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Priorities:Pennsylvania State University Student Priorities

2019-10-18T03:20:05Z

Hayden108:

= Overview<br/> =

Penn State offers many Innovation and Entrepreneurship resources varying from classes, to organizations to attaining funding for entrepreneurial activities. Its biggest contributor of growth has been the "Invent Penn State" initiative, started in 2015. It was a pet-project of the current President, Eric Barron, and has lead to buildup of entreprenuerial resources in nearly every facet of Penn State life. There are over 150 classes offered in the varying areas of entrepreneurship. There are 5 minors offered in the umbrella topic of entrepreneurship, as well as "Launchboxes" (innovation hubs/incubators) at every campus in the ecosystem. Lots of the growth has been spurred on by various student organizations such as Innoblue (the primary entreprenuership club on campus), HackPSU (organizes by yearly hackathons with corporate sponsors), Enactus (a project-based social entreprenuership club), and Happy Valley Capital (a VC interest club). Penn State also has pitch competitions in nearly every academic discipline for startup ideas. Lastly, Penn State has a large industrial park, dubbed "Innovation Park", for local and university startups to operate.

Although Penn State has done a great job in building up these opportunities, there are still some ways we believe we can improve. We would like to provide more inspiration for students to become entrepreneurs, provide a greater culture of entreprenuership, and increase the visibility of suitable entry points in to the community. We will carry out these goals by increasing VC presence, providing entry information to freshmen, and elevating successful entreprenuerial alumni.

= <br/> =

= Strategy #1: Inspiring Students to Take Part<br/> =

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

== Step #1: Exploring New Marketing Channels for Content ==

*Description: The current Invent Penn State marketing channels are good at keeping students engaged, however we think that we need different outreach channels if we truly want to make our ideas a success and grow the ecosystem as whole.
*Some ideas:
*Postering Campaign (our poster prototypes worked well)
*Pitching at Student Organizations
*Banners?
*Pushing students to join the existing mailing list
*Innoblue Website

== Step #2: Alumni Centered Content ==

*Description: We want to take stories from inspirational entreprenuerial alumni, and share them with exisiting students in an easily accesible format. We hope that by showing students what their predeccesors have accomplished, it may inspire them to take a leap of faith in to entreprenuership. We will dispurse this information through the above marketing channels.

= Strategy #2: Creating a Buzzing Culture of I&E around Campus<br/> =

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

== Primary Tactic: Increasing VC Presence ==

*Description: We have noticed that many of the US Entreprenuership hubs have a booming VC environment to accompany the growing businesses. Our hope, is that by increasing visits from major VC partners/companies, we will enable more local/university based startups to florish. This will in turn increase our reputation as a startup university and attract more VCs.
*Ideas:
*Investor Bus Tours like [https://www.events.revolution.com/ Rise of the Rest]
*Elevating the few VC firms that are present at Penn State: 1855 Capital and Contrary Capital
*Work to increase Contrary Capital's presence on campus

== Secondary Tactic: Changing the Rules ==

*Description: Penn State currently has a rule that no revenue generating business can be started or operated on campus. If we want to take our ecosystem to the next level, that is something that will really need to change.

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= Strategy #3: Increasing Entry Point Quality and Visibility =

= Related Links =

[[Pennsylvania State University]]

[[Mridul Bhandari]]

[[Category:Student Priorities|p]]

Priorities:Pennsylvania State University Student Priorities

2019-10-18T03:19:21Z

Hayden108:

= Overview<br/> =

Penn State offers many Innovation and Entrepreneurship resources varying from classes, to organizations to attaining funding for entrepreneurial activities. Its biggest contributor of growth has been the "Invent Penn State" initiative, started in 2015. It was a pet-project of the current President, Eric Barron, and has lead to buildup of entreprenuerial resources in nearly every facet of Penn State life. There are over 150 classes offered in the varying areas of entrepreneurship. There are 5 minors offered in the umbrella topic of entrepreneurship, as well as "Launchboxes" (innovation hubs/incubators) at every campus in the ecosystem. Lots of the growth has been spurred on by various student organizations such as Innoblue (the primary entreprenuership club on campus), HackPSU (organizes by yearly hackathons with corporate sponsors), Enactus (a project-based social entreprenuership club), and Happy Valley Capital (a VC interest club). Penn State also has pitch competitions in nearly every academic discipline for startup ideas. Lastly, Penn State has a large industrial park, dubbed "Innovation Park", for local and university startups to operate.

