt.edu gtj5@pitt.edu] for more information.

 

CONCLUSION

In the end Betabox has a ton of room to grow as a company. You can visit their website to learn more and potentially get a Betabox somewhere near you. Sean is a very well spoken leader and has a lot knowledge in the makers space realm. He offered a lot of valuable information and he left some tips for anyone interested. He wanted to say “you need to listen to your customers, experiment and iterate, and make sure to facilitate the growth and design of products in a fun atmosphere.” Simply put he is trying to remind us all that innovation is collaborative and fun. Betabox is all about making memorable and educational experiences for everyone involved from the CEO to the student to the teacher. If you ever have the desire to brainstorm an idea make sure to look up where the closest BetaBox is near to you! Keep a lookout for Betabox 2.0 coming soon!
<p style="text-align: center;"></p>

Resource:How to Use Betabox Mobile Makers Spaces

2016-01-22T20:56:54Z

GrantJacoby:

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OVERVIEW

Betaversity or Betabox is a mobile prototyping company led by CEO Sean Maroni. He went to school at NC State for a major in mechanical engineering however his interests reach many other fields and majors. As a student he became interested in running creative spaces. Sean came up with this idea along with more students he met through epicenter. They decided to create a makers pace that was portable. Thus Betabox was born. It is the first transportable makers space.

 

PURPOSE

The purpose of Betabox is to inspire creativity and design thinking around the country in affordable and transportable ways through mobile creative spaces. Betabox offers a wide variety of tools and spaces that can help corporations and students alike to solve real world problems.
<p style="text-align: center;">[[File:]] </p><p style="text-align: center;"></p>
DISTINCT DIFFERENCES FROM OTHER OFFERINGS

Betabox is portable unlike any other competitor and they serve all sorts of industries. They help corporations with engineering issues and they help students start businesses. The most interesting part of Betabox compared to competitors is their adaptability. Betabox can do anywhere in the country! Imagine a freestanding makers space delivered to your doorstep anytime you want!

 

ACADEMIC PERMISSION

The Betabox can be found around the country. It was originally tested at UC Davis and then taken over as a consulting project by Sean and his cohorts. In the beginning they saw a growing demand for their idea. They realized students and schools were looking for news ways to get their own creative spaces. But schools also realized that making your own space can be expensive so Betabox began to rent their to different schools in the university and K-12 setting.  [[File:|Description: Macintosh HD:Users:Grant:Desktop:Screen Shot 2016-01-20 at 9.18.23 PM.png]]
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STEPS REQUIRED TO BRING RESOURCE TO CAMPUS

This didn’t come easy. Sean and Betabox knew early on that they needed to work and build good relationships with everyone in power of making the decisions at the university setting. They also knew that they would need to bring the best materials and thought leaders to their boxes in order to inspire innovation and design thinking.

With that in mind Betabox has grown to a larger scale! It has taken on many different forms for leaders and thinkers in many different academic backgrounds. They have created modular boxes for makers, ideators, and others with many different specifications. Betabox have also connected students to the necessary information to grow their ideas.

But it didn’t stop there. Betabox made it a goal to inspire kids to lead in their own entrepreneurial community. They realized their product was most useful when students went out of their way to build more upon what Betabox had started. Sean has said that his most important lessons came from his customers. It was the students, teachers, and engineers that used his box that were able to tell him how to best use it.

 

CONTACT INFORMATION

You can find more about Betabox through their website betaboxlabs.com. If you want to get in contact with the CEO, Sean Maroni, feel free to email the UIF representative at [mailto:gtj5@pitt.edu gtj5@pitt.edu] for more information.

 

CONCLUSION

In the end Betabox has a ton of room to grow as a company. You can visit their website to learn more and potentially get a Betabox somewhere near you. Sean is a very well spoken leader and has a lot knowledge in the makers space realm. He offered a lot of valuable information and he left some tips for anyone interested. He wanted to say “you need to listen to your customers, experiment and iterate, and make sure to facilitate the growth and design of products in a fun atmosphere.” Simply put he is trying to remind us all that innovation is collaborative and fun. Betabox is all about making memorable and educational experiences for everyone involved from the CEO to the student to the teacher. If you ever have the desire to brainstorm an idea make sure to look up where the closest BetaBox is near to you! Keep a lookout for Betabox 2.0 coming soon!
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Resource:How to Use Betabox Mobile Makers Spaces

2016-01-22T20:54:00Z

GrantJacoby: Created page with "  OVERVIEW Betaversity or Betabox is a mobile prototyping company led by CEO Sean Maroni. He went to school at NC State for a major in mechanical engineering however hi..."

