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Priorities:University de Montevideo Student Priorities

2017-02-10T13:33:53Z

Luisgurmendez:

= UNIVERSIDAD DE MONTEVIDEO =

== Overview ==

The University of Montevideo (UM) started off in 1986 as the Institute of Business Studies of Montevideo (IEEM). Some months later the IEEM started a postgraduate in business law. From there and on the IEEM continued incorporating new courses mixing law and business, such as seminar in management, business administration, master's degree in business law and much more. It wasn't until April 29 of 1997 that the IEEM was approved to function as a university and from there it's known as the Universidad de Montevideo. 

Now the UM has 7 different faculties : - Law School - Faculty of Business Science  and Economics - Faculty of Engineering - Faculty of Communication - Faculty of Biomedical Sciences - Business School (IEEM) - Center of leaders, entrepreneurs and innovators Actually the UM offers 20 different major for undergraduate students and 28 majors for graduate students, through the colleges listed above, also it has been ranked the best university in Uruguay by the QS ranking. The number of professors and faculty members fostering innovation and entrepreneurship has been growing in the last couple of years. This whole new spirit lead to the creation of Initium. This center has created different courses and workshops stimulating students and professors to develop new skills and attitudes with an innovation and entrepreneurship mindset. It is also a place for connection between students, alumni entrepreneurs, accelerators and other extracurricular entities.There are also other courses that stimulate innovation in their areas, such as Engineering Labs or Investment Projects for example.
<div> </div>
= PROJECT PITCH VIDEO =

{{#Widget:Youtube|id= H6zysemjUlM}}

= STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP CULTURE AMONG UM STUDENTS =

== Strategy One: Create an entrepreneurial club of UM students ==

Despite there is a center of leaders, entrepreneurs and innovators at the University, we find a weak innovation and entrepreneurship culture among students, especially because the same students go to the workshops and talks, and there are few. Many students don’t know about the existence of Initium or they don’t take advantage of it privileges. So we think that if create an independent entrepreneurial club with UM students, this could change. But not any student can get in. It must be something that make this club special. So it would be a pre-selection. The judges (at the beginning would be us: Cecilia, Romina, Matías and Luis) must see an entrepreneurial spirit, and show that they could be an agent of change. Being a member of this club would be also a privilege for the CVs of the members. In the club, the members can work for projects or areas (logistics, communication, fundraising, etc). Then, the same members can reclute students for specific projects. It would count with Initium’s support, but it would be independent, so it must have a director that at the beginning would be probably one of us, or a graduate student. The director can also make recommendation letters for the members which would help in finding a job. The meetings would take place in ZROOMs (classrooms that already exist in the UM, that is similar to Stanford classrooms) or even better, the Design Thinking Room that we’re also planning to do (see Strategy Six), once a week, the day that all the members agree about. - Step #1:Talk to UM authorities and see what type of benefits the group members can have. Romina will handle this task by the end of March. - Step #2: Create a selection commitment who will pick the members of the club by interviews. Romina will handle this task at the beginning of April. - Step #3: Make a communication campaign to invite members to the club. Cecilia will handle this task at the middle of April.

== Strategy Two: Students lead social events ==

Because this is a good way to engage students to this sort of activities. It’s not the same that Initium or UM’s authorities make innovation and entrepreneurship events because it’s less personal and more academic. If UM students made this events, everything would be more fun and informal, and it would attract much more their attention. We see that many students doesn’t even give the opportunity to this new world, because they have a wrong concept about it. This would be a great way to open their minds. The social events would be organized by the entrepreneurial club that we mentioned at strategy one. We need to be different from the other networking events that already exist in Uruguay, where the entrepreneurs talk between them or with the same people. For that reason we thought about tables, where in each one there is a recognized entrepreneur who is available to answer any question and give advice, and then the guests can rotate to other tables to talk to other entrepreneurs and other guests.

- Step #1: Once the club is created, we will assign mentors to the groups - that the members formed - to guide them with the organization of the events. Romina will handle this task at the beginning of May. - Step #2: Find sponsors to afford this events. Romina will handle this task at the end of May.

== Strategy Three: Create a new course that boost motivation by taking students to a real startup launch in 16 weeks ==

Strong academic pressure and curricula makes it difficult to have time to explore other projects. This has been a problem that the four of us have experienced but we agree on the fact that time is always a limited resource but motivation is the key to success. We believe this problem has strong connections with the weak student entrepreneurship and innovation culture we have at our campus.

For this reason, our solution to this problem involves a new course that boost motivation by getting the students 100% involved in doing and not just planning. Class projects that end with a powerpoint presentation to the rest of the class have became a classic but no one really cares about the project and hardly ever people get motivated and really involved. Start Up 01 is a 4,5 credit course, as any other elective, that takes the students to a real startup launch in 16 weeks. Its an applied course that lets the student learn by designing, testing, and develop his team venture. - Step #1: Talk to María Martha, Business Administration’s coordinator and Josefina Maisonnave, Initium’s director, to find the correct professors to lead this class and make a good programmation. Matias will handle this task at the end of March.  - Step #2: Talk to the coordinators of all the careers and authorities to add this course in students curricula. It’s important that subjects like “Creativity & Innovation” and “Entrepreneurial initiative” go first. Matias will handle this task at the end of April. - Step #3: Make a communication campaign to invite students who have the old programme, to take it as an elective course. Matias will handle this task at the end of June.

== Strategy Four: Create a mentor’s network that guide entrepreneurs in each step of their projects ==

Having a mentor that guides entrepreneurs in each step is a great advantage, and a key to successful venture. For the Initium Center to organize this may be difficult, below are the milestones and steps to make this happen.

- Step #1:Finding the mentors.

In April there must be at least 5 mentors. The idea is to find mentors that have some of the following: knowledge in some area, connections, experience, time, and willingness. One of the ways to do so is by giving incentives to professors. Also in the Initium web site, there can be a volunteer mentoring subscription, open for everybody. - Step #2:Adding the mentoring feature

The mentoring form in the Initium web site must be developed, by April. The way students have to find their mentos is through Initium, this is, having to add to the Initium web site a form for students. This can be done by any Computer Science Engineer in the university. It shouldn’t take more that 1 month. - Step #3: Advertising

From now until it is known Many students tell us that they didn’t know that the Initium web site existed. So we think that hanging posters in the university it’s a good way to make students informed.

== Strategy Five: Improve Initium center’s communication so more students can know it and take advantage of it benefits ==

A known problem is that not many students know all the things that Initium provides, and just some know that Initium had a web site, and if they know they never use it. In Initium’s website there is all kind of information about everything they make. Improving Initium’s center’s communication may go together with making students visit it’s website more often. This is a complex situation, because it involved advertising something that students not usually like. '''-''' Step #1: Hire a publicity agent and receive advices from them. This would be temporary. Matias will handle this task at the end of March. - Step #2: Have a innovative and fun event that raise the public image of Initium and where the students can understand what Initium can offer but in a creative way with Snapchat for example. Cecilia and Romina will handle this task at the end of May.

== Strategy Six: Create a Design Thinking Space where UM students can go at any time to work in their projects ==

 Initium center only help students in their first steps of their projects: to make their business plan and find financial support, but it’s difficult to support them after that because of it’s capacity, space and lack of time for the people who work there. If they create a project in the courses that Initium offers, then they don’t have the space and materials to continue it. A Design Thinking Space without fixed classes where any student can work in their projects, at any hour, would be a great solution.

This would take place in Engineering Faculty because we can also solve the problem of Engineering students who feel disconnected from the other faculties, so any student who wants to use it must come to this Faculty. Also we find an interesting space where now are the labs, but if we construct a 2 floors building, we can put all there. Finally be thought that if Civil Engineering students can help with the construction, it’ll help them to improve their practical work, it’s more personal and it reduces the cost. - Step #1:Talk to Civil Engineering professors, so we can plan a project with their students to construct the building. Romina will handle this task, between 13th and 17th of March. - Step #2:Make events to raise money or find sponsors. Cecilia will handle this task, and she’ll organise them in April. - Step #3:Buy all the materials. Cecilia will handle this task. We hope to do this in July-August. - Step #4:Make a communication campaign to invite UM students to try it. Cecilia will handle this task. We hope to do this in August-September.

= RELATED LINKS =

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Universidad_de_Montevideo Universidad de Montevideo] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Cecilia_Tejera Cecilia Tejera] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Romina_Dominzain Romina Dominzain] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Matias_Menendez Matias Menendez] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Luis_Gurmendez Luis Gurmendez]

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6zysemjUlM&feature=youtu.be Our firsty pitch video]

Priorities:University de Montevideo Student Priorities

2017-02-10T12:30:24Z

Luisgurmendez:

= UNIVERSIDAD DE MONTEVIDEO = <img style="float:left;" src="http://lamirada.com.uy/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/86679_1369072923_um-300x225.jpg" width="50px" height="50px" alt="UM Logo">

== Overview ==

The University of Montevideo (UM) started off in 1986 as the Institute of Business Studies of Montevideo (IEEM). Some months later the IEEM started a postgraduate in business law. From there and on the IEEM continued incorporating new courses mixing law and business, such as seminar in management, business administration, master's degree in business law and much more. It wasn't until April 29 of 1997 that the IEEM was approved to function as a university and from there it's known as the Universidad de Montevideo. 

Now the UM has 7 different faculties : - Law School - Faculty of Business Science  and Economics - Faculty of Engineering - Faculty of Communication - Faculty of Biomedical Sciences - Business School (IEEM) - Center of leaders, entrepreneurs and innovators Actually the UM offers 20 different major for undergraduate students and 28 majors for graduate students, through the colleges listed above, also it has been ranked the best university in Uruguay by the QS ranking. The number of professors and faculty members fostering innovation and entrepreneurship has been growing in the last couple of years. This whole new spirit lead to the creation of Initium. This center has created different courses and workshops stimulating students and professors to develop new skills and attitudes with an innovation and entrepreneurship mindset. It is also a place for connection between students, alumni entrepreneurs, accelerators and other extracurricular entities.There are also other courses that stimulate innovation in their areas, such as Engineering Labs or Investment Projects for example.
<div> </div>

= PROJECT PITCH VIDEO =

{{#Widget:Youtube|id= H6zysemjUlM}}

= STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP CULTURE AMONG UM STUDENTS =

== Strategy One: Create an entrepreneurial club of UM students ==

Despite there is a center of leaders, entrepreneurs and innovators at the University, we find a weak innovation and entrepreneurship culture among students, especially because the same students go to the workshops and talks, and there are few. Many students don’t know about the existence of Initium or they don’t take advantage of it privileges. So we think that if create an independent entrepreneurial club with UM students, this could change. But not any student can get in. It must be something that make this club special. So it would be a pre-selection. The judges (at the beginning would be us: Cecilia, Romina, Matías and Luis) must see an entrepreneurial spirit, and show that they could be an agent of change. Being a member of this club would be also a privilege for the CVs of the members. In the club, the members can work for projects or areas (logistics, communication, fundraising, etc). Then, the same members can reclute students for specific projects. It would count with Initium’s support, but it would be independent, so it must have a director that at the beginning would be probably one of us, or a graduate student. The director can also make recommendation letters for the members which would help in finding a job. The meetings would take place in ZROOMs (classrooms that already exist in the UM, that is similar to Stanford classrooms) or even better, the Design Thinking Room that we’re also planning to do (see Strategy Six), once a week, the day that all the members agree about. - Step #1:Talk to UM authorities and see what type of benefits the group members can have. Romina will handle this task by the end of March. - Step #2: Create a selection commitment who will pick the members of the club by interviews. Romina will handle this task at the beginning of April. - Step #3: Make a communication campaign to invite members to the club. Cecilia will handle this task at the middle of April.

== Strategy Two: Students lead social events ==

Because this is a good way to engage students to this sort of activities. It’s not the same that Initium or UM’s authorities make innovation and entrepreneurship events because it’s less personal and more academic. If UM students made this events, everything would be more fun and informal, and it would attract much more their attention. We see that many students doesn’t even give the opportunity to this new world, because they have a wrong concept about it. This would be a great way to open their minds. The social events would be organized by the entrepreneurial club that we mentioned at strategy one. We need to be different from the other networking events that already exist in Uruguay, where the entrepreneurs talk between them or with the same people. For that reason we thought about tables, where in each one there is a recognized entrepreneur who is available to answer any question and give advice, and then the guests can rotate to other tables to talk to other entrepreneurs and other guests.

- Step #1: Once the club is created, we will assign mentors to the groups - that the members formed - to guide them with the organization of the events. Romina will handle this task at the beginning of May. - Step #2: Find sponsors to afford this events. Romina will handle this task at the end of May.

== Strategy Three: Create a new course that boost motivation by taking students to a real startup launch in 16 weeks ==

Strong academic pressure and curricula makes it difficult to have time to explore other projects. This has been a problem that the four of us have experienced but we agree on the fact that time is always a limited resource but motivation is the key to success. We believe this problem has strong connections with the weak student entrepreneurship and innovation culture we have at our campus.

For this reason, our solution to this problem involves a new course that boost motivation by getting the students 100% involved in doing and not just planning. Class projects that end with a powerpoint presentation to the rest of the class have became a classic but no one really cares about the project and hardly ever people get motivated and really involved. Start Up 01 is a 4,5 credit course, as any other elective, that takes the students to a real startup launch in 16 weeks. Its an applied course that lets the student learn by designing, testing, and develop his team venture. - Step #1: Talk to María Martha, Business Administration’s coordinator and Josefina Maisonnave, Initium’s director, to find the correct professors to lead this class and make a good programmation. Matias will handle this task at the end of March.  - Step #2: Talk to the coordinators of all the careers and authorities to add this course in students curricula. It’s important that subjects like “Creativity & Innovation” and “Entrepreneurial initiative” go first. Matias will handle this task at the end of April. - Step #3: Make a communication campaign to invite students who have the old programme, to take it as an elective course. Matias will handle this task at the end of June.

== Strategy Four: Create a mentor’s network that guide entrepreneurs in each step of their projects ==

Having a mentor that guides entrepreneurs in each step is a great advantage, and a key to successful venture. For the Initium Center to organize this may be difficult, below are the milestones and steps to make this happen.

- Step #1:Finding the mentors.

In April there must be at least 5 mentors. The idea is to find mentors that have some of the following: knowledge in some area, connections, experience, time, and willingness. One of the ways to do so is by giving incentives to professors. Also in the Initium web site, there can be a volunteer mentoring subscription, open for everybody. - Step #2:Adding the mentoring feature

The mentoring form in the Initium web site must be developed, by April. The way students have to find their mentos is through Initium, this is, having to add to the Initium web site a form for students. This can be done by any Computer Science Engineer in the university. It shouldn’t take more that 1 month. - Step #3: Advertising

From now until it is known Many students tell us that they didn’t know that the Initium web site existed. So we think that hanging posters in the university it’s a good way to make students informed.

== Strategy Five: Improve Initium center’s communication so more students can know it and take advantage of it benefits ==

A known problem is that not many students know all the things that Initium provides, and just some know that Initium had a web site, and if they know they never use it. In Initium’s website there is all kind of information about everything they make. Improving Initium’s center’s communication may go together with making students visit it’s website more often. This is a complex situation, because it involved advertising something that students not usually like. '''-''' Step #1: Hire a publicity agent and receive advices from them. This would be temporary. Matias will handle this task at the end of March. - Step #2: Have a innovative and fun event that raise the public image of Initium and where the students can understand what Initium can offer but in a creative way with Snapchat for example. Cecilia and Romina will handle this task at the end of May.

== Strategy Six: Create a Design Thinking Space where UM students can go at any time to work in their projects ==

 Initium center only help students in their first steps of their projects: to make their business plan and find financial support, but it’s difficult to support them after that because of it’s capacity, space and lack of time for the people who work there. If they create a project in the courses that Initium offers, then they don’t have the space and materials to continue it. A Design Thinking Space without fixed classes where any student can work in their projects, at any hour, would be a great solution.

This would take place in Engineering Faculty because we can also solve the problem of Engineering students who feel disconnected from the other faculties, so any student who wants to use it must come to this Faculty. Also we find an interesting space where now are the labs, but if we construct a 2 floors building, we can put all there. Finally be thought that if Civil Engineering students can help with the construction, it’ll help them to improve their practical work, it’s more personal and it reduces the cost. - Step #1:Talk to Civil Engineering professors, so we can plan a project with their students to construct the building. Romina will handle this task, between 13th and 17th of March. - Step #2:Make events to raise money or find sponsors. Cecilia will handle this task, and she’ll organise them in April. - Step #3:Buy all the materials. Cecilia will handle this task. We hope to do this in July-August. - Step #4:Make a communication campaign to invite UM students to try it. Cecilia will handle this task. We hope to do this in August-September.

= RELATED LINKS =

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Universidad_de_Montevideo Universidad de Montevideo] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Cecilia_Tejera Cecilia Tejera] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Romina_Dominzain Romina Dominzain] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Matias_Menendez Matias Menendez] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Luis_Gurmendez Luis Gurmendez]

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6zysemjUlM&feature=youtu.be Our firsty pitch video]

Priorities:University de Montevideo Student Priorities

2017-02-10T12:27:08Z

Luisgurmendez:

= UNIVERSIDAD DE MONTEVIDEO <img src="http://lamirada.com.uy/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/86679_1369072923_um-300x225.jpg" width="50px" height="50px" alt="UM Logo"> =

== Overview ==

The University of Montevideo (UM) started off in 1986 as the Institute of Business Studies of Montevideo (IEEM). Some months later the IEEM started a postgraduate in business law. From there and on the IEEM continued incorporating new courses mixing law and business, such as seminar in management, business administration, master's degree in business law and much more. It wasn't until April 29 of 1997 that the IEEM was approved to function as a university and from there it's known as the Universidad de Montevideo. 

Now the UM has 7 different faculties : - Law School - Faculty of Business Science  and Economics - Faculty of Engineering - Faculty of Communication - Faculty of Biomedical Sciences - Business School (IEEM) - Center of leaders, entrepreneurs and innovators Actually the UM offers 20 different major for undergraduate students and 28 majors for graduate students, through the colleges listed above, also it has been ranked the best university in Uruguay by the QS ranking. The number of professors and faculty members fostering innovation and entrepreneurship has been growing in the last couple of years. This whole new spirit lead to the creation of Initium. This center has created different courses and workshops stimulating students and professors to develop new skills and attitudes with an innovation and entrepreneurship mindset. It is also a place for connection between students, alumni entrepreneurs, accelerators and other extracurricular entities.There are also other courses that stimulate innovation in their areas, such as Engineering Labs or Investment Projects for example.
<div> </div>

= PROJECT PITCH VIDEO =

{{#Widget:Youtube|id= H6zysemjUlM}}

= STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP CULTURE AMONG UM STUDENTS =

== Strategy One: Create an entrepreneurial club of UM students ==

Despite there is a center of leaders, entrepreneurs and innovators at the University, we find a weak innovation and entrepreneurship culture among students, especially because the same students go to the workshops and talks, and there are few. Many students don’t know about the existence of Initium or they don’t take advantage of it privileges. So we think that if create an independent entrepreneurial club with UM students, this could change. But not any student can get in. It must be something that make this club special. So it would be a pre-selection. The judges (at the beginning would be us: Cecilia, Romina, Matías and Luis) must see an entrepreneurial spirit, and show that they could be an agent of change. Being a member of this club would be also a privilege for the CVs of the members. In the club, the members can work for projects or areas (logistics, communication, fundraising, etc). Then, the same members can reclute students for specific projects. It would count with Initium’s support, but it would be independent, so it must have a director that at the beginning would be probably one of us, or a graduate student. The director can also make recommendation letters for the members which would help in finding a job. The meetings would take place in ZROOMs (classrooms that already exist in the UM, that is similar to Stanford classrooms) or even better, the Design Thinking Room that we’re also planning to do (see Strategy Six), once a week, the day that all the members agree about. - Step #1:Talk to UM authorities and see what type of benefits the group members can have. Romina will handle this task by the end of March. - Step #2: Create a selection commitment who will pick the members of the club by interviews. Romina will handle this task at the beginning of April. - Step #3: Make a communication campaign to invite members to the club. Cecilia will handle this task at the middle of April.

