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<div>= Overview<br/> =<br />
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The University of Pittsburgh is a well-known leader in innovation within the fields of engineering and medical research.&nbsp; Translational research and entrepreneurship exist primarily at the institutional level.&nbsp; Many organizations exist, like the Institute of Entrepreneurial Excellence, to give budding entrepreneurs the needed resources and inspiration to proceed from ideation to market.&nbsp; In the last 20 years alone, such programs have created more than 800 startups and 7,000 jobs in the Pittsburgh area.&nbsp; Between the sheer amount of research conducted and available seed funding (Coulter Program for bioengineering devices, other VC connections through Institute of Entrepreneurial Excellence) Innovation and Entrepreneurship needs only to be catalyzed to take off, since all necessary ingredients are in abundance at the University of Pittsburgh.<br />
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However, there is a huge gap on campus between these institutions and undergraduate students.&nbsp; Most students are unaware of PantherlabWorks (a commercialization accelerator) and do not know that the university offers patent and IP counseling through the Office of Technology Management/Office of Enterprise Development.&nbsp; At present, these institutions mainly serve graduate students and faculty.&nbsp;<br />
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Fortunately, administrators are beginning to take a strong interest in university-facilitated patent development and product realization for undergraduate students.&nbsp; Professors from the Industrial Engineering department will soon introduce a product realization certificate to span all majors and the chemical engineering department has recently revamped its sophomore and junior year curriculum to more intently convey design principles.&nbsp; The mechanical engineering department, too, has been steadily increasing the focus on sustainability and marketability in undergraduate design classes, as in ‘MEMS 0024: Intro to Mechanical Engineering Design.’<br />
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Still, it is clear that there is more work to be done.&nbsp; In many other disciplines, serious project management/design courses are not mandatory until senior year.&nbsp; Further, freshman students are NEVER formally exposed to the opportunities of product development for engineers.&nbsp; The best opportunities for undergrads to get involved in projects are in extracurricular clubs.&nbsp; DesignHub, Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW), and Engineers Without Borders (EWB) are three of the strongest organizations on campus for completing actual projects with significant impact in local and global communities.<br />
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= Strategy #1: Inspire and Forge Project Teams =<br />
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Following are an array of strategies that will fully address Gap #1 over a 2-3 year period:<br />
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== Tactic #1: Create Advisory Board/Panel to Promote I&E ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Students in the Pitt Business school are currently looking to launch an entrepreneurship club- one that would connect mixed groups of students to form cohesive teams (engineering, business, law, etc. students) and validate market potential.&nbsp; In partnering with this effort, an advisory board for I&E would seek out possible projects and give them to an able team.&nbsp; It would be the goal of such a board to find the need on campus for different products, looking for possible ideas in extracurricular clubs, professors, and perhaps, industry.&nbsp; These projects would be assigned to a team that applies with a plan to complete them, and they would be guided to the IP resources on campus and eventually to the proper contacts in the Business school for marketing advice. &nbsp; &nbsp;<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Team Leader:: TBD<br />
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== Tactic #2: Host Seminars/Grand Challenges to Educate/Inspire ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Professors in the Engineering Education Resource Center (EERC), are in the process of applying for a grant to host seminars and challenge sessions for next semester.&nbsp; As Innovation Fellows, we have been given the opportunity to help plan these events and hope to use them to foster support (especially at the freshman/sophomore level) for the movement.&nbsp; Current seminar ideas include: Dinner with entrepreneurs, microGrant challenge, skill seminars.&nbsp;<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Team Leader:: TBD<br />
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= Strategy #2: Provide better innovation spaces =<br />
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Students on campus need more space to work on projects. These spaces will not only meet that need, they will also improve the innovative culture by giving students a home base, a hang out spot, where innovative communities can form.<br />
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In order to accomplish this goal, a group in the engineering school is starting an initial space in order to prove demand and bolster support. In the near future, we hope to expand the space and form multiple spaces, encompassing the entire scale of prototyping fidelity and providing the lowest posible barrier to entry to students in all schools at Pitt.<br />
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After the development of the makerspaces in the engineering school, additional spaces across campus with easier and more versatile accessibility to students of all majors is necessary to continually foster growth in design thinking and creative confidence for all students without unintentionally segregating student groups based on major or location. In this sense, mobile lab spaces that encourage low-tech, immediate solutions to all manners of creative problems, as well as collaboration of thought and ideals across different areas of study are required to come up with the next generation fo innovative and sustainable solutions with the constitution of multiple perspectives.&nbsp;<br />
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== <span style="font-size:large">Milestone #1: Find and Create a Space (Completed Jan 1st 2016)</span> ==<br />
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• &nbsp; Secured space in engineering building to serve as the first space. Space was remodelled and essentially inheirited as a blank slate.<br />
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== <span style="font-size:large">Milestone #2: Form teams to manage the space (Initially formed Jan 19th)</span> ==<br />
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The space is managed by 4 subteams. Each subteam has a team leader. All of the team leaders serve as the overall management team for the space, which is led by Zach Patterson. Dr. Buddy Clark serves as a faculty mentor & leader. Subteams are:<br />
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*Equipment Team: In charge of keeping an equipment & materials wishist and maintaining equipment & materials in the room. Led by Nick Petro<br />
*Education & Training Team: In charge of training new users to use the space, creating training modules for equipment as it is added, and providing and stimulating ongoing education for members. Led by Kevin Gilboy<br />
*Users Team: In charge of accumulating key data for the space in order to form a quantitative value proposition for additional spaces. Also helps determine baseline requirements for room use. Led by Linday Pietz<br />
*Outreach Team: In charge of promoting the space both on and off campus. Seeks industry sponsors. Led by Reshef Elisha<br />
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== <span style="font-size:large;">Milestone #3: Have a completely organized, functional, highly used space<br/><span style="font-size:medium;">Date: April 2016</span></span> ==<br />
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*Paint and outfit the room to make it a more welcoming and thought provoking place<br />
*Set up equipment and materials in the room<br />
*Iron out the management scheme to ensure maximum efficiency and effectiveness<br />
*Maximize data tracking<br />
*Steadily increase traffic and cultivate a community<br />
*Secure industry sponsors<br />
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== <span style="font-size:large;">Milestone #4: Have a grand opening to kick off the new school year</span><br/><span style="font-size:medium;">Date: September 2016</span> ==<br />
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After completely setting up the space, ensuring everthing runs smoothly, and perfecting our data tracking techniquies, we will begin to heavily promote the space in the new school year, holding events and doing our best to bring in more students than we have space and resources. By doing this, we hope to prove that demand has outgrown the space and that it is time to expand to more and better spaces.&nbsp;<br />
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== <span style="font-size:large;">Milestone #5: Propose more and better spaces</span><br/><span style="font-size:medium;">Date: October 2016</span> ==<br />
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The data collected over the course of the year will serve as the basis for a proposal to greatly increase the resources put into makerspaces and to rapidly expand our space to other location. We will propose both more spaces for general project work along with additional spaces for higher fildelity work.<br />
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== <span style="font-size:large;">Milestone #6: Begin a campuswide group of makerspaces</span><br/><span style="font-size:medium;">Date: Spring 2017</span> ==<br />
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Using funding hopefully aquired from Milestone #5, we will scale up our proven management structure and launch additional spaces around campus<br />
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=== '''Initiative #2: Expand mobile creative labs for easier accessibity and diversity''' ===<br />
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Collaborating with the University of Pittsburgh Innovation Institute and multiple schools across campus, agents of innovation will be leading the development and integration of mobile creative spaces within student communities to instill generalized and technical design projects and initiatives based on case-by-case, topical choices made my collaborations of the creator lab development teams as well as affiliated active student communities.<br />
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Creator labs will focus more on the versatility and educational strength of the design thinking motif by providing models and methods that not only serve as bases for prototyping and ideation, but also the focus and subjectivity of different areas of study, including the natural sciences, engineering, expressive and visual arts, law, writing, public health, education, philosophy, etc. In particular, creator labs will allow creative and innovative students and thinkers from each school and club or organization across campus to experience not only generalized applied education on design thinking, but also focused learning and applied methods based on their field. Focused learning and methods within the framework of the creator lab will emphasize constitutive ideas and thoughts as a result of collaboration of multiple fields and areas of study within the parameters of a single field.<br />
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For instance, engineering concepts may fare very well in fostering new methods of problem-solving and solution conception within the scope of theater and the visual arts, provided enough guided investigation and collaboration is executed such that it is clearly shown that the problem parameters of the theater/visual arts framework coincide with the concepts and creative processes of the engineering framework.&nbsp;<br />
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At the start of development (February 2016), the mobile creator lab concepts are conceptualized and elaborated with under the guidance of the University Innovation Fellows spring 2016 cohort, the University of Pittsburgh Innovation Institute, and student leaders and liaisons of multiple clubs and organizations that serve as great potential for change-making hosts of the mobile creator labs. Aakash Sudhakar (current University Innovation Candidate) serves as the main student leader of developing and integrating mobile creator labs within the Pitt community.&nbsp;<br />
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=== Initiative #3: Develop student networks for enhanced creative sustainability ===<br />
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As a mirror to the objectives of Intiative #2: Expand Mobile Creative Labs For Easier Assibility and Diversity, it is important for students across campus who have versatility and experience in design thinking and the creative processes, especially within the scopes and frameworks of different majors, to have a community where they can come together with other like-minded students and students with minimal experience in design thinking and creative confidence to collaborate and refine thinking and problem-solving models. Much of what the University Innovation Fellows program does is a generalized framework for which to apply into specific problems and scenarios, but much of the success of those potential applications is very difficult to know as the student problems across campus can be difficult to identify, track and codify within the design thinking and creative confidence frameworks.&nbsp;<br />
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To help develop and institutionalize a program that would better allow agents of innovation across campus to be aware and able to assist with these student issues, it is important to allow much of the power and ability of these problem-solving abilities to be in the hands of student leaders, activists and representatives throughout the Pitt community. Developing a mentorship network that focuses on student-to-student interaction and topical problem identification and solution scenarios serves not only as a type of exercise for refining design thinking and creative process models, but also encourages further investigation in areas of the Pitt student community that may be affected by issues outside of the immediate awareness of the University Innovation Fellows program.&nbsp;<br />
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At the start of development (February 2016),&nbsp;the student creative network concepts are conceptualized and elaborated with under the guidance of the University Innovation Fellows spring 2016 cohort, the University of Pittsburgh Innovation Institute, and student leaders and activists across campus in the form of the ideation of a new club called the Pitt Master Minds network, inspired by a statement by Andrew Carnegie that a Master Mind is a "coordination of knowledge and effort, in a spirit of harmony, between two or more people, for the attainment of a definite purpose." Aakash Sudhakar (current University Innovation Candidate) serves as the main student leader of developing and promoting the use of design-based student creative networks within the Pitt community.&nbsp;It is important to note that the potential club will be affiliated with organizations and groups outside of Pitt, including mentorship networks and other Master Mind groups that can help provide problem scenarios and creative topics to direct Pitt's Master Mind network in innovative and constructive directions.&nbsp;<br />
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= Strategy #3: Increase awareness of I&E in the Arts and Science Progrograms&nbsp; =<br />
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== Tactic #1: Advertising ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: The Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences currently does not have an effective way to advertise innovation, entrepreneurship, and design thinking programs. In order to A&S to establish a stronger presence in the innovation and entrepreneurship community, there needs to be a better method of advertising programs available to students and increase communication between colleges. •&nbsp;&nbsp; Team Leader: Emily Klonicki (current microbiology candidate)&nbsp;<br />
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Milestones:<br />
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*Form a marketing committee<br />
*Newsletter/ email list<br />
*Speak to classes<br />
*Have teams from A&S compete and participate in I&E programs<br />
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== Tactic #2: Recruiting potential project teams ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Currently, Pitt provides multiple I&E programs available for students such as the Blast Furnace, Big Idea competition, Hackathons, Design Expo and, the Series. However, most participants come from either the business or engineering school. By recruiting potential project teams from A&S to participate in these programs, it will help establish an innovation and entrepreneurship community in this college. Team Leader: Emily Klonicki<br />
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== Tactic #3: Provide a space for A&S students ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: In the long term, with increasing student support we would hope to establish a space for A&S students to have low resolution prototyping material and whiteboards available for student use. Another future goal is to increase active learning opportunities within the classroom and for A&S students develop their own programs and hackathons which could be held in this space. Team Leader: Emily Klonicki<br />
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= Strategy #4: Change Curriculum&nbsp; =<br />
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== Tactic #1: First Year Classes ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Students at each of the schools at University of Pittsburgh are required to take an introductory class their freshman year. We could incorporate design thinking or innovation and entrepreneurship into the curriculum.<br />
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*In Spring 2015, the engineering school launched The Art of Making, a course initially designed for freshmen honors engineering students. The course is a demanding journey through the world of design thinking and rapid prototyping. Students leave the course having been introduced to a wide array of prototyping skills in fabrication, electronics, pretotyping, etc. More importantly, students gain the confidence to be doers and the background to better learn and apply material from theoretical coursework to come. As a cherry on top, the course drastically improves students' ability to choose a major within engineering as they get much better exposure to the sorts of things that different engineers might do.&nbsp;<br/>The course has since been adapted for upperclassmen students both in and outside of engineering as an elective. Students who have participated in the course have gone on to be leaders in project based clubs and other similar endeavors.<br/>Dr. Joe Samosky is the preofessor and creator of the course. Many Pitt UIFs and UIFCs are co-creators and original TAs of the course including [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Nathan_Smialek Nate Smialek], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Zachary_Patterson Zach Patterson], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Brian_Rhindress Brian Rhindress], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Madhur_Malhotra Madhur Malhotra], and [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Ian_McIntyre Ian McIntyre].&nbsp;[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Jennifer_Sommer Jenny Sommer]&nbsp;is currently a TA for the Spring 2016 offering.<br />
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== Tactic #2: Provide an Interdisciplinary Entrepreneurship Class ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Currently, Pitt has entrepreneurship and design thinking classes in all three schools. However, each class is only allowed to be taken by students from their respective schools. Pitt should add a course that allows students to take a class about innovation, design thinking and entrepreneurship that is open to all disciplines. That would allow students to see how to approach these problems from various viewpoints and will lead them to more creative thinking due to the interdisciplinary collaboration.<br />
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== Tactic #3: Give credit to entrepreneurs ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Pitt offers credit to students with internships and research on campus. Pitt could apply the same thing to entrepreneurial ventures which would allow students to manage their time more effectively because their projects would go back to school credit.<br />
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= Strategy #5: Startup Pitt =<br />
<div>Innovation cannot thrive in a bubble. Entrepreneurship is up-and-coming in Pittsburgh, and it’s important that undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Pittsburgh are exposed to this awesome movement. Ian is experiencing the entrepreneurial drive first-hand. Regardless of the value of his bioengineering degree, Ian pondered dropping out of school after his startup was admitted into the Alphalab Gear Accelerator program. Ian has feet in both realms: one in the University, one in the community. At the University, Ian is watching groups of students practicing design thinking, innovation, and entrepreneurship, all which are valuable skills for those involved in startups. These students are driven and searching to use what they learn in the classroom on real-world projects. On the other side, Ian is (somewhat firsthand) witnessing the need for startups to hire interns with engineering, design, and business experience. &nbsp;In fact, Ian worked as an intern with his project to further the technological and business development before the thought of commercialization occurred. Why can’t other interns help young startups succeed?</div><div><br/></div><div>Startup Pitt is a smaller-scale model of Venture for America, a program that places recent college graduates in startups throughout the country. VFA Fellows have been instrumental in building businesses and helping startups succeed. Likewise, Startup Pitt interns will help Pittsburgh startups become successful while earning salary and a valuable internship experience. Of course, Startup Pitt keeps to it’s title: starting-up Pittsburgh as a center of entrepreneurship.</div><div><br/></div><br />
== Program Specifics ==<br />
<div>The Startup Pitt process may be compared to an engineering cooperative-education (co-op) program, an educational program that places engineering students in an established company or engineering firm. A co-op student works for three semesters -- one full year -- with a schedule negotiated between the employer and student. A student may alternate between work and school semesters; work in the fall, assume classes in the spring, work in the summer, assume classes in the fall, etc. On the other hand, a company may want a student to work for a year through, during which time the student would not return to classes. There are subjective benefits and disadvantages to each schedule setup that vary with students and courses of studies. However, a &nbsp;co-op trumps a traditional internship in that a student maintains full-time student status during the co-op semesters. Full-time student status permits a student to reside in on-campus dormitories and receive all the stipulations of being a student. A co-op student does not pay tuition unless she enrolls in night classes.</div><div><br/></div><div>Startup Pitt provides a flexible hiring duration for startups and for students who are looking for an internship. &nbsp;While a co-op is expected to work for three semesters, the Startup Pitt program adapts to the needs of the intern and the startup to satisfy both parties. For example, if a startup can only hire a student for one semester, Startup Pitt may provide an intern who appreciates the short-term work experience that will not delay graduation. Furthermore, Startup Pitt provides internships to not only engineering students, but also business students, students of design, and students who possess skillsets desired by a Pittsburgh startup. Startup Pitt allows a more flexible internship duration.</div><div><br/></div><div>Finances hinder a startup’s ability to hire appropriate help. The Startup Pitt program acknowledges that startups may want to hire an intern but may not be able to afford an intern. Startup Pitt works with departments and organizations at the University of Pittsburgh as well as the supporters of Pittsburgh incubators to subsidize the pay for an intern. In this manner, a startup receives extra help to grow a business without the concern of paying an intern, and an intern receives pay while gaining valuable work experience.</div><div><br/></div><br />
== Timeline ==<br />
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All objectives and tasks in the timeline are subject to change.<br />
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=== Customer discovery (March 2015) ===<br />
<div>Identify the needs of students at the University of Pittsburgh. Student groups include engineering students, business students, and those involved in I&E activities. Channels to reach students include department and program coordinators, seminars, and student / faculty organizations. Survey questions include</div><br />
*Would you (students) be interested in working for a startup?<br />
*How important is maintaining your full-time student status?<br />
*For how many academic semesters could you see yourself working an internship at a startup?<br />
*Why does working at a startup interest you?<br />
*What kinds of skills do you believe are needed to be successful with growing a startup?<br />
*Would you be willing to potentially delay your graduation?<br />
*How much pay (hourly rate) would you see yourself making while interning at a startup?<br />
<div><br/></div><div>Identify the needs of startups in Pittsburgh incubators and accelerators, such as startups involved in Alphalab, Alphalab Gear, Thrill Mill, Idea Foundry, and Revv Oakland. &nbsp;Survey questions include</div><br />
*Do you believe a college student pursuing an engineering / business / etc. major could make a contribution to your startup as an intern?<br />
*What skills would you look for in a student intern for your startup?<br />
*How long would you hire a Startup Pitt intern?<br />
*If at all, how much could you afford to pay a Startup Pitt intern?<br />
*If the Startup Pitt inter’s pay was subsidized through the University of Pittsburgh and/or your accelerator/incubator, would you be more likely to hire a Startup Pitt intern?<br />
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=== Prototype financial infrastructure (April 2015) ===<br />
<div>Coordinate with the University of Pittsburgh Innovation Institute, the Swanson School of Engineering, the College of Business Administration, and the investor networks who support Pittsburgh incubators/accelerators to assess the potential of subsidizing a Startup Pitt’s hourly pay. Establish the value of Startup Pitt with each supporter, and evaluate how much each supporter is willing to contribute to a Startup Pitt intern.&nbsp;</div><div><br/></div><br />
=== Future tasks ===<br />
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*Discuss program with University of Pittsburgh administration. Investigate potential of maintaining full-time student status during employment (May 2015)<br />
*Formulate a faculty and student committee to evaluate student applications (June 2015)<br />
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= Strategy #6:&nbsp;Build an Entreneurship Community at Pitt Business<br/> =<br />
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'''<span style="font-size: medium;">Curriculum</span>'''<br />
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Options are currently being explored to incorporate entrepreneruship modules into business general education classes in order to spark interest in the subject and familiarize Pitt Business students with the large amount of resources available. It is important to get students where they are "captive" in the classroom setting and monitor our conversion rate from there to the workshops being offered on campus.<br />
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<span style="font-size:medium;">'''Enactus Spring 2016 Action Plan''':</span><br />
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'''Entrepreneurship Cafe''' During the spring semester, Enactus and Pitt Business will host several "Entrepreneurship Cafe" sessions in which students, Entrepreneurs in Residence, and other I&E leaders will mingle and share ideas about innovation and entrepreneurship. Student participants are encouraged to come with ideas and topics they would like to discuss with the mentors present at the event. The concept is meant to foster a more organic approach to entrepreneurship and create an informal environment where people can share ideas and learn from each other.&nbsp;<br />
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'''Entrepreneurship Showcase Momentum Plan:'''<br />
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#Winning teams will be awarded a $100 stipend to work with Enactus as a project. They will also be provided financial guidance from the Enactus Finance Team (Josh Ordos and Bruce Baka)<br />
#Teams will be matched with a mentor or leader in the community through the Enactus Leadership Team and provided access to the BAB.<br />
#Winning teams will be given priority access to talk to speakers at all Enactus events and will also have the opportunity to get relevant site visits paid for by Enactus.<br />
#The Enactus Club will provide Lean Canvas model-training sessions to the winning teams during the course of semester.<br />
#The winnings teams will also have the opportunity to obtain intern support or additional team member support from Enactus club members.<br />
#Teams that continue to partner with Enactus as a sponsored project will be encouraged to compete at the regional and national competitions to earn more startup funding.&nbsp;<br />
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'''BAB (Business Advisory Board) Plan:'''&nbsp;<br />
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#The BAB must be available to provide guidance to all winning teams at the Entrepreneurship Showcase hackathon.<br />
#They must also be accessible to any other Enactus projects at least once per month.<br />
#Each BAB member will serve to connect Enactus with at least one speaker per semester.<br />
#Each BAB member will be used to organize at least one site visit per semester for Enactus.<br />
#Each BAB member will be used as a project specific mentor to at least one Enactus team per semester.<br />
#The BAB members must attend at least one site visits, general body meeting, or speaker event in order to provide Enactus students with clear access to the BAB Board.<br />
#Recruitment - (Mario)<br />
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'''Food Waste/Related Momentum Plan:'''<br />
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&nbsp;1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will operate at least one food waste/related project this semester.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; This will be organized and led by Hope Murray and it is already in the planning.<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will hold 2 food waste related speakers.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tentatively: Hungry Harvest in March (Grant)<br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tentatively: Executive Chef at Sodexo (Rhonda + Audrey)<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will hold 2 food waste/related site visits this semester.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Farm Truck Foods – A Food Waste Site Trip<br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; CMU Food Truck – A Food Waste Site Trip<br />
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c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 412 Food Rescue – A Food Waste Industry Speaker<br />
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4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will also serve to connect students to startups in food related industries.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The goal is to connect at least one Enactus member to a food industry related intern position in spring or summer 2016.&nbsp;<br />
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'''Site Visit, Speaker Event, and Projects Goals:'''&nbsp;<br />
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1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will operate at least three projects this semester.<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will run at least 1 site visit per month.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2 entrepreneurship related site visits:<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will run at least 1 speaker event per month at general club meetings.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2 entrepreneurship related speakers:<br />
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'''Regional and National Enactus Event Plan'''<br />
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1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Regional: March 29<sup>th</sup> Washington D.C.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Application Due Date: February 22<sup>nd</sup><br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; National Event: May 15<sup>th</sup>-17<sup>th</sup> in St. Louis<br />
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'''Additional Groups and Organizations to Contact'''<br />
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1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Food Recovery Network - For additional members and project ideas (TBA)<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Are there any other organizations that may consider co-membership to run the food truck? (TBA)<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; University Innovation Fellows - For additional leadership assistance (Grant)<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Engineers for A Sustainable World - For additional members and project ideas (Grant/Engineer?)<br />
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4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; All Innovation Institute Events - For additional members and project ideas (TBA)<br />
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5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Randall Family Big Idea - For additional members and project ideas (TBA)<br />
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6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Thrill Mill – For internship opportunities for students (Grant)<br />
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7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Design Hub - For additional members and project ideas (Mario)<br />
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***TBA - Need to find a recruiting chair for Enactus ASAP to go to all entrepreneurship events on campus to push meetings, events, and site visits<br />
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'''Future Goals and Standards'''&nbsp;<br />
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1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Food Hackathon September 2016<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Audrey - Can we start to organize a food hackathon for the beginning of the fall semester?<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Partner with at least one other CBA organizations to promote interdisciplinary relationships. &lt;/div&gt;<br />
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= See Our [https://youtu.be/_fwQN7t1baU Pitch] =<br />
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= Related Links =<br />
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[[University of Pittsburgh]]<br />
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[[Nathan Smialek]]<br />
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[[Brian Rhindress]]<br />
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[[Karuna Relwani|Karuna Relwani]]<br />
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[[Jennifer Sommer]]<br />
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[[Ian McIntyre|Ian McIntyre]]<br />
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[[Grant Jacoby|Grant Jacoby]]<br />
[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Zachary_Patterson Zach Patterson]</div><br />
[[Category:Student Priorities|u]]</div>Zpatthttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Priorities:University_of_Pittsburgh_Student_Priorities&diff=31854Priorities:University of Pittsburgh Student Priorities2016-02-12T13:30:26Z<p>Zpatt: </p>
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<div>= Overview<br/> =<br />
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The University of Pittsburgh is a well-known leader in innovation within the fields of engineering and medical research.&nbsp; Translational research and entrepreneurship exist primarily at the institutional level.&nbsp; Many organizations exist, like the Institute of Entrepreneurial Excellence, to give budding entrepreneurs the needed resources and inspiration to proceed from ideation to market.&nbsp; In the last 20 years alone, such programs have created more than 800 startups and 7,000 jobs in the Pittsburgh area.&nbsp; Between the sheer amount of research conducted and available seed funding (Coulter Program for bioengineering devices, other VC connections through Institute of Entrepreneurial Excellence) Innovation and Entrepreneurship needs only to be catalyzed to take off, since all necessary ingredients are in abundance at the University of Pittsburgh.<br />
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However, there is a huge gap on campus between these institutions and undergraduate students.&nbsp; Most students are unaware of PantherlabWorks (a commercialization accelerator) and do not know that the university offers patent and IP counseling through the Office of Technology Management/Office of Enterprise Development.&nbsp; At present, these institutions mainly serve graduate students and faculty.&nbsp;<br />
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Fortunately, administrators are beginning to take a strong interest in university-facilitated patent development and product realization for undergraduate students.&nbsp; Professors from the Industrial Engineering department will soon introduce a product realization certificate to span all majors and the chemical engineering department has recently revamped its sophomore and junior year curriculum to more intently convey design principles.&nbsp; The mechanical engineering department, too, has been steadily increasing the focus on sustainability and marketability in undergraduate design classes, as in ‘MEMS 0024: Intro to Mechanical Engineering Design.’<br />
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Still, it is clear that there is more work to be done.&nbsp; In many other disciplines, serious project management/design courses are not mandatory until senior year.&nbsp; Further, freshman students are NEVER formally exposed to the opportunities of product development for engineers.&nbsp; The best opportunities for undergrads to get involved in projects are in extracurricular clubs.&nbsp; DesignHub, Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW), and Engineers Without Borders (EWB) are three of the strongest organizations on campus for completing actual projects with significant impact in local and global communities.<br />
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= Strategy #1: Inspire and Forge Project Teams =<br />
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Following are an array of strategies that will fully address Gap #1 over a 2-3 year period:<br />
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== Tactic #1: Create Advisory Board/Panel to Promote I&E ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Students in the Pitt Business school are currently looking to launch an entrepreneurship club- one that would connect mixed groups of students to form cohesive teams (engineering, business, law, etc. students) and validate market potential.&nbsp; In partnering with this effort, an advisory board for I&E would seek out possible projects and give them to an able team.&nbsp; It would be the goal of such a board to find the need on campus for different products, looking for possible ideas in extracurricular clubs, professors, and perhaps, industry.&nbsp; These projects would be assigned to a team that applies with a plan to complete them, and they would be guided to the IP resources on campus and eventually to the proper contacts in the Business school for marketing advice. &nbsp; &nbsp;<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Team Leader:: TBD<br />
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== Tactic #2: Host Seminars/Grand Challenges to Educate/Inspire ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Professors in the Engineering Education Resource Center (EERC), are in the process of applying for a grant to host seminars and challenge sessions for next semester.&nbsp; As Innovation Fellows, we have been given the opportunity to help plan these events and hope to use them to foster support (especially at the freshman/sophomore level) for the movement.&nbsp; Current seminar ideas include: Dinner with entrepreneurs, microGrant challenge, skill seminars.&nbsp;<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Team Leader:: TBD<br />
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= Strategy #2: Provide better innovation spaces =<br />
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Students on campus need more space to work on projects. These spaces will not only meet that need, they will also improve the innovative culture by giving students a home base, a hang out spot, where innovative communities can form.<br />
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In order to accomplish this goal, a group in the engineering school is starting an initial space in order to prove demand and bolster support. In the near future, we hope to expand the space and form multiple spaces, encompassing the entire scale of prototyping fidelity and providing the lowest posible barrier to entry to students in all schools at Pitt.<br />
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After the development of the makerspaces in the engineering school, additional spaces across campus with easier and more versatile accessibility to students of all majors is necessary to continually foster growth in design thinking and creative confidence for all students without unintentionally segregating student groups based on major or location. In this sense, mobile lab spaces that encourage low-tech, immediate solutions to all manners of creative problems, as well as collaboration of thought and ideals across different areas of study are required to come up with the next generation fo innovative and sustainable solutions with the constitution of multiple perspectives.&nbsp;<br />
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== <span style="font-size:large">Milestone #1: Find and Create a Space (Completed Jan 1st 2016)</span> ==<br />
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• &nbsp; Secured space in engineering building to serve as the first space. Space was remodelled and essentially inheirited as a blank slate.<br />
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== <span style="font-size:large">Milestone #2: Form teams to manage the space (Initially formed Jan 19th)</span> ==<br />
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The space is managed by 4 subteams. Each subteam has a team leader. All of the team leaders serve as the overall management team for the space, which is led by Zach Patterson. Dr. Buddy Clark serves as a faculty mentor & leader. Subteams are:<br />
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*Equipment Team: In charge of keeping an equipment & materials wishist and maintaining equipment & materials in the room. Led by Nick Petro<br />
*Education & Training Team: In charge of training new users to use the space, creating training modules for equipment as it is added, and providing and stimulating ongoing education for members. Led by Kevin Gilboy<br />
*Users Team: In charge of accumulating key data for the space in order to form a quantitative value proposition for additional spaces. Also helps determine baseline requirements for room use. Led by Linday Pietz<br />
*Outreach Team: In charge of promoting the space both on and off campus. Seeks industry sponsors. Led by Reshef Elisha<br />
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== <span style="font-size:large;">Milestone #3: Have a completely organized, functional, highly used space<br/><span style="font-size:medium;">Date: April 2016</span></span> ==<br />
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*Paint and outfit the room to make it a more welcoming and thought provoking place<br />
*Set up equipment and materials in the room<br />
*Iron out the management scheme to ensure maximum efficiency and effectiveness<br />
*Maximize data tracking<br />
*Steadily increase traffic and cultivate a community<br />
*Secure industry sponsors<br />
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== <span style="font-size:large;">Milestone #4: Have a grand opening to kick off the new school year</span><br/><span style="font-size:medium;">Date: September 2016</span> ==<br />
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After completely setting up the space, ensuring everthing runs smoothly, and perfecting our data tracking techniquies, we will begin to heavily promote the space in the new school year, holding events and doing our best to bring in more students than we have space and resources. By doing this, we hope to prove that demand has outgrown the space and that it is time to expand to more and better spaces.&nbsp;<br />
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== <span style="font-size:large;">Milestone #5: Propose more and better spaces</span><br/><span style="font-size:medium;">Date: October 2016</span> ==<br />
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The data collected over the course of the year will serve as the basis for a proposal to greatly increase the resources put into makerspaces and to rapidly expand our space to other location. We will propose both more spaces for general project work along with additional spaces for higher fildelity work.<br />
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== <span style="font-size:large;">Milestone #6: Begin a campuswide group of makerspaces</span><br/><span style="font-size:medium;">Date: Spring 2017</span> ==<br />
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Using funding hopefully aquired from Milestone #5, we will scale up our proven management structure and launch additional spaces around campus<br />
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=== '''Initiative #2: Expand mobile creative labs for easier accessibity and diversity''' ===<br />
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Collaborating with the University of Pittsburgh Innovation Institute and multiple schools across campus, agents of innovation will be leading the development and integration of mobile creative spaces within student communities to instill generalized and technical design projects and initiatives based on case-by-case, topical choices made my collaborations of the creator lab development teams as well as affiliated active student communities.<br />
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Creator labs will focus more on the versatility and educational strength of the design thinking motif by providing models and methods that not only serve as bases for prototyping and ideation, but also the focus and subjectivity of different areas of study, including the natural sciences, engineering, expressive and visual arts, law, writing, public health, education, philosophy, etc. In particular, creator labs will allow creative and innovative students and thinkers from each school and club or organization across campus to experience not only generalized applied education on design thinking, but also focused learning and applied methods based on their field. Focused learning and methods within the framework of the creator lab will emphasize constitutive ideas and thoughts as a result of collaboration of multiple fields and areas of study within the parameters of a single field.<br />
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For instance, engineering concepts may fare very well in fostering new methods of problem-solving and solution conception within the scope of theater and the visual arts, provided enough guided investigation and collaboration is executed such that it is clearly shown that the problem parameters of the theater/visual arts framework coincide with the concepts and creative processes of the engineering framework.&nbsp;<br />
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At the start of development (February 2016), the mobile creator lab concepts are conceptualized and elaborated with under the guidance of the University Innovation Fellows spring 2016 cohort, the University of Pittsburgh Innovation Institute, and student leaders and liaisons of multiple clubs and organizations that serve as great potential for change-making hosts of the mobile creator labs. Aakash Sudhakar (current University Innovation Candidate) serves as the main student leader of developing and integrating mobile creator labs within the Pitt community.&nbsp;<br />
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=== Initiative #3: Develop student networks for enhanced creative sustainability ===<br />
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As a mirror to the objectives of Intiative #2: Expand Mobile Creative Labs For Easier Assibility and Diversity, it is important for students across campus who have versatility and experience in design thinking and the creative processes, especially within the scopes and frameworks of different majors, to have a community where they can come together with other like-minded students and students with minimal experience in design thinking and creative confidence to collaborate and refine thinking and problem-solving models. Much of what the University Innovation Fellows program does is a generalized framework for which to apply into specific problems and scenarios, but much of the success of those potential applications is very difficult to know as the student problems across campus can be difficult to identify, track and codify within the design thinking and creative confidence frameworks.&nbsp;<br />
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To help develop and institutionalize a program that would better allow agents of innovation across campus to be aware and able to assist with these student issues, it is important to allow much of the power and ability of these problem-solving abilities to be in the hands of student leaders, activists and representatives throughout the Pitt community. Developing a mentorship network that focuses on student-to-student interaction and topical problem identification and solution scenarios serves not only as a type of exercise for refining design thinking and creative process models, but also encourages further investigation in areas of the Pitt student community that may be affected by issues outside of the immediate awareness of the University Innovation Fellows program.&nbsp;<br />
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At the start of development (February 2016),&nbsp;the student creative network concepts are conceptualized and elaborated with under the guidance of the University Innovation Fellows spring 2016 cohort, the University of Pittsburgh Innovation Institute, and student leaders and activists across campus in the form of the ideation of a new club called the Pitt Master Minds network, inspired by a statement by Andrew Carnegie that a Master Mind is a "coordination of knowledge and effort, in a spirit of harmony, between two or more people, for the attainment of a definite purpose." Aakash Sudhakar (current University Innovation Candidate) serves as the main student leader of developing and promoting the use of design-based student creative networks within the Pitt community.&nbsp;It is important to note that the potential club will be affiliated with organizations and groups outside of Pitt, including mentorship networks and other Master Mind groups that can help provide problem scenarios and creative topics to direct Pitt's Master Mind network in innovative and constructive directions.&nbsp;<br />
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= Strategy #3: Increase awareness of I&E in the Arts and Science Progrograms&nbsp; =<br />
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== Tactic #1: Advertising ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: The Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences currently does not have an effective way to advertise innovation, entrepreneurship, and design thinking programs. In order to A&S to establish a stronger presence in the innovation and entrepreneurship community, there needs to be a better method of advertising programs available to students and increase communication between colleges. •&nbsp;&nbsp; Team Leader: Emily Klonicki (current microbiology candidate)&nbsp;<br />
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Milestones:<br />
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*Form a marketing committee<br />
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*Speak to classes<br />
*Have teams from A&S compete and participate in I&E programs<br />
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== Tactic #2: Recruiting potential project teams ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Currently, Pitt provides multiple I&E programs available for students such as the Blast Furnace, Big Idea competition, Hackathons, Design Expo and, the Series. However, most participants come from either the business or engineering school. By recruiting potential project teams from A&S to participate in these programs, it will help establish an innovation and entrepreneurship community in this college. Team Leader: Emily Klonicki<br />
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== Tactic #3: Provide a space for A&S students ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: In the long term, with increasing student support we would hope to establish a space for A&S students to have low resolution prototyping material and whiteboards available for student use. Another future goal is to increase active learning opportunities within the classroom and for A&S students develop their own programs and hackathons which could be held in this space. Team Leader: Emily Klonicki<br />
