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Fellow:Justin Javorek

2015-10-27T23:01:08Z

Justinjavorek:

[[File:Justin Javorek.jpeg|thumb]]Justin Javorek is an undergraduate student majoring in Entrepreneurship and Informatics at Dalhousie University. He has worked on several startups, and actively applies his diverse skill-set to build and grow the entrepreneurial ecosystem. His previous startup, Salubrian Health, was part of Propel ICT’s Launch 36 Build Program. As well, in 2014, Salubrian Health represented Canada at the International Business Model Competition (IBMC) at Bringham Young University. At IBMC, Justin and his team reached TOP 40 out of 2,418 teams from around the world. Most recently, Justin co-founded Pet Konekt. The online marketplace allows pet owners to easily find the best veterinarians, groomers, and training in their area, and book appoints within seconds. Justin is also the Founder and President of Dalhousie Entrepreneurship Society (D.E.S). 

Currently serving as Student Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Dalhousie University, his central role is to engage students in peer-to-peer mentoring and connect student teams with the local community. 

The Dalhousie Entrepreneurship Society strives to build inclusive innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem on the Dalhousie University campus by exposing students in all faculties to resources and funding opportunities, organizing hackathons and connecting them with the local startup community. Justin is always happy to connect with high caliber, energetic people to share experiences, co-learn, and work together to build community and launch startups.
<div> </div><div>[https://ca.linkedin.com/in/justinjavorek LinkedIn]</div><div> </div><div>[https://twitter.com/JavorekJustin Twitter]</div><div> </div><div>[http://dalentrepreneurshipsociety.com/ Dalhousie Entrepreneurship Society]</div><div> </div><div> </div>

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Priorities:Dalhousie University - Student Priorities

2015-10-22T18:08:53Z

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'''OVERVIEW'''

Dalhousie University is located in the heart of Halifax in Nova Scotia, Canada. Local startup ecosystem is still in its growing stage. There have been several champions working on developing the ecosystem, but only very recently has the government started to put more pressure on universities to promote entrepreneurship and facilitate deeper connection with the local startup community. Based on this initiative there was a group of political, academic and business leaders formed called oneNS Coalition. The mandate of oneNS Coalition is to instill further growth in the region and a 10 year plan for economic development and sustainability. One of the major topics is entrepreneurship and innovation.

Going through the training to become University Innovation Fellow, we had a great opportunity to get out of the building and talk to large amount of students and faculty member from across the campus and map out our campus landscape and recognize some of the major shortcomings that need to be addressed.

The Sexton Engineering Campus at Dalhousie University is physically isolated from the main campus. This hinders the opportunity for full collaboration within the main campus. We believe that cross-faculty collaboration is essential for further growth of our startup ecosystem. A great example of this is a company called Spring Loaded, where three students from various faculties met in the Starting Lean Course, came up with an idea for a new generation of knee braces and raised over $1.8 million in seed financing to date.

= Student Priority - Connecting Engineering Students with the rest of the campus =

We are very pleased with the initiative from the university and the province to create the Innovation Hub (IDEA Building) which is a Multipurpose building on Sexton Campus. As University Fellow candidates, we fully support this initiative and are willing to help to further promote it as well as help with information interviews, planning and further ideation on its programs and events.

As one of our strategic student priorities we have created a grassroots movement Dalhousie Entrepreneurship Society.

= Student Priority - Dalhousie Entrepreneurship Society (D.E.S.) =

A student-centric organization on campus that aims to build an inclusive innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem on the Dalhousie University campus from within by exposing students in all faculties to resources and funding opportunities, organizing hackathons, startup weekends, conferences and connecting them with the local startup community. D.E.S serves as a vehicle to deliver our strategic student priorities and initiatives.

Tactic no.1:

Build a framework which we can pass along for next generation of student entrepreneurs.

Tactic no.2:

Recruit students in their first and second year to ensure sustainable future for D.E.S.

Tactic no.3

Raise awareness with series of student-driven events, meetups and competitions.

In addition, we are currently in the process of creating new By-Laws and a more comprehensive Constitution to enable us fully establish ourselves as the leading student-led organization promoting Entrepreneurship and Innovation on Campus and help us seek further funding opportunities.

= Student Priority - Collider Space in Library (Innovation space in Killam Library) =

The Collider is a multipurpose space in Killam Library for the collision of serendipitous ideas where from all academic and professional disciplines can come together to develop ideas and and create the future generation of innovators. The Collider connect students, local startups, mentors, investors and allows them to work together to help further grow the local startup ecosystem. Killam Library is the least-siloed space on the campus and place where people come together. It is in our best interest to help push this initiative to its full potential.