== Strategy Two: Students lead social events ==

Because this is a good way to engage students to this sort of activities. It’s not the same that Initium or UM’s authorities make innovation and entrepreneurship events because it’s less personal and more academic. If UM students made this events, everything would be more fun and informal, and it would attract much more their attention. We see that many students doesn’t even give the opportunity to this new world, because they have a wrong concept about it. This would be a great way to open their minds. The social events would be organized by the entrepreneurial club that we mentioned at strategy one. We need to be different from the other networking events that already exist in Uruguay, where the entrepreneurs talk between them or with the same people. For that reason we thought about tables, where in each one there is a recognized entrepreneur who is available to answer any question and give advice, and then the guests can rotate to other tables to talk to other entrepreneurs and other guests.

- Step #1: Once the club is created, we will assign mentors to the groups - that the members formed - to guide them with the organization of the events. Romina will handle this task at the beginning of May. - Step #2: Find sponsors to afford this events. Romina will handle this task at the end of May.

== Strategy Three: Create a new course that boost motivation by taking students to a real startup launch in 16 weeks ==

Strong academic pressure and curricula makes it difficult to have time to explore other projects. This has been a problem that the four of us have experienced but we agree on the fact that time is always a limited resource but motivation is the key to success. We believe this problem has strong connections with the weak student entrepreneurship and innovation culture we have at our campus.

For this reason, our solution to this problem involves a new course that boost motivation by getting the students 100% involved in doing and not just planning. Class projects that end with a powerpoint presentation to the rest of the class have became a classic but no one really cares about the project and hardly ever people get motivated and really involved. Start Up 01 is a 4,5 credit course, as any other elective, that takes the students to a real startup launch in 16 weeks. Its an applied course that lets the student learn by designing, testing, and develop his team venture. - Step #1: Talk to María Martha, Business Administration’s coordinator and Josefina Maisonnave, Initium’s director, to find the correct professors to lead this class and make a good programmation. Matias will handle this task at the end of March.  - Step #2: Talk to the coordinators of all the careers and authorities to add this course in students curricula. It’s important that subjects like “Creativity & Innovation” and “Entrepreneurial initiative” go first. Matias will handle this task at the end of April. - Step #3: Make a communication campaign to invite students who have the old programme, to take it as an elective course. Matias will handle this task at the end of June.

== Strategy Four: Create a mentor’s network that guide entrepreneurs in each step of their projects ==

Having a mentor that guides entrepreneurs in each step is a great advantage, and a key to successful venture. For the Initium Center to organize this may be difficult, below are the milestones and steps to make this happen.

- Step #1:Finding the mentors.

In April there must be at least 5 mentors. The idea is to find mentors that have some of the following: knowledge in some area, connections, experience, time, and willingness. One of the ways to do so is by giving incentives to professors. Also in the Initium web site, there can be a volunteer mentoring subscription, open for everybody. - Step #2:Adding the mentoring feature

The mentoring form in the Initium web site must be developed, by April. The way students have to find their mentos is through Initium, this is, having to add to the Initium web site a form for students. This can be done by any Computer Science Engineer in the university. It shouldn’t take more that 1 month. - Step #3: Advertising

From now until it is known Many students tell us that they didn’t know that the Initium web site existed. So we think that hanging posters in the university it’s a good way to make students informed.

== Strategy Five: Improve Initium center’s communication so more students can know it and take advantage of it benefits ==

A known problem is that not many students know all the things that Initium provides, and just some know that Initium had a web site, and if they know they never use it. In Initium’s website there is all kind of information about everything they make. Improving Initium’s center’s communication may go together with making students visit it’s website more often. This is a complex situation, because it involved advertising something that students not usually like. '''-''' Step #1: Hire a publicity agent and receive advices from them. This would be temporary. Matias will handle this task at the end of March. - Step #2: Have a innovative and fun event that raise the public image of Initium and where the students can understand what Initium can offer but in a creative way with Snapchat for example. Cecilia and Romina will handle this task at the end of May.

== Strategy Six: Create a Design Thinking Space where UM students can go at any time to work in their projects ==

 Initium center only help students in their first steps of their projects: to make their business plan and find financial support, but it’s difficult to support them after that because of it’s capacity, space and lack of time for the people who work there. If they create a project in the courses that Initium offers, then they don’t have the space and materials to continue it. A Design Thinking Space without fixed classes where any student can work in their projects, at any hour, would be a great solution.

This would take place in Engineering Faculty because we can also solve the problem of Engineering students who feel disconnected from the other faculties, so any student who wants to use it must come to this Faculty. Also we find an interesting space where now are the labs, but if we construct a 2 floors building, we can put all there. Finally be thought that if Civil Engineering students can help with the construction, it’ll help them to improve their practical work, it’s more personal and it reduces the cost. - Step #1:Talk to Civil Engineering professors, so we can plan a project with their students to construct the building. Romina will handle this task, between 13th and 17th of March. - Step #2:Make events to raise money or find sponsors. Cecilia will handle this task, and she’ll organise them in April. - Step #3:Buy all the materials. Cecilia will handle this task. We hope to do this in July-August. - Step #4:Make a communication campaign to invite UM students to try it. Cecilia will handle this task. We hope to do this in August-September.

= RELATED LINKS =

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Universidad_de_Montevideo Universidad de Montevideo] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Cecilia_Tejera Cecilia Tejera] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Romina_Dominzain Romina Dominzain] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Matias_Menendez Matias Menendez] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Luis_Gurmendez Luis Gurmendez]

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6zysemjUlM&feature=youtu.be Our firsty pitch video]

Priorities:University de Montevideo Student Priorities

2017-02-10T12:24:00Z

Luisgurmendez:

= UNIVERSIDAD DE MONTEVIDEO =

== Overview ==

The University of Montevideo (UM) started off in 1986 as the Institute of Business Studies of Montevideo (IEEM). Some months later the IEEM started a postgraduate in business law. From there and on the IEEM continued incorporating new courses mixing law and business, such as seminar in management, business administration, master's degree in business law and much more. It wasn't until April 29 of 1997 that the IEEM was approved to function as a university and from there it's known as the Universidad de Montevideo. 

Now the UM has 7 different faculties : - Law School - Faculty of Business Science  and Economics - Faculty of Engineering - Faculty of Communication - Faculty of Biomedical Sciences - Business School (IEEM) - Center of leaders, entrepreneurs and innovators Actually the UM offers 20 different major for undergraduate students and 28 majors for graduate students, through the colleges listed above, also it has been ranked the best university in Uruguay by the QS ranking. The number of professors and faculty members fostering innovation and entrepreneurship has been growing in the last couple of years. This whole new spirit lead to the creation of Initium. This center has created different courses and workshops stimulating students and professors to develop new skills and attitudes with an innovation and entrepreneurship mindset. It is also a place for connection between students, alumni entrepreneurs, accelerators and other extracurricular entities.There are also other courses that stimulate innovation in their areas, such as Engineering Labs or Investment Projects for example.
<div> </div>

= PROJECT PITCH VIDEO =

{{#Widget:Youtube|id= H6zysemjUlM}}

= STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP CULTURE AMONG UM STUDENTS =

== Strategy One: Create an entrepreneurial club of UM students ==

Despite there is a center of leaders, entrepreneurs and innovators at the University, we find a weak innovation and entrepreneurship culture among students, especially because the same students go to the workshops and talks, and there are few. Many students don’t know about the existence of Initium or they don’t take advantage of it privileges. So we think that if create an independent entrepreneurial club with UM students, this could change. But not any student can get in. It must be something that make this club special. So it would be a pre-selection. The judges (at the beginning would be us: Cecilia, Romina, Matías and Luis) must see an entrepreneurial spirit, and show that they could be an agent of change. Being a member of this club would be also a privilege for the CVs of the members. In the club, the members can work for projects or areas (logistics, communication, fundraising, etc). Then, the same members can reclute students for specific projects. It would count with Initium’s support, but it would be independent, so it must have a director that at the beginning would be probably one of us, or a graduate student. The director can also make recommendation letters for the members which would help in finding a job. The meetings would take place in ZROOMs (classrooms that already exist in the UM, that is similar to Stanford classrooms) or even better, the Design Thinking Room that we’re also planning to do (see Strategy Six), once a week, the day that all the members agree about. - Step #1:Talk to UM authorities and see what type of benefits the group members can have. Romina will handle this task by the end of March. - Step #2: Create a selection commitment who will pick the members of the club by interviews. Romina will handle this task at the beginning of April. - Step #3: Make a communication campaign to invite members to the club. Cecilia will handle this task at the middle of April.

== Strategy Two: Students lead social events ==

Because this is a good way to engage students to this sort of activities. It’s not the same that Initium or UM’s authorities make innovation and entrepreneurship events because it’s less personal and more academic. If UM students made this events, everything would be more fun and informal, and it would attract much more their attention. We see that many students doesn’t even give the opportunity to this new world, because they have a wrong concept about it. This would be a great way to open their minds. The social events would be organized by the entrepreneurial club that we mentioned at strategy one. We need to be different from the other networking events that already exist in Uruguay, where the entrepreneurs talk between them or with the same people. For that reason we thought about tables, where in each one there is a recognized entrepreneur who is available to answer any question and give advice, and then the guests can rotate to other tables to talk to other entrepreneurs and other guests.

- Step #1: Once the club is created, we will assign mentors to the groups - that the members formed - to guide them with the organization of the events. Romina will handle this task at the beginning of May. - Step #2: Find sponsors to afford this events. Romina will handle this task at the end of May.

== Strategy Three: Create a new course that boost motivation by taking students to a real startup launch in 16 weeks ==

Strong academic pressure and curricula makes it difficult to have time to explore other projects. This has been a problem that the four of us have experienced but we agree on the fact that time is always a limited resource but motivation is the key to success. We believe this problem has strong connections with the weak student entrepreneurship and innovation culture we have at our campus.

For this reason, our solution to this problem involves a new course that boost motivation by getting the students 100% involved in doing and not just planning. Class projects that end with a powerpoint presentation to the rest of the class have became a classic but no one really cares about the project and hardly ever people get motivated and really involved. Start Up 01 is a 4,5 credit course, as any other elective, that takes the students to a real startup launch in 16 weeks. Its an applied course that lets the student learn by designing, testing, and develop his team venture. - Step #1: Talk to María Martha, Business Administration’s coordinator and Josefina Maisonnave, Initium’s director, to find the correct professors to lead this class and make a good programmation. Matias will handle this task at the end of March.  - Step #2: Talk to the coordinators of all the careers and authorities to add this course in students curricula. It’s important that subjects like “Creativity & Innovation” and “Entrepreneurial initiative” go first. Matias will handle this task at the end of April. - Step #3: Make a communication campaign to invite students who have the old programme, to take it as an elective course. Matias will handle this task at the end of June.

== Strategy Four: Create a mentor’s network that guide entrepreneurs in each step of their projects ==

Having a mentor that guides entrepreneurs in each step is a great advantage, and a key to successful venture. For the Initium Center to organize this may be difficult, below are the milestones and steps to make this happen.

- Step #1:Finding the mentors.

In April there must be at least 5 mentors. The idea is to find mentors that have some of the following: knowledge in some area, connections, experience, time, and willingness. One of the ways to do so is by giving incentives to professors. Also in the Initium web site, there can be a volunteer mentoring subscription, open for everybody. - Step #2:Adding the mentoring feature

The mentoring form in the Initium web site must be developed, by April. The way students have to find their mentos is through Initium, this is, having to add to the Initium web site a form for students. This can be done by any Computer Science Engineer in the university. It shouldn’t take more that 1 month. - Step #3: Advertising

From now until it is known Many students tell us that they didn’t know that the Initium web site existed. So we think that hanging posters in the university it’s a good way to make students informed.

== Strategy Five: Improve Initium center’s communication so more students can know it and take advantage of it benefits ==

A known problem is that not many students know all the things that Initium provides, and just some know that Initium had a web site, and if they know they never use it. In Initium’s website there is all kind of information about everything they make. Improving Initium’s center’s communication may go together with making students visit it’s website more often. This is a complex situation, because it involved advertising something that students not usually like. '''-''' Step #1: Hire a publicity agent and receive advices from them. This would be temporary. Matias will handle this task at the end of March. - Step #2: Have a innovative and fun event that raise the public image of Initium and where the students can understand what Initium can offer but in a creative way with Snapchat for example. Cecilia and Romina will handle this task at the end of May.

== Strategy Six: Create a Design Thinking Space where UM students can go at any time to work in their projects ==

 Initium center only help students in their first steps of their projects: to make their business plan and find financial support, but it’s difficult to support them after that because of it’s capacity, space and lack of time for the people who work there. If they create a project in the courses that Initium offers, then they don’t have the space and materials to continue it. A Design Thinking Space without fixed classes where any student can work in their projects, at any hour, would be a great solution.

This would take place in Engineering Faculty because we can also solve the problem of Engineering students who feel disconnected from the other faculties, so any student who wants to use it must come to this Faculty. Also we find an interesting space where now are the labs, but if we construct a 2 floors building, we can put all there. Finally be thought that if Civil Engineering students can help with the construction, it’ll help them to improve their practical work, it’s more personal and it reduces the cost. - Step #1:Talk to Civil Engineering professors, so we can plan a project with their students to construct the building. Romina will handle this task, between 13th and 17th of March. - Step #2:Make events to raise money or find sponsors. Cecilia will handle this task, and she’ll organise them in April. - Step #3:Buy all the materials. Cecilia will handle this task. We hope to do this in July-August. - Step #4:Make a communication campaign to invite UM students to try it. Cecilia will handle this task. We hope to do this in August-September.

= RELATED LINKS =

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Universidad_de_Montevideo Universidad de Montevideo] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Cecilia_Tejera Cecilia Tejera] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Romina_Dominzain Romina Dominzain] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Matias_Menendez Matias Menendez] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Luis_Gurmendez Luis Gurmendez]

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6zysemjUlM&feature=youtu.be Our firsty pitch video]

Priorities:University de Montevideo Student Priorities

2017-02-10T12:22:12Z

Luisgurmendez:

= UNIVERSIDAD DE MONTEVIDEO =

== Overview ==

The University of Montevideo (UM) started off in 1986 as the Institute of Business Studies of Montevideo (IEEM). Some months later the IEEM started a postgraduate in business law. From there and on the IEEM continued incorporating new courses mixing law and business, such as seminar in management, business administration, master's degree in business law and much more. It wasn't until April 29 of 1997 that the IEEM was approved to function as a university and from there it's known as the Universidad de Montevideo. 

Now the UM has 7 different faculties : - Law School - Faculty of Business Science  and Economics - Faculty of Engineering - Faculty of Communication - Faculty of Biomedical Sciences - Business School (IEEM) - Center of leaders, entrepreneurs and innovators Actually the UM offers 20 different major for undergraduate students and 28 majors for graduate students, through the colleges listed above, also it has been ranked the best university in Uruguay by the QS ranking. The number of professors and faculty members fostering innovation and entrepreneurship has been growing in the last couple of years. This whole new spirit lead to the creation of Initium. This center has created different courses and workshops stimulating students and professors to develop new skills and attitudes with an innovation and entrepreneurship mindset. It is also a place for connection between students, alumni entrepreneurs, accelerators and other extracurricular entities.There are also other courses that stimulate innovation in their areas, such as Engineering Labs or Investment Projects for example.
<div> </div>
= PROJECT PITCH VIDEO =

{{#Widget:Youtube|id= H6zysemjUlM}}

= STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP CULTURE AMONG UM STUDENTS =

== Strategy One: Create an entrepreneurial club of UM students ==

Despite there is a center of leaders, entrepreneurs and innovators at the University, we find a weak innovation and entrepreneurship culture among students, especially because the same students go to the workshops and talks, and there are few. Many students don’t know about the existence of Initium or they don’t take advantage of it privileges. So we think that if create an independent entrepreneurial club with UM students, this could change. But not any student can get in. It must be something that make this club special. So it would be a pre-selection. The judges (at the beginning would be us: Cecilia, Romina, Matías and Luis) must see an entrepreneurial spirit, and show that they could be an agent of change. Being a member of this club would be also a privilege for the CVs of the members. In the club, the members can work for projects or areas (logistics, communication, fundraising, etc). Then, the same members can reclute students for specific projects. It would count with Initium’s support, but it would be independent, so it must have a director that at the beginning would be probably one of us, or a graduate student. The director can also make recommendation letters for the members which would help in finding a job. The meetings would take place in ZROOMs (classrooms that already exist in the UM, that is similar to Stanford classrooms) or even better, the Design Thinking Room that we’re also planning to do (see Strategy Six), once a week, the day that all the members agree about. - Step #1:Talk to UM authorities and see what type of benefits the group members can have. Romina will handle this task by the end of March. - Step #2: Create a selection commitment who will pick the members of the club by interviews. Romina will handle this task at the beginning of April. - Step #3: Make a communication campaign to invite members to the club. Cecilia will handle this task at the middle of April.

== Strategy Two: Students lead social events ==

Because this is a good way to engage students to this sort of activities. It’s not the same that Initium or UM’s authorities make innovation and entrepreneurship events because it’s less personal and more academic. If UM students made this events, everything would be more fun and informal, and it would attract much more their attention. We see that many students doesn’t even give the opportunity to this new world, because they have a wrong concept about it. This would be a great way to open their minds. The social events would be organized by the entrepreneurial club that we mentioned at strategy one. We need to be different from the other networking events that already exist in Uruguay, where the entrepreneurs talk between them or with the same people. For that reason we thought about tables, where in each one there is a recognized entrepreneur who is available to answer any question and give advice, and then the guests can rotate to other tables to talk to other entrepreneurs and other guests.

- Step #1: Once the club is created, we will assign mentors to the groups - that the members formed - to guide them with the organization of the events. Romina will handle this task at the beginning of May. - Step #2: Find sponsors to afford this events. Romina will handle this task at the end of May.

== Strategy Three: Create a new course that boost motivation by taking students to a real startup launch in 16 weeks ==

Strong academic pressure and curricula makes it difficult to have time to explore other projects. This has been a problem that the four of us have experienced but we agree on the fact that time is always a limited resource but motivation is the key to success. We believe this problem has strong connections with the weak student entrepreneurship and innovation culture we have at our campus.

For this reason, our solution to this problem involves a new course that boost motivation by getting the students 100% involved in doing and not just planning. Class projects that end with a powerpoint presentation to the rest of the class have became a classic but no one really cares about the project and hardly ever people get motivated and really involved. Start Up 01 is a 4,5 credit course, as any other elective, that takes the students to a real startup launch in 16 weeks. Its an applied course that lets the student learn by designing, testing, and develop his team venture. - Step #1: Talk to María Martha, Business Administration’s coordinator and Josefina Maisonnave, Initium’s director, to find the correct professors to lead this class and make a good programmation. Matias will handle this task at the end of March.  - Step #2: Talk to the coordinators of all the careers and authorities to add this course in students curricula. It’s important that subjects like “Creativity & Innovation” and “Entrepreneurial initiative” go first. Matias will handle this task at the end of April. - Step #3: Make a communication campaign to invite students who have the old programme, to take it as an elective course. Matias will handle this task at the end of June.

== Strategy Four: Create a mentor’s network that guide entrepreneurs in each step of their projects ==

Having a mentor that guides entrepreneurs in each step is a great advantage, and a key to successful venture. For the Initium Center to organize this may be difficult, below are the milestones and steps to make this happen.

- Step #1:Finding the mentors.

In April there must be at least 5 mentors. The idea is to find mentors that have some of the following: knowledge in some area, connections, experience, time, and willingness. One of the ways to do so is by giving incentives to professors. Also in the Initium web site, there can be a volunteer mentoring subscription, open for everybody. - Step #2:Adding the mentoring feature

The mentoring form in the Initium web site must be developed, by April. The way students have to find their mentos is through Initium, this is, having to add to the Initium web site a form for students. This can be done by any Computer Science Engineer in the university. It shouldn’t take more that 1 month. - Step #3: Advertising

From now until it is known Many students tell us that they didn’t know that the Initium web site existed. So we think that hanging posters in the university it’s a good way to make students informed.

== Strategy Five: Improve Initium center’s communication so more students can know it and take advantage of it benefits ==

A known problem is that not many students know all the things that Initium provides, and just some know that Initium had a web site, and if they know they never use it. In Initium’s website there is all kind of information about everything they make. Improving Initium’s center’s communication may go together with making students visit it’s website more often. This is a complex situation, because it involved advertising something that students not usually like. '''-''' Step #1: Hire a publicity agent and receive advices from them. This would be temporary. Matias will handle this task at the end of March. - Step #2: Have a innovative and fun event that raise the public image of Initium and where the students can understand what Initium can offer but in a creative way with Snapchat for example. Cecilia and Romina will handle this task at the end of May.