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= Strategy #4: Change Curriculum&nbsp; =<br />
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== Tactic #1: First Year Classes ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Students at each of the schools at University of Pittsburgh are required to take an introductory class their freshman year. We could incorporate design thinking or innovation and entrepreneurship into the curriculum.<br />
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*In Spring 2015, the engineering school launched The Art of Making, a course initially designed for freshmen honors engineering students. The course is a demanding journey through the world of design thinking and rapid prototyping. Students leave the course having been introduced to a wide array of prototyping skills in fabrication, electronics, pretotyping, etc. More importantly, students gain the confidence to be doers and the background to better learn and apply material from theoretical coursework to come. As a cherry on top, the course drastically improves students' ability to choose a major within engineering as they get much better exposure to the sorts of things that different engineers might do.&nbsp;<br/>The course has since been adapted for upperclassmen students both in and outside of engineering as an elective. Students who have participated in the course have gone on to be leaders in project based clubs and other similar endeavors.<br/>Dr. Joe Samosky is the preofessor and creator of the course. Many Pitt UIFs and UIFCs are co-creators and original TAs of the course including [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Nathan_Smialek Nate Smialek], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Zachary_Patterson Zach Patterson], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Brian_Rhindress Brian Rhindress], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Madhur_Malhotra Madhur Malhotra], and [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Ian_McIntyre Ian McIntyre].&nbsp;[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Jennifer_Sommer Jenny Sommer]&nbsp;is currently a TA for the Spring 2016 offering.<br />
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== Tactic #2: Provide an Interdisciplinary Entrepreneurship Class ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Currently, Pitt has entrepreneurship and design thinking classes in all three schools. However, each class is only allowed to be taken by students from their respective schools. Pitt should add a course that allows students to take a class about innovation, design thinking and entrepreneurship that is open to all disciplines. That would allow students to see how to approach these problems from various viewpoints and will lead them to more creative thinking due to the interdisciplinary collaboration.<br />
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== Tactic #3: Give credit to entrepreneurs ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Pitt offers credit to students with internships and research on campus. Pitt could apply the same thing to entrepreneurial ventures which would allow students to manage their time more effectively because their projects would go back to school credit.<br />
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= Strategy #5: Startup Pitt =<br />
<div>Innovation cannot thrive in a bubble. Entrepreneurship is up-and-coming in Pittsburgh, and it’s important that undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Pittsburgh are exposed to this awesome movement. Ian is experiencing the entrepreneurial drive first-hand. Regardless of the value of his bioengineering degree, Ian pondered dropping out of school after his startup was admitted into the Alphalab Gear Accelerator program. Ian has feet in both realms: one in the University, one in the community. At the University, Ian is watching groups of students practicing design thinking, innovation, and entrepreneurship, all which are valuable skills for those involved in startups. These students are driven and searching to use what they learn in the classroom on real-world projects. On the other side, Ian is (somewhat firsthand) witnessing the need for startups to hire interns with engineering, design, and business experience. &nbsp;In fact, Ian worked as an intern with his project to further the technological and business development before the thought of commercialization occurred. Why can’t other interns help young startups succeed?</div><div><br/></div><div>Startup Pitt is a smaller-scale model of Venture for America, a program that places recent college graduates in startups throughout the country. VFA Fellows have been instrumental in building businesses and helping startups succeed. Likewise, Startup Pitt interns will help Pittsburgh startups become successful while earning salary and a valuable internship experience. Of course, Startup Pitt keeps to it’s title: starting-up Pittsburgh as a center of entrepreneurship.</div><div><br/></div><br />
== Program Specifics ==<br />
<div>The Startup Pitt process may be compared to an engineering cooperative-education (co-op) program, an educational program that places engineering students in an established company or engineering firm. A co-op student works for three semesters -- one full year -- with a schedule negotiated between the employer and student. A student may alternate between work and school semesters; work in the fall, assume classes in the spring, work in the summer, assume classes in the fall, etc. On the other hand, a company may want a student to work for a year through, during which time the student would not return to classes. There are subjective benefits and disadvantages to each schedule setup that vary with students and courses of studies. However, a &nbsp;co-op trumps a traditional internship in that a student maintains full-time student status during the co-op semesters. Full-time student status permits a student to reside in on-campus dormitories and receive all the stipulations of being a student. A co-op student does not pay tuition unless she enrolls in night classes.</div><div><br/></div><div>Startup Pitt provides a flexible hiring duration for startups and for students who are looking for an internship. &nbsp;While a co-op is expected to work for three semesters, the Startup Pitt program adapts to the needs of the intern and the startup to satisfy both parties. For example, if a startup can only hire a student for one semester, Startup Pitt may provide an intern who appreciates the short-term work experience that will not delay graduation. Furthermore, Startup Pitt provides internships to not only engineering students, but also business students, students of design, and students who possess skillsets desired by a Pittsburgh startup. Startup Pitt allows a more flexible internship duration.</div><div><br/></div><div>Finances hinder a startup’s ability to hire appropriate help. The Startup Pitt program acknowledges that startups may want to hire an intern but may not be able to afford an intern. Startup Pitt works with departments and organizations at the University of Pittsburgh as well as the supporters of Pittsburgh incubators to subsidize the pay for an intern. In this manner, a startup receives extra help to grow a business without the concern of paying an intern, and an intern receives pay while gaining valuable work experience.</div><div><br/></div><br />
== Timeline ==<br />
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All objectives and tasks in the timeline are subject to change.<br />
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=== Customer discovery (March 2015) ===<br />
<div>Identify the needs of students at the University of Pittsburgh. Student groups include engineering students, business students, and those involved in I&E activities. Channels to reach students include department and program coordinators, seminars, and student / faculty organizations. Survey questions include</div><br />
*Would you (students) be interested in working for a startup?<br />
*How important is maintaining your full-time student status?<br />
*For how many academic semesters could you see yourself working an internship at a startup?<br />
*Why does working at a startup interest you?<br />
*What kinds of skills do you believe are needed to be successful with growing a startup?<br />
*Would you be willing to potentially delay your graduation?<br />
*How much pay (hourly rate) would you see yourself making while interning at a startup?<br />
<div><br/></div><div>Identify the needs of startups in Pittsburgh incubators and accelerators, such as startups involved in Alphalab, Alphalab Gear, Thrill Mill, Idea Foundry, and Revv Oakland. &nbsp;Survey questions include</div><br />
*Do you believe a college student pursuing an engineering / business / etc. major could make a contribution to your startup as an intern?<br />
*What skills would you look for in a student intern for your startup?<br />
*How long would you hire a Startup Pitt intern?<br />
*If at all, how much could you afford to pay a Startup Pitt intern?<br />
*If the Startup Pitt inter’s pay was subsidized through the University of Pittsburgh and/or your accelerator/incubator, would you be more likely to hire a Startup Pitt intern?<br />
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=== Prototype financial infrastructure (April 2015) ===<br />
<div>Coordinate with the University of Pittsburgh Innovation Institute, the Swanson School of Engineering, the College of Business Administration, and the investor networks who support Pittsburgh incubators/accelerators to assess the potential of subsidizing a Startup Pitt’s hourly pay. Establish the value of Startup Pitt with each supporter, and evaluate how much each supporter is willing to contribute to a Startup Pitt intern.&nbsp;</div><div><br/></div><br />
=== Future tasks ===<br />
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*Discuss program with University of Pittsburgh administration. Investigate potential of maintaining full-time student status during employment (May 2015)<br />
*Formulate a faculty and student committee to evaluate student applications (June 2015)<br />
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= Strategy #6:&nbsp;Build an Entreneurship Community at Pitt Business<br/> =<br />
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'''<span style="font-size: medium;">Curriculum</span>'''<br />
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Options are currently being explored to incorporate entrepreneruship modules into business general education classes in order to spark interest in the subject and familiarize Pitt Business students with the large amount of resources available. It is important to get students where they are "captive" in the classroom setting and monitor our conversion rate from there to the workshops being offered on campus.<br />
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<span style="font-size:medium;">'''Enactus Spring 2016 Action Plan''':</span><br />
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'''Entrepreneurship Cafe'''<br />
During the spring semester, Enactus and Pitt Business will host several "Entrepreneurship Cafe" sessions in which students, Entrepreneurs in Residence, and other I&E leaders will mingle and share ideas about innovation and entrepreneurship. Student participants are encouraged to come with ideas and topics they would like to discuss with the mentors present at the event. The concept is meant to foster a more organic approach to entrepreneurship and create an informal environment where people can share ideas and learn from each other.&nbsp;<br />
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'''Entrepreneurship Showcase Momentum Plan:'''<br />
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#Winning teams will be awarded a $100 stipend to work with Enactus as a project. They will also be provided financial guidance from the Enactus Finance Team (Josh Ordos and Bruce Baka)<br />
#Teams will be matched with a mentor or leader in the community through the Enactus Leadership Team and provided access to the BAB.<br />
#Winning teams will be given priority access to talk to speakers at all Enactus events and will also have the opportunity to get relevant site visits paid for by Enactus.<br />
#The Enactus Club will provide Lean Canvas model-training sessions to the winning teams during the course of semester.<br />
#The winnings teams will also have the opportunity to obtain intern support or additional team member support from Enactus club members.<br />
#Teams that continue to partner with Enactus as a sponsored project will be encouraged to compete at the regional and national competitions to earn more startup funding.&nbsp;<br />
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'''BAB (Business Advisory Board) Plan:'''&nbsp;<br />
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#The BAB must be available to provide guidance to all winning teams at the Entrepreneurship Showcase hackathon.<br />
#They must also be accessible to any other Enactus projects at least once per month.<br />
#Each BAB member will serve to connect Enactus with at least one speaker per semester.<br />
#Each BAB member will be used to organize at least one site visit per semester for Enactus.<br />
#Each BAB member will be used as a project specific mentor to at least one Enactus team per semester.<br />
#The BAB members must attend at least one site visits, general body meeting, or speaker event in order to provide Enactus students with clear access to the BAB Board.<br />
#Recruitment - (Mario)<br />
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'''Food Waste/Related Momentum Plan:'''<br />
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&nbsp;1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will operate at least one food waste/related project this semester.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; This will be organized and led by Hope Murray and it is already in the planning.<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will hold 2 food waste related speakers.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tentatively: Hungry Harvest in March (Grant)<br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tentatively: Executive Chef at Sodexo (Rhonda + Audrey)<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will hold 2 food waste/related site visits this semester.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Farm Truck Foods – A Food Waste Site Trip<br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; CMU Food Truck – A Food Waste Site Trip<br />
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c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 412 Food Rescue – A Food Waste Industry Speaker<br />
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4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will also serve to connect students to startups in food related industries.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The goal is to connect at least one Enactus member to a food industry related intern position in spring or summer 2016.&nbsp;<br />
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'''Site Visit, Speaker Event, and Projects Goals:'''&nbsp;<br />
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1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will operate at least three projects this semester.<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will run at least 1 site visit per month.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2 entrepreneurship related site visits:<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; TBA (Rhonda)<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; TBA (Cathy Lada)<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will run at least 1 speaker event per month at general club meetings.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2 entrepreneurship related speakers:<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tim Zak, Director of CMU’s Social Innovation Institute – A Global Perspective Talk (Rhonda + Cathy Lada)<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Nicole Muise-Kielkucki, Director of Social Enterprise Initiatives at Idea Foundry – Supporting Social Entrepreneurs Talk (Rhonda)<br />
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'''Regional and National Enactus Event Plan'''<br />
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1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Regional: March 29<sup>th</sup> Washington D.C.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Application Due Date: February 22<sup>nd</sup><br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Projects<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Hope Murray – Food Truck/Membership College Café<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Mario – Student/Faculty Pet Day Care – Volunteers are Students<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; iii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; TBA – Expecting 1 more project from new members this semester<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; iv.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; TBA – Expecting 1-3 more projects from the Entrepreneurship Showcase&nbsp;<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; National Event: May 15<sup>th</sup>-17<sup>th</sup> in St. Louis<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Due Date: TBA<br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Projects<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; TBA<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Regional and National Events Planning Team<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sophia Tan<br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Mario Nicolia<br />
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c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Grant Jacoby<br />
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d.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Hope Murray<br />
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e.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Demetra Mallios<br />
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'''Additional Groups and Organizations to Contact'''<br />
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1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Food Recovery Network - For additional members and project ideas (TBA)<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Are there any other organizations that may consider co-membership to run the food truck? (TBA)<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; University Innovation Fellows - For additional leadership assistance (Grant)<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Engineers for A Sustainable World - For additional members and project ideas (Grant/Engineer?)<br />
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4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; All Innovation Institute Events - For additional members and project ideas (TBA)<br />
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5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Randall Family Big Idea - For additional members and project ideas (TBA)<br />
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6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Thrill Mill – For internship opportunities for students (Grant)<br />
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7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Design Hub - For additional members and project ideas (Mario)<br />
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***TBA - Need to find a recruiting chair for Enactus ASAP to go to all entrepreneurship events on campus to push meetings, events, and site visits<br />
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'''Future Goals and Standards'''&nbsp;<br />
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1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Food Hackathon September 2016<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Audrey - Can we start to organize a food hackathon for the beginning of the fall semester?<br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Use this as a springboard for marketing attention for new membership.<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus Leadership Requirements:<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1 site visit per month<br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1 speaker per month<br />
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c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; At least 3 projects per any given semester<br />
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d.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1 industry focus per semester (can be multiple semesters)<br />
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e.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Participate in Regional Competition Annually<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Connect at least one student to a startup internship per semester in order to create a stronger internship network in the entrepreneurial community.<br />
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4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Organize at least 1 hackathon per semester with another organization.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Partner with at least one other CBA organizations to promote interdisciplinary relationships. &lt;/div&gt;<br />
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= Related Links =<br />
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[[University of Pittsburgh]]<br />
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[[Nathan Smialek]]<br />
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[[Brian Rhindress]]<br />
<br />
[[Karuna Relwani|Karuna Relwani]]<br />
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[[Jennifer Sommer]]<br />
<br />
[[Ian McIntyre|Ian McIntyre]]<br />
<br />
[[Grant Jacoby|Grant Jacoby]]<br />
[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Zachary_Patterson Zach Patterson]</div><br />
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<div>= Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship =<br />
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The University of Pittsburgh is a city campus complete with a 4-year accredited undergraduate program, which is complemented by numerous prestigious graduate programs such as the School of Medicine, School of Law, School of Pharmacy, and School of Business. The University of Pittsburgh receives $760 annually to fund its various research endeavors. &nbsp;These research dollars have cultivated an environment that has fostered the growth of an incredibly young yet impressive entrepreneurial landscape. &nbsp;Pitt is a giant in life science innovation, partnering its engineering and business programs with the international conglomerate UPMC has yielded a plethora medical device inventions and innovations in addition to numerous patents, start-ups, and licensing opportunities. &nbsp;This success is trickling down through the ranks allowing students to become instrumental in large entrepreneurial pursuits. &nbsp;Programs such as the Coulter Program and CMI fund medical innovation and are beginning to recognize the untapped potential of undergraduate innovators. In addition, opportunities like the Randall Family Big Idea Competition help support &nbsp;any &nbsp;venture at the university .Through special project funds and micro grants these programs are giving students a chance to contribute to Pitt’s entrepreneurial success. &nbsp;Undergraduate funding is an incredibly new standard for our entrepreneurial faculty and the overwhelming success of the pilot groups of undergraduate teams has ensured the sustainability of undergraduate funding for years to come.<br />
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Update 2016: All of the programs and oppurtunities listed above continue to play a large role in the I&E landscape today. Coulter and CMI are powerful programs that continue to be relevant today, and DesignHub, a project based student organization, has leveraged a partnership with CMI to generate project teams to solve medical device problems at UPMC. The Big Idea Competition has grown from two years ago, and is now a huge, university wide event. The engineering and business schools are increasingly pushing funding and students towards I&E. We have come a long way over the past two years, and more and more undergraduates are becoming involved in the movement. At the same time, faculty are increasingly realizing the power of cultivating a community of innovators.<br />
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= Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship =<br />
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Since 1996 Pitt has seen 98 start-up companies emerge, nine of which began in 2013. Many of these start-up companies emerge from life science research conducted by faculty members at Pitt. The faculty research is often funded by large government grants such as the NIH or NSF. However, that funding does not provide a viable means for launching a potential business from a research facility. The University has turned to Coulter program and CMI to facilitate the transition of these ideas to the marketplace. The University of Pittsburgh received $3.54 million from the Wallace H. Coulter Foundation in 2011 to fund translational research to be supplemented by $1.5 million dollars from the schools of Medicine and Engineering respectively. The grant covers five years of funding and was awarded to only six universities nationally. The goal of the Coulter program grant is to accelerate the introduction of new technologies to address current clinical deficiencies. CMI (Center for Medical Innovation) is an initiative that is similar to the Coulter program however, is Pitt-specific. CMI was started through the Coulter initiative and is intended to be the perpetual seeding program after the Coulter grant has finished. With these programs Pitt faculty has been overwhelming successful in moving their innovative technologies into the marketplace.<br />
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= University Technology Transfer Function =<br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-69774ec0-2e5d-5abf-a9a6-2ae9ba54ca89"><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Office of Technology and Management at the University of Pittsburgh is responsible for disclosing and managing all innovations and inventions. &nbsp;The process one follows to acquire intellectual property is as follows:</span></span><br />
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<li><span id="docs-internal-guid-69774ec0-2e5d-5abf-a9a6-2ae9ba54ca89"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Meet with a group interested in pursuing a project</span></span></li><br />
<li><span id="docs-internal-guid-69774ec0-2e5d-5abf-a9a6-2ae9ba54ca89"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Define the parameters of the project within the scientific group including:</span></span></li><br />
</ul><br />
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<li><span id="docs-internal-guid-69774ec0-2e5d-5abf-a9a6-2ae9ba54ca89"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Product specifications</span></span></li><br />
<li><span id="docs-internal-guid-69774ec0-2e5d-5abf-a9a6-2ae9ba54ca89"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Necessary collaborators</span></span></li><br />
<li><span id="docs-internal-guid-69774ec0-2e5d-5abf-a9a6-2ae9ba54ca89"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Proposed budget</span></span></li><br />
</ul><br />
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<li><span id="docs-internal-guid-69774ec0-2e5d-5abf-a9a6-2ae9ba54ca89"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Meet with the Office of Technology and Management to conduct relevant patent searches</span></span></li><br />
<li><span id="docs-internal-guid-69774ec0-2e5d-5abf-a9a6-2ae9ba54ca89"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Determine whether the product is worth pursuing</span></span></li><br />
<li><span id="docs-internal-guid-69774ec0-2e5d-5abf-a9a6-2ae9ba54ca89"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Acquire funding for approved product</span></span></li><br />
<li><span id="docs-internal-guid-69774ec0-2e5d-5abf-a9a6-2ae9ba54ca89"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Design and build a prototype</span></span></li><br />
<li><span id="docs-internal-guid-69774ec0-2e5d-5abf-a9a6-2ae9ba54ca89"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bring prototype to TTC committee (group of legal experts)</span></span></li><br />
<li><span id="docs-internal-guid-69774ec0-2e5d-5abf-a9a6-2ae9ba54ca89"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TTC committee makes a ruling on whether or not prototype is fit to patent</span></span></li><br />
<li><span id="docs-internal-guid-69774ec0-2e5d-5abf-a9a6-2ae9ba54ca89"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Submit patent application</span></span></li><br />
</ul><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-69774ec0-2e5d-5abf-a9a6-2ae9ba54ca89"><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">At this point Pitt is new to the entrepreneurial world so the majority of effort in patenting the life science innovations and inventions has been through CMI and Coulter. &nbsp;However, CMI and Coulter are looking to from more concrete relations between the OTM, research laboratories, and the department of Bioengineering. &nbsp;We hope to cultivate a perpetual seed funding program to drive future life science innovation and invention.</span></span><br />
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= University-Industry Collaboration<br/> =<br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-69774ec0-2e5d-aa25-b69b-a97fbdc0ce62"><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The University of Pittsburgh, at this point, does not have strong ties with large industry to provide students an arena in which to practice entrepreneurship. &nbsp;Rather, Pitt looks to build companies and fund small ventures giving students a more hands on experience. &nbsp;The reasoning for this is quite simple; the University of Pittsburgh has at its disposal UPMC and millions of dollars in research funding. &nbsp;This contributes to a gold mine of market needs and clinical deficiencies. &nbsp;Pitt’s major downfall is its lack of collaboration, until recently the departments did not work together to take advantage of these potential products and businesses. &nbsp;The new age of student-driven entrepreneurship is changing that. &nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Student organizations, like Design Hub, pair student composed design teams with physicians at UPMC to help prototype products that physicians see a need for</span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 255); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">.</span><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Students are working hands-on with clinicians and are bringing small ideas to life, which are leading to larger successes down the road. &nbsp;Many of these ideas start as small projects but turn into start-up companies and small businesses. &nbsp;The bottom line is industry collaboration is not necessary to make entrepreneurs at Pitt successful, better collaboration between departments will lead to a booming age of entrepreneurial partnership between UPMC and the rest of the university.</span></span><br />
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= Regional and Local Economic Development Efforts =<br />
<div>The City of Pittsburgh is, perhaps, one of the quickest and most vibrantly emerging entrepreneurial landscapes in the country. Pittsburgh is well known for low labor costs and having strong student graduates (36,000 annually from 36 colleges and universities). Further $3 billion is invested in R&D per year and Pittsburgh is located within 500 miles of half of U.S. power buyers. Fun fact: The Economist named Pittsburgh “Most Livable Place in the Continental U.S.” for two consecutive years.</div><div><br/></div><div>Important entrepreneurial developments in Pittsburgh include:</div><br />
*The recent opening of a local “Tech Shop” branch. &nbsp;This “Tech Shop” houses machine shops and electronic labs for design and is posed to become a design hub.<br />
*Thrill Mill- a non-profit organization that hosts business plan competitions an incubator space, and great networking opportunities for budding entrepreneurs.<br />
*Startup Weekend Pittsburgh began in 2012, following the national movement,, allowing anyone to pitch their startup idea and receive feedback from their peers.&nbsp;<br />
<div><br/></div><div>Overall, it is evident that Pittsburgh startups are beginning to take off. &nbsp;Companies like Astrobotic (set to be the next to reach the moon with their lunar rover and win the Google XPrize) are budding and national entrepreneurial organizations like Venture for America are taking note. &nbsp;No doubt, Pittsburgh is in the process of becoming a home to innovation and entrepreneurship and will continue to develop over the coming years.</div><div><br/></div><br />
= The Innovation Institute and the Increase in I&E =<br />
<div>The announcement of the University of Pittsburgh Innovation Institute in 2013 began a dramatic increase in innovative and entrepreneurial activities at the University of Pittsburgh. The Innovation Institute serves as the housing entity for the Office of Technology Management, the Office of Enterprise Development, and Institute for Entrepreneurial Excellence. The Innovation Institute’s mission is to promote and foster a community of innovation throughout the Pitt campus, and to unite the various Pitt colleges, faculty, and students in entrepreneurial endeavors.</div><div><br/></div><div>The Innovation Institute manages design and business competitions, events, and educational opportunities for aspiring innovators. One of the most prominent competitions is the Randall Family Big Idea competition, a competition focused on start-up creation and exploring the potential of new ideas. The Big Idea competition supports twelve winners with upwards of $25,000 in support of their idea. Student teams learn how to pitch ideas orally and via video media, develop business plans, evaluate intellectual property, and potentially start full-fledged companies. Other competitions include hackathons, such as the brand-new She Innovates! all-womens hackathon as well as the IBM Smart-tag hackathon. &nbsp;Startup Weekends, give students the opportunity to meet like-minded students of different disciplines as they contemplate their own ideas. Long-lasting competitions, such as the Pitt Innovation Challenge (PINCH) and the Pitt Mobile App Challenge provide students the exposure to innovation competitions.</div><div><br/></div><div>The Innovation Institute manages events that allow Pitt students to learn from entrepreneurs at Pitt and in the Pittsburgh area. Last fall, the Innovation Institute hosted the first MIT Enterprise Forum at Pitt, a public event at which students and faculty could learn from local entrepreneurs at various stages in the commercialization process. The Innovation Institute also hosts free seminars so that students may learn about different aspects of entrepreneurship, from general workshops on business model formation, to specific seminars discussing how to start a business on an F-1 Visa. &nbsp;Furthermore, the Innovation Institute provides formal classes, such as the Benchtop-to-Bedside course, to provide faculty and students with the support needed to translate research projects into sustainable businesses. Outside of the University of Pittsburgh, the Innovation Institute promotes Pittsburgh community events including the Thrival Innovation and Music Festival, the Steel City Codefest, and the Three Rivers Venture Fair. The Innovation Institute maintains relationships with investors, business networks, and local accelerators including Innovation Works, the Alphalab and Alphalab Gear Accelerators, the Idea Foundry, and Thrill Mill.</div><div><br/></div><div>The presence of the Innovation Institute is spurring new movements from both students and faculty. Undergraduate and graduate clubs such as Enactus, Launch Pitt, the Pitt Startup Network, and Design Hub, are committed to giving students the exposure to both hard- and soft-skills, innovative practices, and most importantly design thinking mentalities. &nbsp;Faculty at the engineering school are sponsoring the Design Expo, an event that, showcases the design projects of seniors involved in their capstone project. Finally, new undergraduate and graduate course offerings include The Art of Hands-On Systems Design and Engineering; Medical Product Ideation; Technology Innovation, Adoption, and Diffusion; Entrepreneurship and New Venture Initiation; and Client-Centered Rehabilitation Engineering Design.&nbsp;</div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><br />
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*Opportunities for clubs to come up with products and seek patents<br />
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*Primary entrepreneurship focus in School of Engineering, School of Business with target towards graduate students<br />
*Support for funding and collaboration:<br />
**Office of Enterprise Development<br />
**Office of Technology Management<br />
**Institute for Entrepreneurial Excellence<br />
*Big Idea Competition<br />
*Center for Product Innovation<br />
*Entrepreneurial Scholars Award<br />
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Welcome to the University of Pittsburgh's encyclopedia account of entrepreneurship (E) and innovation (I) opportunities on and around campus.<br />
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University Innovation Fellow: Karuna Relwani<br />
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Where to find What E&I-related in Pittsburgh<br />
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= Related Links =<br />
<br />
[[Nathan Smialek]]<br />
<br />
[[Brian Rhindress]]<br />
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Karuna_Relwani Karuna Relwani]<br />
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[[Jennifer Sommer]]<br />
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[[Ian McIntyre|Ian McIntyre]]<br />
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[[Madhur Malhotra|Madhur Malhotra]]<br />
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[[David Jacob|David Jacob]]<br />
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[[Harinee Suthakar|Harinee Suthakar]]<br />
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[[Grant Jacoby|Grant Jacoby]]<br />
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Zachary_Patterson Zach Patterson]<br />
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[[University of Pittsburgh Student Priorities]]<br />
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<div>= Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship =<br />
<br />
The University of Pittsburgh is a city campus complete with a 4-year accredited undergraduate program, which is complemented by numerous prestigious graduate programs such as the School of Medicine, School of Law, School of Pharmacy, and School of Business. The University of Pittsburgh receives $760 annually to fund its various research endeavors. &nbsp;These research dollars have cultivated an environment that has fostered the growth of an incredibly young yet impressive entrepreneurial landscape. &nbsp;Pitt is a giant in life science innovation, partnering its engineering and business programs with the international conglomerate UPMC has yielded a plethora medical device inventions and innovations in addition to numerous patents, start-ups, and licensing opportunities. &nbsp;This success is trickling down through the ranks allowing students to become instrumental in large entrepreneurial pursuits. &nbsp;Programs such as the Coulter Program and CMI fund medical innovation and are beginning to recognize the untapped potential of undergraduate innovators. In addition, opportunities like the Randall Family Big Idea Competition help support &nbsp;any &nbsp;venture at the university .Through special project funds and micro grants these programs are giving students a chance to contribute to Pitt’s entrepreneurial success. &nbsp;Undergraduate funding is an incredibly new standard for our entrepreneurial faculty and the overwhelming success of the pilot groups of undergraduate teams has ensured the sustainability of undergraduate funding for years to come.<br />
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= Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship =<br />
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Since 1996 Pitt has seen 98 start-up companies emerge, nine of which began in 2013. Many of these start-up companies emerge from life science research conducted by faculty members at Pitt. The faculty research is often funded by large government grants such as the NIH or NSF. However, that funding does not provide a viable means for launching a potential business from a research facility. The University has turned to Coulter program and CMI to facilitate the transition of these ideas to the marketplace. The University of Pittsburgh received $3.54 million from the Wallace H. Coulter Foundation in 2011 to fund translational research to be supplemented by $1.5 million dollars from the schools of Medicine and Engineering respectively. The grant covers five years of funding and was awarded to only six universities nationally. The goal of the Coulter program grant is to accelerate the introduction of new technologies to address current clinical deficiencies. CMI (Center for Medical Innovation) is an initiative that is similar to the Coulter program however, is Pitt-specific. CMI was started through the Coulter initiative and is intended to be the perpetual seeding program after the Coulter grant has finished. With these programs Pitt faculty has been overwhelming successful in moving their innovative technologies into the marketplace.<br />
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= University Technology Transfer Function =<br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-69774ec0-2e5d-5abf-a9a6-2ae9ba54ca89"><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Office of Technology and Management at the University of Pittsburgh is responsible for disclosing and managing all innovations and inventions. &nbsp;The process one follows to acquire intellectual property is as follows:</span></span><br />
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<li><span id="docs-internal-guid-69774ec0-2e5d-5abf-a9a6-2ae9ba54ca89"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Meet with a group interested in pursuing a project</span></span></li><br />
<li><span id="docs-internal-guid-69774ec0-2e5d-5abf-a9a6-2ae9ba54ca89"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Define the parameters of the project within the scientific group including:</span></span></li><br />
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<li><span id="docs-internal-guid-69774ec0-2e5d-5abf-a9a6-2ae9ba54ca89"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Product specifications</span></span></li><br />
<li><span id="docs-internal-guid-69774ec0-2e5d-5abf-a9a6-2ae9ba54ca89"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Necessary collaborators</span></span></li><br />
<li><span id="docs-internal-guid-69774ec0-2e5d-5abf-a9a6-2ae9ba54ca89"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Proposed budget</span></span></li><br />
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<li><span id="docs-internal-guid-69774ec0-2e5d-5abf-a9a6-2ae9ba54ca89"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Meet with the Office of Technology and Management to conduct relevant patent searches</span></span></li><br />
<li><span id="docs-internal-guid-69774ec0-2e5d-5abf-a9a6-2ae9ba54ca89"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Determine whether the product is worth pursuing</span></span></li><br />
<li><span id="docs-internal-guid-69774ec0-2e5d-5abf-a9a6-2ae9ba54ca89"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Acquire funding for approved product</span></span></li><br />
<li><span id="docs-internal-guid-69774ec0-2e5d-5abf-a9a6-2ae9ba54ca89"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Design and build a prototype</span></span></li><br />
<li><span id="docs-internal-guid-69774ec0-2e5d-5abf-a9a6-2ae9ba54ca89"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bring prototype to TTC committee (group of legal experts)</span></span></li><br />
<li><span id="docs-internal-guid-69774ec0-2e5d-5abf-a9a6-2ae9ba54ca89"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TTC committee makes a ruling on whether or not prototype is fit to patent</span></span></li><br />
<li><span id="docs-internal-guid-69774ec0-2e5d-5abf-a9a6-2ae9ba54ca89"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Submit patent application</span></span></li><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-69774ec0-2e5d-5abf-a9a6-2ae9ba54ca89"><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">At this point Pitt is new to the entrepreneurial world so the majority of effort in patenting the life science innovations and inventions has been through CMI and Coulter. &nbsp;However, CMI and Coulter are looking to from more concrete relations between the OTM, research laboratories, and the department of Bioengineering. &nbsp;We hope to cultivate a perpetual seed funding program to drive future life science innovation and invention.</span></span><br />
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= University-Industry Collaboration<br/> =<br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-69774ec0-2e5d-aa25-b69b-a97fbdc0ce62"><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The University of Pittsburgh, at this point, does not have strong ties with large industry to provide students an arena in which to practice entrepreneurship. &nbsp;Rather, Pitt looks to build companies and fund small ventures giving students a more hands on experience. &nbsp;The reasoning for this is quite simple; the University of Pittsburgh has at its disposal UPMC and millions of dollars in research funding. &nbsp;This contributes to a gold mine of market needs and clinical deficiencies. &nbsp;Pitt’s major downfall is its lack of collaboration, until recently the departments did not work together to take advantage of these potential products and businesses. &nbsp;The new age of student-driven entrepreneurship is changing that. &nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Student organizations, like Design Hub, pair student composed design teams with physicians at UPMC to help prototype products that physicians see a need for</span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 255); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">.</span><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Students are working hands-on with clinicians and are bringing small ideas to life, which are leading to larger successes down the road. &nbsp;Many of these ideas start as small projects but turn into start-up companies and small businesses. &nbsp;The bottom line is industry collaboration is not necessary to make entrepreneurs at Pitt successful, better collaboration between departments will lead to a booming age of entrepreneurial partnership between UPMC and the rest of the university.</span></span><br />
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= Regional and Local Economic Development Efforts =<br />
<div>The City of Pittsburgh is, perhaps, one of the quickest and most vibrantly emerging entrepreneurial landscapes in the country. Pittsburgh is well known for low labor costs and having strong student graduates (36,000 annually from 36 colleges and universities). Further $3 billion is invested in R&D per year and Pittsburgh is located within 500 miles of half of U.S. power buyers. Fun fact: The Economist named Pittsburgh “Most Livable Place in the Continental U.S.” for two consecutive years.</div><div><br/></div><div>Important entrepreneurial developments in Pittsburgh include:</div><br />
*The recent opening of a local “Tech Shop” branch. &nbsp;This “Tech Shop” houses machine shops and electronic labs for design and is posed to become a design hub.<br />
*Thrill Mill- a non-profit organization that hosts business plan competitions an incubator space, and great networking opportunities for budding entrepreneurs.<br />
*Startup Weekend Pittsburgh began in 2012, following the national movement,, allowing anyone to pitch their startup idea and receive feedback from their peers.&nbsp;<br />
<div><br/></div><div>Overall, it is evident that Pittsburgh startups are beginning to take off. &nbsp;Companies like Astrobotic (set to be the next to reach the moon with their lunar rover and win the Google XPrize) are budding and national entrepreneurial organizations like Venture for America are taking note. &nbsp;No doubt, Pittsburgh is in the process of becoming a home to innovation and entrepreneurship and will continue to develop over the coming years.</div><div><br/></div><br />
= The Innovation Institute and the Increase in I&E =<br />
<div>The announcement of the University of Pittsburgh Innovation Institute in 2013 began a dramatic increase in innovative and entrepreneurial activities at the University of Pittsburgh. The Innovation Institute serves as the housing entity for the Office of Technology Management, the Office of Enterprise Development, and Institute for Entrepreneurial Excellence. The Innovation Institute’s mission is to promote and foster a community of innovation throughout the Pitt campus, and to unite the various Pitt colleges, faculty, and students in entrepreneurial endeavors.</div><div><br/></div><div>The Innovation Institute manages design and business competitions, events, and educational opportunities for aspiring innovators. One of the most prominent competitions is the Randall Family Big Idea competition, a competition focused on start-up creation and exploring the potential of new ideas. The Big Idea competition supports twelve winners with upwards of $25,000 in support of their idea. Student teams learn how to pitch ideas orally and via video media, develop business plans, evaluate intellectual property, and potentially start full-fledged companies. Other competitions include hackathons, such as the brand-new She Innovates! all-womens hackathon as well as the IBM Smart-tag hackathon. &nbsp;Startup Weekends, give students the opportunity to meet like-minded students of different disciplines as they contemplate their own ideas. Long-lasting competitions, such as the Pitt Innovation Challenge (PINCH) and the Pitt Mobile App Challenge provide students the exposure to innovation competitions.</div><div><br/></div><div>The Innovation Institute manages events that allow Pitt students to learn from entrepreneurs at Pitt and in the Pittsburgh area. Last fall, the Innovation Institute hosted the first MIT Enterprise Forum at Pitt, a public event at which students and faculty could learn from local entrepreneurs at various stages in the commercialization process. The Innovation Institute also hosts free seminars so that students may learn about different aspects of entrepreneurship, from general workshops on business model formation, to specific seminars discussing how to start a business on an F-1 Visa. &nbsp;Furthermore, the Innovation Institute provides formal classes, such as the Benchtop-to-Bedside course, to provide faculty and students with the support needed to translate research projects into sustainable businesses. Outside of the University of Pittsburgh, the Innovation Institute promotes Pittsburgh community events including the Thrival Innovation and Music Festival, the Steel City Codefest, and the Three Rivers Venture Fair. The Innovation Institute maintains relationships with investors, business networks, and local accelerators including Innovation Works, the Alphalab and Alphalab Gear Accelerators, the Idea Foundry, and Thrill Mill.</div><div><br/></div><div>The presence of the Innovation Institute is spurring new movements from both students and faculty. Undergraduate and graduate clubs such as Enactus, Launch Pitt, the Pitt Startup Network, and Design Hub, are committed to giving students the exposure to both hard- and soft-skills, innovative practices, and most importantly design thinking mentalities. &nbsp;Faculty at the engineering school are sponsoring the Design Expo, an event that, showcases the design projects of seniors involved in their capstone project. Finally, new undergraduate and graduate course offerings include The Art of Hands-On Systems Design and Engineering; Medical Product Ideation; Technology Innovation, Adoption, and Diffusion; Entrepreneurship and New Venture Initiation; and Client-Centered Rehabilitation Engineering Design.&nbsp;</div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><br />
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*Primary entrepreneurship focus in School of Engineering, School of Business with target towards graduate students<br />
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**Office of Enterprise Development<br />
**Office of Technology Management<br />
**Institute for Entrepreneurial Excellence<br />
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Welcome to the University of Pittsburgh's encyclopedia account of entrepreneurship (E) and innovation (I) opportunities on and around campus.<br />
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University Innovation Fellow: Karuna Relwani<br />
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Where to find What E&I-related in Pittsburgh<br />
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= Related Links =<br />
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[[Nathan Smialek]]<br />
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[[Brian Rhindress]]<br />
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Karuna_Relwani Karuna Relwani]<br />
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[[Jennifer Sommer]]<br />
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[[Ian McIntyre|Ian McIntyre]]<br />
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[[Madhur Malhotra|Madhur Malhotra]]<br />
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[[David Jacob|David Jacob]]<br />
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[[Harinee Suthakar|Harinee Suthakar]]<br />
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[[Grant Jacoby|Grant Jacoby]]<br />
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Zachary_Patterson Zach Patterson]<br />
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[[University of Pittsburgh Student Priorities]]<br />
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[[Category:Universities]]</div>Zpatthttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Priorities:University_of_Pittsburgh_Student_Priorities&diff=29885Priorities:University of Pittsburgh Student Priorities2016-02-10T20:10:10Z<p>Zpatt: </p>
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<div>= Overview<br/> =<br />