Tactic no.1:

Series of Hackathons, Events & Conferences

The Collider would serve a great venue for a series of student-led Hackathons, Events & Conferences.

Dalhousie Entrepreneurship Society is piloting is a student-led hackathon for Oceanography and Marine programs Hackamarine 2015. Hackamarine is going to be an annual event held at Dalhousie University, a school well known for its world-class Marine & Oceanography programs. This is a cross-faculty event aiming to bring talent from various fields to work on major problems in Oceans & Marine Sciences. The winning teams will take home a cumulative total of $5,000 in prizes. This is a great opportunity for students to connect with industry experts, potential employers, and other professionals in the (Oceans and Marine) field. In addition, they will receive mentoring from top professors in Management, Life Sciences, Marine programs, Engineering and Computer Science.

= Student Priority - Innovation Hub (IDEA Building) =

Tactic no.1

Engineering Connect (E-Connect)

D.E.S plans to organize a series of workshops and events that facilitates the free flow of ideas and networking between the engineering campus and rest of the faculties at Dalhousie University.

Tactic no.2

Maker Club - Garage

Create a student-led club on the main campus that will promote our main makerspace on Sexton Campus. This space would serve as place where students can get in initial contact with 3D Printing, Electronics, Raspberry Pi’s and more. This would create a funnel of students on main campus for Innovation Hub on Sexton Campus.

= Student Priority - Co-curricular Record (Design Thinking & Lean Methodology) =

Last but not least we plan to start proposing to have Design Thinking & Lean Methodology offered as official co-curricular record to motivate students to get introduced to the entrepreneurial mindset. This would serve as an ideal channel to non-invasively encourage students to get involved with entrepreneurship on the campus.

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STUDENT PRIORITIES - DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY

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School:Dalhousie University

2015-10-20T00:34:04Z

Justinjavorek:

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== STUDENT INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP ==

The Norman Newman Centre for Entrepreneurship (NNCE) serves as the heart of entrepreneurial endeavor and innovation at Dalhousie University. Its leading initiative, LaunchDal™, provides a series of credit and noncredit programs to help students, researchers and early-stage ventures to take their ideas to the next level.

'''LAUNCHDAL™ Programming'''

The Starting Lean course is focused on Lean methodology and provides student teams with funding of $1,500 to build their minimal viable product.

The Innovation course highlights the frameworks and best practices of design thinking and pushes students toward building prototypes by offering $1,000 in funding.

Launch Dal's $100,000 Competition is qualifier competition for students to gain entrance to LaunchPad Accelerator.

LaunchPad Accelerator is an 8-week summer program for student startups with $10,000 in seed funding to elevate their idea to the next level.

E-corps is a program consisting of a series of workshops based on the Lean LaunchPad approach using the Business Model Canvas developed by Alexander Osterwalder. This is a team-based training program, (at least two members from each organization or research project) where participants work collaboratively to test their hypothesis related to the commercialization potential of their product. Workshops embrace both Design Thinking and Lean LaunchPad approaches to Customer Discovery and Customer Development using a hands-on method for participant teams.

The Entrepreneurial Skills Program (ESP) Certificate is a post-secondary program that facilitates the development, growth and success of student-run business ventures. ESP is designed to add to skills learned in the classroom through extracurricular, individualized, and experiential learning. The program culminates in the development of a personal portfolio that illustrates a student’s entrepreneurial capabilities. Upon successful completion of ESP, students are accredited and receive a certificate indicating venture readiness.

'''Canada’s Business Model Competition'''

The competition is hosted and organized by the Norman Newman Centre for Entrepreneurship’s LaunchDal Programming in collaboration with Dalhousie University’s Rowe School of Business. Canada’s Business Model Competition ® has been sanctioned as the national qualifier competition for the International Business Model Competition (IBMC) with the winner advancing to the IBMC. The winners of Canada’s Business Model Competition ® will share $50,000 in cash and in-kind prizes.

Collider (Innovation Space)is a space for LAUNCHDAL’s programming: courses, programs, events, competitions and more. However the space will also be available to students while not in use by the NNCE.

