https://universityinnovation.org/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=JoshJayUniversity Innovation Fellows - User contributions [en]2026-05-19T04:39:34ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.33.1https://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Fellow:Josh_Jay&diff=67504Fellow:Josh Jay2018-03-31T17:30:34Z<p>JoshJay: </p>
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<div>[[File:Joshjay.jpg|thumb]]Josh Jay grew up in the suburbs of Minneapolis in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. After graduating from Eden Prairie High School, he decided to take a gap year to grow as a Christian and as a leader. Josh was a part of a program through Leadertreks that was focused on developing young leaders who would be able to create change. While in the program he developed a passion for showing others how they can be leaders, and spent the following summer working for Leadertreks as an intern. During the summer he helped lead 9 weeks of youth group mission trips and backpacking trips geared toward experientially teaching leadership to the students. Josh continues to learn better ways to be a leader and to teach that to others.<br />
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In the Fall of 2017 Josh started his freshman year at Michigan Technological University. He will major in Materials Science and Engineering. As a University Innovation Fellow in training at Michigan Tech, Josh has seen the importance of innovation on campuses and because of his passion for leadership has seen how leadership and innovation can work side by side. Josh hopes to show get other students excited for innovation on and off campus.<br />
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[[Category:Student Contributors|Student_Contributors]]</div>JoshJayhttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Fellow:Josh_Jay&diff=56241Fellow:Josh Jay2017-10-19T03:57:06Z<p>JoshJay: </p>
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<div>[[File:Joshjay.jpg|thumb]]Josh Jay grew up in the suburbs of Minneapolis in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. After graduating from Eden Prairie High School, he decided to take a gap year to grow as a Christian and as a leader. Josh was a part of a program through Leadertreks that was focused on developing young leaders who would be able to create change. While in the program he developed a passion for showing others how they can be leaders, and spent the following summer working for Leadertreks as an intern. During the summer he helped lead 9 weeks of youth group mission trips and backpacking trips geared toward experientially teaching leadership to the students. Josh continues to learn better ways to be a leader and to teach that to others.<br />
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In the Fall of 2017 Josh started his freshman year at Michigan Technological University. He will major in Materials Science and Engineering. As a University Innovation Fellow in training at Michigan Tech, Josh has seen the importance of innovation on campuses and because of his passion for leadership has seen how leadership and innovation can work side by side. Josh hopes to show get other students excited for innovation on and off campus.<br />
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[[Michigan Technological University|Michigan_Technological_University]]<br />
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[[MTU University Student Priorities|MTU_University_Student_Priorities]]<br />
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[[Category:Student Contributors|Student_Contributors]]</div>JoshJayhttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Fellow:Josh_Jay&diff=56240Fellow:Josh Jay2017-10-19T03:56:39Z<p>JoshJay: </p>
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<div>[[File:Joshjay.jpg|thumb|Joshjay.jpg]]Josh Jay grew up in the suburbs of Minneapolis in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. After graduating from Eden Prairie High School, he decided to take a gap year to grow as a Christian and as a leader. Josh was a part of a program through Leadertreks that was focused on developing young leaders who would be able to create change. While in the program he developed a passion for showing others how they can be leaders, and spent the following summer working for Leadertreks as an intern. During the summer he helped lead 9 weeks of youth group mission trips and backpacking trips geared toward experientially teaching leadership to the students. Josh continues to learn better ways to be a leader and to teach that to others.<br />
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In the Fall of 2017 Josh started his freshman year at Michigan Technological University. He will major in Materials Science and Engineering. As a University Innovation Fellow in training at Michigan Tech, Josh has seen the importance of innovation on campuses and because of his passion for leadership has seen how leadership and innovation can work side by side. Josh hopes to show get other students excited for innovation on and off campus.<br />
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[[Michigan Technological University|Michigan_Technological_University]]<br />
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[[MTU University Student Priorities|MTU_University_Student_Priorities]]<br />
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[[Category:Student Contributors|Student_Contributors]]</div>JoshJayhttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Fellow:Josh_Jay&diff=56239Fellow:Josh Jay2017-10-19T03:55:10Z<p>JoshJay: </p>
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<div>[[File:Joshjay.jpg|thumb]]Josh Jay grew up in the suburbs of Minneapolis in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. After graduating from Eden Prairie High School, he decided to take a gap year to grow as a Christian and as a leader. Josh was a part of a program through Leadertreks that was focused on developing young leaders who would be able to create change. While in the program he developed a passion for showing others how they can be leaders, and spent the following summer working for Leadertreks as an intern. During the summer he helped lead 9 weeks of youth group mission trips and backpacking trips geared toward experientially teaching leadership to the students. Josh continues to learn better ways to be a leader and to teach that to others.<br />
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In the Fall of 2017 Josh started his freshman year at Michigan Technological University. He will major in Materials Science and Engineering. As a University Innovation Fellow in training at Michigan Tech, Josh has seen the importance of innovation on campuses and because of his passion for leadership has seen how leadership and innovation can work side by side. Josh hopes to show get other students excited for innovation on and off campus.<br />
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=== Related Links ===<br />
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[[Michigan Technological University|Michigan_Technological_University]]<br />
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[[MTU University Student Priorities|MTU_University_Student_Priorities]]<br />
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[[Category:Student Contributors|Student_Contributors]]</div>JoshJayhttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Fellow:Josh_Jay&diff=56238Fellow:Josh Jay2017-10-19T03:54:54Z<p>JoshJay: </p>
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<div>[[File:Joshjay.jpg|thumb|Joshjay.jpg]]Josh Jay grew up in the suburbs of Minneapolis in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. After graduating from Eden Prairie High School, he decided to take a gap year to grow as a Christian and as a leader. Josh was a part of a program through Leadertreks that was focused on developing young leaders who would be able to create change. While in the program he developed a passion for showing others how they can be leaders, and spent the following summer working for Leadertreks as an intern. During the summer he helped lead 9 weeks of youth group mission trips and backpacking trips geared toward experientially teaching leadership to the students. Josh continues to learn better ways to be a leader and to teach that to others.<br />
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In the Fall of 2017 Josh started his freshman year at Michigan Technological University. He will major in Materials Science and Engineering. As a University Innovation Fellow in training at Michigan Tech, Josh has seen the importance of innovation on campuses and because of his passion for leadership has seen how leadership and innovation can work side by side. Josh hopes to show get other students excited for innovation on and off campus.<br />
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== Related Links ==<br />
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[[Michigan Technological University|Michigan_Technological_University]]<br />
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[[MTU_University_Student_Priorities|MTU_University_Student_Priorities]]<br />
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[[Category:Student Contributors|Student_Contributors]]</div>JoshJayhttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Fellow:Josh_Jay&diff=56237Fellow:Josh Jay2017-10-19T03:53:56Z<p>JoshJay: </p>
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<div>[[File:Joshjay.jpg|thumb|Joshjay.jpg]]Josh Jay grew up in the suburbs of Minneapolis in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. After graduating from Eden Prairie High School, he decided to take a gap year to grow as a Christian and as a leader. Josh was a part of a program through Leadertreks that was focused on developing young leaders who would be able to create change. While in the program he developed a passion for showing others how they can be leaders, and spent the following summer working for Leadertreks as an intern. During the summer he helped lead 9 weeks of youth group mission trips and backpacking trips geared toward experientially teaching leadership to the students. Josh continues to learn better ways to be a leader and to teach that to others.<br />