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The University of Pittsburgh is a well-known leader in innovation within the fields of engineering and medical research.&nbsp; Translational research and entrepreneurship exist primarily at the institutional level.&nbsp; Many organizations exist, like the Institute of Entrepreneurial Excellence, to give budding entrepreneurs the needed resources and inspiration to proceed from ideation to market.&nbsp; In the last 20 years alone, such programs have created more than 800 startups and 7,000 jobs in the Pittsburgh area.&nbsp; Between the sheer amount of research conducted and available seed funding (Coulter Program for bioengineering devices, other VC connections through Institute of Entrepreneurial Excellence) Innovation and Entrepreneurship needs only to be catalyzed to take off, since all necessary ingredients are in abundance at the University of Pittsburgh.<br />
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However, there is a huge gap on campus between these institutions and undergraduate students.&nbsp; Most students are unaware of PantherlabWorks (a commercialization accelerator) and do not know that the university offers patent and IP counseling through the Office of Technology Management/Office of Enterprise Development.&nbsp; At present, these institutions mainly serve graduate students and faculty.&nbsp;<br />
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Fortunately, administrators are beginning to take a strong interest in university-facilitated patent development and product realization for undergraduate students.&nbsp; Professors from the Industrial Engineering department will soon introduce a product realization certificate to span all majors and the chemical engineering department has recently revamped its sophomore and junior year curriculum to more intently convey design principles.&nbsp; The mechanical engineering department, too, has been steadily increasing the focus on sustainability and marketability in undergraduate design classes, as in ‘MEMS 0024: Intro to Mechanical Engineering Design.’<br />
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Still, it is clear that there is more work to be done.&nbsp; In many other disciplines, serious project management/design courses are not mandatory until senior year.&nbsp; Further, freshman students are NEVER formally exposed to the opportunities of product development for engineers.&nbsp; The best opportunities for undergrads to get involved in projects are in extracurricular clubs.&nbsp; DesignHub, Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW), and Engineers Without Borders (EWB) are three of the strongest organizations on campus for completing actual projects with significant impact in local and global communities.<br />
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We seek to expand upon and merge into a community, the values and practices of these groups. &nbsp;Two gaps we seek to bridge as UI Fellows are as follows:<br />
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#Inspire and Forge Project Teams (applied/realized value)<br />
#*Connect product ideas that have market value with teams capable of producing them.&nbsp; Provide access to funding and guidance for these teams. &nbsp;<br />
#Provide an incubator space (applied/realized value)<br />
#*Allow such teams to function effectively and provide the necessary inspiration/motivation to get undergraduates interested in I&E.<br />
#Increase awareness of I&E on campus<br />
#*TEDx Event<br />
#*Creativity Wall<br />
#*1000 Pitches<br />
#*Club of Clubs<br />
#Change Curriculum&nbsp;<br />
#*First Year Classes<br />
#*Provide an interdisciplinary entrepreneurship class<br />
#*Give credit to entrepreneurs<br />
#Build an Entreneurship Community at Pitt Business and Connect the Different Departments<br />
#*Connect student organizations across departments in Entrepreneurship through Suitable<br />
#*Hold site visits and lectures series for business students interested in entreperneurship<br />
#*Run and operate one hackathon per semester at Pitt Business<br />
#*Organize 3 projects to compete at the Enactus National and Regional Competitions<br />
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= Strategy #1: Inspire and Forge Project Teams =<br />
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Following are an array of strategies that will fully address Gap #1 over a 2-3 year period:<br />
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== Tactic #1: Create Advisory Board/Panel to Promote I&E ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Students in the Pitt Business school are currently looking to launch an entrepreneurship club- one that would connect mixed groups of students to form cohesive teams (engineering, business, law, etc. students) and validate market potential.&nbsp; In partnering with this effort, an advisory board for I&E would seek out possible projects and give them to an able team.&nbsp; It would be the goal of such a board to find the need on campus for different products, looking for possible ideas in extracurricular clubs, professors, and perhaps, industry.&nbsp; These projects would be assigned to a team that applies with a plan to complete them, and they would be guided to the IP resources on campus and eventually to the proper contacts in the Business school for marketing advice. &nbsp; &nbsp;<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Team Leader:: TBD<br />
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== Tactic #2: Host Seminars/Grand Challenges to Educate/Inspire ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Professors in the Engineering Education Resource Center (EERC), are in the process of applying for a grant to host seminars and challenge sessions for next semester.&nbsp; As Innovation Fellows, we have been given the opportunity to help plan these events and hope to use them to foster support (especially at the freshman/sophomore level) for the movement.&nbsp; Current seminar ideas include: Dinner with entrepreneurs, microGrant challenge, skill seminars.&nbsp;<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Team Leader:: TBD<br />
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= Strategy #2: Provide better innovation spaces =<br />
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Students on campus need more space to work on projects. These spaces will not only meet that need, they will also improve the innovative culture by giving students a home base, a hang out spot, where innovative communities can form.<br />
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In order to accomplish this goal, a group in the engineering school is starting an initial space in order to prove demand and bolster support. In the near future, we hope to expand the space and form multiple spaces, encompassing the entire scale of prototyping fidelity and providing the lowest posible barrier to entry to students in all schools at Pitt<br />
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== <span style="font-size:large">Milestone #1: Find and Create a Space (Completed Jan 1st 2016)</span> ==<br />
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• &nbsp; Secured space in engineering building to serve as the first space. Space was remodelled and essentially inheirited as a blank slate.<br />
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== <span style="font-size:large">Milestone #2: Form teams to manage the space (Initially formed Jan 19th)</span> ==<br />
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The space is managed by 4 subteams. Each subteam has a team leader. All of the team leaders serve as the overall management team for the space, which is led by Zach Patterson. Dr. Buddy Clark serves as a faculty mentor & leader. Subteams are:<br />
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*Equipment Team: In charge of keeping an equipment & materials wishist and maintaining equipment & materials in the room. Led by Nick Petro<br />
*Education & Training Team: In charge of training new users to use the space, creating training modules for equipment as it is added, and providing and stimulating ongoing education for members. Led by Kevin Gilboy<br />
*Users Team: In charge of accumulating key data for the space in order to form a quantitative value proposition for additional spaces. Also helps determine baseline requirements for room use. Led by Linday Pietz<br />
*Outreach Team: In charge of promoting the space both on and off campus. Seeks industry sponsors. Led by Reshef Elisha<br />
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== <span style="font-size:large;">Milestone #3: Have a completely organized, functional, highly used space<br/><span style="font-size:medium;">Date: April 2016</span></span> ==<br />
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*Paint and outfit the room to make it a more welcoming and thought provoking place<br />
*Set up equipment and materials in the room<br />
*Iron out the management scheme to ensure maximum efficiency and effectiveness<br />
*Maximize data tracking<br />
*Steadily increase traffic and cultivate a community<br />
*Secure industry sponsors<br />
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== <span style="font-size:large;">Milestone #4: Have a grand opening to kick off the new school year</span><br/><span style="font-size:medium;">Date: September 2016</span> ==<br />
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After completely setting up the space, ensuring everthing runs smoothly, and perfecting our data tracking techniquies, we will begin to heavily promote the space in the new school year, holding events and doing our best to bring in more students than we have space and resources. By doing this, we hope to prove that demand has outgrown the space and that it is time to expand to more and better spaces.&nbsp;<br />
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== <span style="font-size:large;">Milestone #5: Propose more and better spaces</span><br/><span style="font-size:medium;">Date: October 2016</span> ==<br />
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The data collected over the course of the year will serve as the basis for a proposal to greatly increase the resources put into makerspaces and to rapidly expand our space to other location. We will propose both more spaces for general project work along with additional spaces for higher fildelity work.<br />
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== <span style="font-size:large;">Milestone #6: Begin a campuswide group of makerspaces</span><br/><span style="font-size:medium;">Date: Spring 2017</span> ==<br />
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Using funding hopefully aquired from Milestone #5, we will scale up our proven management structure and launch additional spaces around campus<br />
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= Strategy #3: Increase awareness of I&E on campus&nbsp; =<br />
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== Tactic #1: TEDx Event ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: University of Pittsburgh currently has lectures about various subjects with key speakers through Pitt Program Council. Most of these events are sold out and students have to line up to get tickets. Adding a TEDx events will connect students to interdisciplinary opportunities and start them in design thinking. •&nbsp;&nbsp; Team Leader: David Jacob (current bioengineering candidate)&nbsp;<br />
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*Apply for TEDx event license<br />
*Form committees (advertising, sponsors, speakers, visuals, etc.)<br />
*Invite speakers<br />
*Search for sponsors<br />
*Reserve event space<br />
*Advertise the event on campus<br />
*Hold the TEDx event<br />
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== Tactic #2: Creativity Wall ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: In the engineering building, there are already many white boards on the wall to increase innovation, talk about upcoming events, and have challenges or problems presented. If they could use one of the walls that gets the most traffic and pose an open ended question, students could add to the ideas and come up with new ways to solve it. This could also be put on the outside of classrooms so that students write on it before entering a class. If they also added more whiteboards in the Business and Arts and Sciences buildings, they could pose the same question that week that was posed in the Engineering building and see how other students approach this. Team Leader: Student TBD<br />
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== Tactic #3: 1000 Pitches ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Currently, Pitt students are starting 1000 pitches on campus. They are using this platform to encourage innovation and design thinking, and allowing everyone to feel creative and innovative. This should continue on campus to add to awareness on campus.<br />
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= Strategy #4: Change Curriculum&nbsp; =<br />
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== Tactic #1: First Year Classes ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Students at each of the schools at University of Pittsburgh are required to take an introductory class their freshman year. We could incorporate design thinking or innovation and entrepreneurship into the curriculum.<br />
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*In Spring 2015, the engineering school launched The Art of Making, a course initially designed for freshmen honors engineering students. The course is a demanding journey through the world of design thinking and rapid prototyping. Students leave the course having been introduced to a wide array of prototyping skills in fabrication, electronics, pretotyping, etc. More importantly, students gain the confidence to be doers and the background to better learn and apply material from theoretical coursework to come. As a cherry on top, the course drastically improves students' ability to choose a major within engineering as they get much better exposure to the sorts of things that different engineers might do.&nbsp;<br/>The course has since been adapted for upperclassmen students both in and outside of engineering as an elective. Students who have participated in the course have gone on to be leaders in project based clubs and other similar endeavors.<br/>Dr. Joe Samosky is the preofessor and creator of the course. Many Pitt UIFs and UIFCs are co-creators and original TAs of the course including [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Nathan_Smialek Nate Smialek], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Zachary_Patterson Zach Patterson], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Brian_Rhindress Brian Rhindress], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Madhur_Malhotra Madhur Malhotra], and [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Ian_McIntyre Ian McIntyre].&nbsp;[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Jennifer_Sommer Jenny Sommer]&nbsp;is currently a TA for the Spring 2016 offering.<br />
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== Tactic #2: Provide an Interdisciplinary Entrepreneurship Class ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Currently, Pitt has entrepreneurship and design thinking classes in all three schools. However, each class is only allowed to be taken by students from their respective schools. Pitt should add a course that allows students to take a class about innovation, design thinking and entrepreneurship that is open to all disciplines. That would allow students to see how to approach these problems from various viewpoints and will lead them to more creative thinking due to the interdisciplinary collaboration.<br />
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== Tactic #3: Give credit to entrepreneurs ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Pitt offers credit to students with internships and research on campus. Pitt could apply the same thing to entrepreneurial ventures which would allow students to manage their time more effectively because their projects would go back to school credit.<br />
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= Strategy #5: Startup Pitt =<br />
<div>Innovation cannot thrive in a bubble. Entrepreneurship is up-and-coming in Pittsburgh, and it’s important that undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Pittsburgh are exposed to this awesome movement. Ian is experiencing the entrepreneurial drive first-hand. Regardless of the value of his bioengineering degree, Ian pondered dropping out of school after his startup was admitted into the Alphalab Gear Accelerator program. Ian has feet in both realms: one in the University, one in the community. At the University, Ian is watching groups of students practicing design thinking, innovation, and entrepreneurship, all which are valuable skills for those involved in startups. These students are driven and searching to use what they learn in the classroom on real-world projects. On the other side, Ian is (somewhat firsthand) witnessing the need for startups to hire interns with engineering, design, and business experience. &nbsp;In fact, Ian worked as an intern with his project to further the technological and business development before the thought of commercialization occurred. Why can’t other interns help young startups succeed?</div><div><br/></div><div>Startup Pitt is a smaller-scale model of Venture for America, a program that places recent college graduates in startups throughout the country. VFA Fellows have been instrumental in building businesses and helping startups succeed. Likewise, Startup Pitt interns will help Pittsburgh startups become successful while earning salary and a valuable internship experience. Of course, Startup Pitt keeps to it’s title: starting-up Pittsburgh as a center of entrepreneurship.</div><div><br/></div><br />
== Program Specifics ==<br />
<div>The Startup Pitt process may be compared to an engineering cooperative-education (co-op) program, an educational program that places engineering students in an established company or engineering firm. A co-op student works for three semesters -- one full year -- with a schedule negotiated between the employer and student. A student may alternate between work and school semesters; work in the fall, assume classes in the spring, work in the summer, assume classes in the fall, etc. On the other hand, a company may want a student to work for a year through, during which time the student would not return to classes. There are subjective benefits and disadvantages to each schedule setup that vary with students and courses of studies. However, a &nbsp;co-op trumps a traditional internship in that a student maintains full-time student status during the co-op semesters. Full-time student status permits a student to reside in on-campus dormitories and receive all the stipulations of being a student. A co-op student does not pay tuition unless she enrolls in night classes.</div><div><br/></div><div>Startup Pitt provides a flexible hiring duration for startups and for students who are looking for an internship. &nbsp;While a co-op is expected to work for three semesters, the Startup Pitt program adapts to the needs of the intern and the startup to satisfy both parties. For example, if a startup can only hire a student for one semester, Startup Pitt may provide an intern who appreciates the short-term work experience that will not delay graduation. Furthermore, Startup Pitt provides internships to not only engineering students, but also business students, students of design, and students who possess skillsets desired by a Pittsburgh startup. Startup Pitt allows a more flexible internship duration.</div><div><br/></div><div>Finances hinder a startup’s ability to hire appropriate help. The Startup Pitt program acknowledges that startups may want to hire an intern but may not be able to afford an intern. Startup Pitt works with departments and organizations at the University of Pittsburgh as well as the supporters of Pittsburgh incubators to subsidize the pay for an intern. In this manner, a startup receives extra help to grow a business without the concern of paying an intern, and an intern receives pay while gaining valuable work experience.</div><div><br/></div><br />
== Timeline ==<br />
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All objectives and tasks in the timeline are subject to change.<br />
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=== Customer discovery (March 2015) ===<br />
<div>Identify the needs of students at the University of Pittsburgh. Student groups include engineering students, business students, and those involved in I&E activities. Channels to reach students include department and program coordinators, seminars, and student / faculty organizations. Survey questions include</div><br />
*Would you (students) be interested in working for a startup?<br />
*How important is maintaining your full-time student status?<br />
*For how many academic semesters could you see yourself working an internship at a startup?<br />
*Why does working at a startup interest you?<br />
*What kinds of skills do you believe are needed to be successful with growing a startup?<br />
*Would you be willing to potentially delay your graduation?<br />
*How much pay (hourly rate) would you see yourself making while interning at a startup?<br />
<div><br/></div><div>Identify the needs of startups in Pittsburgh incubators and accelerators, such as startups involved in Alphalab, Alphalab Gear, Thrill Mill, Idea Foundry, and Revv Oakland. &nbsp;Survey questions include</div><br />
*Do you believe a college student pursuing an engineering / business / etc. major could make a contribution to your startup as an intern?<br />
*What skills would you look for in a student intern for your startup?<br />
*How long would you hire a Startup Pitt intern?<br />
*If at all, how much could you afford to pay a Startup Pitt intern?<br />
*If the Startup Pitt inter’s pay was subsidized through the University of Pittsburgh and/or your accelerator/incubator, would you be more likely to hire a Startup Pitt intern?<br />
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=== Prototype financial infrastructure (April 2015) ===<br />
<div>Coordinate with the University of Pittsburgh Innovation Institute, the Swanson School of Engineering, the College of Business Administration, and the investor networks who support Pittsburgh incubators/accelerators to assess the potential of subsidizing a Startup Pitt’s hourly pay. Establish the value of Startup Pitt with each supporter, and evaluate how much each supporter is willing to contribute to a Startup Pitt intern.&nbsp;</div><div><br/></div><br />
=== Future tasks ===<br />
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*Discuss program with University of Pittsburgh administration. Investigate potential of maintaining full-time student status during employment (May 2015)<br />
*Formulate a faculty and student committee to evaluate student applications (June 2015)<br />
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= Strategy #5:&nbsp;Build an Entreneurship Community at Pitt Business =<br />
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'''Enactus Spring 2016 Action Plan'''&nbsp;<br />
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'''Entrepreneurship Showcase Momentum Plan:'''<br />
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1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Winning teams will be awarded a $100 stipend to work with Enactus as a project. They will also be provided financial guidance from the Enactus Finance Team (Josh Ordos and Bruce Baka)<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Teams will be matched with a mentor or leader in the community through the Enactus Leadership Team and provided access to the BAB.<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Winning teams will be given priority access to talk to speakers at all Enactus events and will also have the opportunity to get relevant site visits paid for by Enactus.<br />
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4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Enactus Club will provide Lean Canvas model-training sessions to the winning teams during the course of semester.<br />
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5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The winnings teams will also have the opportunity to obtain intern support or additional team member support from Enactus club members.<br />
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6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Teams that continue to partner with Enactus as a sponsored project will be encouraged to compete at the regional and national competitions to earn more startup funding.&nbsp;<br />
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'''BAB (Business Advisory Board) Plan:'''&nbsp;<br />
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1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The BAB must be available to provide guidance to all winning teams at the Entrepreneurship Showcase hackathon.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; They must also be accessible to any other Enactus projects at least once per month.<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Each BAB member will serve to connect Enactus with at least one speaker per semester.<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Each BAB member will be used to organize at least one site visit per semester for Enactus.<br />
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4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Each BAB member will be used as a project specific mentor to at least one Enactus team per semester.<br />
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5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The BAB members must attend at least one site visits, general body meeting, or speaker event in order to provide Enactus students with clear access to the BAB Board.<br />
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6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Recruiting:<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; TBA (Mario)&nbsp;<br />
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'''Food Waste/Related Momentum Plan:'''<br />
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&nbsp;1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will operate at least one food waste/related project this semester.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; This will be organized and led by Hope Murray and it is already in the planning.<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will hold 2 food waste related speakers.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tentatively: Hungry Harvest in March (Grant)<br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tentatively: Executive Chef at Sodexo (Rhonda + Audrey)<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will hold 2 food waste/related site visits this semester.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Farm Truck Foods – A Food Waste Site Trip<br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; CMU Food Truck – A Food Waste Site Trip<br />
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c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 412 Food Rescue – A Food Waste Industry Speaker<br />
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4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will also serve to connect students to startups in food related industries.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The goal is to connect at least one Enactus member to a food industry related intern position in spring or summer 2016.&nbsp;<br />
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'''Site Visit, Speaker Event, and Projects Goals:'''&nbsp;<br />
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1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will operate at least three projects this semester.<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will run at least 1 site visit per month.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2 entrepreneurship related site visits:<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; TBA (Cathy Lada)<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will run at least 1 speaker event per month at general club meetings.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2 entrepreneurship related speakers:<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tim Zak, Director of CMU’s Social Innovation Institute – A Global Perspective Talk (Rhonda + Cathy Lada)<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Nicole Muise-Kielkucki, Director of Social Enterprise Initiatives at Idea Foundry – Supporting Social Entrepreneurs Talk (Rhonda)<br />
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'''Regional and National Enactus Event Plan'''<br />
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1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Regional: March 29<sup>th</sup> Washington D.C.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Application Due Date: February 22<sup>nd</sup><br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Projects<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Hope Murray – Food Truck/Membership College Café<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Mario – Student/Faculty Pet Day Care – Volunteers are Students<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; iii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; TBA – Expecting 1 more project from new members this semester<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; iv.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; TBA – Expecting 1-3 more projects from the Entrepreneurship Showcase&nbsp;<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; National Event: May 15<sup>th</sup>-17<sup>th</sup> in St. Louis<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Due Date: TBA<br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Projects<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Regional and National Events Planning Team<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sophia Tan<br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Mario Nicolia<br />
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c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Grant Jacoby<br />
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d.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Hope Murray<br />
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e.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Demetra Mallios<br />
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'''Additional Groups and Organizations to Contact'''<br />
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1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Food Recovery Network - For additional members and project ideas (TBA)<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Are there any other organizations that may consider co-membership to run the food truck? (TBA)<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; University Innovation Fellows - For additional leadership assistance (Grant)<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Engineers for A Sustainable World - For additional members and project ideas (Grant/Engineer?)<br />
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4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; All Innovation Institute Events - For additional members and project ideas (TBA)<br />
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5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Randall Family Big Idea - For additional members and project ideas (TBA)<br />
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6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Thrill Mill – For internship opportunities for students (Grant)<br />
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7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Design Hub - For additional members and project ideas (Mario)<br />
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***TBA - Need to find a recruiting chair for Enactus ASAP to go to all entrepreneurship events on campus to push meetings, events, and site visits<br />
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'''Future Goals and Standards'''&nbsp;<br />
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1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Food Hackathon September 2016<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Audrey - Can we start to organize a food hackathon for the beginning of the fall semester?<br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Use this as a springboard for marketing attention for new membership.<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus Leadership Requirements:<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1 site visit per month<br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1 speaker per month<br />
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c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; At least 3 projects per any given semester<br />
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d.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1 industry focus per semester (can be multiple semesters)<br />
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e.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Participate in Regional Competition Annually<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Connect at least one student to a startup internship per semester in order to create a stronger internship network in the entrepreneurial community.<br />
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4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Organize at least 1 hackathon per semester with another organization.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Partner with at least one other CBA organizations to promote interdisciplinary relationships.<br />
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= Related Links =<br />
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[[University of Pittsburgh]]<br />
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[[Nathan Smialek]]<br />
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[[Brian Rhindress]]<br />
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[[Karuna Relwani|Karuna Relwani]]<br />
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[[Jennifer Sommer]]<br />
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[[Ian McIntyre|Ian McIntyre]]<br />
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[[Grant Jacoby|Grant Jacoby]]<br />
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Zachary_Patterson Zach Patterson]<br />
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[[Category:Student Priorities|Student_Priorities]]</div>Zpatthttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Priorities:University_of_Pittsburgh_Student_Priorities&diff=29870Priorities:University of Pittsburgh Student Priorities2016-02-10T19:56:16Z<p>Zpatt: </p>
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<div>= Overview<br/> =<br />
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The University of Pittsburgh is a well-known leader in innovation within the fields of engineering and medical research.&nbsp; Translational research and entrepreneurship exist primarily at the institutional level.&nbsp; Many organizations exist, like the Institute of Entrepreneurial Excellence, to give budding entrepreneurs the needed resources and inspiration to proceed from ideation to market.&nbsp; In the last 20 years alone, such programs have created more than 800 startups and 7,000 jobs in the Pittsburgh area.&nbsp; Between the sheer amount of research conducted and available seed funding (Coulter Program for bioengineering devices, other VC connections through Institute of Entrepreneurial Excellence) Innovation and Entrepreneurship needs only to be catalyzed to take off, since all necessary ingredients are in abundance at the University of Pittsburgh.<br />
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However, there is a huge gap on campus between these institutions and undergraduate students.&nbsp; Most students are unaware of PantherlabWorks (a commercialization accelerator) and do not know that the university offers patent and IP counseling through the Office of Technology Management/Office of Enterprise Development.&nbsp; At present, these institutions mainly serve graduate students and faculty.&nbsp;<br />
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Fortunately, administrators are beginning to take a strong interest in university-facilitated patent development and product realization for undergraduate students.&nbsp; Professors from the Industrial Engineering department will soon introduce a product realization certificate to span all majors and the chemical engineering department has recently revamped its sophomore and junior year curriculum to more intently convey design principles.&nbsp; The mechanical engineering department, too, has been steadily increasing the focus on sustainability and marketability in undergraduate design classes, as in ‘MEMS 0024: Intro to Mechanical Engineering Design.’<br />
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Still, it is clear that there is more work to be done.&nbsp; In many other disciplines, serious project management/design courses are not mandatory until senior year.&nbsp; Further, freshman students are NEVER formally exposed to the opportunities of product development for engineers.&nbsp; The best opportunities for undergrads to get involved in projects are in extracurricular clubs.&nbsp; DesignHub, Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW), and Engineers Without Borders (EWB) are three of the strongest organizations on campus for completing actual projects with significant impact in local and global communities.<br />
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We seek to expand upon and merge into a community, the values and practices of these groups. &nbsp;Two gaps we seek to bridge as UI Fellows are as follows:<br />
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#Inspire and Forge Project Teams (applied/realized value)<br />
#*Connect product ideas that have market value with teams capable of producing them.&nbsp; Provide access to funding and guidance for these teams. &nbsp;<br />
#Provide an incubator space (applied/realized value)<br />
#*Allow such teams to function effectively and provide the necessary inspiration/motivation to get undergraduates interested in I&E.<br />
#Increase awareness of I&E on campus<br />
#*TEDx Event<br />
#*Creativity Wall<br />
#*1000 Pitches<br />
#*Club of Clubs<br />
#Change Curriculum&nbsp;<br />
#*First Year Classes<br />
#*Provide an interdisciplinary entrepreneurship class<br />
#*Give credit to entrepreneurs<br />
#Build an Entreneurship Community at Pitt Business and Connect the Different Departments<br />
#*Connect student organizations across departments in Entrepreneurship through Suitable<br />
#*Hold site visits and lectures series for business students interested in entreperneurship<br />
#*Run and operate one hackathon per semester at Pitt Business<br />
#*Organize 3 projects to compete at the Enactus National and Regional Competitions<br />
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= Strategy #1: Inspire and Forge Project Teams =<br />
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Following are an array of strategies that will fully address Gap #1 over a 2-3 year period:<br />
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== Tactic #1: Create Advisory Board/Panel to Promote I&E ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Students in the Pitt Business school are currently looking to launch an entrepreneurship club- one that would connect mixed groups of students to form cohesive teams (engineering, business, law, etc. students) and validate market potential.&nbsp; In partnering with this effort, an advisory board for I&E would seek out possible projects and give them to an able team.&nbsp; It would be the goal of such a board to find the need on campus for different products, looking for possible ideas in extracurricular clubs, professors, and perhaps, industry.&nbsp; These projects would be assigned to a team that applies with a plan to complete them, and they would be guided to the IP resources on campus and eventually to the proper contacts in the Business school for marketing advice. &nbsp; &nbsp;<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Team Leader:: TBD<br />
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== Tactic #2: Host Seminars/Grand Challenges to Educate/Inspire ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Professors in the Engineering Education Resource Center (EERC), are in the process of applying for a grant to host seminars and challenge sessions for next semester.&nbsp; As Innovation Fellows, we have been given the opportunity to help plan these events and hope to use them to foster support (especially at the freshman/sophomore level) for the movement.&nbsp; Current seminar ideas include: Dinner with entrepreneurs, microGrant challenge, skill seminars.&nbsp;<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Team Leader:: TBD<br />
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= Strategy #2: Provide better innovation spaces =<br />
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Students on campus need more space to work on projects. These spaces will not only meet that need, they will also improve the innovative culture by giving students a home base, a hang out spot, where innovative communities can form.<br />
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In order to accomplish this goal, a group in the engineering school is starting an initial space in order to prove demand and bolster support. In the near future, we hope to expand the space and form multiple spaces, encompassing the entire scale of prototyping fidelity and providing the lowest posible barrier to entry to students in all schools at Pitt<br />
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== <span style="font-size:large">Milestone #1: Find and Create a Space (Completed Jan 1st 2016)</span> ==<br />
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• &nbsp; Secured space in engineering building to serve as the first space. Space was remodelled and essentially inheirited as a blank slate.<br />
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== <span style="font-size:large">Milestone #2: Form teams to manage the space (Initially formed Jan 19th)</span> ==<br />
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The space is managed by 4 subteams. Each subteam has a team leader. All of the team leaders serve as the overall management team for the space, which is led by Zach Patterson. Dr. Buddy Clark serves as a faculty mentor & leader. Subteams are:<br />
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*Equipment Team: In charge of keeping an equipment & materials wishist and maintaining equipment & materials in the room. Led by Nick Petro<br />
*Education & Training Team: In charge of training new users to use the space, creating training modules for equipment as it is added, and providing and stimulating ongoing education for members. Led by Kevin Gilboy<br />
*Users Team: In charge of accumulating key data for the space in order to form a quantitative value proposition for additional spaces. Also helps determine baseline requirements for room use. Led by Linday Pietz<br />
*Outreach Team: In charge of promoting the space both on and off campus. Seeks industry sponsors. Led by Reshef Elisha<br />
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== <span style="font-size:large;">Milestone #3: Have a completely organized, functional, highly used space<br/><span style="font-size:medium;">Date: April 2016</span></span> ==<br />
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*Paint and outfit the room to make it a more welcoming and thought provoking place<br />
*Set up equipment and materials in the room<br />
*Iron out the management scheme to ensure maximum efficiency and effectiveness<br />
*Maximize data tracking<br />
*Steadily increase traffic and cultivate a community<br />
*Secure industry sponsors<br />
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== <span style="font-size:large;">Milestone #4: Have a grand opening to kick off the new school year</span><br/><span style="font-size:medium;">Date: September 2016</span> ==<br />
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After completely setting up the space, ensuring everthing runs smoothly, and perfecting our data tracking techniquies, we will begin to heavily promote the space in the new school year, holding events and doing our best to bring in more students than we have space and resources. By doing this, we hope to prove that demand has outgrown the space and that it is time to expand to more and better spaces.&nbsp;<br />
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== <span style="font-size:large;">Milestone #5: Propose more and better spaces</span><br/><span style="font-size:medium;">Date: October 2016</span> ==<br />
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The data collected over the course of the year will serve as the basis for a proposal to greatly increase the resources put into makerspaces and to rapidly expand our space to other location. We will propose both more spaces for general project work along with additional spaces for higher fildelity work.<br />
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== <span style="font-size:large;">Milestone #6: Begin a campuswide group of makerspaces</span><br/><span style="font-size:medium;">Date: Spring 2017</span> ==<br />
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Using funding hopefully aquired from Milestone #5, we will scale up our proven management structure and launch additional spaces around campus<br />
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= Strategy #3: Increase awareness of I&E on campus&nbsp; =<br />
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== Tactic #1: TEDx Event ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: University of Pittsburgh currently has lectures about various subjects with key speakers through Pitt Program Council. Most of these events are sold out and students have to line up to get tickets. Adding a TEDx events will connect students to interdisciplinary opportunities and start them in design thinking. •&nbsp;&nbsp; Team Leader: David Jacob (current bioengineering candidate)&nbsp;<br />
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Milestones:<br />
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*Apply for TEDx event license<br />
*Form committees (advertising, sponsors, speakers, visuals, etc.)<br />
*Invite speakers<br />
*Search for sponsors<br />
*Reserve event space<br />
*Advertise the event on campus<br />
*Hold the TEDx event<br />
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== Tactic #2: Creativity Wall ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: In the engineering building, there are already many white boards on the wall to increase innovation, talk about upcoming events, and have challenges or problems presented. If they could use one of the walls that gets the most traffic and pose an open ended question, students could add to the ideas and come up with new ways to solve it. This could also be put on the outside of classrooms so that students write on it before entering a class. If they also added more whiteboards in the Business and Arts and Sciences buildings, they could pose the same question that week that was posed in the Engineering building and see how other students approach this. Team Leader: Student TBD<br />
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== Tactic #3: 1000 Pitches ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Currently, Pitt students are starting 1000 pitches on campus. They are using this platform to encourage innovation and design thinking, and allowing everyone to feel creative and innovative. This should continue on campus to add to awareness on campus.<br />
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= Strategy #4: Change Curriculum&nbsp; =<br />
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== Tactic #1: First Year Classes ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Students at each of the schools at University of Pittsburgh are required to take an introductory class their freshman year. We could incorporate design thinking or innovation and entrepreneurship into the curriculum.<br />
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*In Spring 2015, the engineering school launched The Art of Making, a course initially designed for freshmen honors engineering students. The course is a demanding journey through the world of design thinking and rapid prototyping. Students leave the course having been introduced to a wide array of prototyping skills in fabrication, electronics, pretotyping, etc. More importantly, students gain the confidence to be doers and the background to better learn and apply material from theoretical coursework to come. As a cherry on top, the course drastically improves students' ability to choose a major within engineering as they get much better exposure to the sorts of things that different engineers might do.&nbsp;<br/>The course has since been adapted for upperclassmen students both in and outside of engineering as an elective. Students who have participated in the course have gone on to be leaders in project based clubs and other similar endeavors.<br/>Dr. Joe Samosky is the preofessor and creator of the course, along with a large list of current and former TAs, many of whom are UIFs and UIFCs including [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Nathan_Smialek Nate Smialek], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Zachary_Patterson Zach Patterson], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Brian_Rhindress Brian Rhindress], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Jennifer_Sommer Jenny Sommer], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Madhur_Malhotra Madhur Malhotra], and [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Ian_McIntyre Ian McIntyre].<br />
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== Tactic #2: Provide an Interdisciplinary Entrepreneurship Class ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Currently, Pitt has entrepreneurship and design thinking classes in all three schools. However, each class is only allowed to be taken by students from their respective schools. Pitt should add a course that allows students to take a class about innovation, design thinking and entrepreneurship that is open to all disciplines. That would allow students to see how to approach these problems from various viewpoints and will lead them to more creative thinking due to the interdisciplinary collaboration.<br />
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== Tactic #3: Give credit to entrepreneurs ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Pitt offers credit to students with internships and research on campus. Pitt could apply the same thing to entrepreneurial ventures which would allow students to manage their time more effectively because their projects would go back to school credit.<br />
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= Strategy #5: Startup Pitt =<br />
<div>Innovation cannot thrive in a bubble. Entrepreneurship is up-and-coming in Pittsburgh, and it’s important that undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Pittsburgh are exposed to this awesome movement. Ian is experiencing the entrepreneurial drive first-hand. Regardless of the value of his bioengineering degree, Ian pondered dropping out of school after his startup was admitted into the Alphalab Gear Accelerator program. Ian has feet in both realms: one in the University, one in the community. At the University, Ian is watching groups of students practicing design thinking, innovation, and entrepreneurship, all which are valuable skills for those involved in startups. These students are driven and searching to use what they learn in the classroom on real-world projects. On the other side, Ian is (somewhat firsthand) witnessing the need for startups to hire interns with engineering, design, and business experience. &nbsp;In fact, Ian worked as an intern with his project to further the technological and business development before the thought of commercialization occurred. Why can’t other interns help young startups succeed?</div><div><br/></div><div>Startup Pitt is a smaller-scale model of Venture for America, a program that places recent college graduates in startups throughout the country. VFA Fellows have been instrumental in building businesses and helping startups succeed. Likewise, Startup Pitt interns will help Pittsburgh startups become successful while earning salary and a valuable internship experience. Of course, Startup Pitt keeps to it’s title: starting-up Pittsburgh as a center of entrepreneurship.</div><div><br/></div><br />
== Program Specifics ==<br />
<div>The Startup Pitt process may be compared to an engineering cooperative-education (co-op) program, an educational program that places engineering students in an established company or engineering firm. A co-op student works for three semesters -- one full year -- with a schedule negotiated between the employer and student. A student may alternate between work and school semesters; work in the fall, assume classes in the spring, work in the summer, assume classes in the fall, etc. On the other hand, a company may want a student to work for a year through, during which time the student would not return to classes. There are subjective benefits and disadvantages to each schedule setup that vary with students and courses of studies. However, a &nbsp;co-op trumps a traditional internship in that a student maintains full-time student status during the co-op semesters. Full-time student status permits a student to reside in on-campus dormitories and receive all the stipulations of being a student. A co-op student does not pay tuition unless she enrolls in night classes.</div><div><br/></div><div>Startup Pitt provides a flexible hiring duration for startups and for students who are looking for an internship. &nbsp;While a co-op is expected to work for three semesters, the Startup Pitt program adapts to the needs of the intern and the startup to satisfy both parties. For example, if a startup can only hire a student for one semester, Startup Pitt may provide an intern who appreciates the short-term work experience that will not delay graduation. Furthermore, Startup Pitt provides internships to not only engineering students, but also business students, students of design, and students who possess skillsets desired by a Pittsburgh startup. Startup Pitt allows a more flexible internship duration.</div><div><br/></div><div>Finances hinder a startup’s ability to hire appropriate help. The Startup Pitt program acknowledges that startups may want to hire an intern but may not be able to afford an intern. Startup Pitt works with departments and organizations at the University of Pittsburgh as well as the supporters of Pittsburgh incubators to subsidize the pay for an intern. In this manner, a startup receives extra help to grow a business without the concern of paying an intern, and an intern receives pay while gaining valuable work experience.</div><div><br/></div><br />
== Timeline ==<br />
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All objectives and tasks in the timeline are subject to change.<br />