Dalhousie University offers a Major in Entrepreneurship and Innovationfor the Faculty of Management and Commerce Programs at the undergraduate level. In addition to the Starting Lean and Innovation courses, Dalhousie University offers two for-credit courses regarding entrepreneurship: New Venture Creation COMM 3307, and Managing the Venturing Process (MGMT 4901/COMM 4301). An Entrepreneurial Work Term is offered to commerce students who have their own business venture or would like to work on their own idea to fulfill their co-op or internship requirements. In addition, NNCE co-hosts a series of entrepreneurial events including Pitch 101, Startup Canada Tour, Next 36, and Demo Camp. Demo Camp is an event that showcases local startups solely through product demos rather than traditional presentations. Dalhousie University also has an official partnership with Next 36.  

'''Entrepreneurial societies and student-led organizations on campus.'''

The Dalhousie Entrepreneurship Society (D.E.S.) strives to build inclusive innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem on the Dalhousie University campus by exposing students in all faculties to resources and funding opportunities, organizing hackathons and connecting them with the local startup community.

Enactus is a student society focusing on improving the community through entrepreneurial action.

The Entrepreneurs and Law Association of Dalhousie Society hosts law clinics to answer legal questions in relation to starting a business. Issues such as corporate structures, taxation, intellectual property, contracts, shareholder agreements and privacy law are discussed in a round-table format.

== FACULTY INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP ==

Dalhousie University's I&E ecosystems is still in its growing stage. There have been several champions working on developing the ecosystem, but only very recently has the government started to put more pressure on universities to promote entrepreneurship. There is a group of local political, academic and business leaders called oneNS Coalition. The mandate of oneNS Coalition is to instill further growth in the region and a 10 year plan for economic development and sustainability. Based on this initiative there was a "Now or Never Report" released by the chair of the One Nova Scotia Commision Ray Ivany. One of the major topics in this report is entrepreneurship and innovation. Our president Dr. Richard Florizone is very involved with this initiative and strongly advocates entrepreneurship and innovation as one of the top priorities for the university. As a result from this growing interest in I&E, the Faculty of Engineering announced a project called Innovation Hub (IDEA Building) which is a multipurpose building on Sexton Campus that would serve as a hub for innovation on Sexton Campus. E-corps is another great initiative by Norman Newman Centre for Entrepreneurship to help researchers commercialize their reserch by applying lean methodology and design thinking frameworks and providing them with small seed capital to build their minimal viable products. There is also an initiative to introduce an Entrepreneurship Certificate across faculties.

== UNIVERSITY TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER FUNCTION ==

Industry Liaison and Innovation (ILI) manages and facilitates collaborations between companies and university researchers, commercializes research at Dalhousie University, and assists in the creation of spin-off ventures.

== FACILITATING UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY COLLABORATION ==

ShiftKey Labs Sandbox is a workspace open to all students, located in Golberg Computer Science Building. ShiftKey Labs recently organized a hackathon event regarding sustainability called Smart Energy App Challenge.

IDEA Sandbox where IDEA is "standing for “Innovative Design and Entrepreneurship Academy” is a collaborative initiative between Faculty of Engineering, the Rowe School of Business and NSCAD University.

Cultiv8 is anAgricultural Sandbox (workspace) located in the MacRae Library on the Dalhousie Agricultural Campus in Truro. Incollaboration with NNCE's LaunchDal, Cultiv8 organized a first-of-its-kind Startup Weekend in Truro focusing on agriculture and food.

Volta Labs is a local workspace for early-stage startups that holds its tenants and network members accountable with a strong mentorship and peer-to-peer validation which help companies grow and scale faster. Volta also provides students with the ability to register for Volta network membership to stay connected to all events and offer them useful discounts for startups from companies such as Amazon or Hubspot.

The Technology Innovation Centre, run by the local venture capital group Innovacorps, provides local startups with multipurpose space off campus. Innovacorps organizes a biennial I3 Competition which is open to all students with early-stage startups or ideas to compete for over $900,000 in prizes across Nova Scotia.

'''Research Centers'''

Atlantic Health Promotion Research Centre (AHPRC), Brain Repair Centre (QEII Health Sciences Centre), Centre for Comparative Genomics & Evolutionary Bioinformatics, Institute for Research in Materials, Canadian Institute of Fisheries Technology (CIFT), Centre for Marine Vessel Development and Research, Centre for Water Resources Studies (CWRS), Minerals Engineering Centre (MEC), Centre for Innovation in Infrastructure, Vehicle Safety Research Team (VSRT), Atlantic Region Magnetic Resonance Centre, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Research Resource (NMR3),NRC Institute for Marine Biology,Aquatron Laboratory, Bedford Institute of Oceanography.