== Strategy Six: Create a Design Thinking Space where UM students can go at any time to work in their projects ==

 Initium center only help students in their first steps of their projects: to make their business plan and find financial support, but it’s difficult to support them after that because of it’s capacity, space and lack of time for the people who work there. If they create a project in the courses that Initium offers, then they don’t have the space and materials to continue it. A Design Thinking Space without fixed classes where any student can work in their projects, at any hour, would be a great solution.

This would take place in Engineering Faculty because we can also solve the problem of Engineering students who feel disconnected from the other faculties, so any student who wants to use it must come to this Faculty. Also we find an interesting space where now are the labs, but if we construct a 2 floors building, we can put all there. Finally be thought that if Civil Engineering students can help with the construction, it’ll help them to improve their practical work, it’s more personal and it reduces the cost. - Step #1:Talk to Civil Engineering professors, so we can plan a project with their students to construct the building. Romina will handle this task, between 13th and 17th of March. - Step #2:Make events to raise money or find sponsors. Cecilia will handle this task, and she’ll organise them in April. - Step #3:Buy all the materials. Cecilia will handle this task. We hope to do this in July-August. - Step #4:Make a communication campaign to invite UM students to try it. Cecilia will handle this task. We hope to do this in August-September.

= RELATED LINKS =

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Universidad_de_Montevideo Universidad de Montevideo] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Cecilia_Tejera Cecilia Tejera] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Romina_Dominzain Romina Dominzain] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Matias_Menendez Matias Menendez] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Luis_Gurmendez Luis Gurmendez]

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6zysemjUlM&feature=youtu.be Our firsty pitch video]

Priorities:University de Montevideo Student Priorities

2017-02-10T12:18:49Z

Luisgurmendez:

Priorities:University de Montevideo Student Priorities

2017-02-10T12:18:29Z

Luisgurmendez:

= UNIVERSIDAD DE MONTEVIDEO =

== Overview ==

The University of Montevideo (UM) started off in 1986 as the Institute of Business Studies of Montevideo (IEEM). Some months later the IEEM started a postgraduate in business law. From there and on the IEEM continued incorporating new courses mixing law and business, such as seminar in management, business administration, master's degree in business law and much more. It wasn't until April 29 of 1997 that the IEEM was approved to function as a university and from there it's known as the Universidad de Montevideo. 

Now the UM has 7 different faculties : - Law School - Faculty of Business Science  and Economics - Faculty of Engineering - Faculty of Communication - Faculty of Biomedical Sciences - Business School (IEEM) - Center of leaders, entrepreneurs and innovators Actually the UM offers 20 different major for undergraduate students and 28 majors for graduate students, through the colleges listed above, also it has been ranked the best university in Uruguay by the QS ranking. The number of professors and faculty members fostering innovation and entrepreneurship has been growing in the last couple of years. This whole new spirit lead to the creation of Initium. This center has created different courses and workshops stimulating students and professors to develop new skills and attitudes with an innovation and entrepreneurship mindset. It is also a place for connection between students, alumni entrepreneurs, accelerators and other extracurricular entities.There are also other courses that stimulate innovation in their areas, such as Engineering Labs or Investment Projects for example.
<div> </div>
= PROJECT PITCH VIDEO =

{{#Widget:Youtube|id= H6zysemjUlM}}

<div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div>

= STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP CULTURE AMONG UM STUDENTS =

== Strategy One: Create an entrepreneurial club of UM students ==

Despite there is a center of leaders, entrepreneurs and innovators at the University, we find a weak innovation and entrepreneurship culture among students, especially because the same students go to the workshops and talks, and there are few. Many students don’t know about the existence of Initium or they don’t take advantage of it privileges. So we think that if create an independent entrepreneurial club with UM students, this could change. But not any student can get in. It must be something that make this club special. So it would be a pre-selection. The judges (at the beginning would be us: Cecilia, Romina, Matías and Luis) must see an entrepreneurial spirit, and show that they could be an agent of change. Being a member of this club would be also a privilege for the CVs of the members. In the club, the members can work for projects or areas (logistics, communication, fundraising, etc). Then, the same members can reclute students for specific projects. It would count with Initium’s support, but it would be independent, so it must have a director that at the beginning would be probably one of us, or a graduate student. The director can also make recommendation letters for the members which would help in finding a job. The meetings would take place in ZROOMs (classrooms that already exist in the UM, that is similar to Stanford classrooms) or even better, the Design Thinking Room that we’re also planning to do (see Strategy Six), once a week, the day that all the members agree about. - Step #1:Talk to UM authorities and see what type of benefits the group members can have. Romina will handle this task by the end of March. - Step #2: Create a selection commitment who will pick the members of the club by interviews. Romina will handle this task at the beginning of April. - Step #3: Make a communication campaign to invite members to the club. Cecilia will handle this task at the middle of April.

== Strategy Two: Students lead social events ==

Because this is a good way to engage students to this sort of activities. It’s not the same that Initium or UM’s authorities make innovation and entrepreneurship events because it’s less personal and more academic. If UM students made this events, everything would be more fun and informal, and it would attract much more their attention. We see that many students doesn’t even give the opportunity to this new world, because they have a wrong concept about it. This would be a great way to open their minds. The social events would be organized by the entrepreneurial club that we mentioned at strategy one. We need to be different from the other networking events that already exist in Uruguay, where the entrepreneurs talk between them or with the same people. For that reason we thought about tables, where in each one there is a recognized entrepreneur who is available to answer any question and give advice, and then the guests can rotate to other tables to talk to other entrepreneurs and other guests.

- Step #1: Once the club is created, we will assign mentors to the groups - that the members formed - to guide them with the organization of the events. Romina will handle this task at the beginning of May. - Step #2: Find sponsors to afford this events. Romina will handle this task at the end of May.

== Strategy Three: Create a new course that boost motivation by taking students to a real startup launch in 16 weeks ==

Strong academic pressure and curricula makes it difficult to have time to explore other projects. This has been a problem that the four of us have experienced but we agree on the fact that time is always a limited resource but motivation is the key to success. We believe this problem has strong connections with the weak student entrepreneurship and innovation culture we have at our campus.

For this reason, our solution to this problem involves a new course that boost motivation by getting the students 100% involved in doing and not just planning. Class projects that end with a powerpoint presentation to the rest of the class have became a classic but no one really cares about the project and hardly ever people get motivated and really involved. Start Up 01 is a 4,5 credit course, as any other elective, that takes the students to a real startup launch in 16 weeks. Its an applied course that lets the student learn by designing, testing, and develop his team venture. - Step #1: Talk to María Martha, Business Administration’s coordinator and Josefina Maisonnave, Initium’s director, to find the correct professors to lead this class and make a good programmation. Matias will handle this task at the end of March.  - Step #2: Talk to the coordinators of all the careers and authorities to add this course in students curricula. It’s important that subjects like “Creativity & Innovation” and “Entrepreneurial initiative” go first. Matias will handle this task at the end of April. - Step #3: Make a communication campaign to invite students who have the old programme, to take it as an elective course. Matias will handle this task at the end of June.

== Strategy Four: Create a mentor’s network that guide entrepreneurs in each step of their projects ==

Having a mentor that guides entrepreneurs in each step is a great advantage, and a key to successful venture. For the Initium Center to organize this may be difficult, below are the milestones and steps to make this happen.

- Step #1:Finding the mentors.

In April there must be at least 5 mentors. The idea is to find mentors that have some of the following: knowledge in some area, connections, experience, time, and willingness. One of the ways to do so is by giving incentives to professors. Also in the Initium web site, there can be a volunteer mentoring subscription, open for everybody. - Step #2:Adding the mentoring feature

The mentoring form in the Initium web site must be developed, by April. The way students have to find their mentos is through Initium, this is, having to add to the Initium web site a form for students. This can be done by any Computer Science Engineer in the university. It shouldn’t take more that 1 month. - Step #3: Advertising

From now until it is known Many students tell us that they didn’t know that the Initium web site existed. So we think that hanging posters in the university it’s a good way to make students informed.

== Strategy Five: Improve Initium center’s communication so more students can know it and take advantage of it benefits ==

A known problem is that not many students know all the things that Initium provides, and just some know that Initium had a web site, and if they know they never use it. In Initium’s website there is all kind of information about everything they make. Improving Initium’s center’s communication may go together with making students visit it’s website more often. This is a complex situation, because it involved advertising something that students not usually like. '''-''' Step #1: Hire a publicity agent and receive advices from them. This would be temporary. Matias will handle this task at the end of March. - Step #2: Have a innovative and fun event that raise the public image of Initium and where the students can understand what Initium can offer but in a creative way with Snapchat for example. Cecilia and Romina will handle this task at the end of May.

== Strategy Six: Create a Design Thinking Space where UM students can go at any time to work in their projects ==

 Initium center only help students in their first steps of their projects: to make their business plan and find financial support, but it’s difficult to support them after that because of it’s capacity, space and lack of time for the people who work there. If they create a project in the courses that Initium offers, then they don’t have the space and materials to continue it. A Design Thinking Space without fixed classes where any student can work in their projects, at any hour, would be a great solution.

This would take place in Engineering Faculty because we can also solve the problem of Engineering students who feel disconnected from the other faculties, so any student who wants to use it must come to this Faculty. Also we find an interesting space where now are the labs, but if we construct a 2 floors building, we can put all there. Finally be thought that if Civil Engineering students can help with the construction, it’ll help them to improve their practical work, it’s more personal and it reduces the cost. - Step #1:Talk to Civil Engineering professors, so we can plan a project with their students to construct the building. Romina will handle this task, between 13th and 17th of March. - Step #2:Make events to raise money or find sponsors. Cecilia will handle this task, and she’ll organise them in April. - Step #3:Buy all the materials. Cecilia will handle this task. We hope to do this in July-August. - Step #4:Make a communication campaign to invite UM students to try it. Cecilia will handle this task. We hope to do this in August-September.

= RELATED LINKS =

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Universidad_de_Montevideo Universidad de Montevideo] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Cecilia_Tejera Cecilia Tejera] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Romina_Dominzain Romina Dominzain] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Matias_Menendez Matias Menendez] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Luis_Gurmendez Luis Gurmendez]

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6zysemjUlM&feature=youtu.be Our firsty pitch video]

Priorities:University de Montevideo Student Priorities

2017-02-10T12:16:30Z

Luisgurmendez:

= UNIVERSIDAD DE MONTEVIDEO =

== Overview ==

The University of Montevideo (UM) started off in 1986 as the Institute of Business Studies of Montevideo (IEEM). Some months later the IEEM started a postgraduate in business law. From there and on the IEEM continued incorporating new courses mixing law and business, such as seminar in management, business administration, master's degree in business law and much more. It wasn't until April 29 of 1997 that the IEEM was approved to function as a university and from there it's known as the Universidad de Montevideo. 

Now the UM has 7 different faculties : - Law School - Faculty of Business Science  and Economics - Faculty of Engineering - Faculty of Communication - Faculty of Biomedical Sciences - Business School (IEEM) - Center of leaders, entrepreneurs and innovators Actually the UM offers 20 different major for undergraduate students and 28 majors for graduate students, through the colleges listed above, also it has been ranked the best university in Uruguay by the QS ranking. The number of professors and faculty members fostering innovation and entrepreneurship has been growing in the last couple of years. This whole new spirit lead to the creation of Initium. This center has created different courses and workshops stimulating students and professors to develop new skills and attitudes with an innovation and entrepreneurship mindset. It is also a place for connection between students, alumni entrepreneurs, accelerators and other extracurricular entities.There are also other courses that stimulate innovation in their areas, such as Engineering Labs or Investment Projects for example.
<div> </div>
= PROJECT PITCH VIDEO =

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= STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP CULTURE AMONG UM STUDENTS =

== Strategy One: Create an entrepreneurial club of UM students ==

Despite there is a center of leaders, entrepreneurs and innovators at the University, we find a weak innovation and entrepreneurship culture among students, especially because the same students go to the workshops and talks, and there are few. Many students don’t know about the existence of Initium or they don’t take advantage of it privileges. So we think that if create an independent entrepreneurial club with UM students, this could change. But not any student can get in. It must be something that make this club special. So it would be a pre-selection. The judges (at the beginning would be us: Cecilia, Romina, Matías and Luis) must see an entrepreneurial spirit, and show that they could be an agent of change. Being a member of this club would be also a privilege for the CVs of the members. In the club, the members can work for projects or areas (logistics, communication, fundraising, etc). Then, the same members can reclute students for specific projects. It would count with Initium’s support, but it would be independent, so it must have a director that at the beginning would be probably one of us, or a graduate student. The director can also make recommendation letters for the members which would help in finding a job. The meetings would take place in ZROOMs (classrooms that already exist in the UM, that is similar to Stanford classrooms) or even better, the Design Thinking Room that we’re also planning to do (see Strategy Six), once a week, the day that all the members agree about. - Step #1:Talk to UM authorities and see what type of benefits the group members can have. Romina will handle this task by the end of March. - Step #2: Create a selection commitment who will pick the members of the club by interviews. Romina will handle this task at the beginning of April. - Step #3: Make a communication campaign to invite members to the club. Cecilia will handle this task at the middle of April.

== Strategy Two: Students lead social events ==

Because this is a good way to engage students to this sort of activities. It’s not the same that Initium or UM’s authorities make innovation and entrepreneurship events because it’s less personal and more academic. If UM students made this events, everything would be more fun and informal, and it would attract much more their attention. We see that many students doesn’t even give the opportunity to this new world, because they have a wrong concept about it. This would be a great way to open their minds. The social events would be organized by the entrepreneurial club that we mentioned at strategy one. We need to be different from the other networking events that already exist in Uruguay, where the entrepreneurs talk between them or with the same people. For that reason we thought about tables, where in each one there is a recognized entrepreneur who is available to answer any question and give advice, and then the guests can rotate to other tables to talk to other entrepreneurs and other guests.

- Step #1: Once the club is created, we will assign mentors to the groups - that the members formed - to guide them with the organization of the events. Romina will handle this task at the beginning of May. - Step #2: Find sponsors to afford this events. Romina will handle this task at the end of May.

== Strategy Three: Create a new course that boost motivation by taking students to a real startup launch in 16 weeks ==

Strong academic pressure and curricula makes it difficult to have time to explore other projects. This has been a problem that the four of us have experienced but we agree on the fact that time is always a limited resource but motivation is the key to success. We believe this problem has strong connections with the weak student entrepreneurship and innovation culture we have at our campus.

For this reason, our solution to this problem involves a new course that boost motivation by getting the students 100% involved in doing and not just planning. Class projects that end with a powerpoint presentation to the rest of the class have became a classic but no one really cares about the project and hardly ever people get motivated and really involved. Start Up 01 is a 4,5 credit course, as any other elective, that takes the students to a real startup launch in 16 weeks. Its an applied course that lets the student learn by designing, testing, and develop his team venture. - Step #1: Talk to María Martha, Business Administration’s coordinator and Josefina Maisonnave, Initium’s director, to find the correct professors to lead this class and make a good programmation. Matias will handle this task at the end of March.  - Step #2: Talk to the coordinators of all the careers and authorities to add this course in students curricula. It’s important that subjects like “Creativity & Innovation” and “Entrepreneurial initiative” go first. Matias will handle this task at the end of April. - Step #3: Make a communication campaign to invite students who have the old programme, to take it as an elective course. Matias will handle this task at the end of June.

== Strategy Four: Create a mentor’s network that guide entrepreneurs in each step of their projects ==

Having a mentor that guides entrepreneurs in each step is a great advantage, and a key to successful venture. For the Initium Center to organize this may be difficult, below are the milestones and steps to make this happen.

- Step #1:Finding the mentors.

In April there must be at least 5 mentors. The idea is to find mentors that have some of the following: knowledge in some area, connections, experience, time, and willingness. One of the ways to do so is by giving incentives to professors. Also in the Initium web site, there can be a volunteer mentoring subscription, open for everybody. - Step #2:Adding the mentoring feature

The mentoring form in the Initium web site must be developed, by April. The way students have to find their mentos is through Initium, this is, having to add to the Initium web site a form for students. This can be done by any Computer Science Engineer in the university. It shouldn’t take more that 1 month. - Step #3: Advertising

From now until it is known Many students tell us that they didn’t know that the Initium web site existed. So we think that hanging posters in the university it’s a good way to make students informed.

== Strategy Five: Improve Initium center’s communication so more students can know it and take advantage of it benefits ==

A known problem is that not many students know all the things that Initium provides, and just some know that Initium had a web site, and if they know they never use it. In Initium’s website there is all kind of information about everything they make. Improving Initium’s center’s communication may go together with making students visit it’s website more often. This is a complex situation, because it involved advertising something that students not usually like. '''-''' Step #1: Hire a publicity agent and receive advices from them. This would be temporary. Matias will handle this task at the end of March. - Step #2: Have a innovative and fun event that raise the public image of Initium and where the students can understand what Initium can offer but in a creative way with Snapchat for example. Cecilia and Romina will handle this task at the end of May.

== Strategy Six: Create a Design Thinking Space where UM students can go at any time to work in their projects ==

 Initium center only help students in their first steps of their projects: to make their business plan and find financial support, but it’s difficult to support them after that because of it’s capacity, space and lack of time for the people who work there. If they create a project in the courses that Initium offers, then they don’t have the space and materials to continue it. A Design Thinking Space without fixed classes where any student can work in their projects, at any hour, would be a great solution.

This would take place in Engineering Faculty because we can also solve the problem of Engineering students who feel disconnected from the other faculties, so any student who wants to use it must come to this Faculty. Also we find an interesting space where now are the labs, but if we construct a 2 floors building, we can put all there. Finally be thought that if Civil Engineering students can help with the construction, it’ll help them to improve their practical work, it’s more personal and it reduces the cost. - Step #1:Talk to Civil Engineering professors, so we can plan a project with their students to construct the building. Romina will handle this task, between 13th and 17th of March. - Step #2:Make events to raise money or find sponsors. Cecilia will handle this task, and she’ll organise them in April. - Step #3:Buy all the materials. Cecilia will handle this task. We hope to do this in July-August. - Step #4:Make a communication campaign to invite UM students to try it. Cecilia will handle this task. We hope to do this in August-September.

= RELATED LINKS =

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Universidad_de_Montevideo Universidad de Montevideo] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Cecilia_Tejera Cecilia Tejera] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Romina_Dominzain Romina Dominzain] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Matias_Menendez Matias Menendez] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Luis_Gurmendez Luis Gurmendez]

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6zysemjUlM&feature=youtu.be Our firsty pitch video]

Priorities:University de Montevideo Student Priorities

2017-01-28T01:54:36Z

Luisgurmendez:

== ==

== Overview ==

The University of Montevideo (UM) started off in 1986 as the Institute of Business Studies of Montevideo (IEEM). Some months later the IEEM started a postgraduate in business law. From there and on the IEEM continued incorporating new courses mixing law and business, such as seminar in management, business administration, master's degree in business law and much more. It wasn't until April 29 of 1997 that the IEEM was approved to function as a university and from there it's known as the Universidad de Montevideo. 

Now the UM has 7 different faculties : - Law School - Faculty of Business Science  and Economics - Faculty of Engineering - Faculty of Communication - Faculty of Biomedical Sciences - Business School (IEEM) - Center of leaders, entrepreneurs and innovators Actually the UM offers 20 different major for undergraduate students and 28 majors for graduate students, through the colleges listed above, also it has been ranked the best university in Uruguay by the QS ranking. The number of professors and faculty members fostering innovation and entrepreneurship has been growing in the last couple of years. This whole new spirit lead to the creation of Initium. This center has created different courses and workshops stimulating students and professors to develop new skills and attitudes with an innovation and entrepreneurship mindset. It is also a place for connection between students, alumni entrepreneurs, accelerators and other extracurricular entities.There are also other courses that stimulate innovation in their areas, such as Engineering Labs or Investment Projects for example.
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= STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP CULTURE AMONG UM STUDENTS =

== Strategy One: Create an entrepreneurial club of UM students ==

Despite there is a center of leaders, entrepreneurs and innovators at the University, we find a weak innovation and entrepreneurship culture among students, especially because the same students go to the workshops and talks, and there are few. Many students don’t know about the existence of Initium or they don’t take advantage of it privileges. So we think that if create an independent entrepreneurial club with UM students, this could change. But not any student can get in. It must be something that make this club special. So it would be a pre-selection. The judges (at the beginning would be us: Cecilia, Romina, Matías and Luis) must see an entrepreneurial spirit, and show that they could be an agent of change. Being a member of this club would be also a privilege for the CVs of the members. In the club, the members can work for projects or areas (logistics, communication, fundraising, etc). Then, the same members can reclute students for specific projects. It would count with Initium’s support, but it would be independent, so it must have a director that at the beginning would be probably one of us, or a graduate student. The director can also make recommendation letters for the members which would help in finding a job. The meetings would take place in ZROOMs (classrooms that already exist in the UM, that is similar to Stanford classrooms) or even better, the Design Thinking Room that we’re also planning to do (see Strategy Six), once a week, the day that all the members agree about. - Step #1:Talk to UM authorities and see what type of benefits the group members can have. Romina will handle this task by the end of March. - Step #2: Create a selection commitment who will pick the members of the club by interviews. Romina will handle this task at the beginning of April. - Step #3: Make a communication campaign to invite members to the club. Cecilia will handle this task at the middle of April.