 

OVERVIEW

Betaversity or Betabox is a mobile prototyping company led by CEO Sean Maroni. He went to school at NC State for a major in mechanical engineering however his interests reach many other fields and majors. As a student he became interested in running creative spaces. Sean came up with this idea along with more students he met through epicenter. They decided to create a makers pace that was portable. Thus Betabox was born. It is the first transportable makers space.

 

PURPOSE

The purpose of Betabox is to inspire creativity and design thinking around the country in affordable and transportable ways through mobile creative spaces. Betabox offers a wide variety of tools and spaces that can help corporations and students alike to solve real world problems.

 

DISTINCT DIFFERENCES FROM OTHER OFFERINGS

Betabox is portable unlike any other competitor and they serve all sorts of industries. They help corporations with engineering issues and they help students start businesses. The most interesting part of Betabox compared to competitors is their adaptability. Betabox can do anywhere in the country! Imagine a freestanding makers space delivered to your doorstep anytime you want!

 

ACADEMIC PERMISSION

The Betabox can be found around the country. It was originally tested at UC Davis and then taken over as a consulting project by Sean and his cohorts. In the beginning they saw a growing demand for their idea. They realized students and schools were looking for news ways to get their own creative spaces. But schools also realized that making your own space can be expensive so Betabox began to rent their to different schools in the university and K-12 setting.  [[File:|Description: Macintosh HD:Users:Grant:Desktop:Screen Shot 2016-01-20 at 9.18.23 PM.png]]

 

STEPS REQUIRED TO BRING RESOURCE TO CAMPUS

This didn’t come easy. Sean and Betabox knew early on that they needed to work and build good relationships with everyone in power of making the decisions at the university setting. They also knew that they would need to bring the best materials and thought leaders to their boxes in order to inspire innovation and design thinking.

With that in mind Betabox has grown to a larger scale! It has taken on many different forms for leaders and thinkers in many different academic backgrounds. They have created modular boxes for makers, ideators, and others with many different specifications. Betabox have also connected students to the necessary information to grow their ideas.

But it didn’t stop there. Betabox made it a goal to inspire kids to lead in their own entrepreneurial community. They realized their product was most useful when students went out of their way to build more upon what Betabox had started. Sean has said that his most important lessons came from his customers. It was the students, teachers, and engineers that used his box that were able to tell him how to best use it.

 

CONTACT INFORMATION

You can find more about Betabox through their website betaboxlabs.com. If you want to get in contact with the CEO, Sean Maroni, feel free to email the UIF representative at [mailto:gtj5@pitt.edu gtj5@pitt.edu] for more information.

 

CONCLUSION

In the end Betabox has a ton of room to grow as a company. You can visit their website to learn more and potentially get a Betabox somewhere near you. Sean is a very well spoken leader and has a lot knowledge in the makers space realm. He offered a lot of valuable information and he left some tips for anyone interested. He wanted to say “you need to listen to your customers, experiment and iterate, and make sure to facilitate the growth and design of products in a fun atmosphere.” Simply put he is trying to remind us all that innovation is collaborative and fun. Betabox is all about making memorable and educational experiences for everyone involved from the CEO to the student to the teacher. If you ever have the desire to brainstorm an idea make sure to look up where the closest BetaBox is near to you! Keep a lookout for Betabox 2.0 coming soon!

File:How to Use Betabox Mobile Makers Spaces.docx

2016-01-22T20:48:59Z

GrantJacoby: This is a wiki on the basics of the Beatbox company led by Sean Maroni. You can learn about what Betabox is and how it works. You can also learn more about the processes that improve makers spaces for your own endeavors.

This is a wiki on the basics of the Beatbox company led by Sean Maroni. You can learn about what Betabox is and how it works. You can also learn more about the processes that improve makers spaces for your own endeavors.