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In the Fall of 2017 Josh started his freshman year at Michigan Technological University. He will major in Materials Science and Engineering. As a University Innovation Fellow in training at Michigan Tech, Josh has seen the importance of innovation on campuses and because of his passion for leadership has seen how leadership and innovation can work side by side. Josh hopes to show get other students excited for innovation on and off campus.<br />
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== Related Links ==<br />
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[[Michigan_Technological_University|Michigan_Technological_University]]<br />
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[[Category:Student Contributors|Student_Contributors]]</div>JoshJayhttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Fellow:Josh_Jay&diff=55955Fellow:Josh Jay2017-10-18T04:34:49Z<p>JoshJay: </p>
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<div>[[File:Joshjay.jpg|thumb|Joshjay.jpg]]Josh Jay grew up in the suburbs of Minneapolis in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. After graduating from Eden Prairie High School, he decided to take a gap year to grow as a Christian and as a leader. Josh was a part of a program through Leadertreks that was focused on developing young leaders who would be able to create change. While in the program he developed a passion for showing others how they can be leaders, and spent the following summer working for Leadertreks as an intern. During the summer he helped lead 9 weeks of youth group mission trips and backpacking trips geared toward experientially teaching leadership to the students. Josh continues to learn better ways to be a leader and to teach that to others.<br />
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In the Fall of 2017 Josh started his freshman year at Michigan Technological University. He will major in Materials Science and Engineering. As a University Innovation Fellow in training at Michigan Tech, Josh has seen the importance of innovation on campuses and because of his passion for leadership has seen how leadership and innovation can work side by side. Josh hopes to show get other students excited for innovation on and off campus.<br />
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[[Category:Student Contributors]]</div>JoshJayhttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Fellow:Josh_Jay&diff=55954Fellow:Josh Jay2017-10-18T04:32:49Z<p>JoshJay: </p>
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<div>[[File:Joshjay.jpg|thumb]]Josh Jay grew up in the suburbs of Minneapolis in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. After graduating from Eden Prairie High School, he decided to take a gap year to grow as a Christian and as a leader. Josh was a part of a program through Leadertreks that was focused on developing young leaders who would be able to create change. While in the program he developed a passion for showing others how they can be leaders, and spent the following summer working for Leadertreks as an intern. During the summer he helped lead 9 weeks of youth group mission trips and backpacking trips geared toward experientially teaching leadership to the students. Josh continues to learn better ways to be a leader and to teach that to others.<br />
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In the Fall of 2017 Josh started his freshman year at Michigan Technological University. He will major in Materials Science and Engineering. As a University Innovation Fellow in training at Michigan Tech, Josh has seen the importance of innovation on campuses and because of his passion for leadership has seen how leadership and innovation can work side by side. Josh hopes to show get other students excited for innovation on and off campus.</div>JoshJayhttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Fellow:Josh_Jay&diff=55953Fellow:Josh Jay2017-10-18T04:31:35Z<p>JoshJay: </p>
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<div>[[File:Joshjay.jpg]]Josh Jay grew up in the suburbs of Minneapolis in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. After graduating from Eden Prairie High School, he decided to take a gap year to grow as a Christian and as a leader. Josh was a part of a program through Leadertreks that was focused on developing young leaders who would be able to create change. While in the program he developed a passion for showing others how they can be leaders, and spent the following summer working for Leadertreks as an intern. During the summer he helped lead 9 weeks of youth group mission trips and backpacking trips geared toward experientially teaching leadership to the students. Josh continues to learn better ways to be a leader and to teach that to others.<br />
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In the Fall of 2017 Josh started his freshman year at Michigan Technological University. He will major in Materials Science and Engineering. As a University Innovation Fellow in training at Michigan Tech, Josh has seen the importance of innovation on campuses and because of his passion for leadership has seen how leadership and innovation can work side by side. Josh hopes to show get other students excited for innovation on and off campus.</div>JoshJayhttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=File:Joshjay.jpg&diff=55952File:Joshjay.jpg2017-10-18T04:30:36Z<p>JoshJay: photo</p>
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<div>Josh Jay grew up in the suburbs of Minneapolis in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. After graduating from Eden Prairie High School, he decided to take a gap year to grow as a Christian and as a leader. Josh was a part of a program through Leadertreks that was focused on developing young leaders who would be able to create change. While in the program he developed a passion for showing others how they can be leaders, and spent the following summer working for Leadertreks as an intern. During the summer he helped lead 9 weeks of youth group mission trips and backpacking trips geared toward experientially teaching leadership to the students. Josh continues to learn better ways to be a leader and to teach that to others.<br />
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In the Fall of 2017 Josh started his freshman year at Michigan Technological University. He will major in Materials Science and Engineering. As a University Innovation Fellow in training at Michigan Tech, Josh has seen the importance of innovation on campuses and because of his passion for leadership has seen how leadership and innovation can work side by side. Josh hopes to show get other students excited for innovation on and off campus.</div>JoshJayhttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Resource:How_to_get_people_to_come_to_your_events&diff=55949Resource:How to get people to come to your events2017-10-18T04:06:20Z<p>JoshJay: Added Hyperlink to Josh Jays Name</p>
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<div>= <span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-942f1406-64a8-8ec4-6896-5ffcd35813e8"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Introduction</span></span></span></span> =<br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-942f1406-64a8-8ec4-6896-5ffcd35813e8"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When you think about a major event, what do you picture? A room full of people, free food, or maybe even games. &nbsp;To have a successful event you might not need anything that fancy at all. In the following paragraphs we, will go over some key concepts that will aid you in achieving a successful event. These concepts will include information about your audience that will be attending your event. Along with some basic strategies that have been found to be crucial in having a good attendance. Even more into the idea of grabbing people’s attention, we will go into the concept of outreach. A useful idea that allows us to add a personal perspective to any event. Making people feel welcome and special, which is important if you want to have them come back again.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Once you have your audience and your event planned out, you are halfway there. Now the fun can finally begin. Whether you have some planning to finish up or you are ready to go, always have a plan. In our content section, you will read about some helpful hints to create and conduct the event. Touching on the organization, introductions, and more. Making your event one that will be like no other. If you follow these helpful hints, you could be on the track to having a successful event, but if you still want something more, look down at the illustrative backstory. An in-depth story about an event that was a big success. Lead by Macy Tush, a University Innovation Fellow at William Jewell College.</span><br />
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= <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-942f1406-64a8-8ec4-6896-5ffcd35813e8"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Audience</span></span></span></span> =<br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-942f1406-64a8-8ec4-6896-5ffcd35813e8"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">For people to attend your event, identifying a potential demographic can lead to a strong attendance. However, this is not always the case when planning for an event. For an event to be successful, you must allow for a variety of people to attend. No matter how big or small the event is, having a diverse audience will allow events such as talks and discussions achieve great success. By opening your event to a wide audience, you are gaining a bigger outreach and greater potential for a successful attendance.</span></span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-942f1406-64a8-8ec4-6896-5ffcd35813e8"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Note the following suggestions:</span></span><br />