Although Penn State has done a great job in building up these opportunities, there are still some ways we believe we can improve. We would like to provide more inspiration for students to become entrepreneurs, provide a greater culture of entreprenuership, and increase the visibility of suitable entry points in to the community. We will carry out these goals by increasing VC presence, providing entry information to freshmen, and elevating successful entreprenuerial alumni.

= <br/> =

= Strategy #1: Inspiring Students to Take Part<br/> =

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

== Step #1: Exploring New Marketing Channels for Content ==

*Description: The current Invent Penn State marketing channels are good at keeping students engaged, however we think that we need different outreach channels if we truly want to make our ideas a success and grow the ecosystem as whole.
*Some ideas:
*Postering Campaign (our poster prototypes worked well)
*Pitching at Student Organizations
*Banners?
*Pushing students to join the existing mailing list
*Innoblue Website

== Step #2: Alumni Centered Content ==

*Description: We want to take stories from inspirational entreprenuerial alumni, and share them with exisiting students in an easily accesible format. We hope that by showing students what their predeccesors have accomplished, it may inspire them to take a leap of faith in to entreprenuership. We will dispurse this information through the above marketing channels.

= Strategy #2: Creating a Buzzing Culture of I&E around Campus<br/> =

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

== Primary Tactic: Increasing VC Presence ==

*Description: We have noticed that many of the US Entreprenuership hubs have a booming VC environment to accompany the growing businesses. Our hope, is that by increasing visits from major VC partners/companies, we will enable more local/university based startups to florish. This will in turn increase our reputation as a startup university and attract more VCs.
*Ideas:
*Investor Bus Tours like [https://www.events.revolution.com/ Rise of the Rest]
*Elevating the few VC firms that are present at Penn State: 1855 Capital and Contrary Capital
*Work to increase Contrary Capital's presence on campus

== Secondary Tactic: Changing the Rules ==

*Description: Penn State currently has a rule that no revenue generating business can be started or operated on campus. If we want to take our ecosystem to the next level, that is something that will really need to change.

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= Strategy #3: Increasing Entry Point Quality and Visibility =

= Related Links =

[[Pennsylvania State University]]

[[Mridul Bhandari]]

[[Category:Student Priorities|p]]

Priorities:Pennsylvania State University Student Priorities

2019-10-18T03:15:00Z

Hayden108:

Priorities:Pennsylvania State University Student Priorities

2019-10-18T03:12:03Z

Hayden108:

Priorities:Pennsylvania State University Student Priorities

2019-10-18T03:04:58Z

Hayden108:

Priorities:Pennsylvania State University Student Priorities

2019-10-18T03:03:40Z

Hayden108:

Priorities:Pennsylvania State University Student Priorities

2019-10-18T02:54:01Z

Hayden108:

= Overview<br/> =

Penn State offers many Innovation and Entrepreneurship resources varying from classes, to organizations to attaining funding for entrepreneurial activities. Its biggest contributor of growth has been the "Invent Penn State" initiative, started in 2015. It was a pet-project of the current President, Eric Barron, and has lead to buildup of entreprenuerial resources in nearly every facet of Penn State life. There are over 150 classes offered in the varying areas of entrepreneurship. There are 5 minors offered in the umbrella topic of entrepreneurship, as well as "Launchboxes" (innovation hubs/incubators) at every campus in the ecosystem. Lots of the growth has been spurred on by various student organizations such as Innoblue (the primary entreprenuership club on campus), HackPSU (organizes by yearly hackathons with corporate sponsors), Enactus (a project-based social entreprenuership club), and Happy Valley Capital (a VC interest club). Penn State also has pitch competitions in nearly every academic discipline for startup ideas. Lastly, Penn State has a large industrial park, dubbed "Innovation Park", for local and university startups to operate.