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=== Customer discovery (March 2015) ===<br />
<div>Identify the needs of students at the University of Pittsburgh. Student groups include engineering students, business students, and those involved in I&E activities. Channels to reach students include department and program coordinators, seminars, and student / faculty organizations. Survey questions include</div><br />
*Would you (students) be interested in working for a startup?<br />
*How important is maintaining your full-time student status?<br />
*For how many academic semesters could you see yourself working an internship at a startup?<br />
*Why does working at a startup interest you?<br />
*What kinds of skills do you believe are needed to be successful with growing a startup?<br />
*Would you be willing to potentially delay your graduation?<br />
*How much pay (hourly rate) would you see yourself making while interning at a startup?<br />
<div><br/></div><div>Identify the needs of startups in Pittsburgh incubators and accelerators, such as startups involved in Alphalab, Alphalab Gear, Thrill Mill, Idea Foundry, and Revv Oakland. &nbsp;Survey questions include</div><br />
*Do you believe a college student pursuing an engineering / business / etc. major could make a contribution to your startup as an intern?<br />
*What skills would you look for in a student intern for your startup?<br />
*How long would you hire a Startup Pitt intern?<br />
*If at all, how much could you afford to pay a Startup Pitt intern?<br />
*If the Startup Pitt inter’s pay was subsidized through the University of Pittsburgh and/or your accelerator/incubator, would you be more likely to hire a Startup Pitt intern?<br />
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=== Prototype financial infrastructure (April 2015) ===<br />
<div>Coordinate with the University of Pittsburgh Innovation Institute, the Swanson School of Engineering, the College of Business Administration, and the investor networks who support Pittsburgh incubators/accelerators to assess the potential of subsidizing a Startup Pitt’s hourly pay. Establish the value of Startup Pitt with each supporter, and evaluate how much each supporter is willing to contribute to a Startup Pitt intern.&nbsp;</div><div><br/></div><br />
=== Future tasks ===<br />
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*Discuss program with University of Pittsburgh administration. Investigate potential of maintaining full-time student status during employment (May 2015)<br />
*Formulate a faculty and student committee to evaluate student applications (June 2015)<br />
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= Strategy #5:&nbsp;Build an Entreneurship Community at Pitt Business =<br />
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'''Enactus Spring 2016 Action Plan'''&nbsp;<br />
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'''Entrepreneurship Showcase Momentum Plan:'''<br />
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1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Winning teams will be awarded a $100 stipend to work with Enactus as a project. They will also be provided financial guidance from the Enactus Finance Team (Josh Ordos and Bruce Baka)<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Teams will be matched with a mentor or leader in the community through the Enactus Leadership Team and provided access to the BAB.<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Winning teams will be given priority access to talk to speakers at all Enactus events and will also have the opportunity to get relevant site visits paid for by Enactus.<br />
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4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Enactus Club will provide Lean Canvas model-training sessions to the winning teams during the course of semester.<br />
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5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The winnings teams will also have the opportunity to obtain intern support or additional team member support from Enactus club members.<br />
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6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Teams that continue to partner with Enactus as a sponsored project will be encouraged to compete at the regional and national competitions to earn more startup funding.&nbsp;<br />
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'''BAB (Business Advisory Board) Plan:'''&nbsp;<br />
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1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The BAB must be available to provide guidance to all winning teams at the Entrepreneurship Showcase hackathon.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; They must also be accessible to any other Enactus projects at least once per month.<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Each BAB member will serve to connect Enactus with at least one speaker per semester.<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Each BAB member will be used to organize at least one site visit per semester for Enactus.<br />
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4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Each BAB member will be used as a project specific mentor to at least one Enactus team per semester.<br />
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5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The BAB members must attend at least one site visits, general body meeting, or speaker event in order to provide Enactus students with clear access to the BAB Board.<br />
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6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Recruiting:<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; TBA (Mario)&nbsp;<br />
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'''Food Waste/Related Momentum Plan:'''<br />
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&nbsp;1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will operate at least one food waste/related project this semester.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; This will be organized and led by Hope Murray and it is already in the planning.<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will hold 2 food waste related speakers.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tentatively: Hungry Harvest in March (Grant)<br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tentatively: Executive Chef at Sodexo (Rhonda + Audrey)<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will hold 2 food waste/related site visits this semester.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Farm Truck Foods – A Food Waste Site Trip<br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; CMU Food Truck – A Food Waste Site Trip<br />
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c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 412 Food Rescue – A Food Waste Industry Speaker<br />
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4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will also serve to connect students to startups in food related industries.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The goal is to connect at least one Enactus member to a food industry related intern position in spring or summer 2016.&nbsp;<br />
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'''Site Visit, Speaker Event, and Projects Goals:'''&nbsp;<br />
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1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will operate at least three projects this semester.<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will run at least 1 site visit per month.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2 entrepreneurship related site visits:<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; TBA (Rhonda)<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; TBA (Cathy Lada)<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will run at least 1 speaker event per month at general club meetings.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2 entrepreneurship related speakers:<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tim Zak, Director of CMU’s Social Innovation Institute – A Global Perspective Talk (Rhonda + Cathy Lada)<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Nicole Muise-Kielkucki, Director of Social Enterprise Initiatives at Idea Foundry – Supporting Social Entrepreneurs Talk (Rhonda)<br />
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'''Regional and National Enactus Event Plan'''<br />
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1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Regional: March 29<sup>th</sup> Washington D.C.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Application Due Date: February 22<sup>nd</sup><br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Projects<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Hope Murray – Food Truck/Membership College Café<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Mario – Student/Faculty Pet Day Care – Volunteers are Students<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; iii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; TBA – Expecting 1 more project from new members this semester<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; iv.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; TBA – Expecting 1-3 more projects from the Entrepreneurship Showcase&nbsp;<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; National Event: May 15<sup>th</sup>-17<sup>th</sup> in St. Louis<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Due Date: TBA<br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Projects<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Regional and National Events Planning Team<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sophia Tan<br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Mario Nicolia<br />
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c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Grant Jacoby<br />
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d.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Hope Murray<br />
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e.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Demetra Mallios<br />
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'''Additional Groups and Organizations to Contact'''<br />
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1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Food Recovery Network - For additional members and project ideas (TBA)<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Are there any other organizations that may consider co-membership to run the food truck? (TBA)<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; University Innovation Fellows - For additional leadership assistance (Grant)<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Engineers for A Sustainable World - For additional members and project ideas (Grant/Engineer?)<br />
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4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; All Innovation Institute Events - For additional members and project ideas (TBA)<br />
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5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Randall Family Big Idea - For additional members and project ideas (TBA)<br />
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6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Thrill Mill – For internship opportunities for students (Grant)<br />
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7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Design Hub - For additional members and project ideas (Mario)<br />
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***TBA - Need to find a recruiting chair for Enactus ASAP to go to all entrepreneurship events on campus to push meetings, events, and site visits<br />
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'''Future Goals and Standards'''&nbsp;<br />
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1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Food Hackathon September 2016<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Audrey - Can we start to organize a food hackathon for the beginning of the fall semester?<br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Use this as a springboard for marketing attention for new membership.<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus Leadership Requirements:<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1 site visit per month<br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1 speaker per month<br />
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c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; At least 3 projects per any given semester<br />
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d.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1 industry focus per semester (can be multiple semesters)<br />
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e.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Participate in Regional Competition Annually<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Connect at least one student to a startup internship per semester in order to create a stronger internship network in the entrepreneurial community.<br />
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4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Organize at least 1 hackathon per semester with another organization.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Partner with at least one other CBA organizations to promote interdisciplinary relationships.<br />
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= Related Links =<br />
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[[University of Pittsburgh]]<br />
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[[Nathan Smialek]]<br />
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[[Brian Rhindress]]<br />
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[[Karuna Relwani|Karuna Relwani]]<br />
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[[Jennifer Sommer]]<br />
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[[Ian McIntyre|Ian McIntyre]]<br />
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[[Grant Jacoby|Grant Jacoby]]<br />
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Zachary_Patterson Zach Patterson]<br />
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[[Category:Student Priorities|Student_Priorities]]</div>Zpatthttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Priorities:University_of_Pittsburgh_Student_Priorities&diff=29869Priorities:University of Pittsburgh Student Priorities2016-02-10T19:55:30Z<p>Zpatt: </p>
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<div>= Overview<br/> =<br />
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The University of Pittsburgh is a well-known leader in innovation within the fields of engineering and medical research.&nbsp; Translational research and entrepreneurship exist primarily at the institutional level.&nbsp; Many organizations exist, like the Institute of Entrepreneurial Excellence, to give budding entrepreneurs the needed resources and inspiration to proceed from ideation to market.&nbsp; In the last 20 years alone, such programs have created more than 800 startups and 7,000 jobs in the Pittsburgh area.&nbsp; Between the sheer amount of research conducted and available seed funding (Coulter Program for bioengineering devices, other VC connections through Institute of Entrepreneurial Excellence) Innovation and Entrepreneurship needs only to be catalyzed to take off, since all necessary ingredients are in abundance at the University of Pittsburgh.<br />
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However, there is a huge gap on campus between these institutions and undergraduate students.&nbsp; Most students are unaware of PantherlabWorks (a commercialization accelerator) and do not know that the university offers patent and IP counseling through the Office of Technology Management/Office of Enterprise Development.&nbsp; At present, these institutions mainly serve graduate students and faculty.&nbsp;<br />
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Fortunately, administrators are beginning to take a strong interest in university-facilitated patent development and product realization for undergraduate students.&nbsp; Professors from the Industrial Engineering department will soon introduce a product realization certificate to span all majors and the chemical engineering department has recently revamped its sophomore and junior year curriculum to more intently convey design principles.&nbsp; The mechanical engineering department, too, has been steadily increasing the focus on sustainability and marketability in undergraduate design classes, as in ‘MEMS 0024: Intro to Mechanical Engineering Design.’<br />
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Still, it is clear that there is more work to be done.&nbsp; In many other disciplines, serious project management/design courses are not mandatory until senior year.&nbsp; Further, freshman students are NEVER formally exposed to the opportunities of product development for engineers.&nbsp; The best opportunities for undergrads to get involved in projects are in extracurricular clubs.&nbsp; DesignHub, Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW), and Engineers Without Borders (EWB) are three of the strongest organizations on campus for completing actual projects with significant impact in local and global communities.<br />
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We seek to expand upon and merge into a community, the values and practices of these groups. &nbsp;Two gaps we seek to bridge as UI Fellows are as follows:<br />
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#Inspire and Forge Project Teams (applied/realized value)<br />
#*Connect product ideas that have market value with teams capable of producing them.&nbsp; Provide access to funding and guidance for these teams. &nbsp;<br />
#Provide an incubator space (applied/realized value)<br />
#*Allow such teams to function effectively and provide the necessary inspiration/motivation to get undergraduates interested in I&E.<br />
#Increase awareness of I&E on campus<br />
#*TEDx Event<br />
#*Creativity Wall<br />
#*1000 Pitches<br />
#*Club of Clubs<br />
#Change Curriculum&nbsp;<br />
#*First Year Classes<br />
#*Provide an interdisciplinary entrepreneurship class<br />
#*Give credit to entrepreneurs<br />
#Build an Entreneurship Community at Pitt Business and Connect the Different Departments<br />
#*Connect student organizations across departments in Entrepreneurship through Suitable<br />
#*Hold site visits and lectures series for business students interested in entreperneurship<br />
#*Run and operate one hackathon per semester at Pitt Business<br />
#*Organize 3 projects to compete at the Enactus National and Regional Competitions<br />
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= Strategy #1: Inspire and Forge Project Teams =<br />
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Following are an array of strategies that will fully address Gap #1 over a 2-3 year period:<br />
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== Tactic #1: Create Advisory Board/Panel to Promote I&E ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Students in the Pitt Business school are currently looking to launch an entrepreneurship club- one that would connect mixed groups of students to form cohesive teams (engineering, business, law, etc. students) and validate market potential.&nbsp; In partnering with this effort, an advisory board for I&E would seek out possible projects and give them to an able team.&nbsp; It would be the goal of such a board to find the need on campus for different products, looking for possible ideas in extracurricular clubs, professors, and perhaps, industry.&nbsp; These projects would be assigned to a team that applies with a plan to complete them, and they would be guided to the IP resources on campus and eventually to the proper contacts in the Business school for marketing advice. &nbsp; &nbsp;<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Team Leader:: TBD<br />
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== Tactic #2: Host Seminars/Grand Challenges to Educate/Inspire ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Professors in the Engineering Education Resource Center (EERC), are in the process of applying for a grant to host seminars and challenge sessions for next semester.&nbsp; As Innovation Fellows, we have been given the opportunity to help plan these events and hope to use them to foster support (especially at the freshman/sophomore level) for the movement.&nbsp; Current seminar ideas include: Dinner with entrepreneurs, microGrant challenge, skill seminars.&nbsp;<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Team Leader:: TBD<br />
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= Strategy #2: Provide better innovation spaces =<br />
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Students on campus need more space to work on projects. These spaces will not only meet that need, they will also improve the innovative culture by giving students a home base, a hang out spot, where innovative communities can form.<br />
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In order to accomplish this goal, a group in the engineering school is starting an initial space in order to prove demand and bolster support. In the near future, we hope to expand the space and form multiple spaces, encompassing the entire scale of prototyping fidelity and providing the lowest posible barrier to entry to students in all schools at Pitt<br />
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== <span style="font-size:large">Milestone #1: Find and Create a Space (Completed Jan 1st 2016)</span> ==<br />
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• &nbsp; Secured space in engineering building to serve as the first space. Space was remodelled and essentially inheirited as a blank slate.<br />
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== <span style="font-size:large">Milestone #2: Form teams to manage the space (Initially formed Jan 19th)</span> ==<br />
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The space is managed by 4 subteams. Each subteam has a team leader. All of the team leaders serve as the overall management team for the space, which is led by Zach Patterson. Dr. Buddy Clark serves as a faculty mentor & leader. Subteams are:<br />
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*Equipment Team: In charge of keeping an equipment & materials wishist and maintaining equipment & materials in the room. Led by Nick Petro<br />
*Education & Training Team: In charge of training new users to use the space, creating training modules for equipment as it is added, and providing and stimulating ongoing education for members. Led by Kevin Gilboy<br />
*Users Team: In charge of accumulating key data for the space in order to form a quantitative value proposition for additional spaces. Also helps determine baseline requirements for room use. Led by Linday Pietz<br />
*Outreach Team: In charge of promoting the space both on and off campus. Seeks industry sponsors. Led by Reshef Elisha<br />
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== <span style="font-size:large;">Milestone #3: Have a completely organized, functional, highly used space<br/><span style="font-size:medium;">Date: April 2016</span></span> ==<br />
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*Paint and outfit the room to make it a more welcoming and thought provoking place<br />
*Set up equipment and materials in the room<br />
*Iron out the management scheme to ensure maximum efficiency and effectiveness<br />
*Maximize data tracking<br />
*Steadily increase traffic and cultivate a community<br />
*Secure industry sponsors<br />
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== <span style="font-size:large;">Milestone #4: Have a grand opening to kick off the new school year</span><br/><span style="font-size:medium;">Date: September 2016</span> ==<br />
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After completely setting up the space, ensuring everthing runs smoothly, and perfecting our data tracking techniquies, we will begin to heavily promote the space in the new school year, holding events and doing our best to bring in more students than we have space and resources. By doing this, we hope to prove that demand has outgrown the space and that it is time to expand to more and better spaces.&nbsp;<br />
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== <span style="font-size:large;">Milestone #5: Propose more and better spaces</span><br/><span style="font-size:medium;">Date: October 2016</span> ==<br />
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The data collected over the course of the year will serve as the basis for a proposal to greatly increase the resources put into makerspaces and to rapidly expand our space to other location. We will propose both more spaces for general project work along with additional spaces for higher fildelity work.<br />
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== <span style="font-size:large;">Milestone #6: Begin a campuswide group of makerspaces</span><br/><span style="font-size:medium;">Date: Spring 2017</span> ==<br />
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Using funding hopefully aquired from Milestone #5, we will scale up our proven management structure and launch additional spaces around campus<br />
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= Strategy #3: Increase awareness of I&E on campus&nbsp; =<br />
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== Tactic #1: TEDx Event ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: University of Pittsburgh currently has lectures about various subjects with key speakers through Pitt Program Council. Most of these events are sold out and students have to line up to get tickets. Adding a TEDx events will connect students to interdisciplinary opportunities and start them in design thinking. •&nbsp;&nbsp; Team Leader: David Jacob (current bioengineering candidate)&nbsp;<br />
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Milestones:<br />
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*Apply for TEDx event license<br />
*Form committees (advertising, sponsors, speakers, visuals, etc.)<br />
*Invite speakers<br />
*Search for sponsors<br />
*Reserve event space<br />
*Advertise the event on campus<br />
*Hold the TEDx event<br />
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== Tactic #2: Creativity Wall ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: In the engineering building, there are already many white boards on the wall to increase innovation, talk about upcoming events, and have challenges or problems presented. If they could use one of the walls that gets the most traffic and pose an open ended question, students could add to the ideas and come up with new ways to solve it. This could also be put on the outside of classrooms so that students write on it before entering a class. If they also added more whiteboards in the Business and Arts and Sciences buildings, they could pose the same question that week that was posed in the Engineering building and see how other students approach this. Team Leader: Student TBD<br />
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== Tactic #3: 1000 Pitches ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Currently, Pitt students are starting 1000 pitches on campus. They are using this platform to encourage innovation and design thinking, and allowing everyone to feel creative and innovative. This should continue on campus to add to awareness on campus.<br />
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= Strategy #4: Change Curriculum&nbsp; =<br />
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== Tactic #1: First Year Classes ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Students at each of the schools at University of Pittsburgh are required to take an introductory class their freshman year. We could incorporate design thinking or innovation and entrepreneurship into the curriculum.<br />
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*In Spring 2015, the engineering school launched The Art of Making, a course initially designed for freshmen honors engineering students. The course is a demanding journey through the world of design thinking and rapid prototyping. Students leave the course having been introduced to a wide array of prototyping skills in fabrication, electronics, pretotyping, etc. More importantly, students gain the confidence to be doers and the background to better learn and apply material from theoretical coursework to come. As a cherry on top, the course drastically improves students' ability to choose a major within engineering as they get much better exposure to the sorts of things that different engineers might do.&nbsp;<br/>The course has since been adapted for upperclassmen students both in and outside of engineering as an elective. Students who have participated in the course have gone on to be leaders in project based clubs and other similar endeavors.<br/>Dr. Joe Samosky is the preofessor and creator of the course, along with a large list of current and former TAs, many of whom are UIFs and UIFCs including [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Nathan_Smialek Nate Smialek], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Zachary_Patterson Zach Patterson], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Brian_Rhindress Brian Rhindress], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Jennifer_Sommer Jenny Sommer], [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Madhur_Malhotra Madhur Malhotra].<br />
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== Tactic #2: Provide an Interdisciplinary Entrepreneurship Class ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Currently, Pitt has entrepreneurship and design thinking classes in all three schools. However, each class is only allowed to be taken by students from their respective schools. Pitt should add a course that allows students to take a class about innovation, design thinking and entrepreneurship that is open to all disciplines. That would allow students to see how to approach these problems from various viewpoints and will lead them to more creative thinking due to the interdisciplinary collaboration.<br />
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== Tactic #3: Give credit to entrepreneurs ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Pitt offers credit to students with internships and research on campus. Pitt could apply the same thing to entrepreneurial ventures which would allow students to manage their time more effectively because their projects would go back to school credit.<br />
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= Strategy #5: Startup Pitt =<br />
<div>Innovation cannot thrive in a bubble. Entrepreneurship is up-and-coming in Pittsburgh, and it’s important that undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Pittsburgh are exposed to this awesome movement. Ian is experiencing the entrepreneurial drive first-hand. Regardless of the value of his bioengineering degree, Ian pondered dropping out of school after his startup was admitted into the Alphalab Gear Accelerator program. Ian has feet in both realms: one in the University, one in the community. At the University, Ian is watching groups of students practicing design thinking, innovation, and entrepreneurship, all which are valuable skills for those involved in startups. These students are driven and searching to use what they learn in the classroom on real-world projects. On the other side, Ian is (somewhat firsthand) witnessing the need for startups to hire interns with engineering, design, and business experience. &nbsp;In fact, Ian worked as an intern with his project to further the technological and business development before the thought of commercialization occurred. Why can’t other interns help young startups succeed?</div><div><br/></div><div>Startup Pitt is a smaller-scale model of Venture for America, a program that places recent college graduates in startups throughout the country. VFA Fellows have been instrumental in building businesses and helping startups succeed. Likewise, Startup Pitt interns will help Pittsburgh startups become successful while earning salary and a valuable internship experience. Of course, Startup Pitt keeps to it’s title: starting-up Pittsburgh as a center of entrepreneurship.</div><div><br/></div><br />
== Program Specifics ==<br />
<div>The Startup Pitt process may be compared to an engineering cooperative-education (co-op) program, an educational program that places engineering students in an established company or engineering firm. A co-op student works for three semesters -- one full year -- with a schedule negotiated between the employer and student. A student may alternate between work and school semesters; work in the fall, assume classes in the spring, work in the summer, assume classes in the fall, etc. On the other hand, a company may want a student to work for a year through, during which time the student would not return to classes. There are subjective benefits and disadvantages to each schedule setup that vary with students and courses of studies. However, a &nbsp;co-op trumps a traditional internship in that a student maintains full-time student status during the co-op semesters. Full-time student status permits a student to reside in on-campus dormitories and receive all the stipulations of being a student. A co-op student does not pay tuition unless she enrolls in night classes.</div><div><br/></div><div>Startup Pitt provides a flexible hiring duration for startups and for students who are looking for an internship. &nbsp;While a co-op is expected to work for three semesters, the Startup Pitt program adapts to the needs of the intern and the startup to satisfy both parties. For example, if a startup can only hire a student for one semester, Startup Pitt may provide an intern who appreciates the short-term work experience that will not delay graduation. Furthermore, Startup Pitt provides internships to not only engineering students, but also business students, students of design, and students who possess skillsets desired by a Pittsburgh startup. Startup Pitt allows a more flexible internship duration.</div><div><br/></div><div>Finances hinder a startup’s ability to hire appropriate help. The Startup Pitt program acknowledges that startups may want to hire an intern but may not be able to afford an intern. Startup Pitt works with departments and organizations at the University of Pittsburgh as well as the supporters of Pittsburgh incubators to subsidize the pay for an intern. In this manner, a startup receives extra help to grow a business without the concern of paying an intern, and an intern receives pay while gaining valuable work experience.</div><div><br/></div><br />
== Timeline ==<br />
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All objectives and tasks in the timeline are subject to change.<br />
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=== Customer discovery (March 2015) ===<br />
<div>Identify the needs of students at the University of Pittsburgh. Student groups include engineering students, business students, and those involved in I&E activities. Channels to reach students include department and program coordinators, seminars, and student / faculty organizations. Survey questions include</div><br />
*Would you (students) be interested in working for a startup?<br />
*How important is maintaining your full-time student status?<br />
*For how many academic semesters could you see yourself working an internship at a startup?<br />
*Why does working at a startup interest you?<br />
*What kinds of skills do you believe are needed to be successful with growing a startup?<br />
*Would you be willing to potentially delay your graduation?<br />
*How much pay (hourly rate) would you see yourself making while interning at a startup?<br />
<div><br/></div><div>Identify the needs of startups in Pittsburgh incubators and accelerators, such as startups involved in Alphalab, Alphalab Gear, Thrill Mill, Idea Foundry, and Revv Oakland. &nbsp;Survey questions include</div><br />
*Do you believe a college student pursuing an engineering / business / etc. major could make a contribution to your startup as an intern?<br />
*What skills would you look for in a student intern for your startup?<br />
*How long would you hire a Startup Pitt intern?<br />
*If at all, how much could you afford to pay a Startup Pitt intern?<br />
*If the Startup Pitt inter’s pay was subsidized through the University of Pittsburgh and/or your accelerator/incubator, would you be more likely to hire a Startup Pitt intern?<br />
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=== Prototype financial infrastructure (April 2015) ===<br />
<div>Coordinate with the University of Pittsburgh Innovation Institute, the Swanson School of Engineering, the College of Business Administration, and the investor networks who support Pittsburgh incubators/accelerators to assess the potential of subsidizing a Startup Pitt’s hourly pay. Establish the value of Startup Pitt with each supporter, and evaluate how much each supporter is willing to contribute to a Startup Pitt intern.&nbsp;</div><div><br/></div><br />
=== Future tasks ===<br />
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*Discuss program with University of Pittsburgh administration. Investigate potential of maintaining full-time student status during employment (May 2015)<br />
*Formulate a faculty and student committee to evaluate student applications (June 2015)<br />
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= Strategy #5:&nbsp;Build an Entreneurship Community at Pitt Business =<br />
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'''Enactus Spring 2016 Action Plan'''&nbsp;<br />
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'''Entrepreneurship Showcase Momentum Plan:'''<br />
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1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Winning teams will be awarded a $100 stipend to work with Enactus as a project. They will also be provided financial guidance from the Enactus Finance Team (Josh Ordos and Bruce Baka)<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Teams will be matched with a mentor or leader in the community through the Enactus Leadership Team and provided access to the BAB.<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Winning teams will be given priority access to talk to speakers at all Enactus events and will also have the opportunity to get relevant site visits paid for by Enactus.<br />
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4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Enactus Club will provide Lean Canvas model-training sessions to the winning teams during the course of semester.<br />
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5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The winnings teams will also have the opportunity to obtain intern support or additional team member support from Enactus club members.<br />
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6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Teams that continue to partner with Enactus as a sponsored project will be encouraged to compete at the regional and national competitions to earn more startup funding.&nbsp;<br />
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'''BAB (Business Advisory Board) Plan:'''&nbsp;<br />
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1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The BAB must be available to provide guidance to all winning teams at the Entrepreneurship Showcase hackathon.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; They must also be accessible to any other Enactus projects at least once per month.<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Each BAB member will serve to connect Enactus with at least one speaker per semester.<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Each BAB member will be used to organize at least one site visit per semester for Enactus.<br />
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4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Each BAB member will be used as a project specific mentor to at least one Enactus team per semester.<br />
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5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The BAB members must attend at least one site visits, general body meeting, or speaker event in order to provide Enactus students with clear access to the BAB Board.<br />
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6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Recruiting:<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; TBA (Mario)&nbsp;<br />
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'''Food Waste/Related Momentum Plan:'''<br />
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&nbsp;1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will operate at least one food waste/related project this semester.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; This will be organized and led by Hope Murray and it is already in the planning.<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will hold 2 food waste related speakers.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tentatively: Hungry Harvest in March (Grant)<br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tentatively: Executive Chef at Sodexo (Rhonda + Audrey)<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will hold 2 food waste/related site visits this semester.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Farm Truck Foods – A Food Waste Site Trip<br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; CMU Food Truck – A Food Waste Site Trip<br />
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c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 412 Food Rescue – A Food Waste Industry Speaker<br />
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4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will also serve to connect students to startups in food related industries.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The goal is to connect at least one Enactus member to a food industry related intern position in spring or summer 2016.&nbsp;<br />
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'''Site Visit, Speaker Event, and Projects Goals:'''&nbsp;<br />
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1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will operate at least three projects this semester.<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will run at least 1 site visit per month.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2 entrepreneurship related site visits:<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will run at least 1 speaker event per month at general club meetings.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2 entrepreneurship related speakers:<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tim Zak, Director of CMU’s Social Innovation Institute – A Global Perspective Talk (Rhonda + Cathy Lada)<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Nicole Muise-Kielkucki, Director of Social Enterprise Initiatives at Idea Foundry – Supporting Social Entrepreneurs Talk (Rhonda)<br />
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'''Regional and National Enactus Event Plan'''<br />
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1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Regional: March 29<sup>th</sup> Washington D.C.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Application Due Date: February 22<sup>nd</sup><br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Projects<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Hope Murray – Food Truck/Membership College Café<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; iii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; TBA – Expecting 1 more project from new members this semester<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; National Event: May 15<sup>th</sup>-17<sup>th</sup> in St. Louis<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Due Date: TBA<br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Projects<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Regional and National Events Planning Team<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sophia Tan<br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Mario Nicolia<br />
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c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Grant Jacoby<br />
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d.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Hope Murray<br />
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e.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Demetra Mallios<br />
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'''Additional Groups and Organizations to Contact'''<br />
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1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Food Recovery Network - For additional members and project ideas (TBA)<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Are there any other organizations that may consider co-membership to run the food truck? (TBA)<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; University Innovation Fellows - For additional leadership assistance (Grant)<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Engineers for A Sustainable World - For additional members and project ideas (Grant/Engineer?)<br />
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4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; All Innovation Institute Events - For additional members and project ideas (TBA)<br />
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5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Randall Family Big Idea - For additional members and project ideas (TBA)<br />
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6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Thrill Mill – For internship opportunities for students (Grant)<br />
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7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Design Hub - For additional members and project ideas (Mario)<br />
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***TBA - Need to find a recruiting chair for Enactus ASAP to go to all entrepreneurship events on campus to push meetings, events, and site visits<br />
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'''Future Goals and Standards'''&nbsp;<br />
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1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Food Hackathon September 2016<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Audrey - Can we start to organize a food hackathon for the beginning of the fall semester?<br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Use this as a springboard for marketing attention for new membership.<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus Leadership Requirements:<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1 site visit per month<br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1 speaker per month<br />
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c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; At least 3 projects per any given semester<br />
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d.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1 industry focus per semester (can be multiple semesters)<br />
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e.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Participate in Regional Competition Annually<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Connect at least one student to a startup internship per semester in order to create a stronger internship network in the entrepreneurial community.<br />
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4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Organize at least 1 hackathon per semester with another organization.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Partner with at least one other CBA organizations to promote interdisciplinary relationships.<br />
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= Related Links =<br />
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[[University of Pittsburgh]]<br />
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[[Nathan Smialek]]<br />
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[[Brian Rhindress]]<br />
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[[Karuna Relwani|Karuna Relwani]]<br />
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[[Jennifer Sommer]]<br />
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[[Ian McIntyre|Ian McIntyre]]<br />
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[[Grant Jacoby|Grant Jacoby]]<br />
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Zachary_Patterson Zach Patterson]<br />
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[[Category:Student Priorities|Student_Priorities]]</div>Zpatthttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Fellow:Zachary_Patterson&diff=29867Fellow:Zachary Patterson2016-02-10T19:53:35Z<p>Zpatt: </p>
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<div>= [[File:Zach patterson.jpg]]<br/> =<br />
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= <span style="font-size: medium;">Bio</span> =<br />
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<span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.870588); font-family: 'Roboto Slab', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250);">Zach Patterson is a Mechanical Engineering student in the class of 2017 at the University of Pittsburgh. On campus, Zach is the president DesignHub, a student organization that puts together and sponsors </span><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.870588); font-family: 'Roboto Slab', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250);">undergraduate teams to tackle real world design problems. He also is leading an initiative to bring more makerspaces to campus. Finally, Zach is a co-op at Philips Respironics, where he works in R&D to design and develop cpap masks.&nbsp;</span><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.870588); font-family: 'Roboto Slab', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250);">He is interested in new product development and technical management. </span><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.870588); font-family: 'Roboto Slab', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250);">Outside of school and work, Zach has numerous interests and hobbies including basketball, skiing, and piano.</span><br />
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_Pittsburgh <span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.870588); font-family: &#039;Roboto Slab&#039;, &#039;Times New Roman&#039;, serif; line-height: 19px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250);">University of Pittsburgh</span></span>]<br />
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_Pittsburgh_Student_Priorities <span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.870588); font-family: &#039;Roboto Slab&#039;, &#039;Times New Roman&#039;, serif; line-height: 19px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250);">University of Pittsburgh Student Priorities</span></span>]</div>Zpatthttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=School:University_of_Pittsburgh&diff=29497School:University of Pittsburgh2016-02-08T18:43:02Z<p>Zpatt: </p>
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<div>= Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship =<br />
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The University of Pittsburgh is a city campus complete with a 4-year accredited undergraduate program, which is complemented by numerous prestigious graduate programs such as the School of Medicine, School of Law, School of Pharmacy, and School of Business. The University of Pittsburgh received $759 million dollars 2013 to fund its various research endeavors. &nbsp;These research dollars have cultivated an environment that has fostered the growth of an incredibly young yet impressive entrepreneurial landscape. &nbsp;Pitt is a giant in life science innovation, partnering its engineering and business programs with the international conglomerate UPMC has yielded a plethora medical device inventions and innovations in addition to numerous patents, start-ups, and licensing opportunities. &nbsp;This success is trickling down through the ranks allowing students to become instrumental in large entrepreneurial pursuits. &nbsp;Programs such as the Coulter Program and CMI fund medical innovation and are beginning to recognize the untapped potential of undergraduate innovators. In addition, opportunities like the Randall Family Big Idea Competition help support &nbsp;any &nbsp;venture at the university .Through special project funds and micro grants these programs are giving students a chance to contribute to Pitt’s entrepreneurial success. &nbsp;Undergraduate funding is an incredibly new standard for our entrepreneurial faculty and the overwhelming success of the pilot groups of undergraduate teams has ensured the sustainability of undergraduate funding for years to come.<br />
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= Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship =<br />
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Since 1996 Pitt has seen 98 start-up companies emerge, nine of which began in 2013. Many of these start-up companies emerge from life science research conducted by faculty members at Pitt. The faculty research is often funded by large government grants such as the NIH or NSF. However, that funding does not provide a viable means for launching a potential business from a research facility. The University has turned to Coulter program and CMI to facilitate the transition of these ideas to the marketplace. The University of Pittsburgh received $3.54 million from the Wallace H. Coulter Foundation in 2011 to fund translational research to be supplemented by $1.5 million dollars from the schools of Medicine and Engineering respectively. The grant covers five years of funding and was awarded to only six universities nationally. The goal of the Coulter program grant is to accelerate the introduction of new technologies to address current clinical deficiencies. CMI (Center for Medical Innovation) is an initiative that is similar to the Coulter program however, is Pitt-specific. CMI was started through the Coulter initiative and is intended to be the perpetual seeding program after the Coulter grant has finished. With these programs Pitt faculty has been overwhelming successful in moving their innovative technologies into the marketplace.<br />
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= University Technology Transfer Function =<br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-69774ec0-2e5d-5abf-a9a6-2ae9ba54ca89"><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Office of Technology and Management at the University of Pittsburgh is responsible for disclosing and managing all innovations and inventions. &nbsp;The process one follows to acquire intellectual property is as follows:</span></span><br />