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*<span id="docs-internal-guid-942f1406-64a8-8ec4-6896-5ffcd35813e8"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Try to identify a potential demographic of people to reach out to, but don’t be closed minded on who should come.</span></span><br />
*<span id="docs-internal-guid-942f1406-64a8-8ec4-6896-5ffcd35813e8"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Try and experiment with your audience by inviting a diverse range of people to your event.</span></span><br />
*<span id="docs-internal-guid-942f1406-64a8-8ec4-6896-5ffcd35813e8"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Leave a mystery or reward for your audience can lead to greater attendance and publicity to attract a bigger audience in the future.</span></span><br />
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= <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-942f1406-64a8-8ec4-6896-5ffcd35813e8"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Strategy</span></span></span></span> =<br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-942f1406-64a8-8ec4-6896-5ffcd35813e8"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Please read the general tips on how to strategy effeciently to maximize the success of your event:</span></span><br />
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*<span id="docs-internal-guid-942f1406-64a8-8ec4-6896-5ffcd35813e8"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Work with a team to develop measurable goals and expectations.</span></span><br />
*<span id="docs-internal-guid-942f1406-64a8-8ec4-6896-5ffcd35813e8"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lean on your UIF cohort for inspiration and your administration for guidance. It’s harder if you have to do everything alone, so divide the work to suit everybody’s strengths.</span></span><br />
*<span id="docs-internal-guid-942f1406-64a8-8ec4-6896-5ffcd35813e8"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Don’t be afraid to ask for help. Remember that everyone has a view, perspective, and voice to contribute. Be open-minded.</span></span><br />
*<span id="docs-internal-guid-942f1406-64a8-8ec4-6896-5ffcd35813e8"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Brainstorming can take time, especially when working in a group. Don’t get discouraged.</span></span><br />
*<span id="docs-internal-guid-942f1406-64a8-8ec4-6896-5ffcd35813e8"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Use PR as a way to tell people about your event. Try to be mysterious and don’t give everything away or your audience will lose interest if they know everything that is going to happen. Try and do something new to get the wow-factor that will blow people away.</span></span><br />
*<span id="docs-internal-guid-942f1406-64a8-8ec4-6896-5ffcd35813e8"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Use incentives to get people to come, such as having a personal touch to your invite and making people feel important/heard.</span></span><br />
*<span id="docs-internal-guid-942f1406-64a8-8ec4-6896-5ffcd35813e8"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Don’t be afraid to fail. Learn from past experiences and failures to prototype what works best for your campus. Find out what works.</span></span><br />
*<span id="docs-internal-guid-942f1406-64a8-8ec4-6896-5ffcd35813e8"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Understand the diversity of students when deciding on the best way to have your event. Scale your audience accordingly to fit your goals. One easy way to start a conversation is to keep it simple, small, and informal.</span></span><br />
*<span id="docs-internal-guid-942f1406-64a8-8ec4-6896-5ffcd35813e8"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Reach out to students, but don’t waste their time. You need to earn their respect. Sit down with them and show purpose and initiative in your goals.</span></span><br />
*<span id="docs-internal-guid-942f1406-64a8-8ec4-6896-5ffcd35813e8"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Don’t do the same thing twice the same way. You lose a sense of awe this way.</span></span><br />
*<span id="docs-internal-guid-942f1406-64a8-8ec4-6896-5ffcd35813e8"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Keep contact with people that have shown up to past events. This way, they can help market promotion for you. Consider even sending a thank-you note or a physical takeaway to commemorate your event. Give people a sense of pride.</span></span><br />
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*<span id="docs-internal-guid-942f1406-64a8-8ec4-6896-5ffcd35813e8"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Introduce yourself and the other members in your cohort.</span></span><br />
*<span id="docs-internal-guid-942f1406-64a8-8ec4-6896-5ffcd35813e8"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Give a background to what UIF is and the intentions of the group.</span></span><br />
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*<span id="docs-internal-guid-942f1406-64a8-8ec4-6896-5ffcd35813e8"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Make sure when addressing an issue you brainstorm solutions. This will prevent people from just complaining.</span></span><br />
*<span id="docs-internal-guid-942f1406-64a8-8ec4-6896-5ffcd35813e8"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Know your setting; if the event is casual, there should not be a long PowerPoint presentation.</span></span><br />
*<span id="docs-internal-guid-942f1406-64a8-8ec4-6896-5ffcd35813e8"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Get people into groups! By making diverse groups students have the opportunity to interact with individuals that they are unfamiliar with.</span></span><br />
*<span id="docs-internal-guid-942f1406-64a8-8ec4-6896-5ffcd35813e8"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Value ''everyone''. Each person brings a unique view to the table.</span></span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-942f1406-64a8-8ec4-6896-5ffcd35813e8"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Overall it is important to have a fun event that is interesting and interactive. Nobody wants to come to an event that seems like another lecture. Also understand that incentives such as T-Shirts, School apparel, and even free food are great ways to ensure a decent turnout. The value of the information or the achievement of a certain goal has a value, do not be afraid to spend some money.</span></span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-942f1406-64a8-8ec4-6896-5ffcd35813e8"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When organizing an event, effective outreach is essential in ensuring strong attendance. Utilizing traditional advertising strategies such as posters and university communications can yield successful results. However, to further engage the potential audience, a more personal approach is recommended. Personalizing the invitation and reaching out to the potential attendees face to face is a useful tactic to ensure high event turnout. Doing so adds a personal touch to the invitation and makes the potential participant feel that their unique opinion and perspective is valued. Also, when inviting individuals to the event, the exact details of the event can be left a mystery. This will create a sense of intrigue and curiosity that will entice the individual to attend.</span></span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-942f1406-64a8-8ec4-6896-5ffcd35813e8"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Looking back and evaluating the event may seem like a pointless step in a guide to get people to come to your events, but it’s probably the opposite. Macy describes the event that she put on as an experiment, and the results of this particular experiment far exceeded her expectations. So like any good scientist Macy evaluated her results to understand how they could be used in the future. She particularly learned the importance of hearing from a wide variety of people and that some amount of mystery draws people to attend. She can now use these insights as she makes plans in the future.</span></span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-942f1406-64a8-8ec4-6896-5ffcd35813e8"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This information was gathered by interviewing &nbsp;Macy Tush, a current University Innovation Fellow at William Jewell College. She led a team and selected 20 unique individuals to attend an event at a local pub. Each person was personally invited using a business card with just a time and place to create mystery. The event brought together twenty people, who may not have interacted outside of that event, to voice their opinions and collaborate to come up with solutions to their university's problems. The event had 100% attendance, and the UIF team were happily surprised with the number of problems identified and the quality of solutions proposed. Macy and her team created a movement at her school that elevated UIF on her campus amongst students and faculty. &nbsp;The students who attended were given shirts with a popular joke on it that only William Jewell College students and faculty would understand, which spread awareness about the event and created an outpour of interest in UIF. Seven of the original twenty people who were invited and given a voice at Macy's event ended up being so passionate about making a change they joined UIF in the following semester! This is just one of many examples of UIF cohorts adapting and creating unique events to make a change.</span></span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-942f1406-64a8-8ec4-6896-5ffcd35813e8"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We would sincerely like to thank Macy Tush for giving both her time and insight on this guide! If you would like to learn more about how awesome she is, check out her wiki page [[Macy Tush|here]].</span></span><br />