== ENGAGING WITH REGIONAL AND LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS ==

Innovacorps' Early Stage Commercialization Fund (ESCF)assists and supports the academic community in the pursuit of entrepreneurial opportunities. The purpose of ESCF is to provide support for projects demonstrating readiness to advance a technology that has achieved, or is close to achieving, a prototype/proof-of-concept stage and is approaching market readiness with a possibility of attracting industry partners and/or investment. The prospect of generating a new revenue stream must also be apparent.

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2015-10-15T02:17:53Z

Justinjavorek:

'''STUDENT INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP'''

The Norman Newman Centre for Entrepreneurship (NNCE) serves as the heart of entrepreneurial endeavor and innovation at Dalhousie University. Its leading initiative, LaunchDal™, provides a series of credit and noncredit programs to help students, researchers and early-stage ventures to take their ideas to the next level.

'''LAUNCHDAL™ Programming'''

The Starting Lean course is focused on Lean methodology and provides student teams with funding of $1,500 to build their minimal viable product.

The Innovation course highlights the frameworks and best practices of design thinking and pushes students toward building prototypes by offering $1,000 in funding.

Launch Dal's $100,000 Competition is qualifier competition for students to gain entrance to LaunchPad Accelerator.

LaunchPad Accelerator is an 8-week summer program for student startups with $10,000 in seed funding to elevate their idea to the next level.

E-corps is a program consisting of a series of workshops based on the Lean LaunchPad approach using the Business Model Canvas developed by Alexander Osterwalder. This is a team-based training program, (at least two members from each organization or research project) where participants work collaboratively to test their hypothesis related to the commercialization potential of their product. Workshops embrace both Design Thinking and Lean LaunchPad approaches to Customer Discovery and Customer Development using a hands-on method for participant teams.

The Entrepreneurial Skills Program (ESP) Certificate is a post-secondary program that facilitates the development, growth and success of student-run business ventures. ESP is designed to add to skills learned in the classroom through extracurricular, individualized, and experiential learning. The program culminates in the development of a personal portfolio that illustrates a student’s entrepreneurial capabilities. Upon successful completion of ESP, students are accredited and receive a certificate indicating venture readiness.

'''Canada’s Business Model Competition'''

The competition is hosted and organized by the Norman Newman Centre for Entrepreneurship’s LaunchDal Programming in collaboration with Dalhousie University’s Rowe School of Business. Canada’s Business Model Competition ® has been sanctioned as the national qualifier competition for the International Business Model Competition (IBMC) with the winner advancing to the IBMC. The winners of Canada’s Business Model Competition ® will share $50,000 in cash and in-kind prizes.

Collider (Innovation Space)is a space for LAUNCHDAL’s programming: courses, programs, events, competitions and more. However the space will also be available to students while not in use by the NNCE.

Dalhousie University offers a Major in Entrepreneurship and Innovationfor the Faculty of Management and Commerce Programs at the undergraduate level. In addition to the Starting Lean and Innovation courses, Dalhousie University offers two for-credit courses regarding entrepreneurship: New Venture Creation COMM 3307, and Managing the Venturing Process (MGMT 4901/COMM 4301). An Entrepreneurial Work Term is offered to commerce students who have their own business venture or would like to work on their own idea to fulfill their co-op or internship requirements. In addition, NNCE co-hosts a series of entrepreneurial events including Pitch 101, Startup Canada Tour, Next 36, and Demo Camp. Demo Camp is an event that showcases local startups solely through product demos rather than traditional presentations. Dalhousie University also has an official partnership with Next 36.  

'''Entrepreneurial societies and student-led organizations on campus.'''

The Dalhousie Entrepreneurship Society (D.E.S.) strives to build inclusive innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem on the Dalhousie University campus by exposing students in all faculties to resources and funding opportunities, organizing hackathons and connecting them with the local startup community.

Enactus is a student society focusing on improving the community through entrepreneurial action.

The Entrepreneurs and Law Association of Dalhousie Society hosts law clinics to answer legal questions in relation to starting a business. Issues such as corporate structures, taxation, intellectual property, contracts, shareholder agreements and privacy law are discussed in a round-table format.

'''UNIVERSITY TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER FUNCTION'''

Industry Liaison and Innovation (ILI) manages and facilitates collaborations between companies and university researchers, commercializes research at Dalhousie University, and assists in the creation of spin-off ventures.