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<li><span id="docs-internal-guid-69774ec0-2e5d-5abf-a9a6-2ae9ba54ca89"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Meet with a group interested in pursuing a project</span></span></li><br />
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<li><span id="docs-internal-guid-69774ec0-2e5d-5abf-a9a6-2ae9ba54ca89"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Proposed budget</span></span></li><br />
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<li><span id="docs-internal-guid-69774ec0-2e5d-5abf-a9a6-2ae9ba54ca89"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Meet with the Office of Technology and Management to conduct relevant patent searches</span></span></li><br />
<li><span id="docs-internal-guid-69774ec0-2e5d-5abf-a9a6-2ae9ba54ca89"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Determine whether the product is worth pursuing</span></span></li><br />
<li><span id="docs-internal-guid-69774ec0-2e5d-5abf-a9a6-2ae9ba54ca89"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Acquire funding for approved product</span></span></li><br />
<li><span id="docs-internal-guid-69774ec0-2e5d-5abf-a9a6-2ae9ba54ca89"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Design and build a prototype</span></span></li><br />
<li><span id="docs-internal-guid-69774ec0-2e5d-5abf-a9a6-2ae9ba54ca89"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bring prototype to TTC committee (group of legal experts)</span></span></li><br />
<li><span id="docs-internal-guid-69774ec0-2e5d-5abf-a9a6-2ae9ba54ca89"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TTC committee makes a ruling on whether or not prototype is fit to patent</span></span></li><br />
<li><span id="docs-internal-guid-69774ec0-2e5d-5abf-a9a6-2ae9ba54ca89"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Submit patent application</span></span></li><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-69774ec0-2e5d-5abf-a9a6-2ae9ba54ca89"><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">At this point Pitt is new to the entrepreneurial world so the majority of effort in patenting the life science innovations and inventions has been through CMI and Coulter. &nbsp;However, CMI and Coulter are looking to from more concrete relations between the OTM, research laboratories, and the department of Bioengineering. &nbsp;We hope to cultivate a perpetual seed funding program to drive future life science innovation and invention.</span></span><br />
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= University-Industry Collaboration<br/> =<br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-69774ec0-2e5d-aa25-b69b-a97fbdc0ce62"><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The University of Pittsburgh, at this point, does not have strong ties with large industry to provide students an arena in which to practice entrepreneurship. &nbsp;Rather, Pitt looks to build companies and fund small ventures giving students a more hands on experience. &nbsp;The reasoning for this is quite simple; the University of Pittsburgh has at its disposal UPMC and millions of dollars in research funding. &nbsp;This contributes to a gold mine of market needs and clinical deficiencies. &nbsp;Pitt’s major downfall is its lack of collaboration, until recently the departments did not work together to take advantage of these potential products and businesses. &nbsp;The new age of student-driven entrepreneurship is changing that. &nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Student organizations, like Design Hub, pair student composed design teams with physicians at UPMC to help prototype products that physicians see a need for</span><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 255); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">.</span><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Students are working hands-on with clinicians and are bringing small ideas to life, which are leading to larger successes down the road. &nbsp;Many of these ideas start as small projects but turn into start-up companies and small businesses. &nbsp;The bottom line is industry collaboration is not necessary to make entrepreneurs at Pitt successful, better collaboration between departments will lead to a booming age of entrepreneurial partnership between UPMC and the rest of the university.</span></span><br />
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= Regional and Local Economic Development Efforts =<br />
<div>The City of Pittsburgh is, perhaps, one of the quickest and most vibrantly emerging entrepreneurial landscapes in the country. Pittsburgh is well known for low labor costs and having strong student graduates (36,000 annually from 36 colleges and universities). Further $3 billion is invested in R&D per year and Pittsburgh is located within 500 miles of half of U.S. power buyers. Fun fact: The Economist named Pittsburgh “Most Livable Place in the Continental U.S.” for two consecutive years.</div><div><br/></div><div>Important entrepreneurial developments in Pittsburgh include:</div><br />
*The recent opening of a local “Tech Shop” branch. &nbsp;This “Tech Shop” houses machine shops and electronic labs for design and is posed to become a design hub.<br />
*Thrill Mill- a non-profit organization that hosts business plan competitions an incubator space, and great networking opportunities for budding entrepreneurs.<br />
*Startup Weekend Pittsburgh began in 2012, following the national movement,, allowing anyone to pitch their startup idea and receive feedback from their peers.&nbsp;<br />
<div><br/></div><div>Overall, it is evident that Pittsburgh startups are beginning to take off. &nbsp;Companies like Astrobotic (set to be the next to reach the moon with their lunar rover and win the Google XPrize) are budding and national entrepreneurial organizations like Venture for America are taking note. &nbsp;No doubt, Pittsburgh is in the process of becoming a home to innovation and entrepreneurship and will continue to develop over the coming years.</div><div><br/></div><br />
= The Innovation Institute and the Increase in I&E =<br />
<div>The announcement of the University of Pittsburgh Innovation Institute in 2013 began a dramatic increase in innovative and entrepreneurial activities at the University of Pittsburgh. The Innovation Institute serves as the housing entity for the Office of Technology Management, the Office of Enterprise Development, and Institute for Entrepreneurial Excellence. The Innovation Institute’s mission is to promote and foster a community of innovation throughout the Pitt campus, and to unite the various Pitt colleges, faculty, and students in entrepreneurial endeavors.</div><div><br/></div><div>The Innovation Institute manages design and business competitions, events, and educational opportunities for aspiring innovators. One of the most prominent competitions is the Randall Family Big Idea competition, a competition focused on start-up creation and exploring the potential of new ideas. The Big Idea competition supports twelve winners with upwards of $25,000 in support of their idea. Student teams learn how to pitch ideas orally and via video media, develop business plans, evaluate intellectual property, and potentially start full-fledged companies. Other competitions include hackathons, such as the brand-new She Innovates! all-womens hackathon as well as the IBM Smart-tag hackathon. &nbsp;Startup Weekends, give students the opportunity to meet like-minded students of different disciplines as they contemplate their own ideas. Long-lasting competitions, such as the Pitt Innovation Challenge (PINCH) and the Pitt Mobile App Challenge provide students the exposure to innovation competitions.</div><div><br/></div><div>The Innovation Institute manages events that allow Pitt students to learn from entrepreneurs at Pitt and in the Pittsburgh area. Last fall, the Innovation Institute hosted the first MIT Enterprise Forum at Pitt, a public event at which students and faculty could learn from local entrepreneurs at various stages in the commercialization process. The Innovation Institute also hosts free seminars so that students may learn about different aspects of entrepreneurship, from general workshops on business model formation, to specific seminars discussing how to start a business on an F-1 Visa. &nbsp;Furthermore, the Innovation Institute provides formal classes, such as the Benchtop-to-Bedside course, to provide faculty and students with the support needed to translate research projects into sustainable businesses. Outside of the University of Pittsburgh, the Innovation Institute promotes Pittsburgh community events including the Thrival Innovation and Music Festival, the Steel City Codefest, and the Three Rivers Venture Fair. The Innovation Institute maintains relationships with investors, business networks, and local accelerators including Innovation Works, the Alphalab and Alphalab Gear Accelerators, the Idea Foundry, and Thrill Mill.</div><div><br/></div><div>The presence of the Innovation Institute is spurring new movements from both students and faculty. Undergraduate and graduate clubs such as Enactus, Launch Pitt, the Pitt Startup Network, and Design Hub, are committed to giving students the exposure to both hard- and soft-skills, innovative practices, and most importantly design thinking mentalities. &nbsp;Faculty at the engineering school are sponsoring the Design Expo, an event that, showcases the design projects of seniors involved in their capstone project. Finally, new undergraduate and graduate course offerings include The Art of Hands-On Systems Design and Engineering; Medical Product Ideation; Technology Innovation, Adoption, and Diffusion; Entrepreneurship and New Venture Initiation; and Client-Centered Rehabilitation Engineering Design.&nbsp;</div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><br />
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*Primary entrepreneurship focus in School of Engineering, School of Business with target towards graduate students<br />
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Welcome to the University of Pittsburgh's encyclopedia account of entrepreneurship (E) and innovation (I) opportunities on and around campus.<br />
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University Innovation Fellow: Karuna Relwani<br />
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Where to find What E&I-related in Pittsburgh<br />
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= Related Links =<br />
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[[Nathan Smialek]]<br />
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Karuna_Relwani Karuna Relwani]<br />
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[[Jennifer Sommer]]<br />
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[[Ian McIntyre|Ian McIntyre]]<br />
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[[Madhur Malhotra|Madhur Malhotra]]<br />
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[[David Jacob|David Jacob]]<br />
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[[Harinee Suthakar|Harinee Suthakar]]<br />
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Zachary_Patterson Zach Patterson]<br />
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[[University of Pittsburgh Student Priorities]]<br />
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[[Category:Universities]]</div>Zpatthttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Priorities:University_of_Pittsburgh_Student_Priorities&diff=29496Priorities:University of Pittsburgh Student Priorities2016-02-08T18:42:33Z<p>Zpatt: </p>
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<div>= Overview<br/> =<br />
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The University of Pittsburgh is a well-known leader in innovation within the fields of engineering and medical research.&nbsp; Translational research and entrepreneurship exist primarily at the institutional level.&nbsp; Many organizations exist, like the Institute of Entrepreneurial Excellence, to give budding entrepreneurs the needed resources and inspiration to proceed from ideation to market.&nbsp; In the last 20 years alone, such programs have created more than 800 startups and 7,000 jobs in the Pittsburgh area.&nbsp; Between the sheer amount of research conducted and available seed funding (Coulter Program for bioengineering devices, other VC connections through Institute of Entrepreneurial Excellence) Innovation and Entrepreneurship needs only to be catalyzed to take off, since all necessary ingredients are in abundance at the University of Pittsburgh.<br />
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However, there is a huge gap on campus between these institutions and undergraduate students.&nbsp; Most students are unaware of PantherlabWorks (a commercialization accelerator) and do not know that the university offers patent and IP counseling through the Office of Technology Management/Office of Enterprise Development.&nbsp; At present, these institutions mainly serve graduate students and faculty.&nbsp;<br />
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Fortunately, administrators are beginning to take a strong interest in university-facilitated patent development and product realization for undergraduate students.&nbsp; Professors from the Industrial Engineering department will soon introduce a product realization certificate to span all majors and the chemical engineering department has recently revamped its sophomore and junior year curriculum to more intently convey design principles.&nbsp; The mechanical engineering department, too, has been steadily increasing the focus on sustainability and marketability in undergraduate design classes, as in ‘MEMS 0024: Intro to Mechanical Engineering Design.’<br />
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Still, it is clear that there is more work to be done.&nbsp; In many other disciplines, serious project management/design courses are not mandatory until senior year.&nbsp; Further, freshman students are NEVER formally exposed to the opportunities of product development for engineers.&nbsp; The best opportunities for undergrads to get involved in projects are in extracurricular clubs.&nbsp; DesignHub, Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW), and Engineers Without Borders (EWB) are three of the strongest organizations on campus for completing actual projects with significant impact in local and global communities.<br />
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We seek to expand upon and merge into a community, the values and practices of these groups. &nbsp;Two gaps we seek to bridge as UI Fellows are as follows:<br />
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#Inspire and Forge Project Teams (applied/realized value)<br />
#*Connect product ideas that have market value with teams capable of producing them.&nbsp; Provide access to funding and guidance for these teams. &nbsp;<br />
#Provide an incubator space (applied/realized value)<br />
#*Allow such teams to function effectively and provide the necessary inspiration/motivation to get undergraduates interested in I&E.<br />
#Increase awareness of I&E on campus<br />
#*TEDx Event<br />
#*Creativity Wall<br />
#*1000 Pitches<br />
#*Club of Clubs<br />
#Change Curriculum&nbsp;<br />
#*First Year Classes<br />
#*Provide an interdisciplinary entrepreneurship class<br />
#*Give credit to entrepreneurs<br />
#Build an Entreneurship Community at Pitt Business and Connect the Different Departments<br />
#*Connect student organizations across departments in Entrepreneurship through Suitable<br />
#*Hold site visits and lectures series for business students interested in entreperneurship<br />
#*Run and operate one hackathon per semester at Pitt Business<br />
#*Organize 3 projects to compete at the Enactus National and Regional Competitions<br />
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= Calling all Students =<br />
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Entrepreneurship and Innovation Academic Year Challenge<br />
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*Where: Benedum Hall, Room TBD&nbsp;<br />
*When:&nbsp;November 19th, 2013<br />
*RSVP: TBD<br />
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= Strategy #1: Inspire and Forge Project Teams =<br />
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Following are an array of strategies that will fully address Gap #1 over a 2-3 year period:<br />
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== Tactic #1: Create Advisory Board/Panel to Promote I&E ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Students in the Pitt Business school are currently looking to launch an entrepreneurship club- one that would connect mixed groups of students to form cohesive teams (engineering, business, law, etc. students) and validate market potential.&nbsp; In partnering with this effort, an advisory board for I&E would seek out possible projects and give them to an able team.&nbsp; It would be the goal of such a board to find the need on campus for different products, looking for possible ideas in extracurricular clubs, professors, and perhaps, industry.&nbsp; These projects would be assigned to a team that applies with a plan to complete them, and they would be guided to the IP resources on campus and eventually to the proper contacts in the Business school for marketing advice. &nbsp; &nbsp;<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Team Leader:: TBD<br />
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== Tactic #2: Host Seminars/Grand Challenges to Educate/Inspire ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Professors in the Engineering Education Resource Center (EERC), are in the process of applying for a grant to host seminars and challenge sessions for next semester.&nbsp; As Innovation Fellows, we have been given the opportunity to help plan these events and hope to use them to foster support (especially at the freshman/sophomore level) for the movement.&nbsp; Current seminar ideas include: Dinner with entrepreneurs, microGrant challenge, skill seminars.&nbsp;<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Team Leader:: TBD<br />
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= Strategy #2: Provide better innovation spaces =<br />
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Students on campus need more space to work on projects. These spaces will not only meet that need, they will also improve the innovative culture by giving students a home base, a hang out spot, where innovative communities can form.<br />
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In order to accomplish this goal, a group in the engineering school is starting an initial space in order to prove demand and bolster support. In the near future, we hope to expand the space and form multiple spaces, encompassing the entire scale of prototyping fidelity and providing the lowest posible barrier to entry to students in all schools at Pitt<br />
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== <span style="font-size:large">Milestone #1: Find and Create a Space (Completed Jan 1st 2016)</span> ==<br />
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• &nbsp; Secured space in engineering building to serve as the first space. Space was remodelled and essentially inheirited as a blank slate.<br />
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== <span style="font-size:large">Milestone #2: Form teams to manage the space (Initially formed Jan 19th)</span> ==<br />
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The space is managed by 4 subteams. Each subteam has a team leader. All of the team leaders serve as the overall management team for the space, which is led by Zach Patterson. Dr. Buddy Clark serves as a faculty mentor & leader. Subteams are:<br />
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*Equipment Team: In charge of keeping an equipment & materials wishist and maintaining equipment & materials in the room. Led by Nick Petro<br />
*Education & Training Team: In charge of training new users to use the space, creating training modules for equipment as it is added, and providing and stimulating ongoing education for members. Led by Kevin Gilboy<br />
*Users Team: In charge of accumulating key data for the space in order to form a quantitative value proposition for additional spaces. Also helps determine baseline requirements for room use. Led by Linday Pietz<br />
*Outreach Team: In charge of promoting the space both on and off campus. Seeks industry sponsors. Led by Reshef Elisha<br />
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== <span style="font-size:large;">Milestone #3: Have a completely organized, functional, highly used space<br/><span style="font-size:medium;">Date: April 2016</span></span> ==<br />
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*Paint and outfit the room to make it a more welcoming and thought provoking place<br />
*Set up equipment and materials in the room<br />
*Iron out the management scheme to ensure maximum efficiency and effectiveness<br />
*Maximize data tracking<br />
*Steadily increase traffic and cultivate a community<br />
*Secure industry sponsors<br />
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== <span style="font-size:large;">Milestone #4: Have a grand opening to kick off the new school year</span><br/><span style="font-size:medium;">Date: September 2016</span> ==<br />
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After completely setting up the space, ensuring everthing runs smoothly, and perfecting our data tracking techniquies, we will begin to heavily promote the space in the new school year, holding events and doing our best to bring in more students than we have space and resources. By doing this, we hope to prove that demand has outgrown the space and that it is time to expand to more and better spaces.&nbsp;<br />
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== <span style="font-size:large;">Milestone #5: Propose more and better spaces</span><br/><span style="font-size:medium;">Date: October 2016</span> ==<br />
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The data collected over the course of the year will serve as the basis for a proposal to greatly increase the resources put into makerspaces and to rapidly expand our space to other location. We will propose both more spaces for general project work along with additional spaces for higher fildelity work.<br />
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== <span style="font-size:large;">Milestone #6: Begin a campuswide group of makerspaces</span><br/><span style="font-size:medium;">Date: Spring 2017</span> ==<br />
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Using funding hopefully aquired from Milestone #5, we will scale up our proven management structure and launch additional spaces around campus<br />
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= Strategy #3: Increase awareness of I&E on campus&nbsp; =<br />
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== Tactic #1: TEDx Event ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: University of Pittsburgh currently has lectures about various subjects with key speakers through Pitt Program Council. Most of these events are sold out and students have to line up to get tickets. Adding a TEDx events will connect students to interdisciplinary opportunities and start them in design thinking. •&nbsp;&nbsp; Team Leader: David Jacob (current bioengineering candidate)&nbsp;<br />
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*Apply for TEDx event license<br />
*Form committees (advertising, sponsors, speakers, visuals, etc.)<br />
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*Search for sponsors<br />
*Reserve event space<br />
*Advertise the event on campus<br />
*Hold the TEDx event<br />
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== Tactic #2: Creativity Wall ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: In the engineering building, there are already many white boards on the wall to increase innovation, talk about upcoming events, and have challenges or problems presented. If they could use one of the walls that gets the most traffic and pose an open ended question, students could add to the ideas and come up with new ways to solve it. This could also be put on the outside of classrooms so that students write on it before entering a class. If they also added more whiteboards in the Business and Arts and Sciences buildings, they could pose the same question that week that was posed in the Engineering building and see how other students approach this. Team Leader: Student TBD<br />
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== Tactic #3: 1000 Pitches ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Currently, Pitt students are starting 1000 pitches on campus. They are using this platform to encourage innovation and design thinking, and allowing everyone to feel creative and innovative. This should continue on campus to add to awareness on campus.<br />
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= Strategy #4: Change Curriculum&nbsp; =<br />
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== Tactic #1: First Year Classes ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Students at each of the schools at University of Pittsburgh are required to take an introductory class their freshman year. We could incorporate design thinking or innovation and entrepreneurship into the curriculum.<br />
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== Tactic #2: Provide an Interdisciplinary Entrepreneurship Class ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Currently, Pitt has entrepreneurship and design thinking classes in all three schools. However, each class is only allowed to be taken by students from their respective schools. Pitt should add a course that allows students to take a class about innovation, design thinking and entrepreneurship that is open to all disciplines. That would allow students to see how to approach these problems from various viewpoints and will lead them to more creative thinking due to the interdisciplinary collaboration.<br />
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== Tactic #3: Give credit to entrepreneurs ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Pitt offers credit to students with internships and research on campus. Pitt could apply the same thing to entrepreneurial ventures which would allow students to manage their time more effectively because their projects would go back to school credit.<br />
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= Strategy #5: Startup Pitt =<br />
<div>Innovation cannot thrive in a bubble. Entrepreneurship is up-and-coming in Pittsburgh, and it’s important that undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Pittsburgh are exposed to this awesome movement. Ian is experiencing the entrepreneurial drive first-hand. Regardless of the value of his bioengineering degree, Ian pondered dropping out of school after his startup was admitted into the Alphalab Gear Accelerator program. Ian has feet in both realms: one in the University, one in the community. At the University, Ian is watching groups of students practicing design thinking, innovation, and entrepreneurship, all which are valuable skills for those involved in startups. These students are driven and searching to use what they learn in the classroom on real-world projects. On the other side, Ian is (somewhat firsthand) witnessing the need for startups to hire interns with engineering, design, and business experience. &nbsp;In fact, Ian worked as an intern with his project to further the technological and business development before the thought of commercialization occurred. Why can’t other interns help young startups succeed?</div><div><br/></div><div>Startup Pitt is a smaller-scale model of Venture for America, a program that places recent college graduates in startups throughout the country. VFA Fellows have been instrumental in building businesses and helping startups succeed. Likewise, Startup Pitt interns will help Pittsburgh startups become successful while earning salary and a valuable internship experience. Of course, Startup Pitt keeps to it’s title: starting-up Pittsburgh as a center of entrepreneurship.</div><div><br/></div><br />
== Program Specifics ==<br />
<div>The Startup Pitt process may be compared to an engineering cooperative-education (co-op) program, an educational program that places engineering students in an established company or engineering firm. A co-op student works for three semesters -- one full year -- with a schedule negotiated between the employer and student. A student may alternate between work and school semesters; work in the fall, assume classes in the spring, work in the summer, assume classes in the fall, etc. On the other hand, a company may want a student to work for a year through, during which time the student would not return to classes. There are subjective benefits and disadvantages to each schedule setup that vary with students and courses of studies. However, a &nbsp;co-op trumps a traditional internship in that a student maintains full-time student status during the co-op semesters. Full-time student status permits a student to reside in on-campus dormitories and receive all the stipulations of being a student. A co-op student does not pay tuition unless she enrolls in night classes.</div><div><br/></div><div>Startup Pitt provides a flexible hiring duration for startups and for students who are looking for an internship. &nbsp;While a co-op is expected to work for three semesters, the Startup Pitt program adapts to the needs of the intern and the startup to satisfy both parties. For example, if a startup can only hire a student for one semester, Startup Pitt may provide an intern who appreciates the short-term work experience that will not delay graduation. Furthermore, Startup Pitt provides internships to not only engineering students, but also business students, students of design, and students who possess skillsets desired by a Pittsburgh startup. Startup Pitt allows a more flexible internship duration.</div><div><br/></div><div>Finances hinder a startup’s ability to hire appropriate help. The Startup Pitt program acknowledges that startups may want to hire an intern but may not be able to afford an intern. Startup Pitt works with departments and organizations at the University of Pittsburgh as well as the supporters of Pittsburgh incubators to subsidize the pay for an intern. In this manner, a startup receives extra help to grow a business without the concern of paying an intern, and an intern receives pay while gaining valuable work experience.</div><div><br/></div><br />
== Timeline ==<br />
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=== Customer discovery (March 2015) ===<br />
<div>Identify the needs of students at the University of Pittsburgh. Student groups include engineering students, business students, and those involved in I&E activities. Channels to reach students include department and program coordinators, seminars, and student / faculty organizations. Survey questions include</div><br />
*Would you (students) be interested in working for a startup?<br />
*How important is maintaining your full-time student status?<br />
*For how many academic semesters could you see yourself working an internship at a startup?<br />
*Why does working at a startup interest you?<br />
*What kinds of skills do you believe are needed to be successful with growing a startup?<br />
*Would you be willing to potentially delay your graduation?<br />
*How much pay (hourly rate) would you see yourself making while interning at a startup?<br />
<div><br/></div><div>Identify the needs of startups in Pittsburgh incubators and accelerators, such as startups involved in Alphalab, Alphalab Gear, Thrill Mill, Idea Foundry, and Revv Oakland. &nbsp;Survey questions include</div><br />
*Do you believe a college student pursuing an engineering / business / etc. major could make a contribution to your startup as an intern?<br />
*What skills would you look for in a student intern for your startup?<br />
*How long would you hire a Startup Pitt intern?<br />
*If at all, how much could you afford to pay a Startup Pitt intern?<br />
*If the Startup Pitt inter’s pay was subsidized through the University of Pittsburgh and/or your accelerator/incubator, would you be more likely to hire a Startup Pitt intern?<br />
<div><br/></div><br />
=== Prototype financial infrastructure (April 2015) ===<br />
<div>Coordinate with the University of Pittsburgh Innovation Institute, the Swanson School of Engineering, the College of Business Administration, and the investor networks who support Pittsburgh incubators/accelerators to assess the potential of subsidizing a Startup Pitt’s hourly pay. Establish the value of Startup Pitt with each supporter, and evaluate how much each supporter is willing to contribute to a Startup Pitt intern.&nbsp;</div><div><br/></div><br />
=== Future tasks ===<br />
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*Discuss program with University of Pittsburgh administration. Investigate potential of maintaining full-time student status during employment (May 2015)<br />
*Formulate a faculty and student committee to evaluate student applications (June 2015)<br />
<div><br />
= Strategy #5:&nbsp;Build an Entreneurship Community at Pitt Business =<br />
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'''Enactus Spring 2016 Action Plan'''&nbsp;<br />
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'''Entrepreneurship Showcase Momentum Plan:'''<br />
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1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Winning teams will be awarded a $100 stipend to work with Enactus as a project. They will also be provided financial guidance from the Enactus Finance Team (Josh Ordos and Bruce Baka)<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Teams will be matched with a mentor or leader in the community through the Enactus Leadership Team and provided access to the BAB.<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Winning teams will be given priority access to talk to speakers at all Enactus events and will also have the opportunity to get relevant site visits paid for by Enactus.<br />
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4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Enactus Club will provide Lean Canvas model-training sessions to the winning teams during the course of semester.<br />
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5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The winnings teams will also have the opportunity to obtain intern support or additional team member support from Enactus club members.<br />
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6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Teams that continue to partner with Enactus as a sponsored project will be encouraged to compete at the regional and national competitions to earn more startup funding.&nbsp;<br />
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'''BAB (Business Advisory Board) Plan:'''&nbsp;<br />
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1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The BAB must be available to provide guidance to all winning teams at the Entrepreneurship Showcase hackathon.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; They must also be accessible to any other Enactus projects at least once per month.<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Each BAB member will serve to connect Enactus with at least one speaker per semester.<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Each BAB member will be used to organize at least one site visit per semester for Enactus.<br />
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4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Each BAB member will be used as a project specific mentor to at least one Enactus team per semester.<br />
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5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The BAB members must attend at least one site visits, general body meeting, or speaker event in order to provide Enactus students with clear access to the BAB Board.<br />
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6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Recruiting:<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; TBA (Mario)&nbsp;<br />
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'''Food Waste/Related Momentum Plan:'''<br />
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&nbsp;1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will operate at least one food waste/related project this semester.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; This will be organized and led by Hope Murray and it is already in the planning.<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will hold 2 food waste related speakers.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tentatively: Hungry Harvest in March (Grant)<br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tentatively: Executive Chef at Sodexo (Rhonda + Audrey)<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will hold 2 food waste/related site visits this semester.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Farm Truck Foods – A Food Waste Site Trip<br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; CMU Food Truck – A Food Waste Site Trip<br />
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c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 412 Food Rescue – A Food Waste Industry Speaker<br />
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4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will also serve to connect students to startups in food related industries.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The goal is to connect at least one Enactus member to a food industry related intern position in spring or summer 2016.&nbsp;<br />
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'''Site Visit, Speaker Event, and Projects Goals:'''&nbsp;<br />
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1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will operate at least three projects this semester.<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will run at least 1 site visit per month.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2 entrepreneurship related site visits:<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; TBA (Rhonda)<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; TBA (Cathy Lada)<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will run at least 1 speaker event per month at general club meetings.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2 entrepreneurship related speakers:<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tim Zak, Director of CMU’s Social Innovation Institute – A Global Perspective Talk (Rhonda + Cathy Lada)<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Nicole Muise-Kielkucki, Director of Social Enterprise Initiatives at Idea Foundry – Supporting Social Entrepreneurs Talk (Rhonda)<br />
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'''Regional and National Enactus Event Plan'''<br />
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1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Regional: March 29<sup>th</sup> Washington D.C.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Application Due Date: February 22<sup>nd</sup><br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Projects<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Hope Murray – Food Truck/Membership College Café<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Mario – Student/Faculty Pet Day Care – Volunteers are Students<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; iii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; TBA – Expecting 1 more project from new members this semester<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; iv.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; TBA – Expecting 1-3 more projects from the Entrepreneurship Showcase&nbsp;<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; National Event: May 15<sup>th</sup>-17<sup>th</sup> in St. Louis<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Due Date: TBA<br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Projects<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; TBA<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Regional and National Events Planning Team<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sophia Tan<br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Mario Nicolia<br />
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c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Grant Jacoby<br />
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d.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Hope Murray<br />
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e.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Demetra Mallios<br />
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'''Additional Groups and Organizations to Contact'''<br />
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1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Food Recovery Network - For additional members and project ideas (TBA)<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Are there any other organizations that may consider co-membership to run the food truck? (TBA)<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; University Innovation Fellows - For additional leadership assistance (Grant)<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Engineers for A Sustainable World - For additional members and project ideas (Grant/Engineer?)<br />
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4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; All Innovation Institute Events - For additional members and project ideas (TBA)<br />
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5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Randall Family Big Idea - For additional members and project ideas (TBA)<br />
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6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Thrill Mill – For internship opportunities for students (Grant)<br />
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7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Design Hub - For additional members and project ideas (Mario)<br />
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***TBA - Need to find a recruiting chair for Enactus ASAP to go to all entrepreneurship events on campus to push meetings, events, and site visits<br />
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'''Future Goals and Standards'''&nbsp;<br />
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1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Food Hackathon September 2016<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Audrey - Can we start to organize a food hackathon for the beginning of the fall semester?<br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Use this as a springboard for marketing attention for new membership.<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus Leadership Requirements:<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1 site visit per month<br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1 speaker per month<br />
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c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; At least 3 projects per any given semester<br />
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d.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1 industry focus per semester (can be multiple semesters)<br />
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e.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Participate in Regional Competition Annually<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Connect at least one student to a startup internship per semester in order to create a stronger internship network in the entrepreneurial community.<br />
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4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Organize at least 1 hackathon per semester with another organization.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Partner with at least one other CBA organizations to promote interdisciplinary relationships.<br />
</div><br />
= Related Links =<br />
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[[University of Pittsburgh]]<br />
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[[Nathan Smialek]]<br />
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[[Brian Rhindress]]<br />
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[[Karuna Relwani|Karuna Relwani]]<br />
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[[Jennifer Sommer]]<br />
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[[Ian McIntyre|Ian McIntyre]]<br />
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[[Grant Jacoby|Grant Jacoby]]<br />
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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Zachary_Patterson Zach Patterson]<br />
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<span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.870588); font-family: 'Roboto Slab', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250);">Zach Patterson is a Mechanical Engineering student in the class of 2017 at the University of Pittsburgh. On campus, Zach is the president DesignHub, a student organization that puts together and sponsors </span><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.870588); font-family: 'Roboto Slab', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250);">undergraduate teams to tackle real world design problems. He also is leading an initiative to bring more makerspaces to campus. Finally, Zach is a co-op at Philips Respironics, where he works in R&D to design and develop cpap masks.&nbsp;</span><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.870588); font-family: 'Roboto Slab', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250);">He is interested in new product development and technical management. </span><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.870588); font-family: 'Roboto Slab', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250);">Outside of school and work, Zach has numerous interests and hobbies including basketball, skiing, and piano.</span><br />
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<div>== <span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.870588); font-family: 'Roboto Slab', 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 19px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250);"></span>Bio</span> ==<br />
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<span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.870588); font-family: 'Roboto Slab', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250);">Zach Patterson is a Mechanical Engineering student in the class of 2017 at the University of Pittsburgh. On campus, Zach is the president DesignHub, a student organization that puts together and sponsors </span><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.870588); font-family: 'Roboto Slab', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250);">undergraduate teams to tackle real world design problems. He also is leading an initiative to bring more makerspaces to campus. Finally, Zach is a co-op at Philips Respironics, where he works in R&D to design and develop cpap masks.&nbsp;</span><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.870588); font-family: 'Roboto Slab', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250);">He is interested in new product development and technical management. </span><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.870588); font-family: 'Roboto Slab', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250);">Outside of school and work, Zach has numerous interests and hobbies including basketball, skiing, and piano.</span><br />
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<div>= Overview<br/> =<br />
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The University of Pittsburgh is a well-known leader in innovation within the fields of engineering and medical research.&nbsp; Translational research and entrepreneurship exist primarily at the institutional level.&nbsp; Many organizations exist, like the Institute of Entrepreneurial Excellence, to give budding entrepreneurs the needed resources and inspiration to proceed from ideation to market.&nbsp; In the last 20 years alone, such programs have created more than 800 startups and 7,000 jobs in the Pittsburgh area.&nbsp; Between the sheer amount of research conducted and available seed funding (Coulter Program for bioengineering devices, other VC connections through Institute of Entrepreneurial Excellence) Innovation and Entrepreneurship needs only to be catalyzed to take off, since all necessary ingredients are in abundance at the University of Pittsburgh.<br />
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However, there is a huge gap on campus between these institutions and undergraduate students.&nbsp; Most students are unaware of PantherlabWorks (a commercialization accelerator) and do not know that the university offers patent and IP counseling through the Office of Technology Management/Office of Enterprise Development.&nbsp; At present, these institutions mainly serve graduate students and faculty.&nbsp;<br />
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Fortunately, administrators are beginning to take a strong interest in university-facilitated patent development and product realization for undergraduate students.&nbsp; Professors from the Industrial Engineering department will soon introduce a product realization certificate to span all majors and the chemical engineering department has recently revamped its sophomore and junior year curriculum to more intently convey design principles.&nbsp; The mechanical engineering department, too, has been steadily increasing the focus on sustainability and marketability in undergraduate design classes, as in ‘MEMS 0024: Intro to Mechanical Engineering Design.’<br />
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Still, it is clear that there is more work to be done.&nbsp; In many other disciplines, serious project management/design courses are not mandatory until senior year.&nbsp; Further, freshman students are NEVER formally exposed to the opportunities of product development for engineers.&nbsp; The best opportunities for undergrads to get involved in projects are in extracurricular clubs.&nbsp; DesignHub, Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW), and Engineers Without Borders (EWB) are three of the strongest organizations on campus for completing actual projects with significant impact in local and global communities.<br />
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We seek to expand upon and merge into a community, the values and practices of these groups. &nbsp;Two gaps we seek to bridge as UI Fellows are as follows:<br />
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#Inspire and Forge Project Teams (applied/realized value)<br />
#*Connect product ideas that have market value with teams capable of producing them.&nbsp; Provide access to funding and guidance for these teams. &nbsp;<br />
#Provide an incubator space (applied/realized value)<br />
#*Allow such teams to function effectively and provide the necessary inspiration/motivation to get undergraduates interested in I&E.<br />
#Increase awareness of I&E on campus<br />
#*TEDx Event<br />
#*Creativity Wall<br />
#*1000 Pitches<br />
#*Club of Clubs<br />
#Change Curriculum&nbsp;<br />
#*First Year Classes<br />
#*Provide an interdisciplinary entrepreneurship class<br />
#*Give credit to entrepreneurs<br />
#Build an Entreneurship Community at Pitt Business and Connect the Different Departments<br />
#*Connect student organizations across departments in Entrepreneurship through Suitable<br />
#*Hold site visits and lectures series for business students interested in entreperneurship<br />
#*Run and operate one hackathon per semester at Pitt Business<br />
#*Organize 3 projects to compete at the Enactus National and Regional Competitions<br />
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= Calling all Students =<br />
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Entrepreneurship and Innovation Academic Year Challenge<br />
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*Where: Benedum Hall, Room TBD&nbsp;<br />
*When:&nbsp;November 19th, 2013<br />
*RSVP: TBD<br />
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= Strategy #1: Inspire and Forge Project Teams =<br />
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Following are an array of strategies that will fully address Gap #1 over a 2-3 year period:<br />
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== Tactic #1: Create Advisory Board/Panel to Promote I&E ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Students in the Pitt Business school are currently looking to launch an entrepreneurship club- one that would connect mixed groups of students to form cohesive teams (engineering, business, law, etc. students) and validate market potential.&nbsp; In partnering with this effort, an advisory board for I&E would seek out possible projects and give them to an able team.&nbsp; It would be the goal of such a board to find the need on campus for different products, looking for possible ideas in extracurricular clubs, professors, and perhaps, industry.&nbsp; These projects would be assigned to a team that applies with a plan to complete them, and they would be guided to the IP resources on campus and eventually to the proper contacts in the Business school for marketing advice. &nbsp; &nbsp;<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Team Leader:: TBD<br />
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== Tactic #2: Host Seminars/Grand Challenges to Educate/Inspire ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Professors in the Engineering Education Resource Center (EERC), are in the process of applying for a grant to host seminars and challenge sessions for next semester.&nbsp; As Innovation Fellows, we have been given the opportunity to help plan these events and hope to use them to foster support (especially at the freshman/sophomore level) for the movement.&nbsp; Current seminar ideas include: Dinner with entrepreneurs, microGrant challenge, skill seminars.&nbsp;<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Team Leader:: TBD<br />
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= Strategy #2: Provide better innovation spaces =<br />
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Students on campus need more space to work on projects. These spaces will not only meet that need, they will also improve the innovative culture by giving students a home base, a hang out spot, where innovative communities can form.<br />
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In order to accomplish this goal, a group in the engineering school is starting an initial space in order to prove demand and bolster support. In the near future, we hope to expand the space and form multiple spaces, encompassing the entire scale of prototyping fidelity and providing the lowest posible barrier to entry to students in all schools at Pitt<br />
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== <span style="font-size:large">Milestone #1: Find and Create a Space (Completed Jan 1st 2016)</span> ==<br />