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<span style="color:#696969;"><span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Written by: [[DamianMunoz|Damian Munoz]],</span></span></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-942f1406-64a8-8ec4-6896-5ffcd35813e8"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color:#696969;">[[MurthyS|Sunny Murthy]]</span><span style="color:#696969;">, [[JoshJay|Josh Jay]], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/User:Mrp1035 Michelle Paradise], [[/Daniel Yim|Daniel Yim]], [[Alexandra Haller|Alexandra Haller]], </span><span style="color:#696969;">and [[Robert Shepard|Robert Shepherd]].</span></span></span></div>JoshJayhttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=School:Michigan_Technological_University&diff=54509School:Michigan Technological University2017-09-22T02:27:56Z<p>JoshJay: </p>
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= <span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:xx-large;">Overview</span></span> =<br />
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<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Michigan Technological University is a world class research university looking to further encourage the startup culture on campus. Many of the resources available to students come from other students in the form of events and clubs. This wiki page will serve as a running record of the resources available to students on the Michigan Tech campus. &nbsp;</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Michigan Tech offers students a variety of resources to student&nbsp;entrepreneurs. While some of them are easy to come by, others are more challenging for students to find. A few of the top resources are listed below:&nbsp;</span></span><br />
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*<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">'''Bob Mark Elevator Pitch Competition: '''The Bob Mark memorial elevator pitch competition was designed to encourage student&nbsp;entrepreneurship at Michigan Tech. The competition brings in over 30 aspiring small businesses together to present their idea in three minutes to over 150 audience members.&nbsp;</span></span><br />
*<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">'''New Venture Competition:''' The New Venture Competition is a joint partnership between Michigan Tech and Central Michigan University where startups get business plan feedback, mentorship, and an opportunity to win over $30,000 for their new idea.&nbsp;</span></span><br />
*<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">'''Accelerate Michigan:&nbsp;'''Accelerate Michigan is a pitch competition held annually in the fall.</span></span><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">It has a branch for students where 27 teams are selected as semi-finalists to compete at the Cobo Center in Detroit for a chance at $20,000.</span></span><br />
*<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">'''Rice Business Plan Competiton:&nbsp;'''The Rice Business Plan Competiton is located at Rice University in Houston, Texas and offers the potential for over $1,000,000 in prizes. Michigan Tech may help with travel expenses. At least one graduate student must be on the student-majority-led team.</span></span><br />
*<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">'''Winter WonderHack''': TechHacks is an event put on by the ACM chapter at Michigan Tech where students are invited to hack on new projects for 24-36 hours. ACM also funds and supports trips to MHacks and Illinois Hacks where students are encouraged to hack on new projects.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Faculty at Michigan Tech are being encouraged (more and more) to take their research to market. With classes like Technology Commercialization&nbsp;faculty are being given the tools to take their ideas to market. A few resources available to faculty are:&nbsp;</span></span><br />
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*<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">'''Michigan Tech Entrepreneurship Support Center''': The support center exists to allow for new technologies to move towards commercialization without having to deal with the legal hassles of filing as a business. The support center allows small businesses to operate under their legal umbrella while they establish their venture.&nbsp;</span></span><br />
*<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">'''Technology Commercialization Department: '''Michigan&nbsp;Tech has an entire department (led by Jim Baker) devoted to helping faculty and graduate students move their research from the lab to a commercially available product.&nbsp;</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">While it can sometimes be helpful to break the resources available into faculty and students, there are many resources available to all entrepreneurial minded individuals around Michigan Tech. A few of them are highlighted below:&nbsp;</span></span><br />
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*<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">'''SmartZone''': the SmartZone in Houghton offers a variety of services to inspiring&nbsp;entrepreneurs. From their SmartStart program which guides startups through a curriculum to validate their idea, to low cost office space the SmartZone can help move an idea into reality quickly. With a major state grant the smartzone is able to offer world class services at a low cost. For students at Michigan Tech faculty, a strategic partnership between the University and the Smartzone makes many of the services free.&nbsp;</span></span><br />
*<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">'''Michigan Tech I-Corps:&nbsp;'''The Michigan Tech I-Corps&nbsp;program gives a four-week program on customer discover and lean startup a la Steve Blank. The program is designed to introduce startups and researchers looking to commercialize their work on how to provide value for their discovered customer segments.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Michigan Tech is known for the reasearch that is done on and around campus. There are 20 researsch centers that are connected with the university.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">These research centers include:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center;">Advanced Power Systems Research Center (APSRC), Advanced Sustainable Iron and Steel Center (ASISC),Biotechnology Research Center (BRC), Center for Agile and Interconnected Microgrids (AIM), Center for Computer Systems Research (CCSR), Center for Environmentally Benign Functional Materials (CEBFM), Center for Water and Society (CWS), Computational Science and Engineering Research Institute (CSERI), Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences Institute (EPSSI), Ecosystem Science Center (ESC), Great Lakes Research Center (GLRC), Institute of Materials Processing (IMP), Keweenaw Research Center (KRC), Michigan Tech Research Institute (MTRI), Michigan Tech Transportation Institute (MTTI), Multi-Scale Technologies Institute (MuSTI), Pre-College Innovative Outreach Institute (PIOI), &nbsp;and Sustainable Futures Institute (SFI)</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Enterprise Programs &nbsp;and Senior Design Projects are also used to connect the university with industry. Michigan Tech has 26 Enterprise teams across different majors where students are working together to innovate and solve some practical problem. Some of these enterprise expieriences lead to opportunities where students may start a business.&nbsp;</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Even before graduation, Michigan Tech students are finding meaningful work experiences in industry. &nbsp;From Summer 2013-Spring 2014, 337 co-ops/internships were reported at Michigan Tech. &nbsp;Futhermore, Michigan Tech was a wonderful relationship with industry as shown by the fact that 370 companies drove/flew out to Michigan Tech for the Fall 2015 career fair.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Michigan Tech trains and equips some of the best students in the country whether it is business and economics, engineering, forest resources and environmental sciences, sciences and arts, or technology. The Houghton Smart Zone and associated resources provide an excellent support structure for new businesses, and contests such as the New Venture Competition inject much needed funding into the startup culture at Michigan Tech.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Despite these resources there has not been widespread proliferation of student led startups at the University.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">In speaking with several would-be founders, the bottleneck seems to be finding talented individuals who compliment the needs of the startups. Students not involved in the startup culture at Michigan Tech, and whom have progressed far enough through their curriculum to add significant value to a startup, seem to be reluctant to add another responsibility to their already busy schedule.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Furthermore, it is challenging for founders to find the top-talent at Michigan Tech to involve in their projects. Current methods rely on unstructured social connections and, in many cases, settling for whomever agrees to help.&nbsp;</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">The current enterprise and senior design structure is great for connecting motivated students to funded projects and have been very successful in creating some truly incredible results. However in our observations it seems that often times the students involved with these enterprise teams are more engaged with the challenge and less so in the viability of their project as a business.&nbsp;</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Put simply, we believe there is often disconnect between those passionate about what they are working on and those passionate about creating a business.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">If there were a way to connect founders with the top self-motivated talent within the University, one of the final bottlenecks for a thriving startup culture would be removed. We believe we can remove this bottleneck by merging the successes brought forth by the enterprise and senior design structure with students who have demonstrated business acumen and are passionate about transforming ideas into a new venture.</span></span><br />