'''FACILITATING UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY COLLABORATION'''

ShiftKey Labs Sandbox is a workspace open to all students, located in Golberg Computer Science Building. ShiftKey Labs recently organized a hackathon event regarding sustainability called Smart Energy App Challenge.

IDEA Sandbox where IDEA is "standing for “Innovative Design and Entrepreneurship Academy” is a collaborative initiative between Faculty of Engineering, the Rowe School of Business and NSCAD University.

Cultiv8 is anAgricultural Sandbox (workspace) located in the MacRae Library on the Dalhousie Agricultural Campus in Truro. Incollaboration with NNCE's LaunchDal, Cultiv8 organized a first-of-its-kind Startup Weekend in Truro focusing on agriculture and food.

Volta Labs is a local workspace for early-stage startups that holds its tenants and network members accountable with a strong mentorship and peer-to-peer validation which help companies grow and scale faster. Volta also provides students with the ability to register for Volta network membership to stay connected to all events and offer them useful discounts for startups from companies such as Amazon or Hubspot.

The Technology Innovation Centre, run by the local venture capital group Innovacorps, provides local startups with multipurpose space off campus. Innovacorps organizes a biennial I3 Competition which is open to all students with early-stage startups or ideas to compete for over $900,000 in prizes across Nova Scotia.

'''Research Centers'''

Atlantic Health Promotion Research Centre (AHPRC), Brain Repair Centre (QEII Health Sciences Centre), Centre for Comparative Genomics & Evolutionary Bioinformatics, Institute for Research in Materials, Canadian Institute of Fisheries Technology (CIFT), Centre for Marine Vessel Development and Research, Centre for Water Resources Studies (CWRS), Minerals Engineering Centre (MEC), Centre for Innovation in Infrastructure, Vehicle Safety Research Team (VSRT), Atlantic Region Magnetic Resonance Centre, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Research Resource (NMR3),NRC Institute for Marine Biology,Aquatron Laboratory, Bedford Institute of Oceanography.

'''ENGAGING WITH REGIONAL AND LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS'''

Innovacorps' Early Stage Commercialization Fund (ESCF)assists and supports the academic community in the pursuit of entrepreneurial opportunities. The purpose of ESCF is to provide support for projects demonstrating readiness to advance a technology that has achieved, or is close to achieving, a prototype/proof-of-concept stage and is approaching market readiness with a possibility of attracting industry partners and/or investment. The prospect of generating a new revenue stream must also be apparent.

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2015-10-12T20:42:07Z

Justinjavorek: Created page with "Justin Javorek.jpegJustin Javorek is an undergraduate student majoring in Entrepreneurship and Informatics at Dalhousie University. He has w..."

[[File:Justin Javorek.jpeg|thumb|Justin Javorek.jpeg]]Justin Javorek is an undergraduate student majoring in Entrepreneurship and Informatics at Dalhousie University. He has worked on several startups, and actively applies his diverse skill-set to build and grow the entrepreneurial ecosystem. His previous startup, Salubrian Health, was part of Propel ICT’s Launch 36 Build Program. As well, in 2014, Salubrian Health represented Canada at the International Business Model Competition (IBMC) at Bringham Young University. At IBMC, Justin and his team reached TOP 40 out of 2,418 teams from around the world. Most recently, Justin co-founded Pet Konekt. The online marketplace allows pet owners to easily find the best veterinarians, groomers, and training in their area, and book appoints within seconds. Justin is also the Founder and President of Dalhousie Entrepreneurship Society (D.E.S). 

Currently serving as Student Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Dalhousie University, his central role is to enagage students in peer-to-peer mentoring and connect student teams with the local community. 

The Dalhousie Entrepreneurship Society strives to build inclusive innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem on the Dalhousie University campus by exposing students in all faculties to resources and funding opportunities, organizing hackathons and connecting them with the local startup community. Justin is always happy to connect with high caliber, energetic people to share experiences, co-learn, and work together to build community and launch startups.
<div> </div><div>[https://ca.linkedin.com/in/justinjavorek LinkedIn]</div><div> </div><div>[https://twitter.com/JavorekJustin Twitter]</div><div> </div><div>[http://dalentrepreneurshipsociety.com/ Dalhousie Entrepreneurship Society]</div><div> </div><div> </div>
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File:Justin Javorek.jpeg

2015-10-12T18:07:30Z

Justinjavorek: Justin Javorek - UIF Candidate 2015 Dalhousie University

Justin Javorek - UIF Candidate 2015 Dalhousie University