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• &nbsp; Secured space in engineering building to serve as the first space. Space was remodelled and essentially inheirited as a blank slate.<br />
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== <span style="font-size:large">Milestone #2: Form teams to manage the space (Initially formed Jan 19th)</span> ==<br />
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The space is managed by 4 subteams. Each subteam has a team leader. All of the team leaders serve as the overall management team for the space, which is led by Zach Patterson. Dr. Buddy Clark serves as a faculty mentor & leader. Subteams are:<br />
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*Equipment Team: In charge of keeping an equipment & materials wishist and maintaining equipment & materials in the room. Led by Nick Petro<br />
*Education & Training Team: In charge of training new users to use the space, creating training modules for equipment as it is added, and providing and stimulating ongoing education for members. Led by Kevin Gilboy<br />
*Users Team: In charge of accumulating key data for the space in order to form a quantitative value proposition for additional spaces. Also helps determine baseline requirements for room use. Led by Linday Pietz<br />
*Outreach Team: In charge of promoting the space both on and off campus. Seeks industry sponsors. Led by Reshef Elisha<br />
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== <span style="font-size:large;">Milestone #3: Have a completely organized, functional, highly used space<br/><span style="font-size:medium;">Date: April 2016</span></span> ==<br />
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*Paint and outfit the room to make it a more welcoming and thought provoking place<br />
*Set up equipment and materials in the room<br />
*Iron out the management scheme to ensure maximum efficiency and effectiveness<br />
*Maximize data tracking<br />
*Steadily increase traffic and cultivate a community<br />
*Secure industry sponsors<br />
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== <span style="font-size:large;">Milestone #4: Have a grand opening to kick off the new school year</span><br/><span style="font-size:medium;">Date: September 2016</span> ==<br />
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After completely setting up the space, ensuring everthing runs smoothly, and perfecting our data tracking techniquies, we will begin to heavily promote the space in the new school year, holding events and doing our best to bring in more students than we have space and resources. By doing this, we hope to prove that demand has outgrown the space and that it is time to expand to more and better spaces.&nbsp;<br />
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== <span style="font-size:large;">Milestone #5: Propose more and better spaces</span><br/><span style="font-size:medium;">Date: October 2016</span> ==<br />
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The data collected over the course of the year will serve as the basis for a proposal to greatly increase the resources put into makerspaces and to rapidly expand our space to other location. We will propose both more spaces for general project work along with additional spaces for higher fildelity work.<br />
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== <span style="font-size:large;">Milestone #6: Begin a campuswide group of makerspaces</span><br/><span style="font-size:medium;">Date: Spring 2017</span> ==<br />
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Using funding hopefully aquired from Milestone #5, we will scale up our proven management structure and launch additional spaces around campus<br />
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= Strategy #3: Increase awareness of I&E on campus&nbsp; =<br />
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== Tactic #1: TEDx Event ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: University of Pittsburgh currently has lectures about various subjects with key speakers through Pitt Program Council. Most of these events are sold out and students have to line up to get tickets. Adding a TEDx events will connect students to interdisciplinary opportunities and start them in design thinking. •&nbsp;&nbsp; Team Leader: David Jacob (current bioengineering candidate)&nbsp;<br />
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Milestones:<br />
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*Apply for TEDx event license<br />
*Form committees (advertising, sponsors, speakers, visuals, etc.)<br />
*Invite speakers<br />
*Search for sponsors<br />
*Reserve event space<br />
*Advertise the event on campus<br />
*Hold the TEDx event<br />
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== Tactic #2: Creativity Wall ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: In the engineering building, there are already many white boards on the wall to increase innovation, talk about upcoming events, and have challenges or problems presented. If they could use one of the walls that gets the most traffic and pose an open ended question, students could add to the ideas and come up with new ways to solve it. This could also be put on the outside of classrooms so that students write on it before entering a class. If they also added more whiteboards in the Business and Arts and Sciences buildings, they could pose the same question that week that was posed in the Engineering building and see how other students approach this. Team Leader: Student TBD<br />
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== Tactic #3: 1000 Pitches ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Currently, Pitt students are starting 1000 pitches on campus. They are using this platform to encourage innovation and design thinking, and allowing everyone to feel creative and innovative. This should continue on campus to add to awareness on campus.<br />
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= Strategy #4: Change Curriculum&nbsp; =<br />
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== Tactic #1: First Year Classes ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Students at each of the schools at University of Pittsburgh are required to take an introductory class their freshman year. We could incorporate design thinking or innovation and entrepreneurship into the curriculum.<br />
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== Tactic #2: Provide an Interdisciplinary Entrepreneurship Class ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Currently, Pitt has entrepreneurship and design thinking classes in all three schools. However, each class is only allowed to be taken by students from their respective schools. Pitt should add a course that allows students to take a class about innovation, design thinking and entrepreneurship that is open to all disciplines. That would allow students to see how to approach these problems from various viewpoints and will lead them to more creative thinking due to the interdisciplinary collaboration.<br />
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== Tactic #3: Give credit to entrepreneurs ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Pitt offers credit to students with internships and research on campus. Pitt could apply the same thing to entrepreneurial ventures which would allow students to manage their time more effectively because their projects would go back to school credit.<br />
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= Strategy #5: Startup Pitt =<br />
<div>Innovation cannot thrive in a bubble. Entrepreneurship is up-and-coming in Pittsburgh, and it’s important that undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Pittsburgh are exposed to this awesome movement. Ian is experiencing the entrepreneurial drive first-hand. Regardless of the value of his bioengineering degree, Ian pondered dropping out of school after his startup was admitted into the Alphalab Gear Accelerator program. Ian has feet in both realms: one in the University, one in the community. At the University, Ian is watching groups of students practicing design thinking, innovation, and entrepreneurship, all which are valuable skills for those involved in startups. These students are driven and searching to use what they learn in the classroom on real-world projects. On the other side, Ian is (somewhat firsthand) witnessing the need for startups to hire interns with engineering, design, and business experience. &nbsp;In fact, Ian worked as an intern with his project to further the technological and business development before the thought of commercialization occurred. Why can’t other interns help young startups succeed?</div><div><br/></div><div>Startup Pitt is a smaller-scale model of Venture for America, a program that places recent college graduates in startups throughout the country. VFA Fellows have been instrumental in building businesses and helping startups succeed. Likewise, Startup Pitt interns will help Pittsburgh startups become successful while earning salary and a valuable internship experience. Of course, Startup Pitt keeps to it’s title: starting-up Pittsburgh as a center of entrepreneurship.</div><div><br/></div><br />
== Program Specifics ==<br />
<div>The Startup Pitt process may be compared to an engineering cooperative-education (co-op) program, an educational program that places engineering students in an established company or engineering firm. A co-op student works for three semesters -- one full year -- with a schedule negotiated between the employer and student. A student may alternate between work and school semesters; work in the fall, assume classes in the spring, work in the summer, assume classes in the fall, etc. On the other hand, a company may want a student to work for a year through, during which time the student would not return to classes. There are subjective benefits and disadvantages to each schedule setup that vary with students and courses of studies. However, a &nbsp;co-op trumps a traditional internship in that a student maintains full-time student status during the co-op semesters. Full-time student status permits a student to reside in on-campus dormitories and receive all the stipulations of being a student. A co-op student does not pay tuition unless she enrolls in night classes.</div><div><br/></div><div>Startup Pitt provides a flexible hiring duration for startups and for students who are looking for an internship. &nbsp;While a co-op is expected to work for three semesters, the Startup Pitt program adapts to the needs of the intern and the startup to satisfy both parties. For example, if a startup can only hire a student for one semester, Startup Pitt may provide an intern who appreciates the short-term work experience that will not delay graduation. Furthermore, Startup Pitt provides internships to not only engineering students, but also business students, students of design, and students who possess skillsets desired by a Pittsburgh startup. Startup Pitt allows a more flexible internship duration.</div><div><br/></div><div>Finances hinder a startup’s ability to hire appropriate help. The Startup Pitt program acknowledges that startups may want to hire an intern but may not be able to afford an intern. Startup Pitt works with departments and organizations at the University of Pittsburgh as well as the supporters of Pittsburgh incubators to subsidize the pay for an intern. In this manner, a startup receives extra help to grow a business without the concern of paying an intern, and an intern receives pay while gaining valuable work experience.</div><div><br/></div><br />
== Timeline ==<br />
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All objectives and tasks in the timeline are subject to change.<br />
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=== Customer discovery (March 2015) ===<br />
<div>Identify the needs of students at the University of Pittsburgh. Student groups include engineering students, business students, and those involved in I&E activities. Channels to reach students include department and program coordinators, seminars, and student / faculty organizations. Survey questions include</div><br />
*Would you (students) be interested in working for a startup?<br />
*How important is maintaining your full-time student status?<br />
*For how many academic semesters could you see yourself working an internship at a startup?<br />
*Why does working at a startup interest you?<br />
*What kinds of skills do you believe are needed to be successful with growing a startup?<br />
*Would you be willing to potentially delay your graduation?<br />
*How much pay (hourly rate) would you see yourself making while interning at a startup?<br />
<div><br/></div><div>Identify the needs of startups in Pittsburgh incubators and accelerators, such as startups involved in Alphalab, Alphalab Gear, Thrill Mill, Idea Foundry, and Revv Oakland. &nbsp;Survey questions include</div><br />
*Do you believe a college student pursuing an engineering / business / etc. major could make a contribution to your startup as an intern?<br />
*What skills would you look for in a student intern for your startup?<br />
*How long would you hire a Startup Pitt intern?<br />
*If at all, how much could you afford to pay a Startup Pitt intern?<br />
*If the Startup Pitt inter’s pay was subsidized through the University of Pittsburgh and/or your accelerator/incubator, would you be more likely to hire a Startup Pitt intern?<br />
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=== Prototype financial infrastructure (April 2015) ===<br />
<div>Coordinate with the University of Pittsburgh Innovation Institute, the Swanson School of Engineering, the College of Business Administration, and the investor networks who support Pittsburgh incubators/accelerators to assess the potential of subsidizing a Startup Pitt’s hourly pay. Establish the value of Startup Pitt with each supporter, and evaluate how much each supporter is willing to contribute to a Startup Pitt intern.&nbsp;</div><div><br/></div><br />
=== Future tasks ===<br />
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*Discuss program with University of Pittsburgh administration. Investigate potential of maintaining full-time student status during employment (May 2015)<br />
*Formulate a faculty and student committee to evaluate student applications (June 2015)<br />
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= Strategy #5:&nbsp;Build an Entreneurship Community at Pitt Business =<br />
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'''Enactus Spring 2016 Action Plan'''&nbsp;<br />
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'''Entrepreneurship Showcase Momentum Plan:'''<br />
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1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Winning teams will be awarded a $100 stipend to work with Enactus as a project. They will also be provided financial guidance from the Enactus Finance Team (Josh Ordos and Bruce Baka)<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Teams will be matched with a mentor or leader in the community through the Enactus Leadership Team and provided access to the BAB.<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Winning teams will be given priority access to talk to speakers at all Enactus events and will also have the opportunity to get relevant site visits paid for by Enactus.<br />
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4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Enactus Club will provide Lean Canvas model-training sessions to the winning teams during the course of semester.<br />
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5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The winnings teams will also have the opportunity to obtain intern support or additional team member support from Enactus club members.<br />
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6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Teams that continue to partner with Enactus as a sponsored project will be encouraged to compete at the regional and national competitions to earn more startup funding.&nbsp;<br />
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'''BAB (Business Advisory Board) Plan:'''&nbsp;<br />
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1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The BAB must be available to provide guidance to all winning teams at the Entrepreneurship Showcase hackathon.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; They must also be accessible to any other Enactus projects at least once per month.<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Each BAB member will serve to connect Enactus with at least one speaker per semester.<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Each BAB member will be used to organize at least one site visit per semester for Enactus.<br />
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4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Each BAB member will be used as a project specific mentor to at least one Enactus team per semester.<br />
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5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The BAB members must attend at least one site visits, general body meeting, or speaker event in order to provide Enactus students with clear access to the BAB Board.<br />
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6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Recruiting:<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; TBA (Mario)&nbsp;<br />
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'''Food Waste/Related Momentum Plan:'''<br />
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&nbsp;1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will operate at least one food waste/related project this semester.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; This will be organized and led by Hope Murray and it is already in the planning.<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will hold 2 food waste related speakers.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tentatively: Hungry Harvest in March (Grant)<br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tentatively: Executive Chef at Sodexo (Rhonda + Audrey)<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will hold 2 food waste/related site visits this semester.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Farm Truck Foods – A Food Waste Site Trip<br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; CMU Food Truck – A Food Waste Site Trip<br />
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c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 412 Food Rescue – A Food Waste Industry Speaker<br />
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4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will also serve to connect students to startups in food related industries.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The goal is to connect at least one Enactus member to a food industry related intern position in spring or summer 2016.&nbsp;<br />
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'''Site Visit, Speaker Event, and Projects Goals:'''&nbsp;<br />
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1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will operate at least three projects this semester.<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will run at least 1 site visit per month.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2 entrepreneurship related site visits:<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will run at least 1 speaker event per month at general club meetings.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2 entrepreneurship related speakers:<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tim Zak, Director of CMU’s Social Innovation Institute – A Global Perspective Talk (Rhonda + Cathy Lada)<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Nicole Muise-Kielkucki, Director of Social Enterprise Initiatives at Idea Foundry – Supporting Social Entrepreneurs Talk (Rhonda)<br />
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'''Regional and National Enactus Event Plan'''<br />
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1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Regional: March 29<sup>th</sup> Washington D.C.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Application Due Date: February 22<sup>nd</sup><br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Projects<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Hope Murray – Food Truck/Membership College Café<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Mario – Student/Faculty Pet Day Care – Volunteers are Students<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; iii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; TBA – Expecting 1 more project from new members this semester<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; iv.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; TBA – Expecting 1-3 more projects from the Entrepreneurship Showcase&nbsp;<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; National Event: May 15<sup>th</sup>-17<sup>th</sup> in St. Louis<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Due Date: TBA<br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Projects<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Regional and National Events Planning Team<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sophia Tan<br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Mario Nicolia<br />
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c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Grant Jacoby<br />
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d.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Hope Murray<br />
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e.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Demetra Mallios<br />
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'''Additional Groups and Organizations to Contact'''<br />
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1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Food Recovery Network - For additional members and project ideas (TBA)<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Are there any other organizations that may consider co-membership to run the food truck? (TBA)<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; University Innovation Fellows - For additional leadership assistance (Grant)<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Engineers for A Sustainable World - For additional members and project ideas (Grant/Engineer?)<br />
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4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; All Innovation Institute Events - For additional members and project ideas (TBA)<br />
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5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Randall Family Big Idea - For additional members and project ideas (TBA)<br />
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6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Thrill Mill – For internship opportunities for students (Grant)<br />
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7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Design Hub - For additional members and project ideas (Mario)<br />
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***TBA - Need to find a recruiting chair for Enactus ASAP to go to all entrepreneurship events on campus to push meetings, events, and site visits<br />
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'''Future Goals and Standards'''&nbsp;<br />
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1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Food Hackathon September 2016<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Audrey - Can we start to organize a food hackathon for the beginning of the fall semester?<br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Use this as a springboard for marketing attention for new membership.<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus Leadership Requirements:<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1 site visit per month<br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1 speaker per month<br />
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c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; At least 3 projects per any given semester<br />
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d.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1 industry focus per semester (can be multiple semesters)<br />
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e.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Participate in Regional Competition Annually<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Connect at least one student to a startup internship per semester in order to create a stronger internship network in the entrepreneurial community.<br />
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4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Organize at least 1 hackathon per semester with another organization.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Partner with at least one other CBA organizations to promote interdisciplinary relationships.<br />
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= Related Links =<br />
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[[Category:Student Priorities|Student_Priorities]]</div>Zpatthttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Priorities:University_of_Pittsburgh_Student_Priorities&diff=29482Priorities:University of Pittsburgh Student Priorities2016-02-08T16:10:50Z<p>Zpatt: </p>
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<div>= Overview<br/> =<br />
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The University of Pittsburgh is a well-known leader in innovation within the fields of engineering and medical research.&nbsp; Translational research and entrepreneurship exist primarily at the institutional level.&nbsp; Many organizations exist, like the Institute of Entrepreneurial Excellence, to give budding entrepreneurs the needed resources and inspiration to proceed from ideation to market.&nbsp; In the last 20 years alone, such programs have created more than 800 startups and 7,000 jobs in the Pittsburgh area.&nbsp; Between the sheer amount of research conducted and available seed funding (Coulter Program for bioengineering devices, other VC connections through Institute of Entrepreneurial Excellence) Innovation and Entrepreneurship needs only to be catalyzed to take off, since all necessary ingredients are in abundance at the University of Pittsburgh.<br />
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However, there is a huge gap on campus between these institutions and undergraduate students.&nbsp; Most students are unaware of PantherlabWorks (a commercialization accelerator) and do not know that the university offers patent and IP counseling through the Office of Technology Management/Office of Enterprise Development.&nbsp; At present, these institutions mainly serve graduate students and faculty.&nbsp;<br />
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Fortunately, administrators are beginning to take a strong interest in university-facilitated patent development and product realization for undergraduate students.&nbsp; Professors from the Industrial Engineering department will soon introduce a product realization certificate to span all majors and the chemical engineering department has recently revamped its sophomore and junior year curriculum to more intently convey design principles.&nbsp; The mechanical engineering department, too, has been steadily increasing the focus on sustainability and marketability in undergraduate design classes, as in ‘MEMS 0024: Intro to Mechanical Engineering Design.’<br />
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Still, it is clear that there is more work to be done.&nbsp; In many other disciplines, serious project management/design courses are not mandatory until senior year.&nbsp; Further, freshman students are NEVER formally exposed to the opportunities of product development for engineers.&nbsp; The best opportunities for undergrads to get involved in projects are in extracurricular clubs.&nbsp; DesignHub, Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW), and Engineers Without Borders (EWB) are three of the strongest organizations on campus for completing actual projects with significant impact in local and global communities.<br />
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We seek to expand upon and merge into a community, the values and practices of these groups. &nbsp;Two gaps we seek to bridge as UI Fellows are as follows:<br />
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#Inspire and Forge Project Teams (applied/realized value)<br />
#*Connect product ideas that have market value with teams capable of producing them.&nbsp; Provide access to funding and guidance for these teams. &nbsp;<br />
#Provide an incubator space (applied/realized value)<br />
#*Allow such teams to function effectively and provide the necessary inspiration/motivation to get undergraduates interested in I&E.<br />
#Increase awareness of I&E on campus<br />
#*TEDx Event<br />
#*Creativity Wall<br />
#*1000 Pitches<br />
#*Club of Clubs<br />
#Change Curriculum&nbsp;<br />
#*First Year Classes<br />
#*Provide an interdisciplinary entrepreneurship class<br />
#*Give credit to entrepreneurs<br />
#Build an Entreneurship Community at Pitt Business and Connect the Different Departments<br />
#*Connect student organizations across departments in Entrepreneurship through Suitable<br />
#*Hold site visits and lectures series for business students interested in entreperneurship<br />
#*Run and operate one hackathon per semester at Pitt Business<br />
#*Organize 3 projects to compete at the Enactus National and Regional Competitions<br />
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= Calling all Students =<br />
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Entrepreneurship and Innovation Academic Year Challenge<br />
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*Where: Benedum Hall, Room TBD&nbsp;<br />
*When:&nbsp;November 19th, 2013<br />
*RSVP: TBD<br />
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= Strategy #1: Inspire and Forge Project Teams =<br />
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Following are an array of strategies that will fully address Gap #1 over a 2-3 year period:<br />
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== Tactic #1: Create Advisory Board/Panel to Promote I&E ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Students in the Pitt Business school are currently looking to launch an entrepreneurship club- one that would connect mixed groups of students to form cohesive teams (engineering, business, law, etc. students) and validate market potential.&nbsp; In partnering with this effort, an advisory board for I&E would seek out possible projects and give them to an able team.&nbsp; It would be the goal of such a board to find the need on campus for different products, looking for possible ideas in extracurricular clubs, professors, and perhaps, industry.&nbsp; These projects would be assigned to a team that applies with a plan to complete them, and they would be guided to the IP resources on campus and eventually to the proper contacts in the Business school for marketing advice. &nbsp; &nbsp;<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Team Leader:: TBD<br />
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== Tactic #2: Host Seminars/Grand Challenges to Educate/Inspire ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Professors in the Engineering Education Resource Center (EERC), are in the process of applying for a grant to host seminars and challenge sessions for next semester.&nbsp; As Innovation Fellows, we have been given the opportunity to help plan these events and hope to use them to foster support (especially at the freshman/sophomore level) for the movement.&nbsp; Current seminar ideas include: Dinner with entrepreneurs, microGrant challenge, skill seminars.&nbsp;<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Team Leader:: TBD<br />
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= Strategy #2: Provide better innovation spaces =<br />
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Students on campus need more space to work on projects. These spaces will not only meet that need, they will also improve the innovative culture by giving students a home base, a hang out spot, where innovative communities can form.<br />
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In order to accomplish this goal, a group in the engineering school is starting an initial space in order to prove demand and bolster support. In the near future, we hope to expand the space and form multiple spaces, encompassing the entire scale of prototyping fidelity and providing the lowest posible barrier to entry to students in all schools at Pitt<br />
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== <span style="font-size:large">Milestone #1: Find and Create a Space (Completed Jan 1st 2016)</span> ==<br />
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• &nbsp; Secured space in engineering building to serve as the first space. Space was remodelled and essentially inheirited as a blank slate.<br />
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== <span style="font-size:large">Milestone #2: Form teams to manage the space (Initially formed Jan 19th)</span> ==<br />
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The space is managed by 4 subteams. Each subteam has a team leader. All of the team leaders serve as the overall management team for the space, which is led by Zach Patterson. Dr. Buddy Clark serves as a faculty mentor & leader. Subteams are:<br />
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*Equipment Team: In charge of keeping an equipment & materials wishist and maintaining equipment & materials in the room. Led by Nick Petro<br />
*Education & Training Team: In charge of training new users to use the space, creating training modules for equipment as it is added, and providing and stimulating ongoing education for members. Led by Kevin Gilboy<br />
*Users Team: In charge of accumulating key data for the space in order to form a quantitative value proposition for additional spaces. Also helps determine baseline requirements for room use. Led by Linday Pietz<br />
*Outreach Team: In charge of promoting the space both on and off campus. Seeks industry sponsors. Led by Reshef Elisha<br />
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== <span style="font-size:large;">Milestone #3: Have a completely organized, functional, highly used space<br/>Date: April 2016</span> ==<br />
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*Paint and outfit the room to make it a more welcoming and thought provoking place<br />
*Set up equipment and materials in the room<br />
*Iron out the management scheme to ensure maximum efficiency and effectiveness<br />
*Maximize data tracking<br />
*Steadily increase traffic and cultivate a community<br />
*Secure industry sponsors<br />
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== <span style="font-size:large;">Milestone #4: Have a grand opening to kick off the new school year<br/></span>Date: September 2016 ==<br />
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After completely setting up the space, ensuring everthing runs smoothly, and perfecting our data tracking techniquies, we will begin to heavily promote the space in the new school year, holding events and doing our best to bring in more students than we have space and resources. By doing this, we hope to prove that demand has outgrown the space and that it is time to expand to more and better spaces.&nbsp;<br />
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== <span style="font-size:large;">Milestone #5: Propose more and better spaces<br/></span>Date: October 2016 ==<br />
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The data collected over the course of the year will serve as the basis for a proposal to greatly increase the resources put into makerspaces and to rapidly expand our space to other location. We will propose both more spaces for general project work along with additional spaces for higher fildelity work.<br />
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== <span style="font-size:large;">Milestone #6: Begin a campuswide group of makerspaces<br/></span>Date: Spring 2017 ==<br />
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Using funding hopefully aquired from Milestone #5, we will scale up our proven management structure and launch additional spaces around campus<br />
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= Strategy #3: Increase awareness of I&E on campus&nbsp; =<br />
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== Tactic #1: TEDx Event ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: University of Pittsburgh currently has lectures about various subjects with key speakers through Pitt Program Council. Most of these events are sold out and students have to line up to get tickets. Adding a TEDx events will connect students to interdisciplinary opportunities and start them in design thinking. •&nbsp;&nbsp; Team Leader: David Jacob (current bioengineering candidate)&nbsp;<br />
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Milestones:<br />
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*Apply for TEDx event license<br />
*Form committees (advertising, sponsors, speakers, visuals, etc.)<br />
*Invite speakers<br />
*Search for sponsors<br />
*Reserve event space<br />
*Advertise the event on campus<br />
*Hold the TEDx event<br />
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== Tactic #2: Creativity Wall ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: In the engineering building, there are already many white boards on the wall to increase innovation, talk about upcoming events, and have challenges or problems presented. If they could use one of the walls that gets the most traffic and pose an open ended question, students could add to the ideas and come up with new ways to solve it. This could also be put on the outside of classrooms so that students write on it before entering a class. If they also added more whiteboards in the Business and Arts and Sciences buildings, they could pose the same question that week that was posed in the Engineering building and see how other students approach this. Team Leader: Student TBD<br />
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== Tactic #3: 1000 Pitches ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Currently, Pitt students are starting 1000 pitches on campus. They are using this platform to encourage innovation and design thinking, and allowing everyone to feel creative and innovative. This should continue on campus to add to awareness on campus.<br />
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= Strategy #4: Change Curriculum&nbsp; =<br />
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== Tactic #1: First Year Classes ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Students at each of the schools at University of Pittsburgh are required to take an introductory class their freshman year. We could incorporate design thinking or innovation and entrepreneurship into the curriculum.<br />
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== Tactic #2: Provide an Interdisciplinary Entrepreneurship Class ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Currently, Pitt has entrepreneurship and design thinking classes in all three schools. However, each class is only allowed to be taken by students from their respective schools. Pitt should add a course that allows students to take a class about innovation, design thinking and entrepreneurship that is open to all disciplines. That would allow students to see how to approach these problems from various viewpoints and will lead them to more creative thinking due to the interdisciplinary collaboration.<br />
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== Tactic #3: Give credit to entrepreneurs ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Pitt offers credit to students with internships and research on campus. Pitt could apply the same thing to entrepreneurial ventures which would allow students to manage their time more effectively because their projects would go back to school credit.<br />
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= Strategy #5: Startup Pitt =<br />
<div>Innovation cannot thrive in a bubble. Entrepreneurship is up-and-coming in Pittsburgh, and it’s important that undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Pittsburgh are exposed to this awesome movement. Ian is experiencing the entrepreneurial drive first-hand. Regardless of the value of his bioengineering degree, Ian pondered dropping out of school after his startup was admitted into the Alphalab Gear Accelerator program. Ian has feet in both realms: one in the University, one in the community. At the University, Ian is watching groups of students practicing design thinking, innovation, and entrepreneurship, all which are valuable skills for those involved in startups. These students are driven and searching to use what they learn in the classroom on real-world projects. On the other side, Ian is (somewhat firsthand) witnessing the need for startups to hire interns with engineering, design, and business experience. &nbsp;In fact, Ian worked as an intern with his project to further the technological and business development before the thought of commercialization occurred. Why can’t other interns help young startups succeed?</div><div><br/></div><div>Startup Pitt is a smaller-scale model of Venture for America, a program that places recent college graduates in startups throughout the country. VFA Fellows have been instrumental in building businesses and helping startups succeed. Likewise, Startup Pitt interns will help Pittsburgh startups become successful while earning salary and a valuable internship experience. Of course, Startup Pitt keeps to it’s title: starting-up Pittsburgh as a center of entrepreneurship.</div><div><br/></div><br />
== Program Specifics ==<br />
<div>The Startup Pitt process may be compared to an engineering cooperative-education (co-op) program, an educational program that places engineering students in an established company or engineering firm. A co-op student works for three semesters -- one full year -- with a schedule negotiated between the employer and student. A student may alternate between work and school semesters; work in the fall, assume classes in the spring, work in the summer, assume classes in the fall, etc. On the other hand, a company may want a student to work for a year through, during which time the student would not return to classes. There are subjective benefits and disadvantages to each schedule setup that vary with students and courses of studies. However, a &nbsp;co-op trumps a traditional internship in that a student maintains full-time student status during the co-op semesters. Full-time student status permits a student to reside in on-campus dormitories and receive all the stipulations of being a student. A co-op student does not pay tuition unless she enrolls in night classes.</div><div><br/></div><div>Startup Pitt provides a flexible hiring duration for startups and for students who are looking for an internship. &nbsp;While a co-op is expected to work for three semesters, the Startup Pitt program adapts to the needs of the intern and the startup to satisfy both parties. For example, if a startup can only hire a student for one semester, Startup Pitt may provide an intern who appreciates the short-term work experience that will not delay graduation. Furthermore, Startup Pitt provides internships to not only engineering students, but also business students, students of design, and students who possess skillsets desired by a Pittsburgh startup. Startup Pitt allows a more flexible internship duration.</div><div><br/></div><div>Finances hinder a startup’s ability to hire appropriate help. The Startup Pitt program acknowledges that startups may want to hire an intern but may not be able to afford an intern. Startup Pitt works with departments and organizations at the University of Pittsburgh as well as the supporters of Pittsburgh incubators to subsidize the pay for an intern. In this manner, a startup receives extra help to grow a business without the concern of paying an intern, and an intern receives pay while gaining valuable work experience.</div><div><br/></div><br />
== Timeline ==<br />
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All objectives and tasks in the timeline are subject to change.<br />
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=== Customer discovery (March 2015) ===<br />
<div>Identify the needs of students at the University of Pittsburgh. Student groups include engineering students, business students, and those involved in I&E activities. Channels to reach students include department and program coordinators, seminars, and student / faculty organizations. Survey questions include</div><br />
*Would you (students) be interested in working for a startup?<br />
*How important is maintaining your full-time student status?<br />
*For how many academic semesters could you see yourself working an internship at a startup?<br />
*Why does working at a startup interest you?<br />
*What kinds of skills do you believe are needed to be successful with growing a startup?<br />
*Would you be willing to potentially delay your graduation?<br />
*How much pay (hourly rate) would you see yourself making while interning at a startup?<br />
<div><br/></div><div>Identify the needs of startups in Pittsburgh incubators and accelerators, such as startups involved in Alphalab, Alphalab Gear, Thrill Mill, Idea Foundry, and Revv Oakland. &nbsp;Survey questions include</div><br />
*Do you believe a college student pursuing an engineering / business / etc. major could make a contribution to your startup as an intern?<br />
*What skills would you look for in a student intern for your startup?<br />
*How long would you hire a Startup Pitt intern?<br />
*If at all, how much could you afford to pay a Startup Pitt intern?<br />
*If the Startup Pitt inter’s pay was subsidized through the University of Pittsburgh and/or your accelerator/incubator, would you be more likely to hire a Startup Pitt intern?<br />
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=== Prototype financial infrastructure (April 2015) ===<br />
<div>Coordinate with the University of Pittsburgh Innovation Institute, the Swanson School of Engineering, the College of Business Administration, and the investor networks who support Pittsburgh incubators/accelerators to assess the potential of subsidizing a Startup Pitt’s hourly pay. Establish the value of Startup Pitt with each supporter, and evaluate how much each supporter is willing to contribute to a Startup Pitt intern.&nbsp;</div><div><br/></div><br />
=== Future tasks ===<br />
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*Discuss program with University of Pittsburgh administration. Investigate potential of maintaining full-time student status during employment (May 2015)<br />
*Formulate a faculty and student committee to evaluate student applications (June 2015)<br />
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= Strategy #5:&nbsp;Build an Entreneurship Community at Pitt Business =<br />
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'''Enactus Spring 2016 Action Plan'''&nbsp;<br />
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'''Entrepreneurship Showcase Momentum Plan:'''<br />
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1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Winning teams will be awarded a $100 stipend to work with Enactus as a project. They will also be provided financial guidance from the Enactus Finance Team (Josh Ordos and Bruce Baka)<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Teams will be matched with a mentor or leader in the community through the Enactus Leadership Team and provided access to the BAB.<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Winning teams will be given priority access to talk to speakers at all Enactus events and will also have the opportunity to get relevant site visits paid for by Enactus.<br />
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4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Enactus Club will provide Lean Canvas model-training sessions to the winning teams during the course of semester.<br />
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5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The winnings teams will also have the opportunity to obtain intern support or additional team member support from Enactus club members.<br />
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6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Teams that continue to partner with Enactus as a sponsored project will be encouraged to compete at the regional and national competitions to earn more startup funding.&nbsp;<br />
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'''BAB (Business Advisory Board) Plan:'''&nbsp;<br />
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1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The BAB must be available to provide guidance to all winning teams at the Entrepreneurship Showcase hackathon.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; They must also be accessible to any other Enactus projects at least once per month.<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Each BAB member will serve to connect Enactus with at least one speaker per semester.<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Each BAB member will be used to organize at least one site visit per semester for Enactus.<br />
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4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Each BAB member will be used as a project specific mentor to at least one Enactus team per semester.<br />
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5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The BAB members must attend at least one site visits, general body meeting, or speaker event in order to provide Enactus students with clear access to the BAB Board.<br />
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6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Recruiting:<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; TBA (Mario)&nbsp;<br />
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'''Food Waste/Related Momentum Plan:'''<br />
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&nbsp;1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will operate at least one food waste/related project this semester.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; This will be organized and led by Hope Murray and it is already in the planning.<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will hold 2 food waste related speakers.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tentatively: Hungry Harvest in March (Grant)<br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tentatively: Executive Chef at Sodexo (Rhonda + Audrey)<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will hold 2 food waste/related site visits this semester.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Farm Truck Foods – A Food Waste Site Trip<br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; CMU Food Truck – A Food Waste Site Trip<br />
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c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 412 Food Rescue – A Food Waste Industry Speaker<br />
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4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will also serve to connect students to startups in food related industries.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The goal is to connect at least one Enactus member to a food industry related intern position in spring or summer 2016.&nbsp;<br />
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'''Site Visit, Speaker Event, and Projects Goals:'''&nbsp;<br />
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1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will operate at least three projects this semester.<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will run at least 1 site visit per month.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2 entrepreneurship related site visits:<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; TBA (Rhonda)<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will run at least 1 speaker event per month at general club meetings.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2 entrepreneurship related speakers:<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tim Zak, Director of CMU’s Social Innovation Institute – A Global Perspective Talk (Rhonda + Cathy Lada)<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Nicole Muise-Kielkucki, Director of Social Enterprise Initiatives at Idea Foundry – Supporting Social Entrepreneurs Talk (Rhonda)<br />
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'''Regional and National Enactus Event Plan'''<br />
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1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Regional: March 29<sup>th</sup> Washington D.C.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Application Due Date: February 22<sup>nd</sup><br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Projects<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Hope Murray – Food Truck/Membership College Café<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Mario – Student/Faculty Pet Day Care – Volunteers are Students<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; iii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; TBA – Expecting 1 more project from new members this semester<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; iv.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; TBA – Expecting 1-3 more projects from the Entrepreneurship Showcase&nbsp;<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; National Event: May 15<sup>th</sup>-17<sup>th</sup> in St. Louis<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Due Date: TBA<br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Projects<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Regional and National Events Planning Team<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sophia Tan<br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Mario Nicolia<br />
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c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Grant Jacoby<br />
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d.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Hope Murray<br />
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e.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Demetra Mallios<br />
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'''Additional Groups and Organizations to Contact'''<br />
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1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Food Recovery Network - For additional members and project ideas (TBA)<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Are there any other organizations that may consider co-membership to run the food truck? (TBA)<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; University Innovation Fellows - For additional leadership assistance (Grant)<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Engineers for A Sustainable World - For additional members and project ideas (Grant/Engineer?)<br />