<div><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Full Landscape Analysis can be found&nbsp;[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Setv77bKiaoAYrvKJTb_xSX9JOiXHj7-3Sfe2KinScg/edit?usp=sharing here]&nbsp;(Updated Fall 2015).</span></span><br/></div><div><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Presentation accompanying the Landscape Analysis can be found [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/10DM6qPXgOqL_M4UPfeC1DzoQWPcpmfg3XUeE3f-bk6E/edit?usp=sharing here ](Updated Fall 2015).</span></span></div><br />
= Related Links =<br />
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[[Magann Dykema|Magann Dykema]]&nbsp;- A University Innovation Fellow from Michigan Tech<br />
<br />
[[Josh Krugh|Josh Krugh]] - A University Innovation Fellow from Michigan Tech<br />
<br />
[[ARSH SAHU|Arsh Sahu]]&nbsp;- A University Innovation Fellow from Michigan Tech<br />
<br />
[[David Shull|David Shull]] - A University Innovation Fellow from Michigan Tech<br />
<br />
[[Brad Turner|Brad Turner]] - A University Innovation Fellow from Michigan Tech<br />
<br />
[[Kyle Ludwig|Kyle Ludwig]] - A University Innovation Fellow from Michigan Tech<br />
<br />
[[Rachel Kolb|Rachel Kolb]] - A University Innovation Fellow from Michigan Tech<br />
<br />
[[Adam Weber|Adam Weber]] - A University Innovation Fellow from Michigan Tech<br />
<br />
[[JoshJay|Josh Jay]]<br />
<br />
[[RobLambert1.jpg|Rob Lambert&nbsp;]]<br />
<br />
'''About the University''' - Learn about Michigan Tech including a landscape analysis<br />
<br />
[[MTU University Student Priorities|Michigan Tech Student Priorities]]&nbsp;- Learn about what students are working on<br />
<br />
[http://www.mtu.edu/ http://www.mtu.edu/]&nbsp;- Michigan Tech's website<br />
<br />
[[Category:Deep Dives|Deep_Dives]]<br/>[[Category:Universities]]</div>JoshJayhttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=School:Michigan_Technological_University&diff=54508School:Michigan Technological University2017-09-22T02:27:19Z<p>JoshJay: </p>
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<div><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">[[File:Michigan Tech Sign.jpg|frame|Michigan Tech Sign.jpg]]</span><br />
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= <span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:xx-large;">Overview</span></span> =<br />
<br />
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Michigan Technological University is a world class research university looking to further encourage the startup culture on campus. Many of the resources available to students come from other students in the form of events and clubs. This wiki page will serve as a running record of the resources available to students on the Michigan Tech campus. &nbsp;</span></span><br />
<br />
= <span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:xx-large;">Student Entrepreneurship&nbsp;</span></span> =<br />
<br />
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Michigan Tech offers students a variety of resources to student&nbsp;entrepreneurs. While some of them are easy to come by, others are more challenging for students to find. A few of the top resources are listed below:&nbsp;</span></span><br />
<br />
*<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">'''Bob Mark Elevator Pitch Competition: '''The Bob Mark memorial elevator pitch competition was designed to encourage student&nbsp;entrepreneurship at Michigan Tech. The competition brings in over 30 aspiring small businesses together to present their idea in three minutes to over 150 audience members.&nbsp;</span></span><br />
*<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">'''New Venture Competition:''' The New Venture Competition is a joint partnership between Michigan Tech and Central Michigan University where startups get business plan feedback, mentorship, and an opportunity to win over $30,000 for their new idea.&nbsp;</span></span><br />
*<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">'''Accelerate Michigan:&nbsp;'''Accelerate Michigan is a pitch competition held annually in the fall.</span></span><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">It has a branch for students where 27 teams are selected as semi-finalists to compete at the Cobo Center in Detroit for a chance at $20,000.</span></span><br />
*<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">'''Rice Business Plan Competiton:&nbsp;'''The Rice Business Plan Competiton is located at Rice University in Houston, Texas and offers the potential for over $1,000,000 in prizes. Michigan Tech may help with travel expenses. At least one graduate student must be on the student-majority-led team.</span></span><br />
*<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">'''Winter WonderHack''': TechHacks is an event put on by the ACM chapter at Michigan Tech where students are invited to hack on new projects for 24-36 hours. ACM also funds and supports trips to MHacks and Illinois Hacks where students are encouraged to hack on new projects.</span></span><br />
<br />
= <span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:xx-large;">Faculty Entrepreneurship</span></span> =<br />
<br />
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Faculty at Michigan Tech are being encouraged (more and more) to take their research to market. With classes like Technology Commercialization&nbsp;faculty are being given the tools to take their ideas to market. A few resources available to faculty are:&nbsp;</span></span><br />
<br />
*<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">'''Michigan Tech Entrepreneurship Support Center''': The support center exists to allow for new technologies to move towards commercialization without having to deal with the legal hassles of filing as a business. The support center allows small businesses to operate under their legal umbrella while they establish their venture.&nbsp;</span></span><br />
*<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">'''Technology Commercialization Department: '''Michigan&nbsp;Tech has an entire department (led by Jim Baker) devoted to helping faculty and graduate students move their research from the lab to a commercially available product.&nbsp;</span></span><br />
<br />
= <span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:xx-large;">General &nbsp;Entrepreneurship</span></span> =<br />
<br />
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">While it can sometimes be helpful to break the resources available into faculty and students, there are many resources available to all entrepreneurial minded individuals around Michigan Tech. A few of them are highlighted below:&nbsp;</span></span><br />
<br />
*<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">'''SmartZone''': the SmartZone in Houghton offers a variety of services to inspiring&nbsp;entrepreneurs. From their SmartStart program which guides startups through a curriculum to validate their idea, to low cost office space the SmartZone can help move an idea into reality quickly. With a major state grant the smartzone is able to offer world class services at a low cost. For students at Michigan Tech faculty, a strategic partnership between the University and the Smartzone makes many of the services free.&nbsp;</span></span><br />
*<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">'''Michigan Tech I-Corps:&nbsp;'''The Michigan Tech I-Corps&nbsp;program gives a four-week program on customer discover and lean startup a la Steve Blank. The program is designed to introduce startups and researchers looking to commercialize their work on how to provide value for their discovered customer segments.</span></span><br />
*<br />
<div></div><br />
= <span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:xx-large;">Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration</span></span> =<br />
<br />
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Michigan Tech is known for the reasearch that is done on and around campus. There are 20 researsch centers that are connected with the university.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">These research centers include:</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center;">Advanced Power Systems Research Center (APSRC), Advanced Sustainable Iron and Steel Center (ASISC),Biotechnology Research Center (BRC), Center for Agile and Interconnected Microgrids (AIM), Center for Computer Systems Research (CCSR), Center for Environmentally Benign Functional Materials (CEBFM), Center for Water and Society (CWS), Computational Science and Engineering Research Institute (CSERI), Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences Institute (EPSSI), Ecosystem Science Center (ESC), Great Lakes Research Center (GLRC), Institute of Materials Processing (IMP), Keweenaw Research Center (KRC), Michigan Tech Research Institute (MTRI), Michigan Tech Transportation Institute (MTTI), Multi-Scale Technologies Institute (MuSTI), Pre-College Innovative Outreach Institute (PIOI), &nbsp;and Sustainable Futures Institute (SFI)</span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Enterprise Programs &nbsp;and Senior Design Projects are also used to connect the university with industry. Michigan Tech has 26 Enterprise teams across different majors where students are working together to innovate and solve some practical problem. Some of these enterprise expieriences lead to opportunities where students may start a business.&nbsp;</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Even before graduation, Michigan Tech students are finding meaningful work experiences in industry. &nbsp;From Summer 2013-Spring 2014, 337 co-ops/internships were reported at Michigan Tech. &nbsp;Futhermore, Michigan Tech was a wonderful relationship with industry as shown by the fact that 370 companies drove/flew out to Michigan Tech for the Fall 2015 career fair.</span></span><br />