== Strategy Two: Students lead social events ==

Because this is a good way to engage students to this sort of activities. It’s not the same that Initium or UM’s authorities make innovation and entrepreneurship events because it’s less personal and more academic. If UM students made this events, everything would be more fun and informal, and it would attract much more their attention. We see that many students doesn’t even give the opportunity to this new world, because they have a wrong concept about it. This would be a great way to open their minds. The social events would be organized by the entrepreneurial club that we mentioned at strategy one. We need to be different from the other networking events that already exist in Uruguay, where the entrepreneurs talk between them or with the same people. For that reason we thought about tables, where in each one there is a recognized entrepreneur who is available to answer any question and give advice, and then the guests can rotate to other tables to talk to other entrepreneurs and other guests.

 - Step #1: Once the club is created, we will assign mentors to the groups - that the members formed - to guide them with the organization of the events. Romina will handle this task at the beginning of May. - Step #2: Find sponsors to afford this events. Romina will handle this task at the end of May. 

== Strategy Three: Create a new course that boost motivation by taking students to a real startup launch in 16 weeks ==

Strong academic pressure and curricula makes it difficult to have time to explore other projects. This has been a problem that the four of us have experienced but we agree on the fact that time is always a limited resource but motivation is the key to success. We believe this problem has strong connections with the weak student entrepreneurship and innovation culture we have at our campus.

 For this reason, our solution to this problem involves a new course that boost motivation by getting the students 100% involved in doing and not just planning. Class projects that end with a powerpoint presentation to the rest of the class have became a classic but no one really cares about the project and hardly ever people get motivated and really involved. Start Up 01 is a 4,5 credit course, as any other elective, that takes the students to a real startup launch in 16 weeks. Its an applied course that lets the student learn by designing, testing, and develop his team venture. - Step #1: Talk to María Martha, Business Administration’s coordinator and Josefina Maisonnave, Initium’s director, to find the correct professors to lead this class and make a good programmation. Matias will handle this task at the end of March.  - Step #2: Talk to the coordinators of all the careers and authorities to add this course in students curricula. It’s important that subjects like “Creativity & Innovation” and “Entrepreneurial initiative” go first. Matias will handle this task at the end of April. - Step #3: Make a communication campaign to invite students who have the old programme, to take it as an elective course. Matias will handle this task at the end of June.

== Strategy Four: Create a mentor’s network that guide entrepreneurs in each step of their projects ==

Having a mentor that guides entrepreneurs in each step is a great advantage, and a key to successful venture. For the Initium Center to organize this may be difficult, below are the milestones and steps to make this happen.

 - Step #1:Finding the mentors.

In April there must be at least 5 mentors. The idea is to find mentors that have some of the following: knowledge in some area, connections, experience, time, and willingness. One of the ways to do so is by giving incentives to professors. Also in the Initium web site, there can be a volunteer mentoring subscription, open for everybody. - Step #2:Adding the mentoring feature

The mentoring form in the Initium web site must be developed, by April. The way students have to find their mentos is through Initium, this is, having to add to the Initium web site a form for students. This can be done by any Computer Science Engineer in the university. It shouldn’t take more that 1 month. - Step #3: Advertising

From now until it is known Many students tell us that they didn’t know that the Initium web site existed. So we think that hanging posters in the university it’s a good way to make students informed.

== Strategy Five: Improve Initium center’s communication so more students can know it and take advantage of it benefits ==

A known problem is that not many students know all the things that Initium provides, and just some know that Initium had a web site, and if they know they never use it. In Initium’s website there is all kind of information about everything they make. Improving Initium’s center’s communication may go together with making students visit it’s website more often. This is a complex situation, because it involved advertising something that students not usually like. Step #1: Hire a publicity agent and receive advices from them. This would be temporary. Matias will handle this task at the end of March. Step #2: Have a innovative and fun event that raise the public image of Initium and where the students can understand what Initium can offer but in a creative way with Snapchat for example. Cecilia and Romina will handle this task at the end of May.

== Strategy Six: Create a Design Thinking Space where UM students can go at any time to work in their projects ==

 Initium center only help students in their first steps of their projects: to make their business plan and find financial support, but it’s difficult to support them after that because of it’s capacity, space and lack of time for the people who work there. If they create a project in the courses that Initium offers, then they don’t have the space and materials to continue it. A Design Thinking Space without fixed classes where any student can work in their projects, at any hour, would be a great solution.

 This would take place in Engineering Faculty because we can also solve the problem of Engineering students who feel disconnected from the other faculties, so any student who wants to use it must come to this Faculty. Also we find an interesting space where now are the labs, but if we construct a 2 floors building, we can put all there. Finally be thought that if Civil Engineering students can help with the construction, it’ll help them to improve their practical work, it’s more personal and it reduces the cost. - Step #1:Talk to Civil Engineering professors, so we can plan a project with their students to construct the building. Romina will handle this task, between 13th and 17th of March. - Step #2:Make events to raise money or find sponsors. Cecilia will handle this task, and she’ll organise them in April. - Step #3:Buy all the materials. Cecilia will handle this task. We hope to do this in July-August. - Step #4:Make a communication campaign to invite UM students to try it. Cecilia will handle this task. We hope to do this in August-September.

== ==

= Related links =

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Universidad_de_Montevideo Universidad de Montevideo] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Cecilia_Tejera Cecilia Tejera] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Romina_Dominzain Romina Dominzain] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Matias_Menendez Matias Menendez] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Luis_Gurmendez Luis Gurmendez]

Priorities:University de Montevideo Student Priorities

2017-01-28T01:49:45Z

Luisgurmendez:

== Overview ==

The University of Montevideo (UM) started off in 1986 as the Institute of Business Studies of Montevideo (IEEM). Some months later the IEEM started a postgraduate in business law. From there and on the IEEM continued incorporating new courses mixing law and business, such as seminar in management, business administration, master's degree in business law and much more. It wasn't until April 29 of 1997 that the IEEM was approved to function as a university and from there it's known as the Universidad de Montevideo. 

Now the UM has 7 different faculties : - Law School - Faculty of Business Science  and Economics - Faculty of Engineering - Faculty of Communication - Faculty of Biomedical Sciences - Business School (IEEM) - Center of leaders, entrepreneurs and innovators Actually the UM offers 20 different major for undergraduate students and 28 majors for graduate students, through the colleges listed above, also it has been ranked the best university in Uruguay by the QS ranking. The number of professors and faculty members fostering innovation and entrepreneurship has been growing in the last couple of years. This whole new spirit lead to the creation of Initium. This center has created different courses and workshops stimulating students and professors to develop new skills and attitudes with an innovation and entrepreneurship mindset. It is also a place for connection between students, alumni entrepreneurs, accelerators and other extracurricular entities.There are also other courses that stimulate innovation in their areas, such as Engineering Labs or Investment Projects for example.
<div> </div>
= STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP CULTURE AMONG UM STUDENTS =

== Strategy One: Create an entrepreneurial club of UM students ==

Despite there is a center of leaders, entrepreneurs and innovators at the University, we find a weak innovation and entrepreneurship culture among students, especially because the same students go to the workshops and talks, and there are few. Many students don’t know about the existence of Initium or they don’t take advantage of it privileges. So we think that if create an independent entrepreneurial club with UM students, this could change. But not any student can get in. It must be something that make this club special. So it would be a pre-selection. The judges (at the beginning would be us: Cecilia, Romina, Matías and Luis) must see an entrepreneurial spirit, and show that they could be an agent of change. Being a member of this club would be also a privilege for the CVs of the members. In the club, the members can work for projects or areas (logistics, communication, fundraising, etc). Then, the same members can reclute students for specific projects. It would count with Initium’s support, but it would be independent, so it must have a director that at the beginning would be probably one of us, or a graduate student. The director can also make recommendation letters for the members which would help in finding a job. The meetings would take place in ZROOMs (classrooms that already exist in the UM, that is similar to Stanford classrooms) or even better, the Design Thinking Room that we’re also planning to do (see Strategy Six), once a week, the day that all the members agree about. - Step #1:Talk to UM authorities and see what type of benefits the group members can have. Romina will handle this task by the end of March. - Step #2: Create a selection commitment who will pick the members of the club by interviews. Romina will handle this task at the beginning of April. - Step #3: Make a communication campaign to invite members to the club. Cecilia will handle this task at the middle of April.

== Strategy Two: Students lead social events ==

Because this is a good way to engage students to this sort of activities. It’s not the same that Initium or UM’s authorities make innovation and entrepreneurship events because it’s less personal and more academic. If UM students made this events, everything would be more fun and informal, and it would attract much more their attention. We see that many students doesn’t even give the opportunity to this new world, because they have a wrong concept about it. This would be a great way to open their minds. The social events would be organized by the entrepreneurial club that we mentioned at strategy one. We need to be different from the other networking events that already exist in Uruguay, where the entrepreneurs talk between them or with the same people. For that reason we thought about tables, where in each one there is a recognized entrepreneur who is available to answer any question and give advice, and then the guests can rotate to other tables to talk to other entrepreneurs and other guests.

 - Step #1: Once the club is created, we will assign mentors to the groups - that the members formed - to guide them with the organization of the events. Romina will handle this task at the beginning of May. - Step #2: Find sponsors to afford this events. Romina will handle this task at the end of May. 

== Strategy Three: Create a new course that boost motivation by taking students to a real startup launch in 16 weeks ==

Strong academic pressure and curricula makes it difficult to have time to explore other projects. This has been a problem that the four of us have experienced but we agree on the fact that time is always a limited resource but motivation is the key to success. We believe this problem has strong connections with the weak student entrepreneurship and innovation culture we have at our campus.

 For this reason, our solution to this problem involves a new course that boost motivation by getting the students 100% involved in doing and not just planning. Class projects that end with a powerpoint presentation to the rest of the class have became a classic but no one really cares about the project and hardly ever people get motivated and really involved. Start Up 01 is a 4,5 credit course, as any other elective, that takes the students to a real startup launch in 16 weeks. Its an applied course that lets the student learn by designing, testing, and develop his team venture. - Step #1: Talk to María Martha, Business Administration’s coordinator and Josefina Maisonnave, Initium’s director, to find the correct professors to lead this class and make a good programmation. Matias will handle this task at the end of March.  - Step #2: Talk to the coordinators of all the careers and authorities to add this course in students curricula. It’s important that subjects like “Creativity & Innovation” and “Entrepreneurial initiative” go first. Matias will handle this task at the end of April. - Step #3: Make a communication campaign to invite students who have the old programme, to take it as an elective course. Matias will handle this task at the end of June.

== Strategy Four: Create a mentor’s network that guide entrepreneurs in each step of their projects ==

Having a mentor that guides entrepreneurs in each step is a great advantage, and a key to successful venture. For the Initium Center to organize this may be difficult, below are the milestones and steps to make this happen.

 - Step #1:Finding the mentors.

In April there must be at least 5 mentors. The idea is to find mentors that have some of the following: knowledge in some area, connections, experience, time, and willingness. One of the ways to do so is by giving incentives to professors. Also in the Initium web site, there can be a volunteer mentoring subscription, open for everybody. - Step #2:Adding the mentoring feature

The mentoring form in the Initium web site must be developed, by April. The way students have to find their mentos is through Initium, this is, having to add to the Initium web site a form for students. This can be done by any Computer Science Engineer in the university. It shouldn’t take more that 1 month. - Step #3: Advertising

From now until it is known Many students tell us that they didn’t know that the Initium web site existed. So we think that hanging posters in the university it’s a good way to make students informed.

== Strategy Five: Improve Initium center’s communication so more students can know it and take advantage of it benefits ==

A known problem is that not many students know all the things that Initium provides, and just some know that Initium had a web site, and if they know they never use it. In Initium’s website there is all kind of information about everything they make. Improving Initium’s center’s communication may go together with making students visit it’s website more often. This is a complex situation, because it involved advertising something that students not usually like. Step #1: Hire a publicity agent and receive advices from them. This would be temporary. Matias will handle this task at the end of March. Step #2: Have a innovative and fun event that raise the public image of Initium and where the students can understand what Initium can offer but in a creative way with Snapchat for example. Cecilia and Romina will handle this task at the end of May.

== Strategy Six: Create a Design Thinking Space where UM students can go at any time to work in their projects ==

 Initium center only help students in their first steps of their projects: to make their business plan and find financial support, but it’s difficult to support them after that because of it’s capacity, space and lack of time for the people who work there. If they create a project in the courses that Initium offers, then they don’t have the space and materials to continue it. A Design Thinking Space without fixed classes where any student can work in their projects, at any hour, would be a great solution.

 This would take place in Engineering Faculty because we can also solve the problem of Engineering students who feel disconnected from the other faculties, so any student who wants to use it must come to this Faculty. Also we find an interesting space where now are the labs, but if we construct a 2 floors building, we can put all there. Finally be thought that if Civil Engineering students can help with the construction, it’ll help them to improve their practical work, it’s more personal and it reduces the cost. - Step #1:Talk to Civil Engineering professors, so we can plan a project with their students to construct the building. Romina will handle this task, between 13th and 17th of March. - Step #2:Make events to raise money or find sponsors. Cecilia will handle this task, and she’ll organise them in April. - Step #3:Buy all the materials. Cecilia will handle this task. We hope to do this in July-August. - Step #4:Make a communication campaign to invite UM students to try it. Cecilia will handle this task. We hope to do this in August-September.

== ==

= Related links =

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Universidad_de_Montevideo Universidad de Montevideo] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Cecilia_Tejera Cecilia Tejera] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Romina_Dominzain Romina Dominzain] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Matias_Menendez Matias Menendez] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Luis_Gurmendez Luis Gurmendez]

Priorities:University de Montevideo Student Priorities

2017-01-28T01:49:14Z

Luisgurmendez:

== Overview ==

The University of Montevideo (UM) started off in 1986 as the Institute of Business Studies of Montevideo (IEEM). Some months later the IEEM started a postgraduate in business law. From there and on the IEEM continued incorporating new courses mixing law and business, such as seminar in management, business administration, master's degree in business law and much more. It wasn't until April 29 of 1997 that the IEEM was approved to function as a university and from there it's known as the Universidad de Montevideo. 

Now the UM has 7 different faculties : - Law School - Faculty of Business Science  and Economics - Faculty of Engineering - Faculty of Communication - Faculty of Biomedical Sciences - Business School (IEEM) - Center of leaders, entrepreneurs and innovators Actually the UM offers 20 different major for undergraduate students and 28 majors for graduate students, through the colleges listed above, also it has been ranked the best university in Uruguay by the QS ranking. The number of professors and faculty members fostering innovation and entrepreneurship has been growing in the last couple of years. This whole new spirit lead to the creation of Initium. This center has created different courses and workshops stimulating students and professors to develop new skills and attitudes with an innovation and entrepreneurship mindset. It is also a place for connection between students, alumni entrepreneurs, accelerators and other extracurricular entities.There are also other courses that stimulate innovation in their areas, such as Engineering Labs or Investment Projects for example.
<div> </div>
= STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP CULTURE AMONG UM STUDENTS =

== Strategy One: Create an entrepreneurial club of UM students ==

Despite there is a center of leaders, entrepreneurs and innovators at the University, we find a weak innovation and entrepreneurship culture among students, especially because the same students go to the workshops and talks, and there are few. Many students don’t know about the existence of Initium or they don’t take advantage of it privileges. So we think that if create an independent entrepreneurial club with UM students, this could change. But not any student can get in. It must be something that make this club special. So it would be a pre-selection. The judges (at the beginning would be us: Cecilia, Romina, Matías and Luis) must see an entrepreneurial spirit, and show that they could be an agent of change. Being a member of this club would be also a privilege for the CVs of the members. In the club, the members can work for projects or areas (logistics, communication, fundraising, etc). Then, the same members can reclute students for specific projects. It would count with Initium’s support, but it would be independent, so it must have a director that at the beginning would be probably one of us, or a graduate student. The director can also make recommendation letters for the members which would help in finding a job. The meetings would take place in ZROOMs (classrooms that already exist in the UM, that is similar to Stanford classrooms) or even better, the Design Thinking Room that we’re also planning to do (see Strategy Six), once a week, the day that all the members agree about. - Step #1:Talk to UM authorities and see what type of benefits the group members can have. Romina will handle this task by the end of March. - Step #2: Create a selection commitment who will pick the members of the club by interviews. Romina will handle this task at the beginning of April. - Step #3: Make a communication campaign to invite members to the club. Cecilia will handle this task at the middle of April.

== Strategy Two: Students lead social events ==

Because this is a good way to engage students to this sort of activities. It’s not the same that Initium or UM’s authorities make innovation and entrepreneurship events because it’s less personal and more academic. If UM students made this events, everything would be more fun and informal, and it would attract much more their attention. We see that many students doesn’t even give the opportunity to this new world, because they have a wrong concept about it. This would be a great way to open their minds. The social events would be organized by the entrepreneurial club that we mentioned at strategy one. We need to be different from the other networking events that already exist in Uruguay, where the entrepreneurs talk between them or with the same people. For that reason we thought about tables, where in each one there is a recognized entrepreneur who is available to answer any question and give advice, and then the guests can rotate to other tables to talk to other entrepreneurs and other guests.

 - Step #1: Once the club is created, we will assign mentors to the groups - that the members formed - to guide them with the organization of the events. Romina will handle this task at the beginning of May. - Step #2: Find sponsors to afford this events. Romina will handle this task at the end of May. 

== Strategy Three: Create a new course that boost motivation by taking students to a real startup launch in 16 weeks ==

Strong academic pressure and curricula makes it difficult to have time to explore other projects. This has been a problem that the four of us have experienced but we agree on the fact that time is always a limited resource but motivation is the key to success. We believe this problem has strong connections with the weak student entrepreneurship and innovation culture we have at our campus.

 For this reason, our solution to this problem involves a new course that boost motivation by getting the students 100% involved in doing and not just planning. Class projects that end with a powerpoint presentation to the rest of the class have became a classic but no one really cares about the project and hardly ever people get motivated and really involved. Start Up 01 is a 4,5 credit course, as any other elective, that takes the students to a real startup launch in 16 weeks. Its an applied course that lets the student learn by designing, testing, and develop his team venture. - Step #1: Talk to María Martha, Business Administration’s coordinator and Josefina Maisonnave, Initium’s director, to find the correct professors to lead this class and make a good programmation. Matias will handle this task at the end of March.  - Step #2: Talk to the coordinators of all the careers and authorities to add this course in students curricula. It’s important that subjects like “Creativity & Innovation” and “Entrepreneurial initiative” go first. Matias will handle this task at the end of April. - Step #3: Make a communication campaign to invite students who have the old programme, to take it as an elective course. Matias will handle this task at the end of June.

== Strategy Four: Create a mentor’s network that guide entrepreneurs in each step of their projects ==

Having a mentor that guides entrepreneurs in each step is a great advantage, and a key to successful venture. For the Initium Center to organize this may be difficult, below are the milestones and steps to make this happen.

 - Step #1:Finding the mentors.

In April there must be at least 5 mentors. The idea is to find mentors that have some of the following: knowledge in some area, connections, experience, time, and willingness. One of the ways to do so is by giving incentives to professors. Also in the Initium web site, there can be a volunteer mentoring subscription, open for everybody. - Step #2:Adding the mentoring feature

The mentoring form in the Initium web site must be developed, by April. The way students have to find their mentos is through Initium, this is, having to add to the Initium web site a form for students. This can be done by any Computer Science Engineer in the university. It shouldn’t take more that 1 month. - Step #3: Advertising

From now until it is known Many students tell us that they didn’t know that the Initium web site existed. So we think that hanging posters in the university it’s a good way to make students informed.