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4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; All Innovation Institute Events - For additional members and project ideas (TBA)<br />
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5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Randall Family Big Idea - For additional members and project ideas (TBA)<br />
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6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Thrill Mill – For internship opportunities for students (Grant)<br />
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7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Design Hub - For additional members and project ideas (Mario)<br />
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***TBA - Need to find a recruiting chair for Enactus ASAP to go to all entrepreneurship events on campus to push meetings, events, and site visits<br />
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'''Future Goals and Standards'''&nbsp;<br />
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1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Food Hackathon September 2016<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Audrey - Can we start to organize a food hackathon for the beginning of the fall semester?<br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Use this as a springboard for marketing attention for new membership.<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus Leadership Requirements:<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1 site visit per month<br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1 speaker per month<br />
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c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; At least 3 projects per any given semester<br />
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d.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1 industry focus per semester (can be multiple semesters)<br />
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e.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Participate in Regional Competition Annually<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Connect at least one student to a startup internship per semester in order to create a stronger internship network in the entrepreneurial community.<br />
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4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Organize at least 1 hackathon per semester with another organization.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Partner with at least one other CBA organizations to promote interdisciplinary relationships.<br />
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= Related Links =<br />
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[[Category:Student Priorities|Student_Priorities]]</div>Zpatthttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Priorities:University_of_Pittsburgh_Student_Priorities&diff=29481Priorities:University of Pittsburgh Student Priorities2016-02-08T16:10:25Z<p>Zpatt: </p>
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<div>= Overview<br/> =<br />
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The University of Pittsburgh is a well-known leader in innovation within the fields of engineering and medical research.&nbsp; Translational research and entrepreneurship exist primarily at the institutional level.&nbsp; Many organizations exist, like the Institute of Entrepreneurial Excellence, to give budding entrepreneurs the needed resources and inspiration to proceed from ideation to market.&nbsp; In the last 20 years alone, such programs have created more than 800 startups and 7,000 jobs in the Pittsburgh area.&nbsp; Between the sheer amount of research conducted and available seed funding (Coulter Program for bioengineering devices, other VC connections through Institute of Entrepreneurial Excellence) Innovation and Entrepreneurship needs only to be catalyzed to take off, since all necessary ingredients are in abundance at the University of Pittsburgh.<br />
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However, there is a huge gap on campus between these institutions and undergraduate students.&nbsp; Most students are unaware of PantherlabWorks (a commercialization accelerator) and do not know that the university offers patent and IP counseling through the Office of Technology Management/Office of Enterprise Development.&nbsp; At present, these institutions mainly serve graduate students and faculty.&nbsp;<br />
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Fortunately, administrators are beginning to take a strong interest in university-facilitated patent development and product realization for undergraduate students.&nbsp; Professors from the Industrial Engineering department will soon introduce a product realization certificate to span all majors and the chemical engineering department has recently revamped its sophomore and junior year curriculum to more intently convey design principles.&nbsp; The mechanical engineering department, too, has been steadily increasing the focus on sustainability and marketability in undergraduate design classes, as in ‘MEMS 0024: Intro to Mechanical Engineering Design.’<br />
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Still, it is clear that there is more work to be done.&nbsp; In many other disciplines, serious project management/design courses are not mandatory until senior year.&nbsp; Further, freshman students are NEVER formally exposed to the opportunities of product development for engineers.&nbsp; The best opportunities for undergrads to get involved in projects are in extracurricular clubs.&nbsp; DesignHub, Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW), and Engineers Without Borders (EWB) are three of the strongest organizations on campus for completing actual projects with significant impact in local and global communities.<br />
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We seek to expand upon and merge into a community, the values and practices of these groups. &nbsp;Two gaps we seek to bridge as UI Fellows are as follows:<br />
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#Inspire and Forge Project Teams (applied/realized value)<br />
#*Connect product ideas that have market value with teams capable of producing them.&nbsp; Provide access to funding and guidance for these teams. &nbsp;<br />
#Provide an incubator space (applied/realized value)<br />
#*Allow such teams to function effectively and provide the necessary inspiration/motivation to get undergraduates interested in I&E.<br />
#Increase awareness of I&E on campus<br />
#*TEDx Event<br />
#*Creativity Wall<br />
#*1000 Pitches<br />
#*Club of Clubs<br />
#Change Curriculum&nbsp;<br />
#*First Year Classes<br />
#*Provide an interdisciplinary entrepreneurship class<br />
#*Give credit to entrepreneurs<br />
#Build an Entreneurship Community at Pitt Business and Connect the Different Departments<br />
#*Connect student organizations across departments in Entrepreneurship through Suitable<br />
#*Hold site visits and lectures series for business students interested in entreperneurship<br />
#*Run and operate one hackathon per semester at Pitt Business<br />
#*Organize 3 projects to compete at the Enactus National and Regional Competitions<br />
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= Calling all Students =<br />
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Entrepreneurship and Innovation Academic Year Challenge<br />
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*Where: Benedum Hall, Room TBD&nbsp;<br />
*When:&nbsp;November 19th, 2013<br />
*RSVP: TBD<br />
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= Strategy #1: Inspire and Forge Project Teams =<br />
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Following are an array of strategies that will fully address Gap #1 over a 2-3 year period:<br />
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== Tactic #1: Create Advisory Board/Panel to Promote I&E ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Students in the Pitt Business school are currently looking to launch an entrepreneurship club- one that would connect mixed groups of students to form cohesive teams (engineering, business, law, etc. students) and validate market potential.&nbsp; In partnering with this effort, an advisory board for I&E would seek out possible projects and give them to an able team.&nbsp; It would be the goal of such a board to find the need on campus for different products, looking for possible ideas in extracurricular clubs, professors, and perhaps, industry.&nbsp; These projects would be assigned to a team that applies with a plan to complete them, and they would be guided to the IP resources on campus and eventually to the proper contacts in the Business school for marketing advice. &nbsp; &nbsp;<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Team Leader:: TBD<br />
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== Tactic #2: Host Seminars/Grand Challenges to Educate/Inspire ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Professors in the Engineering Education Resource Center (EERC), are in the process of applying for a grant to host seminars and challenge sessions for next semester.&nbsp; As Innovation Fellows, we have been given the opportunity to help plan these events and hope to use them to foster support (especially at the freshman/sophomore level) for the movement.&nbsp; Current seminar ideas include: Dinner with entrepreneurs, microGrant challenge, skill seminars.&nbsp;<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Team Leader:: TBD<br />
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= Strategy #2: Provide better innovation spaces =<br />
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Students on campus need more space to work on projects. These spaces will not only meet that need, they will also improve the innovative culture by giving students a home base, a hang out spot, where innovative communities can form.<br />
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In order to accomplish this goal, a group in the engineering school is starting an initial space in order to prove demand and bolster support. In the near future, we hope to expand the space and form multiple spaces, encompassing the entire scale of prototyping fidelity and providing the lowest posible barrier to entry to students in all schools at Pitt<br />
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== <span style="font-size:large">Milestone #1: Find and Create a Space (Completed Jan 1st 2016)</span> ==<br />
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• &nbsp; Secured space in engineering building to serve as the first space. Space was remodelled and essentially inheirited as a blank slate.<br />
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== <span style="font-size:large">Milestone #2: Form teams to manage the space (Initially formed Jan 19th)</span> ==<br />
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The space is managed by 4 subteams. Each subteam has a team leader. All of the team leaders serve as the overall management team for the space, which is led by Zach Patterson. Dr. Buddy Clark serves as a faculty mentor & leader. Subteams are:<br />
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*Equipment Team: In charge of keeping an equipment & materials wishist and maintaining equipment & materials in the room. Led by Nick Petro<br />
*Education & Training Team: In charge of training new users to use the space, creating training modules for equipment as it is added, and providing and stimulating ongoing education for members. Led by Kevin Gilboy<br />
*Users Team: In charge of accumulating key data for the space in order to form a quantitative value proposition for additional spaces. Also helps determine baseline requirements for room use. Led by Linday Pietz<br />
*Outreach Team: In charge of promoting the space both on and off campus. Seeks industry sponsors. Led by Reshef Elisha<br />
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== <span style="font-size:large;">Milestone #3: Have a completely organized, functional, highly used space<br/>Date: April 2016</span> ==<br />
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*Paint and outfit the room to make it a more welcoming and thought provoking place<br />
*Set up equipment and materials in the room<br />
*Iron out the management scheme to ensure maximum efficiency and effectiveness<br />
*Maximize data tracking<br />
*Steadily increase traffic and cultivate a community<br />
*Secure industry sponsors<br />
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== <span style="font-size:large;">Milestone #4: Have a grand opening to kick off the new school year<br/>Date: September 2016</span> ==<br />
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After completely setting up the space, ensuring everthing runs smoothly, and perfecting our data tracking techniquies, we will begin to heavily promote the space in the new school year, holding events and doing our best to bring in more students than we have space and resources. By doing this, we hope to prove that demand has outgrown the space and that it is time to expand to more and better spaces.&nbsp;<br />
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== <span style="font-size:large;">Milestone #5: Propose more and better spaces<br/>Date: October 2016</span> ==<br />
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The data collected over the course of the year will serve as the basis for a proposal to greatly increase the resources put into makerspaces and to rapidly expand our space to other location. We will propose both more spaces for general project work along with additional spaces for higher fildelity work.<br />
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== <span style="font-size:large;">Milestone #6: Begin a campuswide group of makerspaces<br/>Date: Spring 2017</span> ==<br />
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Using funding hopefully aquired from Milestone #5, we will scale up our proven management structure and launch additional spaces around campus<br />
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= Strategy #3: Increase awareness of I&E on campus&nbsp; =<br />
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== Tactic #1: TEDx Event ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: University of Pittsburgh currently has lectures about various subjects with key speakers through Pitt Program Council. Most of these events are sold out and students have to line up to get tickets. Adding a TEDx events will connect students to interdisciplinary opportunities and start them in design thinking. •&nbsp;&nbsp; Team Leader: David Jacob (current bioengineering candidate)&nbsp;<br />
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Milestones:<br />
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*Apply for TEDx event license<br />
*Form committees (advertising, sponsors, speakers, visuals, etc.)<br />
*Invite speakers<br />
*Search for sponsors<br />
*Reserve event space<br />
*Advertise the event on campus<br />
*Hold the TEDx event<br />
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== Tactic #2: Creativity Wall ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: In the engineering building, there are already many white boards on the wall to increase innovation, talk about upcoming events, and have challenges or problems presented. If they could use one of the walls that gets the most traffic and pose an open ended question, students could add to the ideas and come up with new ways to solve it. This could also be put on the outside of classrooms so that students write on it before entering a class. If they also added more whiteboards in the Business and Arts and Sciences buildings, they could pose the same question that week that was posed in the Engineering building and see how other students approach this. Team Leader: Student TBD<br />
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== Tactic #3: 1000 Pitches ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Currently, Pitt students are starting 1000 pitches on campus. They are using this platform to encourage innovation and design thinking, and allowing everyone to feel creative and innovative. This should continue on campus to add to awareness on campus.<br />
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= Strategy #4: Change Curriculum&nbsp; =<br />
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== Tactic #1: First Year Classes ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Students at each of the schools at University of Pittsburgh are required to take an introductory class their freshman year. We could incorporate design thinking or innovation and entrepreneurship into the curriculum.<br />
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== Tactic #2: Provide an Interdisciplinary Entrepreneurship Class ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Currently, Pitt has entrepreneurship and design thinking classes in all three schools. However, each class is only allowed to be taken by students from their respective schools. Pitt should add a course that allows students to take a class about innovation, design thinking and entrepreneurship that is open to all disciplines. That would allow students to see how to approach these problems from various viewpoints and will lead them to more creative thinking due to the interdisciplinary collaboration.<br />
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== Tactic #3: Give credit to entrepreneurs ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Pitt offers credit to students with internships and research on campus. Pitt could apply the same thing to entrepreneurial ventures which would allow students to manage their time more effectively because their projects would go back to school credit.<br />
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= Strategy #5: Startup Pitt =<br />
<div>Innovation cannot thrive in a bubble. Entrepreneurship is up-and-coming in Pittsburgh, and it’s important that undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Pittsburgh are exposed to this awesome movement. Ian is experiencing the entrepreneurial drive first-hand. Regardless of the value of his bioengineering degree, Ian pondered dropping out of school after his startup was admitted into the Alphalab Gear Accelerator program. Ian has feet in both realms: one in the University, one in the community. At the University, Ian is watching groups of students practicing design thinking, innovation, and entrepreneurship, all which are valuable skills for those involved in startups. These students are driven and searching to use what they learn in the classroom on real-world projects. On the other side, Ian is (somewhat firsthand) witnessing the need for startups to hire interns with engineering, design, and business experience. &nbsp;In fact, Ian worked as an intern with his project to further the technological and business development before the thought of commercialization occurred. Why can’t other interns help young startups succeed?</div><div><br/></div><div>Startup Pitt is a smaller-scale model of Venture for America, a program that places recent college graduates in startups throughout the country. VFA Fellows have been instrumental in building businesses and helping startups succeed. Likewise, Startup Pitt interns will help Pittsburgh startups become successful while earning salary and a valuable internship experience. Of course, Startup Pitt keeps to it’s title: starting-up Pittsburgh as a center of entrepreneurship.</div><div><br/></div><br />
== Program Specifics ==<br />
<div>The Startup Pitt process may be compared to an engineering cooperative-education (co-op) program, an educational program that places engineering students in an established company or engineering firm. A co-op student works for three semesters -- one full year -- with a schedule negotiated between the employer and student. A student may alternate between work and school semesters; work in the fall, assume classes in the spring, work in the summer, assume classes in the fall, etc. On the other hand, a company may want a student to work for a year through, during which time the student would not return to classes. There are subjective benefits and disadvantages to each schedule setup that vary with students and courses of studies. However, a &nbsp;co-op trumps a traditional internship in that a student maintains full-time student status during the co-op semesters. Full-time student status permits a student to reside in on-campus dormitories and receive all the stipulations of being a student. A co-op student does not pay tuition unless she enrolls in night classes.</div><div><br/></div><div>Startup Pitt provides a flexible hiring duration for startups and for students who are looking for an internship. &nbsp;While a co-op is expected to work for three semesters, the Startup Pitt program adapts to the needs of the intern and the startup to satisfy both parties. For example, if a startup can only hire a student for one semester, Startup Pitt may provide an intern who appreciates the short-term work experience that will not delay graduation. Furthermore, Startup Pitt provides internships to not only engineering students, but also business students, students of design, and students who possess skillsets desired by a Pittsburgh startup. Startup Pitt allows a more flexible internship duration.</div><div><br/></div><div>Finances hinder a startup’s ability to hire appropriate help. The Startup Pitt program acknowledges that startups may want to hire an intern but may not be able to afford an intern. Startup Pitt works with departments and organizations at the University of Pittsburgh as well as the supporters of Pittsburgh incubators to subsidize the pay for an intern. In this manner, a startup receives extra help to grow a business without the concern of paying an intern, and an intern receives pay while gaining valuable work experience.</div><div><br/></div><br />
== Timeline ==<br />
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All objectives and tasks in the timeline are subject to change.<br />
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=== Customer discovery (March 2015) ===<br />
<div>Identify the needs of students at the University of Pittsburgh. Student groups include engineering students, business students, and those involved in I&E activities. Channels to reach students include department and program coordinators, seminars, and student / faculty organizations. Survey questions include</div><br />
*Would you (students) be interested in working for a startup?<br />
*How important is maintaining your full-time student status?<br />
*For how many academic semesters could you see yourself working an internship at a startup?<br />
*Why does working at a startup interest you?<br />
*What kinds of skills do you believe are needed to be successful with growing a startup?<br />
*Would you be willing to potentially delay your graduation?<br />
*How much pay (hourly rate) would you see yourself making while interning at a startup?<br />
<div><br/></div><div>Identify the needs of startups in Pittsburgh incubators and accelerators, such as startups involved in Alphalab, Alphalab Gear, Thrill Mill, Idea Foundry, and Revv Oakland. &nbsp;Survey questions include</div><br />
*Do you believe a college student pursuing an engineering / business / etc. major could make a contribution to your startup as an intern?<br />
*What skills would you look for in a student intern for your startup?<br />
*How long would you hire a Startup Pitt intern?<br />
*If at all, how much could you afford to pay a Startup Pitt intern?<br />
*If the Startup Pitt inter’s pay was subsidized through the University of Pittsburgh and/or your accelerator/incubator, would you be more likely to hire a Startup Pitt intern?<br />
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=== Prototype financial infrastructure (April 2015) ===<br />
<div>Coordinate with the University of Pittsburgh Innovation Institute, the Swanson School of Engineering, the College of Business Administration, and the investor networks who support Pittsburgh incubators/accelerators to assess the potential of subsidizing a Startup Pitt’s hourly pay. Establish the value of Startup Pitt with each supporter, and evaluate how much each supporter is willing to contribute to a Startup Pitt intern.&nbsp;</div><div><br/></div><br />
=== Future tasks ===<br />
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*Discuss program with University of Pittsburgh administration. Investigate potential of maintaining full-time student status during employment (May 2015)<br />
*Formulate a faculty and student committee to evaluate student applications (June 2015)<br />
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= Strategy #5:&nbsp;Build an Entreneurship Community at Pitt Business =<br />
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'''Enactus Spring 2016 Action Plan'''&nbsp;<br />
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'''Entrepreneurship Showcase Momentum Plan:'''<br />
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1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Winning teams will be awarded a $100 stipend to work with Enactus as a project. They will also be provided financial guidance from the Enactus Finance Team (Josh Ordos and Bruce Baka)<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Teams will be matched with a mentor or leader in the community through the Enactus Leadership Team and provided access to the BAB.<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Winning teams will be given priority access to talk to speakers at all Enactus events and will also have the opportunity to get relevant site visits paid for by Enactus.<br />
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4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Enactus Club will provide Lean Canvas model-training sessions to the winning teams during the course of semester.<br />
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5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The winnings teams will also have the opportunity to obtain intern support or additional team member support from Enactus club members.<br />
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6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Teams that continue to partner with Enactus as a sponsored project will be encouraged to compete at the regional and national competitions to earn more startup funding.&nbsp;<br />
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'''BAB (Business Advisory Board) Plan:'''&nbsp;<br />
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1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The BAB must be available to provide guidance to all winning teams at the Entrepreneurship Showcase hackathon.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; They must also be accessible to any other Enactus projects at least once per month.<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Each BAB member will serve to connect Enactus with at least one speaker per semester.<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Each BAB member will be used to organize at least one site visit per semester for Enactus.<br />
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4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Each BAB member will be used as a project specific mentor to at least one Enactus team per semester.<br />
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5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The BAB members must attend at least one site visits, general body meeting, or speaker event in order to provide Enactus students with clear access to the BAB Board.<br />
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6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Recruiting:<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; TBA (Mario)&nbsp;<br />
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'''Food Waste/Related Momentum Plan:'''<br />
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&nbsp;1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will operate at least one food waste/related project this semester.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; This will be organized and led by Hope Murray and it is already in the planning.<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will hold 2 food waste related speakers.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tentatively: Hungry Harvest in March (Grant)<br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tentatively: Executive Chef at Sodexo (Rhonda + Audrey)<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will hold 2 food waste/related site visits this semester.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Farm Truck Foods – A Food Waste Site Trip<br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; CMU Food Truck – A Food Waste Site Trip<br />
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c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 412 Food Rescue – A Food Waste Industry Speaker<br />
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4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will also serve to connect students to startups in food related industries.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The goal is to connect at least one Enactus member to a food industry related intern position in spring or summer 2016.&nbsp;<br />
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'''Site Visit, Speaker Event, and Projects Goals:'''&nbsp;<br />
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1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will operate at least three projects this semester.<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will run at least 1 site visit per month.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2 entrepreneurship related site visits:<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; TBA (Rhonda)<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will run at least 1 speaker event per month at general club meetings.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2 entrepreneurship related speakers:<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tim Zak, Director of CMU’s Social Innovation Institute – A Global Perspective Talk (Rhonda + Cathy Lada)<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Nicole Muise-Kielkucki, Director of Social Enterprise Initiatives at Idea Foundry – Supporting Social Entrepreneurs Talk (Rhonda)<br />
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'''Regional and National Enactus Event Plan'''<br />
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1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Regional: March 29<sup>th</sup> Washington D.C.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Application Due Date: February 22<sup>nd</sup><br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Projects<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Hope Murray – Food Truck/Membership College Café<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Mario – Student/Faculty Pet Day Care – Volunteers are Students<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; iii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; TBA – Expecting 1 more project from new members this semester<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; iv.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; TBA – Expecting 1-3 more projects from the Entrepreneurship Showcase&nbsp;<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; National Event: May 15<sup>th</sup>-17<sup>th</sup> in St. Louis<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Due Date: TBA<br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Projects<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Regional and National Events Planning Team<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sophia Tan<br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Mario Nicolia<br />
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c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Grant Jacoby<br />
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d.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Hope Murray<br />
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e.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Demetra Mallios<br />
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'''Additional Groups and Organizations to Contact'''<br />
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1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Food Recovery Network - For additional members and project ideas (TBA)<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Are there any other organizations that may consider co-membership to run the food truck? (TBA)<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; University Innovation Fellows - For additional leadership assistance (Grant)<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Engineers for A Sustainable World - For additional members and project ideas (Grant/Engineer?)<br />
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4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; All Innovation Institute Events - For additional members and project ideas (TBA)<br />
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5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Randall Family Big Idea - For additional members and project ideas (TBA)<br />
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6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Thrill Mill – For internship opportunities for students (Grant)<br />
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7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Design Hub - For additional members and project ideas (Mario)<br />
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***TBA - Need to find a recruiting chair for Enactus ASAP to go to all entrepreneurship events on campus to push meetings, events, and site visits<br />
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'''Future Goals and Standards'''&nbsp;<br />
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1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Food Hackathon September 2016<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Audrey - Can we start to organize a food hackathon for the beginning of the fall semester?<br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Use this as a springboard for marketing attention for new membership.<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus Leadership Requirements:<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1 site visit per month<br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1 speaker per month<br />
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c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; At least 3 projects per any given semester<br />
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d.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1 industry focus per semester (can be multiple semesters)<br />
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e.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Participate in Regional Competition Annually<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Connect at least one student to a startup internship per semester in order to create a stronger internship network in the entrepreneurial community.<br />
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4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Organize at least 1 hackathon per semester with another organization.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Partner with at least one other CBA organizations to promote interdisciplinary relationships.<br />
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= Related Links =<br />
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[[Category:Student Priorities|Student_Priorities]]</div>Zpatthttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Priorities:University_of_Pittsburgh_Student_Priorities&diff=29480Priorities:University of Pittsburgh Student Priorities2016-02-08T16:09:33Z<p>Zpatt: </p>
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<div>= Overview<br/> =<br />
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The University of Pittsburgh is a well-known leader in innovation within the fields of engineering and medical research.&nbsp; Translational research and entrepreneurship exist primarily at the institutional level.&nbsp; Many organizations exist, like the Institute of Entrepreneurial Excellence, to give budding entrepreneurs the needed resources and inspiration to proceed from ideation to market.&nbsp; In the last 20 years alone, such programs have created more than 800 startups and 7,000 jobs in the Pittsburgh area.&nbsp; Between the sheer amount of research conducted and available seed funding (Coulter Program for bioengineering devices, other VC connections through Institute of Entrepreneurial Excellence) Innovation and Entrepreneurship needs only to be catalyzed to take off, since all necessary ingredients are in abundance at the University of Pittsburgh.<br />
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However, there is a huge gap on campus between these institutions and undergraduate students.&nbsp; Most students are unaware of PantherlabWorks (a commercialization accelerator) and do not know that the university offers patent and IP counseling through the Office of Technology Management/Office of Enterprise Development.&nbsp; At present, these institutions mainly serve graduate students and faculty.&nbsp;<br />
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Fortunately, administrators are beginning to take a strong interest in university-facilitated patent development and product realization for undergraduate students.&nbsp; Professors from the Industrial Engineering department will soon introduce a product realization certificate to span all majors and the chemical engineering department has recently revamped its sophomore and junior year curriculum to more intently convey design principles.&nbsp; The mechanical engineering department, too, has been steadily increasing the focus on sustainability and marketability in undergraduate design classes, as in ‘MEMS 0024: Intro to Mechanical Engineering Design.’<br />
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Still, it is clear that there is more work to be done.&nbsp; In many other disciplines, serious project management/design courses are not mandatory until senior year.&nbsp; Further, freshman students are NEVER formally exposed to the opportunities of product development for engineers.&nbsp; The best opportunities for undergrads to get involved in projects are in extracurricular clubs.&nbsp; DesignHub, Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW), and Engineers Without Borders (EWB) are three of the strongest organizations on campus for completing actual projects with significant impact in local and global communities.<br />
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We seek to expand upon and merge into a community, the values and practices of these groups. &nbsp;Two gaps we seek to bridge as UI Fellows are as follows:<br />
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#Inspire and Forge Project Teams (applied/realized value)<br />
#*Connect product ideas that have market value with teams capable of producing them.&nbsp; Provide access to funding and guidance for these teams. &nbsp;<br />
#Provide an incubator space (applied/realized value)<br />
#*Allow such teams to function effectively and provide the necessary inspiration/motivation to get undergraduates interested in I&E.<br />
#Increase awareness of I&E on campus<br />
#*TEDx Event<br />
#*Creativity Wall<br />
#*1000 Pitches<br />
#*Club of Clubs<br />
#Change Curriculum&nbsp;<br />
#*First Year Classes<br />
#*Provide an interdisciplinary entrepreneurship class<br />
#*Give credit to entrepreneurs<br />
#Build an Entreneurship Community at Pitt Business and Connect the Different Departments<br />
#*Connect student organizations across departments in Entrepreneurship through Suitable<br />
#*Hold site visits and lectures series for business students interested in entreperneurship<br />
#*Run and operate one hackathon per semester at Pitt Business<br />
#*Organize 3 projects to compete at the Enactus National and Regional Competitions<br />
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= Calling all Students =<br />
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Entrepreneurship and Innovation Academic Year Challenge<br />
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*Where: Benedum Hall, Room TBD&nbsp;<br />
*When:&nbsp;November 19th, 2013<br />
*RSVP: TBD<br />
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= Strategy #1: Inspire and Forge Project Teams =<br />
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Following are an array of strategies that will fully address Gap #1 over a 2-3 year period:<br />
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== Tactic #1: Create Advisory Board/Panel to Promote I&E ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Students in the Pitt Business school are currently looking to launch an entrepreneurship club- one that would connect mixed groups of students to form cohesive teams (engineering, business, law, etc. students) and validate market potential.&nbsp; In partnering with this effort, an advisory board for I&E would seek out possible projects and give them to an able team.&nbsp; It would be the goal of such a board to find the need on campus for different products, looking for possible ideas in extracurricular clubs, professors, and perhaps, industry.&nbsp; These projects would be assigned to a team that applies with a plan to complete them, and they would be guided to the IP resources on campus and eventually to the proper contacts in the Business school for marketing advice. &nbsp; &nbsp;<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Team Leader:: TBD<br />
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== Tactic #2: Host Seminars/Grand Challenges to Educate/Inspire ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Professors in the Engineering Education Resource Center (EERC), are in the process of applying for a grant to host seminars and challenge sessions for next semester.&nbsp; As Innovation Fellows, we have been given the opportunity to help plan these events and hope to use them to foster support (especially at the freshman/sophomore level) for the movement.&nbsp; Current seminar ideas include: Dinner with entrepreneurs, microGrant challenge, skill seminars.&nbsp;<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Team Leader:: TBD<br />
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= Strategy #2: Provide better innovation spaces =<br />
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Students on campus need more space to work on projects. These spaces will not only meet that need, they will also improve the innovative culture by giving students a home base, a hang out spot, where innovative communities can form.<br />
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In order to accomplish this goal, a group in the engineering school is starting an initial space in order to prove demand and bolster support. In the near future, we hope to expand the space and form multiple spaces, encompassing the entire scale of prototyping fidelity and providing the lowest posible barrier to entry to students in all schools at Pitt<br />
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== <span style="font-size:large">Milestone #1: Find and Create a Space (Completed Jan 1st 2016)</span> ==<br />
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• &nbsp; Secured space in engineering building to serve as the first space. Space was remodelled and essentially inheirited as a blank slate.<br />
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== <span style="font-size:large">Milestone #2: Form teams to manage the space (Initially formed Jan 19th)</span> ==<br />
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The space is managed by 4 subteams. Each subteam has a team leader. All of the team leaders serve as the overall management team for the space, which is led by Zach Patterson. Dr. Buddy Clark serves as a faculty mentor & leader. Subteams are:<br />
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*Equipment Team: In charge of keeping an equipment & materials wishist and maintaining equipment & materials in the room. Led by Nick Petro<br />
*Education & Training Team: In charge of training new users to use the space, creating training modules for equipment as it is added, and providing and stimulating ongoing education for members. Led by Kevin Gilboy<br />
*Users Team: In charge of accumulating key data for the space in order to form a quantitative value proposition for additional spaces. Also helps determine baseline requirements for room use. Led by Linday Pietz<br />
*Outreach Team: In charge of promoting the space both on and off campus. Seeks industry sponsors. Led by Reshef Elisha<br />
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== Milestone #3: Have a completely organized, functional, highly used space<br/>Date: April 2016 ==<br />
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*Paint and outfit the room to make it a more welcoming and thought provoking place<br />
*Set up equipment and materials in the room<br />
*Iron out the management scheme to ensure maximum efficiency and effectiveness<br />
*Maximize data tracking<br />
*Steadily increase traffic and cultivate a community<br />
*Secure industry sponsors<br />
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== Milestone #4: Have a grand opening to kick off the new school year<br/>Date: September 2016 ==<br />
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After completely setting up the space, ensuring everthing runs smoothly, and perfecting our data tracking techniquies, we will begin to heavily promote the space in the new school year, holding events and doing our best to bring in more students than we have space and resources. By doing this, we hope to prove that demand has outgrown the space and that it is time to expand to more and better spaces.&nbsp;<br />
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== Milestone #5: Propose more and better spaces<br/>Date: October 2016 ==<br />
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The data collected over the course of the year will serve as the basis for a proposal to greatly increase the resources put into makerspaces and to rapidly expand our space to other location. We will propose both more spaces for general project work along with additional spaces for higher fildelity work.<br />
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== Milestone #6: Begin a campuswide group of makerspaces<br/>Date: Spring 2017 ==<br />
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Using funding hopefully aquired from Milestone #5, we will scale up our proven management structure and launch additional spaces around campus<br />
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= Strategy #3: Increase awareness of I&E on campus&nbsp; =<br />
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== Tactic #1: TEDx Event ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: University of Pittsburgh currently has lectures about various subjects with key speakers through Pitt Program Council. Most of these events are sold out and students have to line up to get tickets. Adding a TEDx events will connect students to interdisciplinary opportunities and start them in design thinking. •&nbsp;&nbsp; Team Leader: David Jacob (current bioengineering candidate)&nbsp;<br />
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Milestones:<br />
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*Apply for TEDx event license<br />
*Form committees (advertising, sponsors, speakers, visuals, etc.)<br />
*Invite speakers<br />
*Search for sponsors<br />
*Reserve event space<br />
*Advertise the event on campus<br />
*Hold the TEDx event<br />
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== Tactic #2: Creativity Wall ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: In the engineering building, there are already many white boards on the wall to increase innovation, talk about upcoming events, and have challenges or problems presented. If they could use one of the walls that gets the most traffic and pose an open ended question, students could add to the ideas and come up with new ways to solve it. This could also be put on the outside of classrooms so that students write on it before entering a class. If they also added more whiteboards in the Business and Arts and Sciences buildings, they could pose the same question that week that was posed in the Engineering building and see how other students approach this. Team Leader: Student TBD<br />
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== Tactic #3: 1000 Pitches ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Currently, Pitt students are starting 1000 pitches on campus. They are using this platform to encourage innovation and design thinking, and allowing everyone to feel creative and innovative. This should continue on campus to add to awareness on campus.<br />
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= Strategy #4: Change Curriculum&nbsp; =<br />
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== Tactic #1: First Year Classes ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Students at each of the schools at University of Pittsburgh are required to take an introductory class their freshman year. We could incorporate design thinking or innovation and entrepreneurship into the curriculum.<br />
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== Tactic #2: Provide an Interdisciplinary Entrepreneurship Class ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Currently, Pitt has entrepreneurship and design thinking classes in all three schools. However, each class is only allowed to be taken by students from their respective schools. Pitt should add a course that allows students to take a class about innovation, design thinking and entrepreneurship that is open to all disciplines. That would allow students to see how to approach these problems from various viewpoints and will lead them to more creative thinking due to the interdisciplinary collaboration.<br />
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== Tactic #3: Give credit to entrepreneurs ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Pitt offers credit to students with internships and research on campus. Pitt could apply the same thing to entrepreneurial ventures which would allow students to manage their time more effectively because their projects would go back to school credit.<br />
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= Strategy #5: Startup Pitt =<br />
<div>Innovation cannot thrive in a bubble. Entrepreneurship is up-and-coming in Pittsburgh, and it’s important that undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Pittsburgh are exposed to this awesome movement. Ian is experiencing the entrepreneurial drive first-hand. Regardless of the value of his bioengineering degree, Ian pondered dropping out of school after his startup was admitted into the Alphalab Gear Accelerator program. Ian has feet in both realms: one in the University, one in the community. At the University, Ian is watching groups of students practicing design thinking, innovation, and entrepreneurship, all which are valuable skills for those involved in startups. These students are driven and searching to use what they learn in the classroom on real-world projects. On the other side, Ian is (somewhat firsthand) witnessing the need for startups to hire interns with engineering, design, and business experience. &nbsp;In fact, Ian worked as an intern with his project to further the technological and business development before the thought of commercialization occurred. Why can’t other interns help young startups succeed?</div><div><br/></div><div>Startup Pitt is a smaller-scale model of Venture for America, a program that places recent college graduates in startups throughout the country. VFA Fellows have been instrumental in building businesses and helping startups succeed. Likewise, Startup Pitt interns will help Pittsburgh startups become successful while earning salary and a valuable internship experience. Of course, Startup Pitt keeps to it’s title: starting-up Pittsburgh as a center of entrepreneurship.</div><div><br/></div><br />
== Program Specifics ==<br />
<div>The Startup Pitt process may be compared to an engineering cooperative-education (co-op) program, an educational program that places engineering students in an established company or engineering firm. A co-op student works for three semesters -- one full year -- with a schedule negotiated between the employer and student. A student may alternate between work and school semesters; work in the fall, assume classes in the spring, work in the summer, assume classes in the fall, etc. On the other hand, a company may want a student to work for a year through, during which time the student would not return to classes. There are subjective benefits and disadvantages to each schedule setup that vary with students and courses of studies. However, a &nbsp;co-op trumps a traditional internship in that a student maintains full-time student status during the co-op semesters. Full-time student status permits a student to reside in on-campus dormitories and receive all the stipulations of being a student. A co-op student does not pay tuition unless she enrolls in night classes.</div><div><br/></div><div>Startup Pitt provides a flexible hiring duration for startups and for students who are looking for an internship. &nbsp;While a co-op is expected to work for three semesters, the Startup Pitt program adapts to the needs of the intern and the startup to satisfy both parties. For example, if a startup can only hire a student for one semester, Startup Pitt may provide an intern who appreciates the short-term work experience that will not delay graduation. Furthermore, Startup Pitt provides internships to not only engineering students, but also business students, students of design, and students who possess skillsets desired by a Pittsburgh startup. Startup Pitt allows a more flexible internship duration.</div><div><br/></div><div>Finances hinder a startup’s ability to hire appropriate help. The Startup Pitt program acknowledges that startups may want to hire an intern but may not be able to afford an intern. Startup Pitt works with departments and organizations at the University of Pittsburgh as well as the supporters of Pittsburgh incubators to subsidize the pay for an intern. In this manner, a startup receives extra help to grow a business without the concern of paying an intern, and an intern receives pay while gaining valuable work experience.</div><div><br/></div><br />
== Timeline ==<br />
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All objectives and tasks in the timeline are subject to change.<br />
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=== Customer discovery (March 2015) ===<br />
<div>Identify the needs of students at the University of Pittsburgh. Student groups include engineering students, business students, and those involved in I&E activities. Channels to reach students include department and program coordinators, seminars, and student / faculty organizations. Survey questions include</div><br />