Although Penn State has done a great job in building up these opportunities, there are still some ways we believe we can improve. We would like to provide more inspiration for students to become entrepreneurs, provide a greater culture of entreprenuership, and increase the visibility of suitable entry points in to the community. We will carry out these goals by increasing VC presence, providing entry information to freshmen, and elevating successful entreprenuerial alumni.

= <br/> =

= Strategy #1: Inspiring Students to Take Part<br/> =

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

== Step #1: Exploring New Marketing Channels for Content ==

*Description: The current Invent Penn State marketing channels are good at keeping students engaged, however we think that we need different outreach channels if we truly want to make our ideas a success and grow the ecosystem as whole.
*Some ideas:
*Postering Campaign (our poster prototypes worked well)
*Pitching at Student Organizations
*Banners?
*Pushing students to join the existing mailing list
*Innoblue Website

== Step #2: Alumni Centered Content ==

*Description: We want to take stories from inspirational entreprenuerial alumni, and share them with exisiting students in an easily accesible format. We hope that by showing students what their predeccesors have accomplished, it may inspire them to take a leap of faith in to entreprenuership. We will dispurse this information through the above marketing channels.

= Strategy #2 Culture: <br/> =

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

== Tactic #1: Building Two Innovation Spaces ==

*Description: By building two innovation spaces to foster two different type of businesses, students will want to venture more into entrepreneurship. For a service based business, the innovation space should be built in the business school. For a product based business, the innovation space should be built in the engineering or IST school. The product based innovation space should include woodwork and manufacturing machinery.
*Team Leader::  TBD
*Milestones: 
*Talk to department heads/president of university 12/13
*Get student, faculty and alumni support 3/14
*Find donors 6/14
*Construct a plan with heads of the university 10/14

== Tactic #2: Local Career Fair ==

*Description: Hold a career fair for local businesses and students interested in working during school. This allows students to interact with entrepreneurs during the school year. 
*Team Leader:: Mridul Bhandari
*Milestones: 
*Get businesses involved 9/13
*Inform students 10/13
*Test run 11/13
*Create a sustainable plan 1/14

== Tactic #3: Hosting Start-up/Entrepreneurial Section at Penn State's Career Fair ==

*Description: Penn State invites over 500 companies to recruit during the career fair, and almost none of them are small companies. Many Penn State students want to do something entrepreneurial but lack experience. By hosting a startup section, or an entrepreneurial section during the career fair, students will be able to talk to companies that they want to work for. This allows them a chance to enhance their entrepreneurial skill while ganing experience. 
*Team Leader: Mridul Bhandari
*Milestones: 
*Talk to companies to gage interest 10/13
*Talk to career fair administration 11/13
*Talk to Engineering and IST department heads for a push to career fair administration 12/13
*Contact startups and entrepreneurship companies 2/13
*Hold a test run 3/13
*Construct sustainable plan 5/13

= Impact =

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= Related Links =

[[Pennsylvania State University]]

[[Mridul Bhandari]]

[[Category:Student Priorities|p]]

Priorities:Pennsylvania State University Student Priorities

2019-10-18T02:53:29Z

Hayden108:

= Overview<br/> =

Penn State offers many Innovation and Entrepreneurship resources varying from classes, to organizations to attaining funding for entrepreneurial activities. Its biggest contributor of growth has been the "Invent Penn State" initiative, started in 2015. It was a pet-project of the current President, Eric Barron, and has lead to buildup of entreprenuerial resources in nearly every facet of Penn State life. There are over 150 classes offered in the varying areas of entrepreneurship. There are 5 minors offered in the umbrella topic of entrepreneurship, as well as "Launchboxes" (innovation hubs/incubators) at every campus in the ecosystem. Lots of the growth has been spurred on by various student organizations such as Innoblue (the primary entreprenuership club on campus), HackPSU (organizes by yearly hackathons with corporate sponsors), Enactus (a project-based social entreprenuership club), and Happy Valley Capital (a VC interest club). Penn State also has pitch competitions in nearly every academic discipline for startup ideas. Lastly, Penn State has a large industrial park, dubbed "Innovation Park", for local and university startups to operate.

Although Penn State has done a great job in building up these opportunities, there are still some ways we believe we can improve. We would like to provide more inspiration for students to become entrepreneurs, provide a greater culture of entreprenuership, and increase the visibility of suitable entry points in to the community. We will carry out these goals by increasing VC presence, providing entry information to freshmen, and elevating successful entreprenuerial alumni.

= <br/> =

= Strategy #1: Inspiring Students to Take Part<br/> =

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

== Step #1: Exploring New Marketing Channels for Content ==

*Description: The current Invent Penn State marketing channels are good at keeping students engaged, however we think that we need different outreach channels if we truly want to make our ideas a success and grow the ecosystem as whole.
*Some ideas:
*Postering Campaign (our poster prototypes worked well)
*Pitching at Student Organizations
*Banners?
*Pushing students to join the existing mailing list
*Innoblue Website

== Step #2: Alumni Centered Content ==

*Description: We want to take stories from inspirational entreprenuerial alumni, and share them with exisiting students in an easily accesible format. We hope that by showing students what their predeccesors have accomplished, it may inspire them to take a leap of faith in to entreprenuership. We will dispurse this information through the above marketing channels.

= Strategy #2: Applied: Bettering Innovation Spaces and Communication<br/> =

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

== Tactic #1: Building Two Innovation Spaces ==

*Description: By building two innovation spaces to foster two different type of businesses, students will want to venture more into entrepreneurship. For a service based business, the innovation space should be built in the business school. For a product based business, the innovation space should be built in the engineering or IST school. The product based innovation space should include woodwork and manufacturing machinery.
*Team Leader::  TBD
*Milestones: 
*Talk to department heads/president of university 12/13
*Get student, faculty and alumni support 3/14
*Find donors 6/14
*Construct a plan with heads of the university 10/14

== Tactic #2: Local Career Fair ==

*Description: Hold a career fair for local businesses and students interested in working during school. This allows students to interact with entrepreneurs during the school year. 
*Team Leader:: Mridul Bhandari
*Milestones: 
*Get businesses involved 9/13
*Inform students 10/13
*Test run 11/13
*Create a sustainable plan 1/14

== Tactic #3: Hosting Start-up/Entrepreneurial Section at Penn State's Career Fair ==

*Description: Penn State invites over 500 companies to recruit during the career fair, and almost none of them are small companies. Many Penn State students want to do something entrepreneurial but lack experience. By hosting a startup section, or an entrepreneurial section during the career fair, students will be able to talk to companies that they want to work for. This allows them a chance to enhance their entrepreneurial skill while ganing experience. 
*Team Leader: Mridul Bhandari
*Milestones: 
*Talk to companies to gage interest 10/13
*Talk to career fair administration 11/13
*Talk to Engineering and IST department heads for a push to career fair administration 12/13
*Contact startups and entrepreneurship companies 2/13
*Hold a test run 3/13
*Construct sustainable plan 5/13

= Impact =

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= Related Links =

[[Pennsylvania State University]]

[[Mridul Bhandari]]

[[Category:Student Priorities|p]]

Priorities:Pennsylvania State University Student Priorities

2019-10-18T02:46:20Z

Hayden108:

= Overview<br/> =

Penn State offers many Innovation and Entrepreneurship resources varying from classes, to organizations to attaining funding for entrepreneurial activities. Its biggest contributor of growth has been the "Invent Penn State" initiative, started in 2015. It was a pet-project of the current President, Eric Barron, and has lead to buildup of entreprenuerial resources in nearly every facet of Penn State life. There are over 150 classes offered in the varying areas of entrepreneurship. There are 5 minors offered in the umbrella topic of entrepreneurship, as well as "Launchboxes" (innovation hubs/incubators) at every campus in the ecosystem. Lots of the growth has been spurred on by various student organizations such as Innoblue (the primary entreprenuership club on campus), HackPSU (organizes by yearly hackathons with corporate sponsors), Enactus (a project-based social entreprenuership club), and Happy Valley Capital (a VC interest club). Penn State also has pitch competitions in nearly every academic discipline for startup ideas. Lastly, Penn State has a large industrial park, dubbed "Innovation Park", for local and university startups to operate.

Although Penn State has done a great job in building up these opportunities, there are still some ways we believe we can improve. We would like to provide more inspiration for students to become entrepreneurs, provide a greater culture of entreprenuership, and increase the visibility of suitable entry points in to the community. We will carry out these goals by increasing VC presence, providing entry information to freshmen, and elevating successful entreprenuerial alumni.

= <br/> =

= Strategy #1: Perceived - Bettering Speaker Series<br/> =

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

== Tactic #1: Outreach group, Logistics group, Marketing Group ==

*Description: Get three different groups on campus that are concentrating on promoting entrepreneurship on campus. By splitting them up into committees, it easier to mark progress. The outreach group would be responsible for reaching out to alumni and businesses, interviewing them, convincing them to speak at PSU, and knowing their availability. The logistics group would be responsible for all PSU-backend things, such as booking rooms, finding PSU availability, and confirming dates and times with speakers. The marketing group would be responsible for marketing the speakers to students to increase involvement. Each committee will have a head who is responsible for making sure that work gets done in a timely manner. 
*Team Leader:: Entrepreneurship Speaker Overall
*Milestones: 
*Find interested students 2/13
*Make committess 3/13
*Get a lineup of speakers 6/13
*Start speaker series 10/13

== Tactic #2: Department Board ==

*Description: One faculty member and one student from each department will sit on a boad to inform the other departments regarding all entrepreneurial activities including, but not limited to, speakers. Then it can be decided whether that speaker coud also visit another department, or if they could hold a meet and greet with a few students.
*Team Leader:: Department Outreach
*Milestones: 
*Find department heads who are interested, and inform them of the board 12/13
*Get department head to suggest a faculty, who will then suggest a student 2/13
*Hold first meeting 3/13

= Strategy #2: Applied: Bettering Innovation Spaces and Communication<br/> =

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

== Tactic #1: Building Two Innovation Spaces ==

*Description: By building two innovation spaces to foster two different type of businesses, students will want to venture more into entrepreneurship. For a service based business, the innovation space should be built in the business school. For a product based business, the innovation space should be built in the engineering or IST school. The product based innovation space should include woodwork and manufacturing machinery.
*Team Leader::  TBD
*Milestones: 
*Talk to department heads/president of university 12/13
*Get student, faculty and alumni support 3/14
*Find donors 6/14
*Construct a plan with heads of the university 10/14

== Tactic #2: Local Career Fair ==

*Description: Hold a career fair for local businesses and students interested in working during school. This allows students to interact with entrepreneurs during the school year. 
*Team Leader:: Mridul Bhandari
*Milestones: 
*Get businesses involved 9/13
*Inform students 10/13
*Test run 11/13
*Create a sustainable plan 1/14

== Tactic #3: Hosting Start-up/Entrepreneurial Section at Penn State's Career Fair ==