== Strategy Five: Improve Initium center’s communication so more students can know it and take advantage of it benefits ==

A known problem is that not many students know all the things that Initium provides, and just some know that Initium had a web site, and if they know they never use it. In Initium’s website there is all kind of information about everything they make. Improving Initium’s center’s communication may go together with making students visit it’s website more often. This is a complex situation, because it involved advertising something that students not usually like. Step #1: Hire a publicity agent and receive advices from them. This would be temporary. Matias will handle this task at the end of March. Step #2: Have a innovative and fun event that raise the public image of Initium and where the students can understand what Initium can offer but in a creative way with Snapchat for example. Cecilia and Romina will handle this task at the end of May.

== Strategy Six: Create a Design Thinking Space where UM students can go at any time to work in their projects ==

 Initium center only help students in their first steps of their projects: to make their business plan and find financial support, but it’s difficult to support them after that because of it’s capacity, space and lack of time for the people who work there. If they create a project in the courses that Initium offers, then they don’t have the space and materials to continue it. A Design Thinking Space without fixed classes where any student can work in their projects, at any hour, would be a great solution.

 This would take place in Engineering Faculty because we can also solve the problem of Engineering students who feel disconnected from the other faculties, so any student who wants to use it must come to this Faculty. Also we find an interesting space where now are the labs, but if we construct a 2 floors building, we can put all there. Finally be thought that if Civil Engineering students can help with the construction, it’ll help them to improve their practical work, it’s more personal and it reduces the cost. - Step #1:Talk to Civil Engineering professors, so we can plan a project with their students to construct the building. Romina will handle this task, between 13th and 17th of March. - Step #2:Make events to raise money or find sponsors. Cecilia will handle this task, and she’ll organise them in April. - Step #3:Buy all the materials. Cecilia will handle this task. We hope to do this in July-August. - Step #4:Make a communication campaign to invite UM students to try it. Cecilia will handle this task. We hope to do this in August-September.

== ==

= Related links =

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Universidad_de_Montevideo Universidad de Montevideo] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Cecilia_Tejera Cecilia Tejera] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Romina_Dominzain Romina Dominzain] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Matias_Menendez Matias Menendez] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Luis_Gurmendez Luis Gurmendez]

Priorities:University de Montevideo Student Priorities

2017-01-28T01:48:46Z

Luisgurmendez:

== Overview ==

The University of Montevideo (UM) started off in 1986 as the Institute of Business Studies of Montevideo (IEEM). Some months later the IEEM started a postgraduate in business law. From there and on the IEEM continued incorporating new courses mixing law and business, such as seminar in management, business administration, master's degree in business law and much more. It wasn't until April 29 of 1997 that the IEEM was approved to function as a university and from there it's known as the Universidad de Montevideo. 

Now the UM has 7 different faculties : - Law School - Faculty of Business Science  and Economics - Faculty of Engineering - Faculty of Communication - Faculty of Biomedical Sciences - Business School (IEEM) - Center of leaders, entrepreneurs and innovators Actually the UM offers 20 different major for undergraduate students and 28 majors for graduate students, through the colleges listed above, also it has been ranked the best university in Uruguay by the QS ranking. The number of professors and faculty members fostering innovation and entrepreneurship has been growing in the last couple of years. This whole new spirit lead to the creation of Initium. This center has created different courses and workshops stimulating students and professors to develop new skills and attitudes with an innovation and entrepreneurship mindset. It is also a place for connection between students, alumni entrepreneurs, accelerators and other extracurricular entities.There are also other courses that stimulate innovation in their areas, such as Engineering Labs or Investment Projects for example.
<div> </div>
= STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP CULTURE AMONG UM STUDENTS =

== Strategy One: Create an entrepreneurial club of UM students ==

Despite there is a center of leaders, entrepreneurs and innovators at the University, we find a weak innovation and entrepreneurship culture among students, especially because the same students go to the workshops and talks, and there are few. Many students don’t know about the existence of Initium or they don’t take advantage of it privileges. So we think that if create an independent entrepreneurial club with UM students, this could change. But not any student can get in. It must be something that make this club special. So it would be a pre-selection. The judges (at the beginning would be us: Cecilia, Romina, Matías and Luis) must see an entrepreneurial spirit, and show that they could be an agent of change. Being a member of this club would be also a privilege for the CVs of the members. In the club, the members can work for projects or areas (logistics, communication, fundraising, etc). Then, the same members can reclute students for specific projects. It would count with Initium’s support, but it would be independent, so it must have a director that at the beginning would be probably one of us, or a graduate student. The director can also make recommendation letters for the members which would help in finding a job. The meetings would take place in ZROOMs (classrooms that already exist in the UM, that is similar to Stanford classrooms) or even better, the Design Thinking Room that we’re also planning to do (see Strategy Six), once a week, the day that all the members agree about. - Step #1:Talk to UM authorities and see what type of benefits the group members can have. Romina will handle this task by the end of March. - Step #2: Create a selection commitment who will pick the members of the club by interviews. Romina will handle this task at the beginning of April. - Step #3: Make a communication campaign to invite members to the club. Cecilia will handle this task at the middle of April.

== Strategy Two: Students lead social events ==

Because this is a good way to engage students to this sort of activities. It’s not the same that Initium or UM’s authorities make innovation and entrepreneurship events because it’s less personal and more academic. If UM students made this events, everything would be more fun and informal, and it would attract much more their attention. We see that many students doesn’t even give the opportunity to this new world, because they have a wrong concept about it. This would be a great way to open their minds. The social events would be organized by the entrepreneurial club that we mentioned at strategy one. We need to be different from the other networking events that already exist in Uruguay, where the entrepreneurs talk between them or with the same people. For that reason we thought about tables, where in each one there is a recognized entrepreneur who is available to answer any question and give advice, and then the guests can rotate to other tables to talk to other entrepreneurs and other guests.

 - Step #1: Once the club is created, we will assign mentors to the groups - that the members formed - to guide them with the organization of the events. Romina will handle this task at the beginning of May. - Step #2: Find sponsors to afford this events. Romina will handle this task at the end of May. 

== Strategy Three: Create a new course that boost motivation by taking students to a real startup launch in 16 weeks ==

Strong academic pressure and curricula makes it difficult to have time to explore other projects. This has been a problem that the four of us have experienced but we agree on the fact that time is always a limited resource but motivation is the key to success. We believe this problem has strong connections with the weak student entrepreneurship and innovation culture we have at our campus.

 For this reason, our solution to this problem involves a new course that boost motivation by getting the students 100% involved in doing and not just planning. Class projects that end with a powerpoint presentation to the rest of the class have became a classic but no one really cares about the project and hardly ever people get motivated and really involved. Start Up 01 is a 4,5 credit course, as any other elective, that takes the students to a real startup launch in 16 weeks. Its an applied course that lets the student learn by designing, testing, and develop his team venture. - Step #1: Talk to María Martha, Business Administration’s coordinator and Josefina Maisonnave, Initium’s director, to find the correct professors to lead this class and make a good programmation. Matias will handle this task at the end of March.  - Step #2: Talk to the coordinators of all the careers and authorities to add this course in students curricula. It’s important that subjects like “Creativity & Innovation” and “Entrepreneurial initiative” go first. Matias will handle this task at the end of April. - Step #3: Make a communication campaign to invite students who have the old programme, to take it as an elective course. Matias will handle this task at the end of June.

== Strategy Four: Create a mentor’s network that guide entrepreneurs in each step of their projects ==

Having a mentor that guides entrepreneurs in each step is a great advantage, and a key to successful venture. For the Initium Center to organize this may be difficult, below are the milestones and steps to make this happen.

 - Step #1:Finding the mentors.

In April there must be at least 5 mentors. The idea is to find mentors that have some of the following: knowledge in some area, connections, experience, time, and willingness. One of the ways to do so is by giving incentives to professors. Also in the Initium web site, there can be a volunteer mentoring subscription, open for everybody. - Step #2:Adding the mentoring feature

The mentoring form in the Initium web site must be developed, by April. The way students have to find their mentos is through Initium, this is, having to add to the Initium web site a form for students. This can be done by any Computer Science Engineer in the university. It shouldn’t take more that 1 month. - Step #3: Advertising

From now until it is known Many students tell us that they didn’t know that the Initium web site existed. So we think that hanging posters in the university it’s a good way to make students informed.

== Strategy Five: Improve Initium center’s communication so more students can know it and take advantage of it benefits ==

A known problem is that not many students know all the things that Initium provides, and just some know that Initium had a web site, and if they know they never use it. In Initium’s website there is all kind of information about everything they make. Improving Initium’s center’s communication may go together with making students visit it’s website more often. This is a complex situation, because it involved advertising something that students not usually like. Step #1: Hire a publicity agent and receive advices from them. This would be temporary. Matias will handle this task at the end of March. Step #2: Have a innovative and fun event that raise the public image of Initium and where the students can understand what Initium can offer but in a creative way with Snapchat for example. Cecilia and Romina will handle this task at the end of May.

== Strategy Six: Create a Design Thinking Space where UM students can go at any time to work in their projects ==

 Initium center only help students in their first steps of their projects: to make their business plan and find financial support, but it’s difficult to support them after that because of it’s capacity, space and lack of time for the people who work there. If they create a project in the courses that Initium offers, then they don’t have the space and materials to continue it. A Design Thinking Space without fixed classes where any student can work in their projects, at any hour, would be a great solution.

 This would take place in Engineering Faculty because we can also solve the problem of Engineering students who feel disconnected from the other faculties, so any student who wants to use it must come to this Faculty. Also we find an interesting space where now are the labs, but if we construct a 2 floors building, we can put all there. Finally be thought that if Civil Engineering students can help with the construction, it’ll help them to improve their practical work, it’s more personal and it reduces the cost. - Step #1:Talk to Civil Engineering professors, so we can plan a project with their students to construct the building. Romina will handle this task, between 13th and 17th of March. - Step #2:Make events to raise money or find sponsors. Cecilia will handle this task, and she’ll organise them in April. - Step #3:Buy all the materials. Cecilia will handle this task. We hope to do this in July-August. - Step #4:Make a communication campaign to invite UM students to try it. Cecilia will handle this task. We hope to do this in August-September.

== ==

= Related links =

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Universidad_de_Montevideo Universidad de Montevideo] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Cecilia_Tejera Cecilia Tejera] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Romina_Dominzain Romina Dominzain] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Matias_Menendez Matias Menendez] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Luis_Gurmendez Luis Gurmendez]

Priorities:University de Montevideo Student Priorities

2017-01-28T01:48:27Z

Luisgurmendez:

== Overview ==

The University of Montevideo (UM) started off in 1986 as the Institute of Business Studies of Montevideo (IEEM). Some months later the IEEM started a postgraduate in business law. From there and on the IEEM continued incorporating new courses mixing law and business, such as seminar in management, business administration, master's degree in business law and much more. It wasn't until April 29 of 1997 that the IEEM was approved to function as a university and from there it's known as the Universidad de Montevideo. 

Now the UM has 7 different faculties : - Law School - Faculty of Business Science  and Economics - Faculty of Engineering - Faculty of Communication - Faculty of Biomedical Sciences - Business School (IEEM) - Center of leaders, entrepreneurs and innovators Actually the UM offers 20 different major for undergraduate students and 28 majors for graduate students, through the colleges listed above, also it has been ranked the best university in Uruguay by the QS ranking. The number of professors and faculty members fostering innovation and entrepreneurship has been growing in the last couple of years. This whole new spirit lead to the creation of Initium. This center has created different courses and workshops stimulating students and professors to develop new skills and attitudes with an innovation and entrepreneurship mindset. It is also a place for connection between students, alumni entrepreneurs, accelerators and other extracurricular entities.There are also other courses that stimulate innovation in their areas, such as Engineering Labs or Investment Projects for example.
<div> </div>
= STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP CULTURE AMONG UM STUDENTS =

== Strategy One: Create an entrepreneurial club of UM students ==

Despite there is a center of leaders, entrepreneurs and innovators at the University, we find a weak innovation and entrepreneurship culture among students, especially because the same students go to the workshops and talks, and there are few. Many students don’t know about the existence of Initium or they don’t take advantage of it privileges. So we think that if create an independent entrepreneurial club with UM students, this could change. But not any student can get in. It must be something that make this club special. So it would be a pre-selection. The judges (at the beginning would be us: Cecilia, Romina, Matías and Luis) must see an entrepreneurial spirit, and show that they could be an agent of change. Being a member of this club would be also a privilege for the CVs of the members. In the club, the members can work for projects or areas (logistics, communication, fundraising, etc). Then, the same members can reclute students for specific projects. It would count with Initium’s support, but it would be independent, so it must have a director that at the beginning would be probably one of us, or a graduate student. The director can also make recommendation letters for the members which would help in finding a job. The meetings would take place in ZROOMs (classrooms that already exist in the UM, that is similar to Stanford classrooms) or even better, the Design Thinking Room that we’re also planning to do (see Strategy Six), once a week, the day that all the members agree about. - Step #1:Talk to UM authorities and see what type of benefits the group members can have. Romina will handle this task by the end of March. - Step #2: Create a selection commitment who will pick the members of the club by interviews. Romina will handle this task at the beginning of April. - Step #3: Make a communication campaign to invite members to the club. Cecilia will handle this task at the middle of April.

== Strategy Two: Students lead social events ==

Because this is a good way to engage students to this sort of activities. It’s not the same that Initium or UM’s authorities make innovation and entrepreneurship events because it’s less personal and more academic. If UM students made this events, everything would be more fun and informal, and it would attract much more their attention. We see that many students doesn’t even give the opportunity to this new world, because they have a wrong concept about it. This would be a great way to open their minds. The social events would be organized by the entrepreneurial club that we mentioned at strategy one. We need to be different from the other networking events that already exist in Uruguay, where the entrepreneurs talk between them or with the same people. For that reason we thought about tables, where in each one there is a recognized entrepreneur who is available to answer any question and give advice, and then the guests can rotate to other tables to talk to other entrepreneurs and other guests.

 - Step #1: Once the club is created, we will assign mentors to the groups - that the members formed - to guide them with the organization of the events. Romina will handle this task at the beginning of May. - Step #2: Find sponsors to afford this events. Romina will handle this task at the end of May. 

== Strategy Three: Create a new course that boost motivation by taking students to a real startup launch in 16 weeks ==

Strong academic pressure and curricula makes it difficult to have time to explore other projects. This has been a problem that the four of us have experienced but we agree on the fact that time is always a limited resource but motivation is the key to success. We believe this problem has strong connections with the weak student entrepreneurship and innovation culture we have at our campus.

 For this reason, our solution to this problem involves a new course that boost motivation by getting the students 100% involved in doing and not just planning. Class projects that end with a powerpoint presentation to the rest of the class have became a classic but no one really cares about the project and hardly ever people get motivated and really involved. Start Up 01 is a 4,5 credit course, as any other elective, that takes the students to a real startup launch in 16 weeks. Its an applied course that lets the student learn by designing, testing, and develop his team venture. - Step #1: Talk to María Martha, Business Administration’s coordinator and Josefina Maisonnave, Initium’s director, to find the correct professors to lead this class and make a good programmation. Matias will handle this task at the end of March.  - Step #2: Talk to the coordinators of all the careers and authorities to add this course in students curricula. It’s important that subjects like “Creativity & Innovation” and “Entrepreneurial initiative” go first. Matias will handle this task at the end of April. - Step #3: Make a communication campaign to invite students who have the old programme, to take it as an elective course. Matias will handle this task at the end of June.

== Strategy Four: Create a mentor’s network that guide entrepreneurs in each step of their projects ==



Having a mentor that guides entrepreneurs in each step is a great advantage, and a key to successful venture. For the Initium Center to organize this may be difficult, below are the milestones and steps to make this happen.

 - Step #1:Finding the mentors.

In April there must be at least 5 mentors. The idea is to find mentors that have some of the following: knowledge in some area, connections, experience, time, and willingness. One of the ways to do so is by giving incentives to professors. Also in the Initium web site, there can be a volunteer mentoring subscription, open for everybody. - Step #2:Adding the mentoring feature

The mentoring form in the Initium web site must be developed, by April. The way students have to find their mentos is through Initium, this is, having to add to the Initium web site a form for students. This can be done by any Computer Science Engineer in the university. It shouldn’t take more that 1 month. - Step #3: Advertising

From now until it is known Many students tell us that they didn’t know that the Initium web site existed. So we think that hanging posters in the university it’s a good way to make students informed.

== Strategy Five: Improve Initium center’s communication so more students can know it and take advantage of it benefits ==

A known problem is that not many students know all the things that Initium provides, and just some know that Initium had a web site, and if they know they never use it. In Initium’s website there is all kind of information about everything they make. Improving Initium’s center’s communication may go together with making students visit it’s website more often. This is a complex situation, because it involved advertising something that students not usually like. Step #1: Hire a publicity agent and receive advices from them. This would be temporary. Matias will handle this task at the end of March. Step #2: Have a innovative and fun event that raise the public image of Initium and where the students can understand what Initium can offer but in a creative way with Snapchat for example. Cecilia and Romina will handle this task at the end of May.

== Strategy Six: Create a Design Thinking Space where UM students can go at any time to work in their projects ==

 Initium center only help students in their first steps of their projects: to make their business plan and find financial support, but it’s difficult to support them after that because of it’s capacity, space and lack of time for the people who work there. If they create a project in the courses that Initium offers, then they don’t have the space and materials to continue it. A Design Thinking Space without fixed classes where any student can work in their projects, at any hour, would be a great solution.

 This would take place in Engineering Faculty because we can also solve the problem of Engineering students who feel disconnected from the other faculties, so any student who wants to use it must come to this Faculty. Also we find an interesting space where now are the labs, but if we construct a 2 floors building, we can put all there. Finally be thought that if Civil Engineering students can help with the construction, it’ll help them to improve their practical work, it’s more personal and it reduces the cost. - Step #1:Talk to Civil Engineering professors, so we can plan a project with their students to construct the building. Romina will handle this task, between 13th and 17th of March. - Step #2:Make events to raise money or find sponsors. Cecilia will handle this task, and she’ll organise them in April. - Step #3:Buy all the materials. Cecilia will handle this task. We hope to do this in July-August. - Step #4:Make a communication campaign to invite UM students to try it. Cecilia will handle this task. We hope to do this in August-September.

== ==

= Related links =

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Universidad_de_Montevideo Universidad de Montevideo] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Cecilia_Tejera Cecilia Tejera] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Romina_Dominzain Romina Dominzain] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Matias_Menendez Matias Menendez] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Luis_Gurmendez Luis Gurmendez]

Priorities:University de Montevideo Student Priorities

2017-01-28T01:48:00Z

Luisgurmendez:

== Overview ==

The University of Montevideo (UM) started off in 1986 as the Institute of Business Studies of Montevideo (IEEM). Some months later the IEEM started a postgraduate in business law. From there and on the IEEM continued incorporating new courses mixing law and business, such as seminar in management, business administration, master's degree in business law and much more. It wasn't until April 29 of 1997 that the IEEM was approved to function as a university and from there it's known as the Universidad de Montevideo. 

Now the UM has 7 different faculties : - Law School - Faculty of Business Science  and Economics - Faculty of Engineering - Faculty of Communication - Faculty of Biomedical Sciences - Business School (IEEM) - Center of leaders, entrepreneurs and innovators Actually the UM offers 20 different major for undergraduate students and 28 majors for graduate students, through the colleges listed above, also it has been ranked the best university in Uruguay by the QS ranking. The number of professors and faculty members fostering innovation and entrepreneurship has been growing in the last couple of years. This whole new spirit lead to the creation of Initium. This center has created different courses and workshops stimulating students and professors to develop new skills and attitudes with an innovation and entrepreneurship mindset. It is also a place for connection between students, alumni entrepreneurs, accelerators and other extracurricular entities.There are also other courses that stimulate innovation in their areas, such as Engineering Labs or Investment Projects for example.
<div> </div>
= STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP CULTURE AMONG UM STUDENTS =

== Strategy One: Create an entrepreneurial club of UM students ==

Despite there is a center of leaders, entrepreneurs and innovators at the University, we find a weak innovation and entrepreneurship culture among students, especially because the same students go to the workshops and talks, and there are few. Many students don’t know about the existence of Initium or they don’t take advantage of it privileges. So we think that if create an independent entrepreneurial club with UM students, this could change. But not any student can get in. It must be something that make this club special. So it would be a pre-selection. The judges (at the beginning would be us: Cecilia, Romina, Matías and Luis) must see an entrepreneurial spirit, and show that they could be an agent of change. Being a member of this club would be also a privilege for the CVs of the members. In the club, the members can work for projects or areas (logistics, communication, fundraising, etc). Then, the same members can reclute students for specific projects. It would count with Initium’s support, but it would be independent, so it must have a director that at the beginning would be probably one of us, or a graduate student. The director can also make recommendation letters for the members which would help in finding a job. The meetings would take place in ZROOMs (classrooms that already exist in the UM, that is similar to Stanford classrooms) or even better, the Design Thinking Room that we’re also planning to do (see Strategy Six), once a week, the day that all the members agree about. - Step #1:Talk to UM authorities and see what type of benefits the group members can have. Romina will handle this task by the end of March. - Step #2: Create a selection commitment who will pick the members of the club by interviews. Romina will handle this task at the beginning of April. - Step #3: Make a communication campaign to invite members to the club. Cecilia will handle this task at the middle of April.

