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<span style="font-size:small;">Sam Warach is an Innovation Fellow and<span style="caret-color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-family: Lato, sans-serif;"> Founder of NextStep HealthTech, a mission-driven technology company created to improve personal and public health.</span></span>

<span style="font-size:small;">Sam holds a Bachelor of Science dual degree from the [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_New_Hampshire University of New Hampshire (UNH)]. Sam earned a dual degree in Business Administration: Finance, and International Affairs, with an extracurricular focus on technology, innovation, and design.</span>

<span style="font-size:small;">Sam has had passion for entrepreneurship and innovation from a young age. <span style="caret-color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-family: Lato, sans-serif;">Sam has enjoyed supporting people with personal and professional development individually and collectively through mentorship and coaching programs. He is currently working on projects for social innovation using his leadership, business, design, creative problem solving, community development, and technology acumen he's acquired through work and school experiences.</span></span>

<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-family: Lato, sans-serif;">As a mission-driven technology entrepreneur, Sam has designed and led development of different software platforms to support social causes and is a member of the US National Innovation Network through a grant partnership in the U.S. National Science Foundation I-Corps program. As a New Hampshire native, Sam is an avid outdoorsman, he enjoys traveling and heading to the coast for a surf when he can find the time.</span></span>

<span style="font-size:small;">During his sophomore year at UNH, Sam cofounded the UNH Entrepreneurship Club, a student organization centered around cultivating innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship in the university and local communities. Sam gained experience leading the organization, designing and facilitating workshops for members, and spearheading discussion around innovation and entrepreneurship throughout the University community. The organization is a hub for educating members about how to pursue entrepreneurship and connecting members together to exercise their own think-tank sessions. The UNH Entrepreneurship Club (UNH ICE) also provides a network to connect students to local startups where they can find internship and employment opportunities. The club exists today as a staple orgranization for seacost NH community members to connect around innovaition, creativity, entrepreneurship and design.</span>
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_New_Hampshire University of New Hampshire (UNH)]
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== Other members of the Fall 2016 Cohort ==
<div>[[Shawn Venti|Shawn_Venti]]</div><div>[[Matt Griswold|Matt_Griswold]]<br/></div><div>[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Christin_Badylak-Reals Christin Badylak-Reals]</div><br/></div>
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2019-04-15T17:34:59Z

Samwarach:

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2019-04-15T17:33:22Z

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Sam Warach is a University Innovation Fellow and an undergraduate student at the [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_New_Hampshire University of New Hampshire (UNH)] slated for graduation in May 2017. Sam is a candidate for a Bachelor of Science dual degree in Business Administration: Finance and International Affairs. He has had passion for entrepreneurship and innovation from a young age when he started selling silly putty in middle school.

During his sophomore year at UNH in 2014, Sam founded the UNH Entrepreneurship Club with a few friends. The Club has evolved into a widely recognized student organization that has a consistent membership and engagement of roughly 50 members per week. Sam's role as President of the club for the 2016-2017 school year is to spearhead the discussion and exposure of innovation and entrepreneurship throughout the University community. The club, also known as UNH ICE (Innovation, Creativity, and Entrepreneurship) is a hub for connecting students to local startups where they can find internship and employment opportunities.
<div class="_">Sam is currently working on projects for social innovation and as a singer/songwriter writing music using guitar and piano. As a New Hampshire native, Sam has always been interested in the outdoors. Sam enjoys heading to the beach for a surf in his free time.</div><div class="_"></div><div class="_"><br/></div><div class="_"><br/></div><div>[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_New_Hampshire_Student_Priorities University of New Hampshire Student Priorities]</div>

2016-10-22T03:30:49Z

Samwarach:

1. Integration and growth of I&E related student orgs

*Evangelical promotion of the available resources through our key partners, our media channels, and our key partners' media channels

2. Create digital platform for idea connection board

*Through our partners at the UNH ECenter, as a cohort, we will build and manage the new online idea connection network page
*Over time we will recruit new students to manage the page

3. Expand FIRE program across all colleges and then across all four years

*Advocate for incorporating design thinking and lean startup principles

4. Legislative financial support

*Legalized most heavily traded black market commodities use tax revenues to properly fund university system

5. Establish research/industrial park for spinout phase support

*Wet lab creation through the UNH ECenter

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= Related Links =

[https://youtu.be/YH-BBiyhZzU Pitch Video - Fall 2016]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_New_Hampshire University of New Hampshire]

== Fall 2016 Fellows<br/> ==

[[Sam Warach|Sam_Warach]]

[[Shawn Venti|Shawn_Venti]]

[[Christin Badylak-Reals|Christin_Badylak-Reals]]

[[Matt Griswold|Matt_Griswold]]<br/>

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Priorities:University of New Hampshire Student Priorities

2016-10-22T03:30:35Z

Samwarach:

1. Integration and growth of I&E related student orgs

*Evangelical promotion of the available resources through our key partners, our media channels, and our key partners' media channels

2. Create digital platform for idea connection board

*Through our partners at the UNH ECenter, as a cohort, we will build and manage the new online idea connection network page
*Over time we will recruit new students to manage the page

3. Expand FIRE program across all colleges and then across all four years

*Advocate for incorporating design thinking and lean startup principles

4. Legislative financial support

*Legalized most heavily traded black market commodities use tax revenues to properly fund university system

5. Establish research/industrial park for spinout phase support

*Wet lab creation through the UNH ECenter

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= Related Links =

[https://youtu.be/YH-BBiyhZzU Pitch Video - Fall 2016]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_New_Hampshire University of New Hampshire]

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== Fall 2016 Fellows<br/> ==

[[Sam_Warach|Sam_Warach]]

[[Shawn_Venti|Shawn_Venti]]

[[Christin_Badylak-Reals|Christin_Badylak-Reals]]

[[Matt_Griswold|Matt_Griswold]]<br/><br/>