<br />
= <span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:xx-large;">Landscape Analysis</span></span> =<br />
<br />
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Michigan Tech trains and equips some of the best students in the country whether it is business and economics, engineering, forest resources and environmental sciences, sciences and arts, or technology. The Houghton Smart Zone and associated resources provide an excellent support structure for new businesses, and contests such as the New Venture Competition inject much needed funding into the startup culture at Michigan Tech.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Despite these resources there has not been widespread proliferation of student led startups at the University.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">In speaking with several would-be founders, the bottleneck seems to be finding talented individuals who compliment the needs of the startups. Students not involved in the startup culture at Michigan Tech, and whom have progressed far enough through their curriculum to add significant value to a startup, seem to be reluctant to add another responsibility to their already busy schedule.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Furthermore, it is challenging for founders to find the top-talent at Michigan Tech to involve in their projects. Current methods rely on unstructured social connections and, in many cases, settling for whomever agrees to help.&nbsp;</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">The current enterprise and senior design structure is great for connecting motivated students to funded projects and have been very successful in creating some truly incredible results. However in our observations it seems that often times the students involved with these enterprise teams are more engaged with the challenge and less so in the viability of their project as a business.&nbsp;</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Put simply, we believe there is often disconnect between those passionate about what they are working on and those passionate about creating a business.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">If there were a way to connect founders with the top self-motivated talent within the University, one of the final bottlenecks for a thriving startup culture would be removed. We believe we can remove this bottleneck by merging the successes brought forth by the enterprise and senior design structure with students who have demonstrated business acumen and are passionate about transforming ideas into a new venture.</span></span><br />
<div><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Full Landscape Analysis can be found&nbsp;[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Setv77bKiaoAYrvKJTb_xSX9JOiXHj7-3Sfe2KinScg/edit?usp=sharing here]&nbsp;(Updated Fall 2015).</span></span><br/></div><div><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Presentation accompanying the Landscape Analysis can be found [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/10DM6qPXgOqL_M4UPfeC1DzoQWPcpmfg3XUeE3f-bk6E/edit?usp=sharing here ](Updated Fall 2015).</span></span></div><br />
= Related Links =<br />
<br />
[[Magann Dykema|Magann Dykema]]&nbsp;- A University Innovation Fellow from Michigan Tech<br />
<br />
[[Josh Krugh|Josh Krugh]] - A University Innovation Fellow from Michigan Tech<br />
<br />
[[ARSH SAHU|Arsh Sahu]]&nbsp;- A University Innovation Fellow from Michigan Tech<br />
<br />
[[David Shull|David Shull]] - A University Innovation Fellow from Michigan Tech<br />
<br />
[[Brad Turner|Brad Turner]] - A University Innovation Fellow from Michigan Tech<br />
<br />
[[Kyle Ludwig|Kyle Ludwig]] - A University Innovation Fellow from Michigan Tech<br />
<br />
[[Rachel Kolb|Rachel Kolb]] - A University Innovation Fellow from Michigan Tech<br />
<br />
[[Adam Weber|Adam Weber]] - A University Innovation Fellow from Michigan Tech<br />
<br />
[[JoshJay|Josh Jay]]<br />
<br />
[[RobLambert1.jpg|RobLambert1.jpg&nbsp;]]<br />
<br />
'''About the University''' - Learn about Michigan Tech including a landscape analysis<br />
<br />
[[MTU University Student Priorities|Michigan Tech Student Priorities]]&nbsp;- Learn about what students are working on<br />
<br />
[http://www.mtu.edu/ http://www.mtu.edu/]&nbsp;- Michigan Tech's website<br />
<br />
[[Category:Deep Dives|Deep_Dives]]<br/>[[Category:Universities]]</div>JoshJayhttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=School:Michigan_Technological_University&diff=54506School:Michigan Technological University2017-09-22T02:25:34Z<p>JoshJay: </p>
<hr />
<div><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">[[File:Michigan Tech Sign.jpg|frame|Michigan Tech Sign.jpg]]</span><br />
<br />
= <span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:xx-large;">Overview</span></span> =<br />
<br />
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Michigan Technological University is a world class research university looking to further encourage the startup culture on campus. Many of the resources available to students come from other students in the form of events and clubs. This wiki page will serve as a running record of the resources available to students on the Michigan Tech campus. &nbsp;</span></span><br />
<br />
= <span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:xx-large;">Student Entrepreneurship&nbsp;</span></span> =<br />
<br />
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Michigan Tech offers students a variety of resources to student&nbsp;entrepreneurs. While some of them are easy to come by, others are more challenging for students to find. A few of the top resources are listed below:&nbsp;</span></span><br />
<br />
*<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">'''Bob Mark Elevator Pitch Competition: '''The Bob Mark memorial elevator pitch competition was designed to encourage student&nbsp;entrepreneurship at Michigan Tech. The competition brings in over 30 aspiring small businesses together to present their idea in three minutes to over 150 audience members.&nbsp;</span></span><br />
*<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">'''New Venture Competition:''' The New Venture Competition is a joint partnership between Michigan Tech and Central Michigan University where startups get business plan feedback, mentorship, and an opportunity to win over $30,000 for their new idea.&nbsp;</span></span><br />
*<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">'''Accelerate Michigan:&nbsp;'''Accelerate Michigan is a pitch competition held annually in the fall.</span></span><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">It has a branch for students where 27 teams are selected as semi-finalists to compete at the Cobo Center in Detroit for a chance at $20,000.</span></span><br />
*<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">'''Rice Business Plan Competiton:&nbsp;'''The Rice Business Plan Competiton is located at Rice University in Houston, Texas and offers the potential for over $1,000,000 in prizes. Michigan Tech may help with travel expenses. At least one graduate student must be on the student-majority-led team.</span></span><br />
*<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">'''Winter WonderHack''': TechHacks is an event put on by the ACM chapter at Michigan Tech where students are invited to hack on new projects for 24-36 hours. ACM also funds and supports trips to MHacks and Illinois Hacks where students are encouraged to hack on new projects.</span></span><br />
<br />
= <span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:xx-large;">Faculty Entrepreneurship</span></span> =<br />
<br />
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Faculty at Michigan Tech are being encouraged (more and more) to take their research to market. With classes like Technology Commercialization&nbsp;faculty are being given the tools to take their ideas to market. A few resources available to faculty are:&nbsp;</span></span><br />
<br />
*<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">'''Michigan Tech Entrepreneurship Support Center''': The support center exists to allow for new technologies to move towards commercialization without having to deal with the legal hassles of filing as a business. The support center allows small businesses to operate under their legal umbrella while they establish their venture.&nbsp;</span></span><br />
*<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">'''Technology Commercialization Department: '''Michigan&nbsp;Tech has an entire department (led by Jim Baker) devoted to helping faculty and graduate students move their research from the lab to a commercially available product.&nbsp;</span></span><br />
<br />
= <span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:xx-large;">General &nbsp;Entrepreneurship</span></span> =<br />
<br />