== Strategy Two: Students lead social events ==

Because this is a good way to engage students to this sort of activities. It’s not the same that Initium or UM’s authorities make innovation and entrepreneurship events because it’s less personal and more academic. If UM students made this events, everything would be more fun and informal, and it would attract much more their attention. We see that many students doesn’t even give the opportunity to this new world, because they have a wrong concept about it. This would be a great way to open their minds. The social events would be organized by the entrepreneurial club that we mentioned at strategy one. We need to be different from the other networking events that already exist in Uruguay, where the entrepreneurs talk between them or with the same people. For that reason we thought about tables, where in each one there is a recognized entrepreneur who is available to answer any question and give advice, and then the guests can rotate to other tables to talk to other entrepreneurs and other guests.

 - Step #1: Once the club is created, we will assign mentors to the groups - that the members formed - to guide them with the organization of the events. Romina will handle this task at the beginning of May. - Step #2: Find sponsors to afford this events. Romina will handle this task at the end of May. 

== Strategy Three: Create a new course that boost motivation by taking students to a real startup launch in 16 weeks ==

Strong academic pressure and curricula makes it difficult to have time to explore other projects. This has been a problem that the four of us have experienced but we agree on the fact that time is always a limited resource but motivation is the key to success. We believe this problem has strong connections with the weak student entrepreneurship and innovation culture we have at our campus.

 For this reason, our solution to this problem involves a new course that boost motivation by getting the students 100% involved in doing and not just planning. Class projects that end with a powerpoint presentation to the rest of the class have became a classic but no one really cares about the project and hardly ever people get motivated and really involved. Start Up 01 is a 4,5 credit course, as any other elective, that takes the students to a real startup launch in 16 weeks. Its an applied course that lets the student learn by designing, testing, and develop his team venture. - Step #1: Talk to María Martha, Business Administration’s coordinator and Josefina Maisonnave, Initium’s director, to find the correct professors to lead this class and make a good programmation. Matias will handle this task at the end of March.  - Step #2: Talk to the coordinators of all the careers and authorities to add this course in students curricula. It’s important that subjects like “Creativity & Innovation” and “Entrepreneurial initiative” go first. Matias will handle this task at the end of April. - Step #3: Make a communication campaign to invite students who have the old programme, to take it as an elective course. Matias will handle this task at the end of June.

== Strategy Four: Create a mentor’s network that guide entrepreneurs in each step of their projects ==



Having a mentor that guides entrepreneurs in each step is a great advantage, and a key to successful venture. For the Initium Center to organize this may be difficult, below are the milestones and steps to make this happen.

 - Step #1:Finding the mentors.

In April there must be at least 5 mentors. The idea is to find mentors that have some of the following: knowledge in some area, connections, experience, time, and willingness. One of the ways to do so is by giving incentives to professors. Also in the Initium web site, there can be a volunteer mentoring subscription, open for everybody. - Step #2:Adding the mentoring feature

The mentoring form in the Initium web site must be developed, by April. The way students have to find their mentos is through Initium, this is, having to add to the Initium web site a form for students. This can be done by any Computer Science Engineer in the university. It shouldn’t take more that 1 month. - Step #3: Advertising

From now until it is known Many students tell us that they didn’t know that the Initium web site existed. So we think that hanging posters in the university it’s a good way to make students informed.

== Strategy Five: Improve Initium center’s communication so more students can know it and take advantage of it benefits ==

A known problem is that not many students know all the things that Initium provides, and just some know that Initium had a web site, and if they know they never use it. In Initium’s website there is all kind of information about everything they make. Improving Initium’s center’s communication may go together with making students visit it’s website more often. This is a complex situation, because it involved advertising something that students not usually like. Step #1: Hire a publicity agent and receive advices from them. This would be temporary. Matias will handle this task at the end of March. Step #2: Have a innovative and fun event that raise the public image of Initium and where the students can understand what Initium can offer but in a creative way with Snapchat for example. Cecilia and Romina will handle this task at the end of May.

== Strategy Six: Create a Design Thinking Space where UM students can go at any time to work in their projects ==

 Initium center only help students in their first steps of their projects: to make their business plan and find financial support, but it’s difficult to support them after that because of it’s capacity, space and lack of time for the people who work there. If they create a project in the courses that Initium offers, then they don’t have the space and materials to continue it. A Design Thinking Space without fixed classes where any student can work in their projects, at any hour, would be a great solution.

 This would take place in Engineering Faculty because we can also solve the problem of Engineering students who feel disconnected from the other faculties, so any student who wants to use it must come to this Faculty. Also we find an interesting space where now are the labs, but if we construct a 2 floors building, we can put all there. Finally be thought that if Civil Engineering students can help with the construction, it’ll help them to improve their practical work, it’s more personal and it reduces the cost. - Step #1:Talk to Civil Engineering professors, so we can plan a project with their students to construct the building. Romina will handle this task, between 13th and 17th of March. - Step #2:Make events to raise money or find sponsors. Cecilia will handle this task, and she’ll organise them in April. - Step #3:Buy all the materials. Cecilia will handle this task. We hope to do this in July-August. - Step #4:Make a communication campaign to invite UM students to try it. Cecilia will handle this task. We hope to do this in August-September.

== ==

= Related links =

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Universidad_de_Montevideo Universidad de Montevideo] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Cecilia_Tejera Cecilia Tejera] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Romina_Dominzain Romina Dominzain] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Matias_Menendez Matias Menendez] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Luis_Gurmendez Luis Gurmendez]

Priorities:University de Montevideo Student Priorities

2017-01-28T01:47:44Z

Luisgurmendez:

== Overview ==

The University of Montevideo (UM) started off in 1986 as the Institute of Business Studies of Montevideo (IEEM). Some months later the IEEM started a postgraduate in business law. From there and on the IEEM continued incorporating new courses mixing law and business, such as seminar in management, business administration, master's degree in business law and much more. It wasn't until April 29 of 1997 that the IEEM was approved to function as a university and from there it's known as the Universidad de Montevideo. 

Now the UM has 7 different faculties : - Law School - Faculty of Business Science  and Economics - Faculty of Engineering - Faculty of Communication - Faculty of Biomedical Sciences - Business School (IEEM) - Center of leaders, entrepreneurs and innovators Actually the UM offers 20 different major for undergraduate students and 28 majors for graduate students, through the colleges listed above, also it has been ranked the best university in Uruguay by the QS ranking. The number of professors and faculty members fostering innovation and entrepreneurship has been growing in the last couple of years. This whole new spirit lead to the creation of Initium. This center has created different courses and workshops stimulating students and professors to develop new skills and attitudes with an innovation and entrepreneurship mindset. It is also a place for connection between students, alumni entrepreneurs, accelerators and other extracurricular entities.There are also other courses that stimulate innovation in their areas, such as Engineering Labs or Investment Projects for example.
<div> </div>
= STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP CULTURE AMONG UM STUDENTS =

== Strategy One: Create an entrepreneurial club of UM students ==

Despite there is a center of leaders, entrepreneurs and innovators at the University, we find a weak innovation and entrepreneurship culture among students, especially because the same students go to the workshops and talks, and there are few. Many students don’t know about the existence of Initium or they don’t take advantage of it privileges. So we think that if create an independent entrepreneurial club with UM students, this could change. But not any student can get in. It must be something that make this club special. So it would be a pre-selection. The judges (at the beginning would be us: Cecilia, Romina, Matías and Luis) must see an entrepreneurial spirit, and show that they could be an agent of change. Being a member of this club would be also a privilege for the CVs of the members. In the club, the members can work for projects or areas (logistics, communication, fundraising, etc). Then, the same members can reclute students for specific projects. It would count with Initium’s support, but it would be independent, so it must have a director that at the beginning would be probably one of us, or a graduate student. The director can also make recommendation letters for the members which would help in finding a job. The meetings would take place in ZROOMs (classrooms that already exist in the UM, that is similar to Stanford classrooms) or even better, the Design Thinking Room that we’re also planning to do (see Strategy Six), once a week, the day that all the members agree about. - Step #1:Talk to UM authorities and see what type of benefits the group members can have. Romina will handle this task by the end of March. - Step #2: Create a selection commitment who will pick the members of the club by interviews. Romina will handle this task at the beginning of April. - Step #3: Make a communication campaign to invite members to the club. Cecilia will handle this task at the middle of April.

== Strategy Two: Students lead social events ==

Because this is a good way to engage students to this sort of activities. It’s not the same that Initium or UM’s authorities make innovation and entrepreneurship events because it’s less personal and more academic. If UM students made this events, everything would be more fun and informal, and it would attract much more their attention. We see that many students doesn’t even give the opportunity to this new world, because they have a wrong concept about it. This would be a great way to open their minds. The social events would be organized by the entrepreneurial club that we mentioned at strategy one. We need to be different from the other networking events that already exist in Uruguay, where the entrepreneurs talk between them or with the same people. For that reason we thought about tables, where in each one there is a recognized entrepreneur who is available to answer any question and give advice, and then the guests can rotate to other tables to talk to other entrepreneurs and other guests.

 - Step #1: Once the club is created, we will assign mentors to the groups - that the members formed - to guide them with the organization of the events. Romina will handle this task at the beginning of May. - Step #2: Find sponsors to afford this events. Romina will handle this task at the end of May. 

== Strategy Three: Create a new course that boost motivation by taking students to a real startup launch in 16 weeks ==

Strong academic pressure and curricula makes it difficult to have time to explore other projects. This has been a problem that the four of us have experienced but we agree on the fact that time is always a limited resource but motivation is the key to success. We believe this problem has strong connections with the weak student entrepreneurship and innovation culture we have at our campus.

 For this reason, our solution to this problem involves a new course that boost motivation by getting the students 100% involved in doing and not just planning. Class projects that end with a powerpoint presentation to the rest of the class have became a classic but no one really cares about the project and hardly ever people get motivated and really involved. Start Up 01 is a 4,5 credit course, as any other elective, that takes the students to a real startup launch in 16 weeks. Its an applied course that lets the student learn by designing, testing, and develop his team venture. - Step #1: Talk to María Martha, Business Administration’s coordinator and Josefina Maisonnave, Initium’s director, to find the correct professors to lead this class and make a good programmation. Matias will handle this task at the end of March.  - Step #2: Talk to the coordinators of all the careers and authorities to add this course in students curricula. It’s important that subjects like “Creativity & Innovation” and “Entrepreneurial initiative” go first. Matias will handle this task at the end of April. - Step #3: Make a communication campaign to invite students who have the old programme, to take it as an elective course. Matias will handle this task at the end of June.

== Strategy Four: Create a mentor’s network that guide entrepreneurs in each step of their projects ==



Having a mentor that guides entrepreneurs in each step is a great advantage, and a key to successful venture. For the Initium Center to organize this may be difficult, below are the milestones and steps to make this happen.

 - Step #1:Finding the mentors.

In April there must be at least 5 mentors. The idea is to find mentors that have some of the following: knowledge in some area, connections, experience, time, and willingness. One of the ways to do so is by giving incentives to professors. Also in the Initium web site, there can be a volunteer mentoring subscription, open for everybody. - Step #2:Adding the mentoring feature

The mentoring form in the Initium web site must be developed, by April. The way students have to find their mentos is through Initium, this is, having to add to the Initium web site a form for students. This can be done by any Computer Science Engineer in the university. It shouldn’t take more that 1 month. - Step #3: Advertising

From now until it is known Many students tell us that they didn’t know that the Initium web site existed. So we think that hanging posters in the university it’s a good way to make students informed.

== Strategy Five: Improve Initium center’s communication so more students can know it and take advantage of it benefits ==

A known problem is that not many students know all the things that Initium provides, and just some know that Initium had a web site, and if they know they never use it. In Initium’s website there is all kind of information about everything they make. Improving Initium’s center’s communication may go together with making students visit it’s website more often. This is a complex situation, because it involved advertising something that students not usually like. Step #1: Hire a publicity agent and receive advices from them. This would be temporary. Matias will handle this task at the end of March. Step #2: Have a innovative and fun event that raise the public image of Initium and where the students can understand what Initium can offer but in a creative way with Snapchat for example. Cecilia and Romina will handle this task at the end of May.

== Strategy Six: Create a Design Thinking Space where UM students can go at any time to work in their projects ==

 Initium center only help students in their first steps of their projects: to make their business plan and find financial support, but it’s difficult to support them after that because of it’s capacity, space and lack of time for the people who work there. If they create a project in the courses that Initium offers, then they don’t have the space and materials to continue it. A Design Thinking Space without fixed classes where any student can work in their projects, at any hour, would be a great solution.

 This would take place in Engineering Faculty because we can also solve the problem of Engineering students who feel disconnected from the other faculties, so any student who wants to use it must come to this Faculty. Also we find an interesting space where now are the labs, but if we construct a 2 floors building, we can put all there. Finally be thought that if Civil Engineering students can help with the construction, it’ll help them to improve their practical work, it’s more personal and it reduces the cost. - Step #1:Talk to Civil Engineering professors, so we can plan a project with their students to construct the building. Romina will handle this task, between 13th and 17th of March. - Step #2:Make events to raise money or find sponsors. Cecilia will handle this task, and she’ll organise them in April. - Step #3:Buy all the materials. Cecilia will handle this task. We hope to do this in July-August. - Step #4:Make a communication campaign to invite UM students to try it. Cecilia will handle this task. We hope to do this in August-September.

== ==

= Related links =

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Universidad_de_Montevideo Universidad de Montevideo] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Cecilia_Tejera Cecilia Tejera] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Romina_Dominzain Romina Dominzain] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Matias_Menendez Matias Menendez] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Luis_Gurmendez Luis Gurmendez]

Priorities:University de Montevideo Student Priorities

2017-01-28T01:47:17Z

Luisgurmendez:

== Overview ==

The University of Montevideo (UM) started off in 1986 as the Institute of Business Studies of Montevideo (IEEM). Some months later the IEEM started a postgraduate in business law. From there and on the IEEM continued incorporating new courses mixing law and business, such as seminar in management, business administration, master's degree in business law and much more. It wasn't until April 29 of 1997 that the IEEM was approved to function as a university and from there it's known as the Universidad de Montevideo. 

Now the UM has 7 different faculties : - Law School - Faculty of Business Science  and Economics - Faculty of Engineering - Faculty of Communication - Faculty of Biomedical Sciences - Business School (IEEM) - Center of leaders, entrepreneurs and innovators Actually the UM offers 20 different major for undergraduate students and 28 majors for graduate students, through the colleges listed above, also it has been ranked the best university in Uruguay by the QS ranking. The number of professors and faculty members fostering innovation and entrepreneurship has been growing in the last couple of years. This whole new spirit lead to the creation of Initium. This center has created different courses and workshops stimulating students and professors to develop new skills and attitudes with an innovation and entrepreneurship mindset. It is also a place for connection between students, alumni entrepreneurs, accelerators and other extracurricular entities.There are also other courses that stimulate innovation in their areas, such as Engineering Labs or Investment Projects for example.
<div> </div>
= STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP CULTURE AMONG UM STUDENTS =

== Strategy One: Create an entrepreneurial club of UM students ==

Despite there is a center of leaders, entrepreneurs and innovators at the University, we find a weak innovation and entrepreneurship culture among students, especially because the same students go to the workshops and talks, and there are few. Many students don’t know about the existence of Initium or they don’t take advantage of it privileges. So we think that if create an independent entrepreneurial club with UM students, this could change. But not any student can get in. It must be something that make this club special. So it would be a pre-selection. The judges (at the beginning would be us: Cecilia, Romina, Matías and Luis) must see an entrepreneurial spirit, and show that they could be an agent of change. Being a member of this club would be also a privilege for the CVs of the members. In the club, the members can work for projects or areas (logistics, communication, fundraising, etc). Then, the same members can reclute students for specific projects. It would count with Initium’s support, but it would be independent, so it must have a director that at the beginning would be probably one of us, or a graduate student. The director can also make recommendation letters for the members which would help in finding a job. The meetings would take place in ZROOMs (classrooms that already exist in the UM, that is similar to Stanford classrooms) or even better, the Design Thinking Room that we’re also planning to do (see Strategy Six), once a week, the day that all the members agree about. - Step #1:Talk to UM authorities and see what type of benefits the group members can have. Romina will handle this task by the end of March. - Step #2: Create a selection commitment who will pick the members of the club by interviews. Romina will handle this task at the beginning of April. - Step #3: Make a communication campaign to invite members to the club. Cecilia will handle this task at the middle of April.

== Strategy Two: Students lead social events ==

Because this is a good way to engage students to this sort of activities. It’s not the same that Initium or UM’s authorities make innovation and entrepreneurship events because it’s less personal and more academic. If UM students made this events, everything would be more fun and informal, and it would attract much more their attention. We see that many students doesn’t even give the opportunity to this new world, because they have a wrong concept about it. This would be a great way to open their minds. The social events would be organized by the entrepreneurial club that we mentioned at strategy one. We need to be different from the other networking events that already exist in Uruguay, where the entrepreneurs talk between them or with the same people. For that reason we thought about tables, where in each one there is a recognized entrepreneur who is available to answer any question and give advice, and then the guests can rotate to other tables to talk to other entrepreneurs and other guests.

 - Step #1: Once the club is created, we will assign mentors to the groups - that the members formed - to guide them with the organization of the events. Romina will handle this task at the beginning of May. - Step #2: Find sponsors to afford this events. Romina will handle this task at the end of May. 

== Strategy Three: Create a new course that boost motivation by taking students to a real startup launch in 16 weeks ==

Strong academic pressure and curricula makes it difficult to have time to explore other projects. This has been a problem that the four of us have experienced but we agree on the fact that time is always a limited resource but motivation is the key to success. We believe this problem has strong connections with the weak student entrepreneurship and innovation culture we have at our campus.

 For this reason, our solution to this problem involves a new course that boost motivation by getting the students 100% involved in doing and not just planning. Class projects that end with a powerpoint presentation to the rest of the class have became a classic but no one really cares about the project and hardly ever people get motivated and really involved. Start Up 01 is a 4,5 credit course, as any other elective, that takes the students to a real startup launch in 16 weeks. Its an applied course that lets the student learn by designing, testing, and develop his team venture. - Step #1: Talk to María Martha, Business Administration’s coordinator and Josefina Maisonnave, Initium’s director, to find the correct professors to lead this class and make a good programmation. Matias will handle this task at the end of March.  - Step #2: Talk to the coordinators of all the careers and authorities to add this course in students curricula. It’s important that subjects like “Creativity & Innovation” and “Entrepreneurial initiative” go first. Matias will handle this task at the end of April. - Step #3: Make a communication campaign to invite students who have the old programme, to take it as an elective course. Matias will handle this task at the end of June.

== Strategy Four: Create a mentor’s network that guide entrepreneurs in each step of their projects ==



Having a mentor that guides entrepreneurs in each step is a great advantage, and a key to successful venture. For the Initium Center to organize this may be difficult, below are the milestones and steps to make this happen.

 - Step #1:Finding the mentors.

In April there must be at least 5 mentors. The idea is to find mentors that have some of the following: knowledge in some area, connections, experience, time, and willingness. One of the ways to do so is by giving incentives to professors. Also in the Initium web site, there can be a volunteer mentoring subscription, open for everybody. - Step #2:Adding the mentoring feature

The mentoring form in the Initium web site must be developed, by April. The way students have to find their mentos is through Initium, this is, having to add to the Initium web site a form for students. This can be done by any Computer Science Engineer in the university. It shouldn’t take more that 1 month. - Step #3: Advertising

From now until it is known Many students tell us that they didn’t know that the Initium web site existed. So we think that hanging posters in the university it’s a good way to make students informed.