*Description: Penn State invites over 500 companies to recruit during the career fair, and almost none of them are small companies. Many Penn State students want to do something entrepreneurial but lack experience. By hosting a startup section, or an entrepreneurial section during the career fair, students will be able to talk to companies that they want to work for. This allows them a chance to enhance their entrepreneurial skill while ganing experience. 
*Team Leader: Mridul Bhandari
*Milestones: 
*Talk to companies to gage interest 10/13
*Talk to career fair administration 11/13
*Talk to Engineering and IST department heads for a push to career fair administration 12/13
*Contact startups and entrepreneurship companies 2/13
*Hold a test run 3/13
*Construct sustainable plan 5/13

= Impact =

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{{#widget:Google Form|key=1QW79Hgiy5dSrkPyZ-j2LPqTlsvLrSXYhcEVrSV0TC_I|width=1400|height=1400}}

= Related Links =

[[Pennsylvania State University]]

[[Mridul Bhandari]]

[[Category:Student Priorities|p]]

Priorities:Pennsylvania State University Student Priorities

2019-10-18T02:45:46Z

Hayden108:

= Overview<br/> =

Penn State offers many Innovation and Entrepreneurship resources varying from classes, to organizations to attaining funding for entrepreneurial activities. Its biggest contributor of growth has been the "Invent Penn State" initiative, started in 2015. It was a pet-project of the current President, Eric Barron, and has lead to buildup of entreprenuerial resources in nearly every facet of Penn State life. There are over 150 classes offered in the varying areas of entrepreneurship. There are 5 minors offered in the umbrella topic of entrepreneurship, as well as "Launchboxes" (innovation hubs/incubators) at every campus in the ecosystem. Lots of the growth has been spurred on by various student organizations such as Innoblue (the primary entreprenuership club on campus), HackPSU (organizes by yearly hackathons with corporate sponsors), Enactus (a project-based social entreprenuership club), and Happy Valley Capital (a VC interest club). Penn State also has pitch competitions in nearly every academic discipline for startup ideas. Lastly, Penn State has a large industrial park, dubbed "Innovation Park", for local and university startups to operate.

Although Penn State has done a great job in building up these opportunities, there are still some ways we believe we can improve. We would like to provide more inspiration for students to become entrepreneurs, provide a greater culture of entreprenuership, and increase the visibility of suitable entry points in to the community. We will carry out these goals by increasing VC presence, providing entry information to freshmen, and elevating successful entreprenuerial alumni.

= Calling all Students =

Informational Session (come hear plans, offer feedback and help expand opportunities for all students)

*Where: [Google Hangout On Air <a href="<a href="[http://www.google.com/+/learnmore/hangouts/onair.html http://www.google.com/+/learnmore/hangouts/onair.html]">[http://www.google.com/+/learnmore/hangouts/onair.html http://www.google.com/+/learnmore/hangouts/onair.html]</a>">[1]</a> or other existing meeting of students interested in I&E in Engineering.]
*When: [Date, Time]
*RSVP: [your email address, google form, eventbrite or meetup link]

= Strategy #1: Perceived - Bettering Speaker Series<br/> =

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

== Tactic #1: Outreach group, Logistics group, Marketing Group ==

*Description: Get three different groups on campus that are concentrating on promoting entrepreneurship on campus. By splitting them up into committees, it easier to mark progress. The outreach group would be responsible for reaching out to alumni and businesses, interviewing them, convincing them to speak at PSU, and knowing their availability. The logistics group would be responsible for all PSU-backend things, such as booking rooms, finding PSU availability, and confirming dates and times with speakers. The marketing group would be responsible for marketing the speakers to students to increase involvement. Each committee will have a head who is responsible for making sure that work gets done in a timely manner. 
*Team Leader:: Entrepreneurship Speaker Overall
*Milestones: 
*Find interested students 2/13
*Make committess 3/13
*Get a lineup of speakers 6/13
*Start speaker series 10/13