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">While it can sometimes be helpful to break the resources available into faculty and students, there are many resources available to all entrepreneurial minded individuals around Michigan Tech. A few of them are highlighted below:&nbsp;</span></span><br />
<br />
*<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">'''SmartZone''': the SmartZone in Houghton offers a variety of services to inspiring&nbsp;entrepreneurs. From their SmartStart program which guides startups through a curriculum to validate their idea, to low cost office space the SmartZone can help move an idea into reality quickly. With a major state grant the smartzone is able to offer world class services at a low cost. For students at Michigan Tech faculty, a strategic partnership between the University and the Smartzone makes many of the services free.&nbsp;</span></span><br />
*<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">'''Michigan Tech I-Corps:&nbsp;'''The Michigan Tech I-Corps&nbsp;program gives a four-week program on customer discover and lean startup a la Steve Blank. The program is designed to introduce startups and researchers looking to commercialize their work on how to provide value for their discovered customer segments.</span></span><br />
*<br />
<div></div><br />
= <span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:xx-large;">Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration</span></span> =<br />
<br />
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Michigan Tech is known for the reasearch that is done on and around campus. There are 20 researsch centers that are connected with the university.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">These research centers include:</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center;">Advanced Power Systems Research Center (APSRC), Advanced Sustainable Iron and Steel Center (ASISC),Biotechnology Research Center (BRC), Center for Agile and Interconnected Microgrids (AIM), Center for Computer Systems Research (CCSR), Center for Environmentally Benign Functional Materials (CEBFM), Center for Water and Society (CWS), Computational Science and Engineering Research Institute (CSERI), Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences Institute (EPSSI), Ecosystem Science Center (ESC), Great Lakes Research Center (GLRC), Institute of Materials Processing (IMP), Keweenaw Research Center (KRC), Michigan Tech Research Institute (MTRI), Michigan Tech Transportation Institute (MTTI), Multi-Scale Technologies Institute (MuSTI), Pre-College Innovative Outreach Institute (PIOI), &nbsp;and Sustainable Futures Institute (SFI)</span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Enterprise Programs &nbsp;and Senior Design Projects are also used to connect the university with industry. Michigan Tech has 26 Enterprise teams across different majors where students are working together to innovate and solve some practical problem. Some of these enterprise expieriences lead to opportunities where students may start a business.&nbsp;</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Even before graduation, Michigan Tech students are finding meaningful work experiences in industry. &nbsp;From Summer 2013-Spring 2014, 337 co-ops/internships were reported at Michigan Tech. &nbsp;Futhermore, Michigan Tech was a wonderful relationship with industry as shown by the fact that 370 companies drove/flew out to Michigan Tech for the Fall 2015 career fair.</span></span><br />
<br />
= <span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:xx-large;">Landscape Analysis</span></span> =<br />
<br />
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Michigan Tech trains and equips some of the best students in the country whether it is business and economics, engineering, forest resources and environmental sciences, sciences and arts, or technology. The Houghton Smart Zone and associated resources provide an excellent support structure for new businesses, and contests such as the New Venture Competition inject much needed funding into the startup culture at Michigan Tech.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Despite these resources there has not been widespread proliferation of student led startups at the University.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">In speaking with several would-be founders, the bottleneck seems to be finding talented individuals who compliment the needs of the startups. Students not involved in the startup culture at Michigan Tech, and whom have progressed far enough through their curriculum to add significant value to a startup, seem to be reluctant to add another responsibility to their already busy schedule.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Furthermore, it is challenging for founders to find the top-talent at Michigan Tech to involve in their projects. Current methods rely on unstructured social connections and, in many cases, settling for whomever agrees to help.&nbsp;</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">The current enterprise and senior design structure is great for connecting motivated students to funded projects and have been very successful in creating some truly incredible results. However in our observations it seems that often times the students involved with these enterprise teams are more engaged with the challenge and less so in the viability of their project as a business.&nbsp;</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Put simply, we believe there is often disconnect between those passionate about what they are working on and those passionate about creating a business.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">If there were a way to connect founders with the top self-motivated talent within the University, one of the final bottlenecks for a thriving startup culture would be removed. We believe we can remove this bottleneck by merging the successes brought forth by the enterprise and senior design structure with students who have demonstrated business acumen and are passionate about transforming ideas into a new venture.</span></span><br />
<div><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Full Landscape Analysis can be found&nbsp;[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Setv77bKiaoAYrvKJTb_xSX9JOiXHj7-3Sfe2KinScg/edit?usp=sharing here]&nbsp;(Updated Fall 2015).</span></span><br/></div><div><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Presentation accompanying the Landscape Analysis can be found [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/10DM6qPXgOqL_M4UPfeC1DzoQWPcpmfg3XUeE3f-bk6E/edit?usp=sharing here ](Updated Fall 2015).</span></span></div><br />
= Related Links =<br />
<br />
[[Magann Dykema|Magann Dykema]]&nbsp;- A University Innovation Fellow from Michigan Tech<br />
<br />
[[Josh Krugh|Josh Krugh]] - A University Innovation Fellow from Michigan Tech<br />
<br />
[[ARSH SAHU|Arsh Sahu]]&nbsp;- A University Innovation Fellow from Michigan Tech<br />
<br />
[[David Shull|David Shull]] - A University Innovation Fellow from Michigan Tech<br />
<br />
[[Brad Turner|Brad Turner]] - A University Innovation Fellow from Michigan Tech<br />
<br />
[[Kyle Ludwig|Kyle Ludwig]] - A University Innovation Fellow from Michigan Tech<br />
<br />
[[Rachel Kolb|Rachel Kolb]] - A University Innovation Fellow from Michigan Tech<br />
<br />
[[Adam Weber|Adam Weber]] - A University Innovation Fellow from Michigan Tech<br />
<br />
[[JoshJay|Josh Jay]]<br />
<br />
[[Ralamber|Ralamber]]<br />
<br />
'''About the University''' - Learn about Michigan Tech including a landscape analysis<br />
<br />
[[MTU University Student Priorities|Michigan Tech Student Priorities]]&nbsp;- Learn about what students are working on<br />
<br />
[http://www.mtu.edu/ http://www.mtu.edu/]&nbsp;- Michigan Tech's website<br />
<br />
[[Category:Deep Dives|Deep_Dives]]<br/>[[Category:Universities]]</div>JoshJayhttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=School:Michigan_Technological_University&diff=54505School:Michigan Technological University2017-09-22T02:22:18Z<p>JoshJay: </p>
<hr />
<div><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">[[File:Michigan Tech Sign.jpg|frame|Michigan Tech Sign.jpg]]</span><br />
<br />
= <span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:xx-large;">Overview</span></span> =<br />
<br />
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Michigan Technological University is a world class research university looking to further encourage the startup culture on campus. Many of the resources available to students come from other students in the form of events and clubs. This wiki page will serve as a running record of the resources available to students on the Michigan Tech campus. &nbsp;</span></span><br />
<br />
= <span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:xx-large;">Student Entrepreneurship&nbsp;</span></span> =<br />
<br />
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Michigan Tech offers students a variety of resources to student&nbsp;entrepreneurs. While some of them are easy to come by, others are more challenging for students to find. A few of the top resources are listed below:&nbsp;</span></span><br />
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*<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">'''Bob Mark Elevator Pitch Competition: '''The Bob Mark memorial elevator pitch competition was designed to encourage student&nbsp;entrepreneurship at Michigan Tech. The competition brings in over 30 aspiring small businesses together to present their idea in three minutes to over 150 audience members.&nbsp;</span></span><br />
*<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">'''New Venture Competition:''' The New Venture Competition is a joint partnership between Michigan Tech and Central Michigan University where startups get business plan feedback, mentorship, and an opportunity to win over $30,000 for their new idea.&nbsp;</span></span><br />