== Strategy Five: Improve Initium center’s communication so more students can know it and take advantage of it benefits ==

A known problem is that not many students know all the things that Initium provides, and just some know that Initium had a web site, and if they know they never use it. In Initium’s website there is all kind of information about everything they make. Improving Initium’s center’s communication may go together with making students visit it’s website more often. This is a complex situation, because it involved advertising something that students not usually like. Step #1: Hire a publicity agent and receive advices from them. This would be temporary. Matias will handle this task at the end of March. Step #2: Have a innovative and fun event that raise the public image of Initium and where the students can understand what Initium can offer but in a creative way with Snapchat for example. Cecilia and Romina will handle this task at the end of May.

== Strategy Six: Create a Design Thinking Space where UM students can go at any time to work in their projects ==

 Initium center only help students in their first steps of their projects: to make their business plan and find financial support, but it’s difficult to support them after that because of it’s capacity, space and lack of time for the people who work there. If they create a project in the courses that Initium offers, then they don’t have the space and materials to continue it. A Design Thinking Space without fixed classes where any student can work in their projects, at any hour, would be a great solution.

 This would take place in Engineering Faculty because we can also solve the problem of Engineering students who feel disconnected from the other faculties, so any student who wants to use it must come to this Faculty. Also we find an interesting space where now are the labs, but if we construct a 2 floors building, we can put all there. Finally be thought that if Civil Engineering students can help with the construction, it’ll help them to improve their practical work, it’s more personal and it reduces the cost. - Step #1:Talk to Civil Engineering professors, so we can plan a project with their students to construct the building. Romina will handle this task, between 13th and 17th of March. - Step #2:Make events to raise money or find sponsors. Cecilia will handle this task, and she’ll organise them in April. - Step #3:Buy all the materials. Cecilia will handle this task. We hope to do this in July-August. - Step #4:Make a communication campaign to invite UM students to try it. Cecilia will handle this task. We hope to do this in August-September.

== ==

= Related links =

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Universidad_de_Montevideo Universidad de Montevideo] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Cecilia_Tejera Cecilia Tejera] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Romina_Dominzain Romina Dominzain] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Matias_Menendez Matias Menendez] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Luis_Gurmendez Luis Gurmendez]

Priorities:University de Montevideo Student Priorities

2017-01-28T01:45:17Z

Luisgurmendez:

== Overview ==

The University of Montevideo (UM) started off in 1986 as the Institute of Business Studies of Montevideo (IEEM). Some months later the IEEM started a postgraduate in business law. From there and on the IEEM continued incorporating new courses mixing law and business, such as seminar in management, business administration, master's degree in business law and much more. It wasn't until April 29 of 1997 that the IEEM was approved to function as a university and from there it's known as the Universidad de Montevideo. 

Now the UM has 7 different faculties : - Law School - Faculty of Business Science  and Economics - Faculty of Engineering - Faculty of Communication - Faculty of Biomedical Sciences - Business School (IEEM) - Center of leaders, entrepreneurs and innovators Actually the UM offers 20 different major for undergraduate students and 28 majors for graduate students, through the colleges listed above, also it has been ranked the best university in Uruguay by the QS ranking. The number of professors and faculty members fostering innovation and entrepreneurship has been growing in the last couple of years. This whole new spirit lead to the creation of Initium. This center has created different courses and workshops stimulating students and professors to develop new skills and attitudes with an innovation and entrepreneurship mindset. It is also a place for connection between students, alumni entrepreneurs, accelerators and other extracurricular entities.There are also other courses that stimulate innovation in their areas, such as Engineering Labs or Investment Projects for example.
<div> </div>
= STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP CULTURE AMONG UM STUDENTS =

== Strategy One: Create an entrepreneurial club of UM students ==

Despite there is a center of leaders, entrepreneurs and innovators at the University, we find a weak innovation and entrepreneurship culture among students, especially because the same students go to the workshops and talks, and there are few. Many students don’t know about the existence of Initium or they don’t take advantage of it privileges. So we think that if create an independent entrepreneurial club with UM students, this could change. But not any student can get in. It must be something that make this club special. So it would be a pre-selection. The judges (at the beginning would be us: Cecilia, Romina, Matías and Luis) must see an entrepreneurial spirit, and show that they could be an agent of change. Being a member of this club would be also a privilege for the CVs of the members. In the club, the members can work for projects or areas (logistics, communication, fundraising, etc). Then, the same members can reclute students for specific projects. It would count with Initium’s support, but it would be independent, so it must have a director that at the beginning would be probably one of us, or a graduate student. The director can also make recommendation letters for the members which would help in finding a job. The meetings would take place in ZROOMs (classrooms that already exist in the UM, that is similar to Stanford classrooms) or even better, the Design Thinking Room that we’re also planning to do (see Strategy Six), once a week, the day that all the members agree about. - Step #1:Talk to UM authorities and see what type of benefits the group members can have. Romina will handle this task by the end of March. - Step #2: Create a selection commitment who will pick the members of the club by interviews. Romina will handle this task at the beginning of April. - Step #3: Make a communication campaign to invite members to the club. Cecilia will handle this task at the middle of April.

== Strategy Two: Students lead social events ==

Because this is a good way to engage students to this sort of activities. It’s not the same that Initium or UM’s authorities make innovation and entrepreneurship events because it’s less personal and more academic. If UM students made this events, everything would be more fun and informal, and it would attract much more their attention. We see that many students doesn’t even give the opportunity to this new world, because they have a wrong concept about it. This would be a great way to open their minds. The social events would be organized by the entrepreneurial club that we mentioned at strategy one. We need to be different from the other networking events that already exist in Uruguay, where the entrepreneurs talk between them or with the same people. For that reason we thought about tables, where in each one there is a recognized entrepreneur who is available to answer any question and give advice, and then the guests can rotate to other tables to talk to other entrepreneurs and other guests.

 - Step #1: Once the club is created, we will assign mentors to the groups - that the members formed - to guide them with the organization of the events. Romina will handle this task at the beginning of May. - Step #2: Find sponsors to afford this events. Romina will handle this task at the end of May. 

== Strategy Three: Create a new course that boost motivation by taking students to a real startup launch in 16 weeks ==

Strong academic pressure and curricula makes it difficult to have time to explore other projects. This has been a problem that the four of us have experienced but we agree on the fact that time is always a limited resource but motivation is the key to success. We believe this problem has strong connections with the weak student entrepreneurship and innovation culture we have at our campus.

 For this reason, our solution to this problem involves a new course that boost motivation by getting the students 100% involved in doing and not just planning. Class projects that end with a powerpoint presentation to the rest of the class have became a classic but no one really cares about the project and hardly ever people get motivated and really involved. Start Up 01 is a 4,5 credit course, as any other elective, that takes the students to a real startup launch in 16 weeks. Its an applied course that lets the student learn by designing, testing, and develop his team venture. - Step #1: Talk to María Martha, Business Administration’s coordinator and Josefina Maisonnave, Initium’s director, to find the correct professors to lead this class and make a good programmation. Matias will handle this task at the end of March.  - Step #2: Talk to the coordinators of all the careers and authorities to add this course in students curricula. It’s important that subjects like “Creativity & Innovation” and “Entrepreneurial initiative” go first. Matias will handle this task at the end of April. - Step #3: Make a communication campaign to invite students who have the old programme, to take it as an elective course. Matias will handle this task at the end of June.

== Strategy Four: Create a mentor’s network that guide entrepreneurs in each step of their projects ==



Having a mentor that guides entrepreneurs in each step is a great advantage, and a key to successful venture. For the Initium Center to organize this may be difficult, below are the milestones and steps to make this happen.

 - Step #1:Finding the mentors.

In April there must be at least 5 mentors. The idea is to find mentors that have some of the following: knowledge in some area, connections, experience, time, and willingness. One of the ways to do so is by giving incentives to professors. Also in the Initium web site, there can be a volunteer mentoring subscription, open for everybody. - Step #2:Adding the mentoring feature

The mentoring form in the Initium web site must be developed, by April. The way students have to find their mentos is through Initium, this is, having to add to the Initium web site a form for students. This can be done by any Computer Science Engineer in the university. It shouldn’t take more that 1 month. - Step #3: Advertising

From now until it is known Many students tell us that they didn’t know that the Initium web site existed. So we think that hanging posters in the university it’s a good way to make students informed.

== Strategy Five: Improve Initium center’s communication so more students can know it and take advantage of it benefits ==

A known problem is that not many students know all the things that Initium provides, and just some know that Initium had a web site, and if they know they never use it. In Initium’s website there is all kind of information about everything they make. Improving Initium’s center’s communication may go together with making students visit it’s website more often. This is a complex situation, because it involved advertising something that students not usually like. Step #1: Hire a publicity agent and receive advices from them. This would be temporary. Matias will handle this task at the end of March. Step #2: Have a innovative and fun event that raise the public image of Initium and where the students can understand what Initium can offer but in a creative way with Snapchat for example. Cecilia and Romina will handle this task at the end of May.

== Strategy Six: Create a Design Thinking Space where UM students can go at any time to work in their projects ==

 Initium center only help students in their first steps of their projects: to make their business plan and find financial support, but it’s difficult to support them after that because of it’s capacity, space and lack of time for the people who work there. If they create a project in the courses that Initium offers, then they don’t have the space and materials to continue it. A Design Thinking Space without fixed classes where any student can work in their projects, at any hour, would be a great solution.

 This would take place in Engineering Faculty because we can also solve the problem of Engineering students who feel disconnected from the other faculties, so any student who wants to use it must come to this Faculty. Also we find an interesting space where now are the labs, but if we construct a 2 floors building, we can put all there. Finally be thought that if Civil Engineering students can help with the construction, it’ll help them to improve their practical work, it’s more personal and it reduces the cost. - Step #1:Talk to Civil Engineering professors, so we can plan a project with their students to construct the building. Romina will handle this task, between 13th and 17th of March. - Step #2:Make events to raise money or find sponsors. Cecilia will handle this task, and she’ll organise them in April. - Step #3:Buy all the materials. Cecilia will handle this task. We hope to do this in July-August. - Step #4:Make a communication campaign to invite UM students to try it. Cecilia will handle this task. We hope to do this in August-September.

== ==

= Related links =

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Universidad_de_Montevideo Universidad de Montevideo] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Cecilia_Tejera Cecilia Tejera] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Romina_Dominzain Romina Dominzain] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Matias_Menendez Matias Menendez] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Luis_Gurmendez Luis Gurmendez]

Fellow:Luis Gurmendez

2017-01-20T22:45:01Z

Luisgurmendez:

Luis Gurmendez is a nature lover and then a Software Engineer senior student. When it comes to programming, one of his passions and [[File:LuisGurmendezPic.jpg|thumb]]strengths, Luis unleashes a blast of creativity and innovation skills that are multiplied when it come across with nature related topics, as for example the tree donation platform he is developing, aiming for a fun and innovating way of donation. One of his goals is to raise awareness on society about environmental issues, and also at some point of his life travel around the world.

One of his oldest memories is the sensation of having to know how everything works, from a simple McDonald's toy to his old remote control car, this sensation was in some way what made him realize he wanted to be an engineer.

He always said that being a Software Engineer was one of his strongest tools, because of the astonishing things that can be made only investing his time. He is a fan of the following quote: 
"When someone tells you that something can't be done, remember he is talking about his limitations, not yours."
[[Category:Student Contributors|Student_Contributors]]

School:Universidad de Montevideo

2017-01-20T22:07:06Z

Luisgurmendez:

== Overview ==

The University of Montevideo (UM) started off in 1986 as the Institute of Business Studies of Montevideo (IEEM). Some months later the IEEM started a postgraduate in business law. From there and on the IEEM continued incorporating new courses mixing law and business, such as seminar in management, business administration, master's degree in business law and much more.

It wasn't until April 29 of 1997 that the IEEM was approved to function as a university and from there it's known as the Universidad de Montevideo. To be legally approved as a university it was demanded the existence of three areas of knowledge, these were:
<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">
<li>Law</li>
<li>Business Science and Economics</li>
<li>Engineering</li>
</ul>



[[File:FIUM.jpg]]

''School of Engineering of Universidad de Montevideo''

Now the UM has 7 different faculties :
<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">
<li>Law School</li>
<li>Faculty of Business Science  and Economics</li>
<li>Faculty of Engineering</li>
<li>Faculty of Communication</li>
<li>Faculty of Biomedical Sciences</li>
<li>Business School (IEEM)</li>
<li>Center for tertiary training in services and innovation</li>
</ul>

Actually the UM offers 20 different major for undergraduate students and 28 majors for graduate students, through the colleges listed above, also it has been ranked the best university in Uruguay by the QS ranking.

== Student Entrepreneurship ==

There is an increasing number of students who choose to become entrepreneurs at Universidad de Montevideo. Most of them start this path before graduating but it is also often that alumni become entrepreneurs after some professional experience or completing an MBA.

One of the biggest successful entrepreneur story started in 2009, when Agustina Sartori and Carolina Bañales, two telematic engineers, decided to innovate in the beauty and cosmetics area. They received funds from ANII, settled their office at the university and with some student interns developed the first prototype of a virtual makeover. The product was sold to a local store and after that Start Up Chile, 500 Startups and Plug and Play supported and invested in their new app: [https://glamst.com/ GlamST].

[[File:Sartori banales.jpg]]

''Agustina and Carolina founders of GlamST''

Social entrepreneurship is also something that is being fostered at UM. Valentina Quagliotti was one of the first entrepreneurs in Uruguay to combine a business model with a social cause when she found [http://ikusi.org/ Ikusi], a social video production startup. She also was the first Director of [http://uy.socialab.com/ Socialab Uruguay], a latin american pre incubator for social ventures.

Not everybody succeed at first attempt, that is why Ignacio Menafra started [https://wanna.uy/ Wanna] an e-commerce portal and his fourth venture. Fortunately there are a lot of successful stories and you can know more about them [http://initium.uy/#video-empren here].

== Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship ==

The number of professors and faculty members fostering innovation and entrepreneurship has been growing in the last couple of years. This whole new spirit lead to the creation of [http://www.initium.uy/ Initium]. This center has created different courses and workshops stimulating students and professors to develop new skills and attitudes with an innovation and entrepreneurship mindset. It is also a place for connection between students, alumni entrepreneurs, accelerators and other extracurricular entities.There are also other courses that stimulate innovation in their areas, such as Engineering Labs or Investment Projects for example.

== University Technology Transfer Function ==

The UM doesn’t have a technology transfer office, but it has a  policy regarding intellectual property. Everything made in the university belongs to it. However as a student you could ask for the intellectual property of a project before starting it. Then you would have to have a meeting and sign some paperwork.

== University - Industry Collaboration ==

The university has a wide range of partnerships with different industries and businesses. One of the main reasons for that, are the compulsory internships that each student has to make each summer. This gives the students a better picture of reality and forces them to evaluate their career and opportunities.

Initium has recently develop some entrepreneurship focus internships in different startups. This initiative not only gives the student the opportunity to experience a real work experience but also stimulates innovation and entrepreneurship at the same time.

Some classes come together with local companies to develop or find a solution to a real problem. This semester for example in the Lab V course, telematics and computer engineers used their combined skills to find a solution to Mastra’s prepaid card system. [http://mastra.com.uy/ Mastra] is a local bar, pioneer in craft beer in Uruguay. It began as a startup founded by Ing.Wilfredo Camacho, graduate of the Universidad de Montevideo and Alejandro Cardozo.

In some faculties there are research offices that offer students internships by helping professors in their investigations. Let’s take for example the [https://www.linkedin.com/company/15086209?trk=prof-0-ovw-curr_pos CINOI] (Center of Innovation in Industrial Organization). It’s main objective is to form a stronger bond between the university and the business world, and it’s vision is to be a pioneer Center of Innovation and Applied Research in Industrial Organization in Latin America.

== Regional and Local Economic Development ==

Latin America has become a breeding ground for new businesses led by young people and it is now the second most enterprising region in the world, according to the World Bank.

“What really differentiates Uruguay from its neighbors is it’s incredibly stable economy and political situation, as well as its notable middle class. Uruguay has created an environment welcoming to foreign investment: the legal framework is stable and dependable and in terms of policy, its infrastructure is highly developed and acknowledged to be one of the top countries for software. Uruguay is also well known to be progressive in several fields, such as gay rights and marijuana consumption, which has helped Uruguayan entrepreneurs create products adapted to emerging markets and developed markets” says SeedStars in his last report on Latin American Entrepreneurship.

Uruguay's startup culture is growing incredibly fast this last couple of years. The National Agency of Innovation and Investigation (ANII) has been an amazing partner of this movement. Other entities such as incubators, accelerators, co work spaces and Innovation Centers from the different Universities have also played an incredible role and especially because of the synergy they developed.

== Other ==

== Related Links ==

[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1s7TfXDUmsTvVH5I0-6WUpFqgqqJF2FjuP_e6HXTSFqw/edit#gid=0 Landscape Canvas]

Leadership Circle

*[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Romina_Dominzain Romina Dominzain]
*[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Luis_Gurmendez Luis Gurméndez]
*[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Matias_Menendez Matías Menéndez]
*[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Cecilia_Tejera C][http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Cecilia_Tejera ecilia Tejera]

School:Universidad de Montevideo

2017-01-20T03:32:04Z

Luisgurmendez:

== Overview ==

The University of Montevideo (UM) started off in 1986 as the Institute of Business Studies of Montevideo (IEEM). Some months later the IEEM started a postgraduate in business law. From there and on the IEEM continued incorporating new courses mixing law and business, such as seminar in management, business administration, master's degree in business law and much more.

It wasn't until April 29 of 1997 that the IEEM was approved to function as a university and from there it's known as the Universidad de Montevideo. To be legally approved as a university it was demanded the existence of three areas of knowledge, these were:
<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">
<li>Law</li>
<li>Business Science and Economics</li>
<li>Engineering</li>
</ul>



[[File:FIUM.jpg]]

''School of Engineering of Universidad de Montevideo''

Now the UM has 7 different faculties :
<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">
<li>Law School</li>
<li>Faculty of Business Science  and Economics</li>
<li>Faculty of Engineering</li>
<li>Faculty of Communication</li>
<li>Faculty of Biomedical Sciences</li>
<li>Business School (IEEM)</li>
<li>Center for tertiary training in services and innovation</li>
</ul>

Actually the UM offers 20 different major for undergraduate students and 28 majors for graduate students, through the colleges listed above, also it has been ranked the best university in Uruguay by the QS ranking.

== Student Entrepreneurship ==

There is an increasing number of students who choose to become entrepreneurs at Universidad de Montevideo. Most of them start this path before graduating but it is also often that alumni become entrepreneurs after some professional experience or completing an MBA.

One of the biggest successful entrepreneur story started in 2009, when Agustina Sartori and Carolina Bañales, two telematic engineers, decided to innovate in the beauty and cosmetics area. They received funds from ANII, settled their office at the university and with some student interns developed the first prototype of a virtual makeover. The product was sold to a local store and after that Start Up Chile, 500 Startups and Plug and Play supported and invested in their new app: [https://glamst.com/ GlamST].

[[File:Sartori banales.jpg]]

''Agustina and Carolina founders of GlamST''

Social entrepreneurship is also something that is being fostered at UM. Valentina Quagliotti was one of the first entrepreneurs in Uruguay to combine a business model with a social cause when she found [http://ikusi.org/ Ikusi], a social video production startup. She also was the first Director of [http://uy.socialab.com/ Socialab Uruguay], a latin american pre incubator for social ventures.

Not everybody succeed at first attempt, that is why Ignacio Menafra started [https://wanna.uy/ Wanna] an e-commerce portal and his fourth venture. Fortunately there are a lot of successful stories and you can know more about them [http://initium.uy/#video-empren here].

== Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship ==

The number of professors and faculty members fostering innovation and entrepreneurship has been growing in the last couple of years. This whole new spirit lead to the creation of Inituim. (agregar link en la palabra [http://www.initium.uy/ Initium]. This center has created different courses and workshops stimulating students and professors to develop new skills and attitudes with an innovation and entrepreneurship mindset. It is also a place for connection between students, alumni entrepreneurs, accelerators and other extracurricular entities.There are also other courses that stimulate innovation in their areas, such as Engineering Labs or Investment Projects for example.

== University Technology Transfer Function ==

The UM doesn’t have a technology transfer office, but it has a  policy regarding intellectual property. Everything made in the university belongs to it. However as a student you could ask for the intellectual property of a project before starting it. Then you would have to have a meeting and sign some paperwork.

== University - Industry Collaboration ==

The university has a wide range of partnerships with different industries and businesses. One of the main reasons for that, are the compulsory internships that each student has to make each summer. This gives the students a better picture of reality and forces them to evaluate their career and opportunities.