== Tactic #2: Department Board ==

*Description: One faculty member and one student from each department will sit on a boad to inform the other departments regarding all entrepreneurial activities including, but not limited to, speakers. Then it can be decided whether that speaker coud also visit another department, or if they could hold a meet and greet with a few students.
*Team Leader:: Department Outreach
*Milestones: 
*Find department heads who are interested, and inform them of the board 12/13
*Get department head to suggest a faculty, who will then suggest a student 2/13
*Hold first meeting 3/13

= Strategy #2: Applied: Bettering Innovation Spaces and Communication<br/> =

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

== Tactic #1: Building Two Innovation Spaces ==

*Description: By building two innovation spaces to foster two different type of businesses, students will want to venture more into entrepreneurship. For a service based business, the innovation space should be built in the business school. For a product based business, the innovation space should be built in the engineering or IST school. The product based innovation space should include woodwork and manufacturing machinery.
*Team Leader::  TBD
*Milestones: 
*Talk to department heads/president of university 12/13
*Get student, faculty and alumni support 3/14
*Find donors 6/14
*Construct a plan with heads of the university 10/14

== Tactic #2: Local Career Fair ==

*Description: Hold a career fair for local businesses and students interested in working during school. This allows students to interact with entrepreneurs during the school year. 
*Team Leader:: Mridul Bhandari
*Milestones: 
*Get businesses involved 9/13
*Inform students 10/13
*Test run 11/13
*Create a sustainable plan 1/14

== Tactic #3: Hosting Start-up/Entrepreneurial Section at Penn State's Career Fair ==

*Description: Penn State invites over 500 companies to recruit during the career fair, and almost none of them are small companies. Many Penn State students want to do something entrepreneurial but lack experience. By hosting a startup section, or an entrepreneurial section during the career fair, students will be able to talk to companies that they want to work for. This allows them a chance to enhance their entrepreneurial skill while ganing experience. 
*Team Leader: Mridul Bhandari
*Milestones: 
*Talk to companies to gage interest 10/13
*Talk to career fair administration 11/13
*Talk to Engineering and IST department heads for a push to career fair administration 12/13
*Contact startups and entrepreneurship companies 2/13
*Hold a test run 3/13
*Construct sustainable plan 5/13

= Impact =

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= Related Links =

[[Pennsylvania State University]]

[[Mridul Bhandari]]

[[Category:Student Priorities|p]]

Category:Student Contributors

2019-10-18T02:28:22Z

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2019-10-18T02:25:08Z

Hayden108: Hayden Long Bio

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<span id="docs-internal-guid-b4d37921-7fff-9508-5c06-cf1f1c725198"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hayden Long is a sophomore double majoring in Economics and IST (Information Sciences and Technology). He is originally from West Virginia, but his father lives in State College, PA which is where he first got his exposure to Penn State. Through his work in entrepreneurship on campus, he crossed paths with Khandker Ahamed, a UIF Fellow that completed training, and was introduced to the program.</span></span>
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-b4d37921-7fff-9508-5c06-cf1f1c725198"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">At Penn State, Hayden initially thought he wanted to major in engineering. After a lot of self-exploration and an engineering design class, he realized that he was much more drawn to entrepreneurship and creative problem solving. Around the same time that he was making this discovery, he became heavily involved in Innoblue, the most prominent entrepreneurship club on campus. Hayden has since become President of Innoblue and is using the UIF experience to explore where the Penn State I&E ecosystem can improve and hopefully use the club to implement his strategic goals.</span></span>
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-b4d37921-7fff-9508-5c06-cf1f1c725198"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In the future, Hayden hopes to explore careers in strategy consulting or entrepreneurship. He hopes to take what he has learned from the UIF training program as well as his passion for public speaking and strategic thinking to help him succeed in these fields. Hayden’s academic accomplishments include being a Schreyer Scholar and recipient of the Provost Award.</span></span>
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