*<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">'''Accelerate Michigan:&nbsp;'''Accelerate Michigan is a pitch competition held annually in the fall.</span></span><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">It has a branch for students where 27 teams are selected as semi-finalists to compete at the Cobo Center in Detroit for a chance at $20,000.</span></span><br />
*<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">'''Rice Business Plan Competiton:&nbsp;'''The Rice Business Plan Competiton is located at Rice University in Houston, Texas and offers the potential for over $1,000,000 in prizes. Michigan Tech may help with travel expenses. At least one graduate student must be on the student-majority-led team.</span></span><br />
*<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">'''Winter WonderHack''': TechHacks is an event put on by the ACM chapter at Michigan Tech where students are invited to hack on new projects for 24-36 hours. ACM also funds and supports trips to MHacks and Illinois Hacks where students are encouraged to hack on new projects.</span></span><br />
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= <span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:xx-large;">Faculty Entrepreneurship</span></span> =<br />
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<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Faculty at Michigan Tech are being encouraged (more and more) to take their research to market. With classes like Technology Commercialization&nbsp;faculty are being given the tools to take their ideas to market. A few resources available to faculty are:&nbsp;</span></span><br />
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*<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">'''Michigan Tech Entrepreneurship Support Center''': The support center exists to allow for new technologies to move towards commercialization without having to deal with the legal hassles of filing as a business. The support center allows small businesses to operate under their legal umbrella while they establish their venture.&nbsp;</span></span><br />
*<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">'''Technology Commercialization Department: '''Michigan&nbsp;Tech has an entire department (led by Jim Baker) devoted to helping faculty and graduate students move their research from the lab to a commercially available product.&nbsp;</span></span><br />
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= <span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:xx-large;">General &nbsp;Entrepreneurship</span></span> =<br />
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<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">While it can sometimes be helpful to break the resources available into faculty and students, there are many resources available to all entrepreneurial minded individuals around Michigan Tech. A few of them are highlighted below:&nbsp;</span></span><br />
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*<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">'''SmartZone''': the SmartZone in Houghton offers a variety of services to inspiring&nbsp;entrepreneurs. From their SmartStart program which guides startups through a curriculum to validate their idea, to low cost office space the SmartZone can help move an idea into reality quickly. With a major state grant the smartzone is able to offer world class services at a low cost. For students at Michigan Tech faculty, a strategic partnership between the University and the Smartzone makes many of the services free.&nbsp;</span></span><br />
*<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">'''Michigan Tech I-Corps:&nbsp;'''The Michigan Tech I-Corps&nbsp;program gives a four-week program on customer discover and lean startup a la Steve Blank. The program is designed to introduce startups and researchers looking to commercialize their work on how to provide value for their discovered customer segments.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Michigan Tech is known for the reasearch that is done on and around campus. There are 20 researsch centers that are connected with the university.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">These research centers include:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center;">Advanced Power Systems Research Center (APSRC), Advanced Sustainable Iron and Steel Center (ASISC),Biotechnology Research Center (BRC), Center for Agile and Interconnected Microgrids (AIM), Center for Computer Systems Research (CCSR), Center for Environmentally Benign Functional Materials (CEBFM), Center for Water and Society (CWS), Computational Science and Engineering Research Institute (CSERI), Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences Institute (EPSSI), Ecosystem Science Center (ESC), Great Lakes Research Center (GLRC), Institute of Materials Processing (IMP), Keweenaw Research Center (KRC), Michigan Tech Research Institute (MTRI), Michigan Tech Transportation Institute (MTTI), Multi-Scale Technologies Institute (MuSTI), Pre-College Innovative Outreach Institute (PIOI), &nbsp;and Sustainable Futures Institute (SFI)</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Enterprise Programs &nbsp;and Senior Design Projects are also used to connect the university with industry. Michigan Tech has 26 Enterprise teams across different majors where students are working together to innovate and solve some practical problem. Some of these enterprise expieriences lead to opportunities where students may start a business.&nbsp;</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Even before graduation, Michigan Tech students are finding meaningful work experiences in industry. &nbsp;From Summer 2013-Spring 2014, 337 co-ops/internships were reported at Michigan Tech. &nbsp;Futhermore, Michigan Tech was a wonderful relationship with industry as shown by the fact that 370 companies drove/flew out to Michigan Tech for the Fall 2015 career fair.</span></span><br />
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= <span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:xx-large;">Landscape Analysis</span></span> =<br />
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<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Michigan Tech trains and equips some of the best students in the country whether it is business and economics, engineering, forest resources and environmental sciences, sciences and arts, or technology. The Houghton Smart Zone and associated resources provide an excellent support structure for new businesses, and contests such as the New Venture Competition inject much needed funding into the startup culture at Michigan Tech.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Despite these resources there has not been widespread proliferation of student led startups at the University.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">In speaking with several would-be founders, the bottleneck seems to be finding talented individuals who compliment the needs of the startups. Students not involved in the startup culture at Michigan Tech, and whom have progressed far enough through their curriculum to add significant value to a startup, seem to be reluctant to add another responsibility to their already busy schedule.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Furthermore, it is challenging for founders to find the top-talent at Michigan Tech to involve in their projects. Current methods rely on unstructured social connections and, in many cases, settling for whomever agrees to help.&nbsp;</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">The current enterprise and senior design structure is great for connecting motivated students to funded projects and have been very successful in creating some truly incredible results. However in our observations it seems that often times the students involved with these enterprise teams are more engaged with the challenge and less so in the viability of their project as a business.&nbsp;</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Put simply, we believe there is often disconnect between those passionate about what they are working on and those passionate about creating a business.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">If there were a way to connect founders with the top self-motivated talent within the University, one of the final bottlenecks for a thriving startup culture would be removed. We believe we can remove this bottleneck by merging the successes brought forth by the enterprise and senior design structure with students who have demonstrated business acumen and are passionate about transforming ideas into a new venture.</span></span><br />
<div><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Full Landscape Analysis can be found&nbsp;[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Setv77bKiaoAYrvKJTb_xSX9JOiXHj7-3Sfe2KinScg/edit?usp=sharing here]&nbsp;(Updated Fall 2015).</span></span><br/></div><div><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Presentation accompanying the Landscape Analysis can be found [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/10DM6qPXgOqL_M4UPfeC1DzoQWPcpmfg3XUeE3f-bk6E/edit?usp=sharing here ](Updated Fall 2015).</span></span></div><br />
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[[Rachel Kolb|Rachel Kolb]] - A University Innovation Fellow from Michigan Tech<br />
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[[Adam Weber|Adam Weber]] - A University Innovation Fellow from Michigan Tech<br />
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'''About the University''' - Learn about Michigan Tech including a landscape analysis<br />
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[[MTU University Student Priorities|Michigan Tech Student Priorities]]&nbsp;- Learn about what students are working on<br />
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[http://www.mtu.edu/ http://www.mtu.edu/]&nbsp;- Michigan Tech's website<br />
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