Initium has recently develop some entrepreneurship focus internships in different startups. This initiative not only gives the student the opportunity to experience a real work experience but also stimulates innovation and entrepreneurship at the same time.

Some classes come together with local companies to develop or find a solution to a real problem. This semester for example in the Lab V course, telematics and computer engineers used their combined skills to find a solution to Mastra’s prepaid card system. [http://mastra.com.uy/ Mastra] is a local bar, pioneer in craft beer in Uruguay. It began as a startup founded by Ing.Wilfredo Camacho, graduate of the Universidad de Montevideo and Alejandro Cardozo.

In some faculties there are research offices that offer students internships by helping professors in their investigations. Let’s take for example the [https://www.linkedin.com/company/15086209?trk=prof-0-ovw-curr_pos CINOI] (Center of Innovation in Industrial Organization). It’s main objective is to form a stronger bond between the university and the business world, and it’s vision is to be a pioneer Center of Innovation and Applied Research in Industrial Organization in Latin America.

== Regional and Local Economic Development ==

Latin America has become a breeding ground for new businesses led by young people and it is now the second most enterprising region in the world, according to the World Bank.

“What really differentiates Uruguay from its neighbors is it’s incredibly stable economy and political situation, as well as its notable middle class. Uruguay has created an environment welcoming to foreign investment: the legal framework is stable and dependable and in terms of policy, its infrastructure is highly developed and acknowledged to be one of the top countries for software. Uruguay is also well known to be progressive in several fields, such as gay rights and marijuana consumption, which has helped Uruguayan entrepreneurs create products adapted to emerging markets and developed markets” says SeedStars in his last report on Latin American Entrepreneurship.

Uruguay's startup culture is growing incredibly fast this last couple of years. The National Agency of Innovation and Investigation (ANII) has been an amazing partner of this movement. Other entities such as incubators, accelerators, co work spaces and Innovation Centers from the different Universities have also played an incredible role and especially because of the synergy they developed.

== Other ==

== Related Links ==

[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1s7TfXDUmsTvVH5I0-6WUpFqgqqJF2FjuP_e6HXTSFqw/edit#gid=0 Landscape Canvas]

Leadership Circle

*[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Romina_Dominzain Romina Dominzain]
*[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Luis_Gurmendez Luis Gurméndez]
*[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Matias_Menendez Matías Menéndez]
*[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Cecilia_Tejera C][http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Cecilia_Tejera ecilia Tejera]

School:Universidad de Montevideo

2017-01-20T03:29:06Z

Luisgurmendez:

== Overview ==

The University of Montevideo (UM) started off in 1986 as the Institute of Business Studies of Montevideo (IEEM). Some months later the IEEM started a postgraduate in business law. From there and on the IEEM continued incorporating new courses mixing law and business, such as seminar in management, business administration, master's degree in business law and much more.

It wasn't until April 29 of 1997 that the IEEM was approved to function as a university and from there it's known as the Universidad de Montevideo. To be legally approved as a university it was demanded the existence of three areas of knowledge, these were:
<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">
<li>Law</li>
<li>Business Science and Economics</li>
<li>Engineering</li>
</ul>



[[File:FIUM.jpg]]

''School of Engineering of Universidad de Montevideo''

Now the UM has 7 different faculties :
<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">
<li>Law School</li>
<li>Faculty of Business Science  and Economics</li>
<li>Faculty of Engineering</li>
<li>Faculty of Communication</li>
<li>Faculty of Biomedical Sciences</li>
<li>Business School (IEEM)</li>
<li>Center for tertiary training in services and innovation</li>
</ul>

Actually the UM offers 20 different major for undergraduate students and 28 majors for graduate students, through the colleges listed above, also it has been ranked the best university in Uruguay by the QS ranking.

== Student Entrepreneurship ==

There is an increasing number of students who choose to become entrepreneurs at Universidad de Montevideo. Most of them start this path before graduating but it is also often that alumni become entrepreneurs after some professional experience or completing an MBA.

One of the biggest successful entrepreneur story started in 2009, when Agustina Sartori and Carolina Bañales, two telematic engineers, decided to innovate in the beauty and cosmetics area. They received funds from ANII, settled their office at the university and with some student interns developed the first prototype of a virtual makeover. The product was sold to a local store and after that Start Up Chile, 500 Startups and Plug and Play supported and invested in their new app: [https://glamst.com/ GlamST].

[[File:Sartori banales.jpg]]

''Agustina and Carolina founders of GlamST''

Social entrepreneurship is also something that is being fostered at UM. Valentina Quagliotti was one of the first entrepreneurs in Uruguay to combine a business model with a social cause when she found [http://ikusi.org/ Ikusi], a social video production startup. She also was the first Director of [http://uy.socialab.com/ Socialab Uruguay], a latin american pre incubator for social ventures.

Not everybody succeed at first attempt, that is why Ignacio Menafra started [https://wanna.uy/ Wanna] an e-commerce portal and his fourth venture. Fortunately there are a lot of successful stories and you can know more about them [http://initium.uy/#video-empren here].

== Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship ==

The number of professors and faculty members fostering innovation and entrepreneurship has been growing in the last couple of years. This whole new spirit lead to the creation of Inituim. (agregar link en la palabra [http://www.initium.uy/ Initium]. This center has created different courses and workshops stimulating students and professors to develop new skills and attitudes with an innovation and entrepreneurship mindset. It is also a place for connection between students, alumni entrepreneurs, accelerators and other extracurricular entities.There are also other courses that stimulate innovation in their areas, such as Engineering Labs or Investment Projects for example.

== University Technology Transfer Function ==

The UM doesn’t have a technology transfer office, but it has a  policy regarding intellectual property. Everything made in the university belongs to it. However as a student you could ask for the intellectual property of a project before starting it. Then you would have to have a meeting and sign some paperwork.

== University - Industry Collaboration ==

The university has a wide range of partnerships with different industries and businesses. One of the main reasons for that, are the compulsory internships that each student has to make each summer. This gives the students a better picture of reality and forces them to evaluate their career and opportunities.

Initium has recently develop some entrepreneurship focus internships in different startups. This initiative not only gives the student the opportunity to experience a real work experience but also stimulates innovation and entrepreneurship at the same time.

Some classes come together with local companies to develop or find a solution to a real problem. This semester for example in the Lab V course, telematics and computer engineers used their combined skills to find a solution to Mastra’s prepaid card system. [http://mastra.com.uy/ Mastra] is a local bar, pioneer in craft beer in Uruguay. It began as a startup founded by Ing.Wilfredo Camacho, graduate of the Universidad de Montevideo and Alejandro Cardozo.

In some faculties there are research offices that offer students internships by helping professors in their investigations. Let’s take for example the CINOI (Center of Innovation in Industrial Organization). It’s main objective is to form a stronger bond between the university and the business world, and it’s vision is to be a pioneer Center of Innovation and Applied Research in Industrial Organization in Latin America.

== Regional and Local Economic Development ==

Latin America has become a breeding ground for new businesses led by young people and it is now the second most enterprising region in the world, according to the World Bank.

“What really differentiates Uruguay from its neighbors is it’s incredibly stable economy and political situation, as well as its notable middle class. Uruguay has created an environment welcoming to foreign investment: the legal framework is stable and dependable and in terms of policy, its infrastructure is highly developed and acknowledged to be one of the top countries for software. Uruguay is also well known to be progressive in several fields, such as gay rights and marijuana consumption, which has helped Uruguayan entrepreneurs create products adapted to emerging markets and developed markets” says SeedStars in his last report on Latin American Entrepreneurship.

Uruguay's startup culture is growing incredibly fast this last couple of years. The National Agency of Innovation and Investigation (ANII) has been an amazing partner of this movement. Other entities such as incubators, accelerators, co work spaces and Innovation Centers from the different Universities have also played an incredible role and especially because of the synergy they developed.

== Other ==

== Related Links ==

[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1s7TfXDUmsTvVH5I0-6WUpFqgqqJF2FjuP_e6HXTSFqw/edit#gid=0 Landscape Canvas]

Leadership Circle

*[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Romina_Dominzain Romina Dominzain]
*[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Luis_Gurmendez Luis Gurméndez]
*[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Matias_Menendez Matías Menéndez]
*[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Cecilia_Tejera C][http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Cecilia_Tejera ecilia Tejera]

School:Universidad de Montevideo

2017-01-20T03:28:41Z

Luisgurmendez:

== Overview ==

The University of Montevideo (UM) started off in 1986 as the Institute of Business Studies of Montevideo (IEEM). Some months later the IEEM started a postgraduate in business law. From there and on the IEEM continued incorporating new courses mixing law and business, such as seminar in management, business administration, master's degree in business law and much more.

It wasn't until April 29 of 1997 that the IEEM was approved to function as a university and from there it's known as the Universidad de Montevideo. To be legally approved as a university it was demanded the existence of three areas of knowledge, these were:
<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">
<li>Law</li>
<li>Business Science and Economics</li>
<li>Engineering</li>
</ul>



[[File:FIUM.jpg]]

''School of Engineering of Universidad de Montevideo''

Now the UM has 7 different faculties :
<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">
<li>Law School</li>
<li>Faculty of Business Science  and Economics</li>
<li>Faculty of Engineering</li>
<li>Faculty of Communication</li>
<li>Faculty of Biomedical Sciences</li>
<li>Business School (IEEM)</li>
<li>Center for tertiary training in services and innovation</li>
</ul>

Actually the UM offers 20 different major for undergraduate students and 28 majors for graduate students, through the colleges listed above, also it has been ranked the best university in Uruguay by the QS ranking.

== Student Entrepreneurship ==

There is an increasing number of students who choose to become entrepreneurs at Universidad de Montevideo. Most of them start this path before graduating but it is also often that alumni become entrepreneurs after some professional experience or completing an MBA.

One of the biggest successful entrepreneur story started in 2009, when Agustina Sartori and Carolina Bañales, two telematic engineers, decided to innovate in the beauty and cosmetics area. They received funds from ANII, settled their office at the university and with some student interns developed the first prototype of a virtual makeover. The product was sold to a local store and after that Start Up Chile, 500 Startups and Plug and Play supported and invested in their new app: [https://glamst.com/ GlamST].

[[File:Sartori banales.jpg]]

''Agustina and Carolina founders of GlamST''

Social entrepreneurship is also something that is being fostered at UM. Valentina Quagliotti was one of the first entrepreneurs in Uruguay to combine a business model with a social cause when she found [http://ikusi.org/ Ikusi], a social video production startup. She also was the first Director of [http://uy.socialab.com/ Socialab Uruguay], a latin american pre incubator for social ventures.

Not everybody succeed at first attempt, that is why Ignacio Menafra started [https://wanna.uy/ Wanna] an e-commerce portal and his fourth venture. Fortunately there are a lot of successful stories and you can know more about them [http://initium.uy/#video-empren here].

== Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship ==

The number of professors and faculty members fostering innovation and entrepreneurship has been growing in the last couple of years. This whole new spirit lead to the creation of Inituim. (agregar link en la palabra [http://www.initium.uy/ Initium]. This center has created different courses and workshops stimulating students and professors to develop new skills and attitudes with an innovation and entrepreneurship mindset. It is also a place for connection between students, alumni entrepreneurs, accelerators and other extracurricular entities.There are also other courses that stimulate innovation in their areas, such as Engineering Labs or Investment Projects for example.

== University Technology Transfer Function ==

The UM doesn’t have a technology transfer office, but it has a  policy regarding intellectual property. Everything made in the university belongs to it. However as a student you could ask for the intellectual property of a project before starting it. Then you would have to have a meeting and sign some paperwork.

== University - Industry Collaboration ==

The university has a wide range of partnerships with different industries and businesses. One of the main reasons for that, are the compulsory internships that each student has to make each summer. This gives the students a better picture of reality and forces them to evaluate their career and opportunities.

Initium has recently develop some entrepreneurship focus internships in different startups. This initiative not only gives the student the opportunity to experience a real work experience but also stimulates innovation and entrepreneurship at the same time.

Some classes come together with local companies to develop or find a solution to a real problem. This semester for example in the Lab V course, telematics and computer engineers used their combined skills to find a solution to Mastra’s prepaid card system. [http://mastra.com.uy/ Mastra]is a local bar, pioneer in craft beer in Uruguay. It began as a startup founded by Ing.Wilfredo Camacho, graduate of the Universidad de Montevideo and Alejandro Cardozo.

In some faculties there are research offices that offer students internships by helping professors in their investigations. Let’s take for example the CINOI (Center of Innovation in Industrial Organization). It’s main objective is to form a stronger bond between the university and the business world, and it’s vision is to be a pioneer Center of Innovation and Applied Research in Industrial Organization in Latin America.

== Regional and Local Economic Development ==

Latin America has become a breeding ground for new businesses led by young people and it is now the second most enterprising region in the world, according to the World Bank.

“What really differentiates Uruguay from its neighbors is it’s incredibly stable economy and political situation, as well as its notable middle class. Uruguay has created an environment welcoming to foreign investment: the legal framework is stable and dependable and in terms of policy, its infrastructure is highly developed and acknowledged to be one of the top countries for software. Uruguay is also well known to be progressive in several fields, such as gay rights and marijuana consumption, which has helped Uruguayan entrepreneurs create products adapted to emerging markets and developed markets” says SeedStars in his last report on Latin American Entrepreneurship.

Uruguay's startup culture is growing incredibly fast this last couple of years. The National Agency of Innovation and Investigation (ANII) has been an amazing partner of this movement. Other entities such as incubators, accelerators, co work spaces and Innovation Centers from the different Universities have also played an incredible role and especially because of the synergy they developed.

== Other ==

== Related Links ==

[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1s7TfXDUmsTvVH5I0-6WUpFqgqqJF2FjuP_e6HXTSFqw/edit#gid=0 Landscape Canvas]

Leadership Circle

*[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Romina_Dominzain Romina Dominzain]
*[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Luis_Gurmendez Luis Gurméndez]
*[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Matias_Menendez Matías Menéndez]
*[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Cecilia_Tejera C][http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Cecilia_Tejera ecilia Tejera]

School:Universidad de Montevideo

2017-01-20T03:27:26Z

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== Overview ==

The University of Montevideo (UM) started off in 1986 as the Institute of Business Studies of Montevideo (IEEM). Some months later the IEEM started a postgraduate in business law. From there and on the IEEM continued incorporating new courses mixing law and business, such as seminar in management, business administration, master's degree in business law and much more.

It wasn't until April 29 of 1997 that the IEEM was approved to function as a university and from there it's known as the Universidad de Montevideo. To be legally approved as a university it was demanded the existence of three areas of knowledge, these were:
<ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">
<li>Law</li>
<li>Business Science and Economics</li>
<li>Engineering</li>
</ul>



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''School of Engineering of Universidad de Montevideo''

Now the UM has 7 different faculties :
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<li>Law School</li>
<li>Faculty of Business Science  and Economics</li>
<li>Faculty of Engineering</li>
<li>Faculty of Communication</li>
<li>Faculty of Biomedical Sciences</li>
<li>Business School (IEEM)</li>
<li>Center for tertiary training in services and innovation</li>
</ul>

Actually the UM offers 20 different major for undergraduate students and 28 majors for graduate students, through the colleges listed above, also it has been ranked the best university in Uruguay by the QS ranking.

== Student Entrepreneurship ==

There is an increasing number of students who choose to become entrepreneurs at Universidad de Montevideo. Most of them start this path before graduating but it is also often that alumni become entrepreneurs after some professional experience or completing an MBA.

One of the biggest successful entrepreneur story started in 2009, when Agustina Sartori and Carolina Bañales, two telematic engineers, decided to innovate in the beauty and cosmetics area. They received funds from ANII, settled their office at the university and with some student interns developed the first prototype of a virtual makeover. The product was sold to a local store and after that Start Up Chile, 500 Startups and Plug and Play supported and invested in their new app: [https://glamst.com/ GlamST].

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''Agustina and Carolina founders of GlamST''

Social entrepreneurship is also something that is being fostered at UM. Valentina Quagliotti was one of the first entrepreneurs in Uruguay to combine a business model with a social cause when she found [http://ikusi.org/ Ikusi], a social video production startup. She also was the first Director of [http://uy.socialab.com/ Socialab Uruguay], a latin american pre incubator for social ventures.

Not everybody succeed at first attempt, that is why Ignacio Menafra started [https://wanna.uy/ Wanna] an e-commerce portal and his fourth venture. Fortunately there are a lot of successful stories and you can know more about them [http://initium.uy/#video-empren here].

== Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship ==

The number of professors and faculty members fostering innovation and entrepreneurship has been growing in the last couple of years. This whole new spirit lead to the creation of Inituim. (agregar link en la palabra [http://www.initium.uy/ Initium]. This center has created different courses and workshops stimulating students and professors to develop new skills and attitudes with an innovation and entrepreneurship mindset. It is also a place for connection between students, alumni entrepreneurs, accelerators and other extracurricular entities.There are also other courses that stimulate innovation in their areas, such as Engineering Labs or Investment Projects for example.

== University Technology Transfer Function ==

The UM doesn’t have a technology transfer office, but it has a  policy regarding intellectual property. Everything made in the university belongs to it. However as a student you could ask for the intellectual property of a project before starting it. Then you would have to have a meeting and sign some paperwork.

== University - Industry Collaboration ==

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== Regional and Local Economic Development ==

Latin America has become a breeding ground for new businesses led by young people and it is now the second most enterprising region in the world, according to the World Bank.

“What really differentiates Uruguay from its neighbors is it’s incredibly stable economy and political situation, as well as its notable middle class. Uruguay has created an environment welcoming to foreign investment: the legal framework is stable and dependable and in terms of policy, its infrastructure is highly developed and acknowledged to be one of the top countries for software. Uruguay is also well known to be progressive in several fields, such as gay rights and marijuana consumption, which has helped Uruguayan entrepreneurs create products adapted to emerging markets and developed markets” says SeedStars in his last report on Latin American Entrepreneurship.

Uruguay's startup culture is growing incredibly fast this last couple of years. The National Agency of Innovation and Investigation (ANII) has been an amazing partner of this movement. Other entities such as incubators, accelerators, co work spaces and Innovation Centers from the different Universities have also played an incredible role and especially because of the synergy they developed.

== Other ==

== Related Links ==

[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1s7TfXDUmsTvVH5I0-6WUpFqgqqJF2FjuP_e6HXTSFqw/edit#gid=0 Landscape Canvas]

Leadership Circle

*[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Romina_Dominzain Romina Dominzain]
*[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Luis_Gurmendez Luis Gurméndez]
*[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Matias_Menendez Matías Menéndez]
*[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Cecilia_Tejera C][http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Cecilia_Tejera ecilia Tejera]

Fellow:Luis Gurmendez

2017-01-20T00:14:07Z

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Luis Gurmendez is a nature lover and then a Software Engineer senior student. When it comes to programming, one of his passions and [[File:LuisGurmendezPic.jpg|thumb|LuisGurmendezPic.jpg]]strengths, Luis unleashes a blast of creativity and innovation skills that are multiplyed when it come across with nature related topics, as for example the tree donation platform he is developing, aiming for a fun and innovating way of donation. One of his goals is to raise awareness on society about environmental issues, and also at some point of his life travel around the world.

One of his oldest memories is the sensation of having to know how everything works, from a simple McDonald's toy to his old remote control car, this sensation was in some way what made him realize he wanted to be an engineer.

He always said that being a Software Engineer was one of his strongest tools, because of the astonishing things that can be made only investing his time. He is a fan of the following quote: 
"When someone tells you that something can't be done, remember he is talking about his limitations, not yours."
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2017-01-05T16:36:30Z

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Luis Gurmendez is a nature lover and then a Software Engineer senior student. When it comes to programming, one of his passions and [[File:LuisGurmendezPic.jpg|thumb]]strengths, Luis unleashes a blast of creativity and innovation skills that are multiplyed when it come across with nature related topics, as for example the tree donation platform he is developing, aiming for a fun and innovating way of donation. One of his goals is to raise awareness on  socity about environmental issues, and also in some point of his life travel through the world.

One of his oldest memories is the sensation of having to know how everything works, from a simple McDonald's toy to his old remote control car, this sensation was in some way what make him realized he wanted to be an engineer.

He always said that beeing a Software Engineer was one of his stronges tools, because of the astonishing things that can be made only investing his time. He is a fan of the following phrase: 
"When someone tells you that something can't be done, remember he is talking about his limitations, not yours."

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File:LuisGurmendezPic.jpg

2017-01-05T16:32:22Z

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