*Would you (students) be interested in working for a startup?<br />
*How important is maintaining your full-time student status?<br />
*For how many academic semesters could you see yourself working an internship at a startup?<br />
*Why does working at a startup interest you?<br />
*What kinds of skills do you believe are needed to be successful with growing a startup?<br />
*Would you be willing to potentially delay your graduation?<br />
*How much pay (hourly rate) would you see yourself making while interning at a startup?<br />
<div><br/></div><div>Identify the needs of startups in Pittsburgh incubators and accelerators, such as startups involved in Alphalab, Alphalab Gear, Thrill Mill, Idea Foundry, and Revv Oakland. &nbsp;Survey questions include</div><br />
*Do you believe a college student pursuing an engineering / business / etc. major could make a contribution to your startup as an intern?<br />
*What skills would you look for in a student intern for your startup?<br />
*How long would you hire a Startup Pitt intern?<br />
*If at all, how much could you afford to pay a Startup Pitt intern?<br />
*If the Startup Pitt inter’s pay was subsidized through the University of Pittsburgh and/or your accelerator/incubator, would you be more likely to hire a Startup Pitt intern?<br />
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=== Prototype financial infrastructure (April 2015) ===<br />
<div>Coordinate with the University of Pittsburgh Innovation Institute, the Swanson School of Engineering, the College of Business Administration, and the investor networks who support Pittsburgh incubators/accelerators to assess the potential of subsidizing a Startup Pitt’s hourly pay. Establish the value of Startup Pitt with each supporter, and evaluate how much each supporter is willing to contribute to a Startup Pitt intern.&nbsp;</div><div><br/></div><br />
=== Future tasks ===<br />
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*Discuss program with University of Pittsburgh administration. Investigate potential of maintaining full-time student status during employment (May 2015)<br />
*Formulate a faculty and student committee to evaluate student applications (June 2015)<br />
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= Strategy #5:&nbsp;Build an Entreneurship Community at Pitt Business =<br />
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'''Enactus Spring 2016 Action Plan'''&nbsp;<br />
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'''Entrepreneurship Showcase Momentum Plan:'''<br />
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1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Winning teams will be awarded a $100 stipend to work with Enactus as a project. They will also be provided financial guidance from the Enactus Finance Team (Josh Ordos and Bruce Baka)<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Teams will be matched with a mentor or leader in the community through the Enactus Leadership Team and provided access to the BAB.<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Winning teams will be given priority access to talk to speakers at all Enactus events and will also have the opportunity to get relevant site visits paid for by Enactus.<br />
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4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Enactus Club will provide Lean Canvas model-training sessions to the winning teams during the course of semester.<br />
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5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The winnings teams will also have the opportunity to obtain intern support or additional team member support from Enactus club members.<br />
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6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Teams that continue to partner with Enactus as a sponsored project will be encouraged to compete at the regional and national competitions to earn more startup funding.&nbsp;<br />
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'''BAB (Business Advisory Board) Plan:'''&nbsp;<br />
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1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The BAB must be available to provide guidance to all winning teams at the Entrepreneurship Showcase hackathon.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; They must also be accessible to any other Enactus projects at least once per month.<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Each BAB member will serve to connect Enactus with at least one speaker per semester.<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Each BAB member will be used to organize at least one site visit per semester for Enactus.<br />
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4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Each BAB member will be used as a project specific mentor to at least one Enactus team per semester.<br />
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5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The BAB members must attend at least one site visits, general body meeting, or speaker event in order to provide Enactus students with clear access to the BAB Board.<br />
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6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Recruiting:<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; TBA (Mario)&nbsp;<br />
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'''Food Waste/Related Momentum Plan:'''<br />
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&nbsp;1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will operate at least one food waste/related project this semester.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; This will be organized and led by Hope Murray and it is already in the planning.<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will hold 2 food waste related speakers.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tentatively: Hungry Harvest in March (Grant)<br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tentatively: Executive Chef at Sodexo (Rhonda + Audrey)<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will hold 2 food waste/related site visits this semester.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Farm Truck Foods – A Food Waste Site Trip<br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; CMU Food Truck – A Food Waste Site Trip<br />
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c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 412 Food Rescue – A Food Waste Industry Speaker<br />
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4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will also serve to connect students to startups in food related industries.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The goal is to connect at least one Enactus member to a food industry related intern position in spring or summer 2016.&nbsp;<br />
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'''Site Visit, Speaker Event, and Projects Goals:'''&nbsp;<br />
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1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will operate at least three projects this semester.<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will run at least 1 site visit per month.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2 entrepreneurship related site visits:<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; TBA (Rhonda)<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; TBA (Cathy Lada)<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will run at least 1 speaker event per month at general club meetings.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2 entrepreneurship related speakers:<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tim Zak, Director of CMU’s Social Innovation Institute – A Global Perspective Talk (Rhonda + Cathy Lada)<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Nicole Muise-Kielkucki, Director of Social Enterprise Initiatives at Idea Foundry – Supporting Social Entrepreneurs Talk (Rhonda)<br />
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'''Regional and National Enactus Event Plan'''<br />
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1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Regional: March 29<sup>th</sup> Washington D.C.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Application Due Date: February 22<sup>nd</sup><br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Projects<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Hope Murray – Food Truck/Membership College Café<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Mario – Student/Faculty Pet Day Care – Volunteers are Students<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; iii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; TBA – Expecting 1 more project from new members this semester<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; iv.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; TBA – Expecting 1-3 more projects from the Entrepreneurship Showcase&nbsp;<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; National Event: May 15<sup>th</sup>-17<sup>th</sup> in St. Louis<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Due Date: TBA<br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Projects<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; TBA<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Regional and National Events Planning Team<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sophia Tan<br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Mario Nicolia<br />
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c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Grant Jacoby<br />
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d.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Hope Murray<br />
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e.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Demetra Mallios<br />
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'''Additional Groups and Organizations to Contact'''<br />
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1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Food Recovery Network - For additional members and project ideas (TBA)<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Are there any other organizations that may consider co-membership to run the food truck? (TBA)<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; University Innovation Fellows - For additional leadership assistance (Grant)<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Engineers for A Sustainable World - For additional members and project ideas (Grant/Engineer?)<br />
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4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; All Innovation Institute Events - For additional members and project ideas (TBA)<br />
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5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Randall Family Big Idea - For additional members and project ideas (TBA)<br />
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6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Thrill Mill – For internship opportunities for students (Grant)<br />
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7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Design Hub - For additional members and project ideas (Mario)<br />
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***TBA - Need to find a recruiting chair for Enactus ASAP to go to all entrepreneurship events on campus to push meetings, events, and site visits<br />
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'''Future Goals and Standards'''&nbsp;<br />
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1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Food Hackathon September 2016<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Audrey - Can we start to organize a food hackathon for the beginning of the fall semester?<br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Use this as a springboard for marketing attention for new membership.<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus Leadership Requirements:<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1 site visit per month<br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1 speaker per month<br />
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c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; At least 3 projects per any given semester<br />
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d.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1 industry focus per semester (can be multiple semesters)<br />
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e.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Participate in Regional Competition Annually<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Connect at least one student to a startup internship per semester in order to create a stronger internship network in the entrepreneurial community.<br />
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4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Organize at least 1 hackathon per semester with another organization.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Partner with at least one other CBA organizations to promote interdisciplinary relationships.<br />
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[[Category:Student Priorities|Student_Priorities]]</div>Zpatthttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Priorities:University_of_Pittsburgh_Student_Priorities&diff=29479Priorities:University of Pittsburgh Student Priorities2016-02-08T15:53:32Z<p>Zpatt: </p>
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<div>= Overview<br/> =<br />
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The University of Pittsburgh is a well-known leader in innovation within the fields of engineering and medical research.&nbsp; Translational research and entrepreneurship exist primarily at the institutional level.&nbsp; Many organizations exist, like the Institute of Entrepreneurial Excellence, to give budding entrepreneurs the needed resources and inspiration to proceed from ideation to market.&nbsp; In the last 20 years alone, such programs have created more than 800 startups and 7,000 jobs in the Pittsburgh area.&nbsp; Between the sheer amount of research conducted and available seed funding (Coulter Program for bioengineering devices, other VC connections through Institute of Entrepreneurial Excellence) Innovation and Entrepreneurship needs only to be catalyzed to take off, since all necessary ingredients are in abundance at the University of Pittsburgh.<br />
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However, there is a huge gap on campus between these institutions and undergraduate students.&nbsp; Most students are unaware of PantherlabWorks (a commercialization accelerator) and do not know that the university offers patent and IP counseling through the Office of Technology Management/Office of Enterprise Development.&nbsp; At present, these institutions mainly serve graduate students and faculty.&nbsp;<br />
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Fortunately, administrators are beginning to take a strong interest in university-facilitated patent development and product realization for undergraduate students.&nbsp; Professors from the Industrial Engineering department will soon introduce a product realization certificate to span all majors and the chemical engineering department has recently revamped its sophomore and junior year curriculum to more intently convey design principles.&nbsp; The mechanical engineering department, too, has been steadily increasing the focus on sustainability and marketability in undergraduate design classes, as in ‘MEMS 0024: Intro to Mechanical Engineering Design.’<br />
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Still, it is clear that there is more work to be done.&nbsp; In many other disciplines, serious project management/design courses are not mandatory until senior year.&nbsp; Further, freshman students are NEVER formally exposed to the opportunities of product development for engineers.&nbsp; The best opportunities for undergrads to get involved in projects are in extracurricular clubs.&nbsp; DesignHub, Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW), and Engineers Without Borders (EWB) are three of the strongest organizations on campus for completing actual projects with significant impact in local and global communities.<br />
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We seek to expand upon and merge into a community, the values and practices of these groups. &nbsp;Two gaps we seek to bridge as UI Fellows are as follows:<br />
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#Inspire and Forge Project Teams (applied/realized value)<br />
#*Connect product ideas that have market value with teams capable of producing them.&nbsp; Provide access to funding and guidance for these teams. &nbsp;<br />
#Provide an incubator space (applied/realized value)<br />
#*Allow such teams to function effectively and provide the necessary inspiration/motivation to get undergraduates interested in I&E.<br />
#Increase awareness of I&E on campus<br />
#*TEDx Event<br />
#*Creativity Wall<br />
#*1000 Pitches<br />
#*Club of Clubs<br />
#Change Curriculum&nbsp;<br />
#*First Year Classes<br />
#*Provide an interdisciplinary entrepreneurship class<br />
#*Give credit to entrepreneurs<br />
#Build an Entreneurship Community at Pitt Business and Connect the Different Departments<br />
#*Connect student organizations across departments in Entrepreneurship through Suitable<br />
#*Hold site visits and lectures series for business students interested in entreperneurship<br />
#*Run and operate one hackathon per semester at Pitt Business<br />
#*Organize 3 projects to compete at the Enactus National and Regional Competitions<br />
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= Calling all Students =<br />
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Entrepreneurship and Innovation Academic Year Challenge<br />
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*Where: Benedum Hall, Room TBD&nbsp;<br />
*When:&nbsp;November 19th, 2013<br />
*RSVP: TBD<br />
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= Strategy #1: Inspire and Forge Project Teams =<br />
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Following are an array of strategies that will fully address Gap #1 over a 2-3 year period:<br />
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== Tactic #1: Create Advisory Board/Panel to Promote I&E ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Students in the Pitt Business school are currently looking to launch an entrepreneurship club- one that would connect mixed groups of students to form cohesive teams (engineering, business, law, etc. students) and validate market potential.&nbsp; In partnering with this effort, an advisory board for I&E would seek out possible projects and give them to an able team.&nbsp; It would be the goal of such a board to find the need on campus for different products, looking for possible ideas in extracurricular clubs, professors, and perhaps, industry.&nbsp; These projects would be assigned to a team that applies with a plan to complete them, and they would be guided to the IP resources on campus and eventually to the proper contacts in the Business school for marketing advice. &nbsp; &nbsp;<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Team Leader:: TBD<br />
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== Tactic #2: Host Seminars/Grand Challenges to Educate/Inspire ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Professors in the Engineering Education Resource Center (EERC), are in the process of applying for a grant to host seminars and challenge sessions for next semester.&nbsp; As Innovation Fellows, we have been given the opportunity to help plan these events and hope to use them to foster support (especially at the freshman/sophomore level) for the movement.&nbsp; Current seminar ideas include: Dinner with entrepreneurs, microGrant challenge, skill seminars.&nbsp;<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Team Leader:: TBD<br />
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= Strategy #2: Provide better innovation spaces =<br />
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Students on campus need more space to work on projects. These spaces will not only meet that need, they will also improve the innovative culture by giving students a home base, a hang out spot, where innovative communities can form.<br />
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In order to accomplish this goal, a group in the engineering school is starting an initial space in order to prove demand and bolster support. In the near future, we hope to expand the space and form multiple spaces, encompassing the entire scale of prototyping fidelity and providing the lowest posible barrier to entry to students in all schools at Pitt<br />
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= <span style="font-size:large">Milestone #1: Find and Create a Space (Completed Jan 1st 2016)</span> =<br />
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• &nbsp; Secured space in engineering building to serve as the first space. Space was remodelled and essentially inheirited as a blank slate.<br />
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== <span style="font-size:large">Milestone #2: Form teams to manage the space (Initially formed Jan 19th)</span> ==<br />
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The space is managed by 4 subteams. Each subteam has a team leader. All of the team leaders serve as the overall management team for the space, which is led by Zach Patterson. Dr. Buddy Clark serves as a faculty mentor & leader. Subteams are:<br />
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*Equipment Team: In charge of keeping an equipment & materials wishist and maintaining equipment & materials in the room. Led by Nick Petro<br />
*Education & Training Team: In charge of training new users to use the space, creating training modules for equipment as it is added, and providing and stimulating ongoing education for members. Led by Kevin Gilboy<br />
*Users Team: In charge of accumulating key data for the space in order to form a quantitative value proposition for additional spaces. Also helps determine baseline requirements for room use. Led by Linday Pietz<br />
*Outreach Team: In charge of promoting the space both on and off campus. Seeks industry sponsors. Led by Reshef Elisha<br />
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== Tactic #3: Host Design Competitions ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Another way to inspire students is to actually host design competitions in the incubator space.&nbsp; This could mean finding a competition through “mindsumo.com” or facilitating the completion of a project for entry in a local competition like the Randall Big Idea Competition.&nbsp; A winner in one of these competitions is very likely to attract many other students to the space.<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Team Leader: TBD<br />
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= Strategy #3: Increase awareness of I&E on campus&nbsp; =<br />
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== Tactic #1: TEDx Event ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: University of Pittsburgh currently has lectures about various subjects with key speakers through Pitt Program Council. Most of these events are sold out and students have to line up to get tickets. Adding a TEDx events will connect students to interdisciplinary opportunities and start them in design thinking. •&nbsp;&nbsp; Team Leader: David Jacob (current bioengineering candidate)&nbsp;<br />
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Milestones:<br />
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*Apply for TEDx event license<br />
*Form committees (advertising, sponsors, speakers, visuals, etc.)<br />
*Invite speakers<br />
*Search for sponsors<br />
*Reserve event space<br />
*Advertise the event on campus<br />
*Hold the TEDx event<br />
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== Tactic #2: Creativity Wall ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: In the engineering building, there are already many white boards on the wall to increase innovation, talk about upcoming events, and have challenges or problems presented. If they could use one of the walls that gets the most traffic and pose an open ended question, students could add to the ideas and come up with new ways to solve it. This could also be put on the outside of classrooms so that students write on it before entering a class. If they also added more whiteboards in the Business and Arts and Sciences buildings, they could pose the same question that week that was posed in the Engineering building and see how other students approach this. Team Leader: Student TBD<br />
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== Tactic #3: 1000 Pitches ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Currently, Pitt students are starting 1000 pitches on campus. They are using this platform to encourage innovation and design thinking, and allowing everyone to feel creative and innovative. This should continue on campus to add to awareness on campus.<br />
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= Strategy #4: Change Curriculum&nbsp; =<br />
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== Tactic #1: First Year Classes ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Students at each of the schools at University of Pittsburgh are required to take an introductory class their freshman year. We could incorporate design thinking or innovation and entrepreneurship into the curriculum.<br />
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== Tactic #2: Provide an Interdisciplinary Entrepreneurship Class ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Currently, Pitt has entrepreneurship and design thinking classes in all three schools. However, each class is only allowed to be taken by students from their respective schools. Pitt should add a course that allows students to take a class about innovation, design thinking and entrepreneurship that is open to all disciplines. That would allow students to see how to approach these problems from various viewpoints and will lead them to more creative thinking due to the interdisciplinary collaboration.<br />
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== Tactic #3: Give credit to entrepreneurs ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Pitt offers credit to students with internships and research on campus. Pitt could apply the same thing to entrepreneurial ventures which would allow students to manage their time more effectively because their projects would go back to school credit.<br />
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= Strategy #5: Startup Pitt =<br />
<div>Innovation cannot thrive in a bubble. Entrepreneurship is up-and-coming in Pittsburgh, and it’s important that undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Pittsburgh are exposed to this awesome movement. Ian is experiencing the entrepreneurial drive first-hand. Regardless of the value of his bioengineering degree, Ian pondered dropping out of school after his startup was admitted into the Alphalab Gear Accelerator program. Ian has feet in both realms: one in the University, one in the community. At the University, Ian is watching groups of students practicing design thinking, innovation, and entrepreneurship, all which are valuable skills for those involved in startups. These students are driven and searching to use what they learn in the classroom on real-world projects. On the other side, Ian is (somewhat firsthand) witnessing the need for startups to hire interns with engineering, design, and business experience. &nbsp;In fact, Ian worked as an intern with his project to further the technological and business development before the thought of commercialization occurred. Why can’t other interns help young startups succeed?</div><div><br/></div><div>Startup Pitt is a smaller-scale model of Venture for America, a program that places recent college graduates in startups throughout the country. VFA Fellows have been instrumental in building businesses and helping startups succeed. Likewise, Startup Pitt interns will help Pittsburgh startups become successful while earning salary and a valuable internship experience. Of course, Startup Pitt keeps to it’s title: starting-up Pittsburgh as a center of entrepreneurship.</div><div><br/></div><br />
== Program Specifics ==<br />
<div>The Startup Pitt process may be compared to an engineering cooperative-education (co-op) program, an educational program that places engineering students in an established company or engineering firm. A co-op student works for three semesters -- one full year -- with a schedule negotiated between the employer and student. A student may alternate between work and school semesters; work in the fall, assume classes in the spring, work in the summer, assume classes in the fall, etc. On the other hand, a company may want a student to work for a year through, during which time the student would not return to classes. There are subjective benefits and disadvantages to each schedule setup that vary with students and courses of studies. However, a &nbsp;co-op trumps a traditional internship in that a student maintains full-time student status during the co-op semesters. Full-time student status permits a student to reside in on-campus dormitories and receive all the stipulations of being a student. A co-op student does not pay tuition unless she enrolls in night classes.</div><div><br/></div><div>Startup Pitt provides a flexible hiring duration for startups and for students who are looking for an internship. &nbsp;While a co-op is expected to work for three semesters, the Startup Pitt program adapts to the needs of the intern and the startup to satisfy both parties. For example, if a startup can only hire a student for one semester, Startup Pitt may provide an intern who appreciates the short-term work experience that will not delay graduation. Furthermore, Startup Pitt provides internships to not only engineering students, but also business students, students of design, and students who possess skillsets desired by a Pittsburgh startup. Startup Pitt allows a more flexible internship duration.</div><div><br/></div><div>Finances hinder a startup’s ability to hire appropriate help. The Startup Pitt program acknowledges that startups may want to hire an intern but may not be able to afford an intern. Startup Pitt works with departments and organizations at the University of Pittsburgh as well as the supporters of Pittsburgh incubators to subsidize the pay for an intern. In this manner, a startup receives extra help to grow a business without the concern of paying an intern, and an intern receives pay while gaining valuable work experience.</div><div><br/></div><br />
== Timeline ==<br />
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All objectives and tasks in the timeline are subject to change.<br />
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=== Customer discovery (March 2015) ===<br />
<div>Identify the needs of students at the University of Pittsburgh. Student groups include engineering students, business students, and those involved in I&E activities. Channels to reach students include department and program coordinators, seminars, and student / faculty organizations. Survey questions include</div><br />
*Would you (students) be interested in working for a startup?<br />
*How important is maintaining your full-time student status?<br />
*For how many academic semesters could you see yourself working an internship at a startup?<br />
*Why does working at a startup interest you?<br />
*What kinds of skills do you believe are needed to be successful with growing a startup?<br />
*Would you be willing to potentially delay your graduation?<br />
*How much pay (hourly rate) would you see yourself making while interning at a startup?<br />
<div><br/></div><div>Identify the needs of startups in Pittsburgh incubators and accelerators, such as startups involved in Alphalab, Alphalab Gear, Thrill Mill, Idea Foundry, and Revv Oakland. &nbsp;Survey questions include</div><br />
*Do you believe a college student pursuing an engineering / business / etc. major could make a contribution to your startup as an intern?<br />
*What skills would you look for in a student intern for your startup?<br />
*How long would you hire a Startup Pitt intern?<br />
*If at all, how much could you afford to pay a Startup Pitt intern?<br />
*If the Startup Pitt inter’s pay was subsidized through the University of Pittsburgh and/or your accelerator/incubator, would you be more likely to hire a Startup Pitt intern?<br />
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=== Prototype financial infrastructure (April 2015) ===<br />
<div>Coordinate with the University of Pittsburgh Innovation Institute, the Swanson School of Engineering, the College of Business Administration, and the investor networks who support Pittsburgh incubators/accelerators to assess the potential of subsidizing a Startup Pitt’s hourly pay. Establish the value of Startup Pitt with each supporter, and evaluate how much each supporter is willing to contribute to a Startup Pitt intern.&nbsp;</div><div><br/></div><br />
=== Future tasks ===<br />
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*Discuss program with University of Pittsburgh administration. Investigate potential of maintaining full-time student status during employment (May 2015)<br />
*Formulate a faculty and student committee to evaluate student applications (June 2015)<br />
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= Strategy #5:&nbsp;Build an Entreneurship Community at Pitt Business =<br />
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'''Enactus Spring 2016 Action Plan'''&nbsp;<br />
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'''Entrepreneurship Showcase Momentum Plan:'''<br />
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1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Winning teams will be awarded a $100 stipend to work with Enactus as a project. They will also be provided financial guidance from the Enactus Finance Team (Josh Ordos and Bruce Baka)<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Teams will be matched with a mentor or leader in the community through the Enactus Leadership Team and provided access to the BAB.<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Winning teams will be given priority access to talk to speakers at all Enactus events and will also have the opportunity to get relevant site visits paid for by Enactus.<br />
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4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Enactus Club will provide Lean Canvas model-training sessions to the winning teams during the course of semester.<br />
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5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The winnings teams will also have the opportunity to obtain intern support or additional team member support from Enactus club members.<br />
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6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Teams that continue to partner with Enactus as a sponsored project will be encouraged to compete at the regional and national competitions to earn more startup funding.&nbsp;<br />
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'''BAB (Business Advisory Board) Plan:'''&nbsp;<br />
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1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The BAB must be available to provide guidance to all winning teams at the Entrepreneurship Showcase hackathon.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; They must also be accessible to any other Enactus projects at least once per month.<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Each BAB member will serve to connect Enactus with at least one speaker per semester.<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Each BAB member will be used to organize at least one site visit per semester for Enactus.<br />
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4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Each BAB member will be used as a project specific mentor to at least one Enactus team per semester.<br />
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5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The BAB members must attend at least one site visits, general body meeting, or speaker event in order to provide Enactus students with clear access to the BAB Board.<br />
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6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Recruiting:<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; TBA (Mario)&nbsp;<br />
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'''Food Waste/Related Momentum Plan:'''<br />
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&nbsp;1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will operate at least one food waste/related project this semester.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; This will be organized and led by Hope Murray and it is already in the planning.<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will hold 2 food waste related speakers.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tentatively: Hungry Harvest in March (Grant)<br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tentatively: Executive Chef at Sodexo (Rhonda + Audrey)<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will hold 2 food waste/related site visits this semester.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Farm Truck Foods – A Food Waste Site Trip<br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; CMU Food Truck – A Food Waste Site Trip<br />
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c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 412 Food Rescue – A Food Waste Industry Speaker<br />
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4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will also serve to connect students to startups in food related industries.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The goal is to connect at least one Enactus member to a food industry related intern position in spring or summer 2016.&nbsp;<br />
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'''Site Visit, Speaker Event, and Projects Goals:'''&nbsp;<br />
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1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will operate at least three projects this semester.<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will run at least 1 site visit per month.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2 entrepreneurship related site visits:<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; TBA (Rhonda)<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; TBA (Cathy Lada)<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will run at least 1 speaker event per month at general club meetings.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2 entrepreneurship related speakers:<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tim Zak, Director of CMU’s Social Innovation Institute – A Global Perspective Talk (Rhonda + Cathy Lada)<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Nicole Muise-Kielkucki, Director of Social Enterprise Initiatives at Idea Foundry – Supporting Social Entrepreneurs Talk (Rhonda)<br />
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'''Regional and National Enactus Event Plan'''<br />
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1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Regional: March 29<sup>th</sup> Washington D.C.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Application Due Date: February 22<sup>nd</sup><br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Projects<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Hope Murray – Food Truck/Membership College Café<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Mario – Student/Faculty Pet Day Care – Volunteers are Students<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; iii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; TBA – Expecting 1 more project from new members this semester<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; iv.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; TBA – Expecting 1-3 more projects from the Entrepreneurship Showcase&nbsp;<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; National Event: May 15<sup>th</sup>-17<sup>th</sup> in St. Louis<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Due Date: TBA<br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Projects<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Regional and National Events Planning Team<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sophia Tan<br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Mario Nicolia<br />
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c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Grant Jacoby<br />
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d.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Hope Murray<br />
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e.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Demetra Mallios<br />
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'''Additional Groups and Organizations to Contact'''<br />
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1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Food Recovery Network - For additional members and project ideas (TBA)<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Are there any other organizations that may consider co-membership to run the food truck? (TBA)<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; University Innovation Fellows - For additional leadership assistance (Grant)<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Engineers for A Sustainable World - For additional members and project ideas (Grant/Engineer?)<br />
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4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; All Innovation Institute Events - For additional members and project ideas (TBA)<br />
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5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Randall Family Big Idea - For additional members and project ideas (TBA)<br />
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6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Thrill Mill – For internship opportunities for students (Grant)<br />
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7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Design Hub - For additional members and project ideas (Mario)<br />
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***TBA - Need to find a recruiting chair for Enactus ASAP to go to all entrepreneurship events on campus to push meetings, events, and site visits<br />
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'''Future Goals and Standards'''&nbsp;<br />
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1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Food Hackathon September 2016<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Audrey - Can we start to organize a food hackathon for the beginning of the fall semester?<br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Use this as a springboard for marketing attention for new membership.<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus Leadership Requirements:<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1 site visit per month<br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1 speaker per month<br />
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c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; At least 3 projects per any given semester<br />
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d.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1 industry focus per semester (can be multiple semesters)<br />
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e.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Participate in Regional Competition Annually<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Connect at least one student to a startup internship per semester in order to create a stronger internship network in the entrepreneurial community.<br />
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4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Organize at least 1 hackathon per semester with another organization.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Partner with at least one other CBA organizations to promote interdisciplinary relationships.<br />
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= Related Links =<br />
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[[Category:Student Priorities|Student_Priorities]]</div>Zpatthttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Priorities:University_of_Pittsburgh_Student_Priorities&diff=29478Priorities:University of Pittsburgh Student Priorities2016-02-08T15:40:02Z<p>Zpatt: </p>
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<div>= Overview<br/> =<br />
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The University of Pittsburgh is a well-known leader in innovation within the fields of engineering and medical research.&nbsp; Translational research and entrepreneurship exist primarily at the institutional level.&nbsp; Many organizations exist, like the Institute of Entrepreneurial Excellence, to give budding entrepreneurs the needed resources and inspiration to proceed from ideation to market.&nbsp; In the last 20 years alone, such programs have created more than 800 startups and 7,000 jobs in the Pittsburgh area.&nbsp; Between the sheer amount of research conducted and available seed funding (Coulter Program for bioengineering devices, other VC connections through Institute of Entrepreneurial Excellence) Innovation and Entrepreneurship needs only to be catalyzed to take off, since all necessary ingredients are in abundance at the University of Pittsburgh.<br />
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However, there is a huge gap on campus between these institutions and undergraduate students.&nbsp; Most students are unaware of PantherlabWorks (a commercialization accelerator) and do not know that the university offers patent and IP counseling through the Office of Technology Management/Office of Enterprise Development.&nbsp; At present, these institutions mainly serve graduate students and faculty.&nbsp;<br />
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Fortunately, administrators are beginning to take a strong interest in university-facilitated patent development and product realization for undergraduate students.&nbsp; Professors from the Industrial Engineering department will soon introduce a product realization certificate to span all majors and the chemical engineering department has recently revamped its sophomore and junior year curriculum to more intently convey design principles.&nbsp; The mechanical engineering department, too, has been steadily increasing the focus on sustainability and marketability in undergraduate design classes, as in ‘MEMS 0024: Intro to Mechanical Engineering Design.’<br />
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Still, it is clear that there is more work to be done.&nbsp; In many other disciplines, serious project management/design courses are not mandatory until senior year.&nbsp; Further, freshman students are NEVER formally exposed to the opportunities of product development for engineers.&nbsp; The best opportunities for undergrads to get involved in projects are in extracurricular clubs.&nbsp; DesignHub, Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW), and Engineers Without Borders (EWB) are three of the strongest organizations on campus for completing actual projects with significant impact in local and global communities.<br />
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We seek to expand upon and merge into a community, the values and practices of these groups. &nbsp;Two gaps we seek to bridge as UI Fellows are as follows:<br />
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#Inspire and Forge Project Teams (applied/realized value)<br />
#*Connect product ideas that have market value with teams capable of producing them.&nbsp; Provide access to funding and guidance for these teams. &nbsp;<br />
#Provide an incubator space (applied/realized value)<br />
#*Allow such teams to function effectively and provide the necessary inspiration/motivation to get undergraduates interested in I&E.<br />
#Increase awareness of I&E on campus<br />
#*TEDx Event<br />
#*Creativity Wall<br />
#*1000 Pitches<br />
#*Club of Clubs<br />
#Change Curriculum&nbsp;<br />
#*First Year Classes<br />
#*Provide an interdisciplinary entrepreneurship class<br />
#*Give credit to entrepreneurs<br />
#Build an Entreneurship Community at Pitt Business and Connect the Different Departments<br />
#*Connect student organizations across departments in Entrepreneurship through Suitable<br />
#*Hold site visits and lectures series for business students interested in entreperneurship<br />
#*Run and operate one hackathon per semester at Pitt Business<br />
#*Organize 3 projects to compete at the Enactus National and Regional Competitions<br />
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= Calling all Students =<br />
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Entrepreneurship and Innovation Academic Year Challenge<br />
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*Where: Benedum Hall, Room TBD&nbsp;<br />
*When:&nbsp;November 19th, 2013<br />
*RSVP: TBD<br />
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= Strategy #1: Inspire and Forge Project Teams =<br />
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Following are an array of strategies that will fully address Gap #1 over a 2-3 year period:<br />
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== Tactic #1: Create Advisory Board/Panel to Promote I&E ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Students in the Pitt Business school are currently looking to launch an entrepreneurship club- one that would connect mixed groups of students to form cohesive teams (engineering, business, law, etc. students) and validate market potential.&nbsp; In partnering with this effort, an advisory board for I&E would seek out possible projects and give them to an able team.&nbsp; It would be the goal of such a board to find the need on campus for different products, looking for possible ideas in extracurricular clubs, professors, and perhaps, industry.&nbsp; These projects would be assigned to a team that applies with a plan to complete them, and they would be guided to the IP resources on campus and eventually to the proper contacts in the Business school for marketing advice. &nbsp; &nbsp;<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Team Leader:: TBD<br />
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== Tactic #2: Host Seminars/Grand Challenges to Educate/Inspire ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Professors in the Engineering Education Resource Center (EERC), are in the process of applying for a grant to host seminars and challenge sessions for next semester.&nbsp; As Innovation Fellows, we have been given the opportunity to help plan these events and hope to use them to foster support (especially at the freshman/sophomore level) for the movement.&nbsp; Current seminar ideas include: Dinner with entrepreneurs, microGrant challenge, skill seminars.&nbsp;<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Team Leader:: TBD<br />
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= Strategy #2: Provide better innovation spaces =<br />
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Students on campus need more space to work on projects. These spaces will not only meet that need, they will also improve the innovative culture by giving students a home base, a hang out spot, where innovative communities can form.<br />
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In order to accomplish this goal, a group in the engineering school is starting an initial space in order to prove demand and bolster support. In the near future, we hope to expand the space and form multiple spaces, encompassing the entire scale of prototyping fidelity and providing the lowest posible barrier to entry to students in all schools at Pitt<br />
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= <span style="font-size:large">Milestone #1: Find and Create a Space (Completed Jan 1st 2016)</span> =<br />
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• &nbsp; Secured space in engineering building to serve as the first space<br />
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== <span style="font-size:large">Tactic #2: Technical Skills Sessions</span> ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Often, young students need to learn some basic skills before they are ready to take on a design project.&nbsp; One way to do this would be skills seminars in the design room that include 3D CAD drawing, arduinos, etc.&nbsp; Also, it may be conducive to get students to apply for machine room certification so that they can work safely in the shop when their design has reached that stage.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Team Leader: TBD<br />
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== Tactic #3: Host Design Competitions ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Another way to inspire students is to actually host design competitions in the incubator space.&nbsp; This could mean finding a competition through “mindsumo.com” or facilitating the completion of a project for entry in a local competition like the Randall Big Idea Competition.&nbsp; A winner in one of these competitions is very likely to attract many other students to the space.<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Team Leader: TBD<br />
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= Strategy #3: Increase awareness of I&E on campus&nbsp; =<br />
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== Tactic #1: TEDx Event ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: University of Pittsburgh currently has lectures about various subjects with key speakers through Pitt Program Council. Most of these events are sold out and students have to line up to get tickets. Adding a TEDx events will connect students to interdisciplinary opportunities and start them in design thinking. •&nbsp;&nbsp; Team Leader: David Jacob (current bioengineering candidate)&nbsp;<br />
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Milestones:<br />
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*Apply for TEDx event license<br />
*Form committees (advertising, sponsors, speakers, visuals, etc.)<br />
*Invite speakers<br />
*Search for sponsors<br />
*Reserve event space<br />
*Advertise the event on campus<br />
*Hold the TEDx event<br />
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== Tactic #2: Creativity Wall ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: In the engineering building, there are already many white boards on the wall to increase innovation, talk about upcoming events, and have challenges or problems presented. If they could use one of the walls that gets the most traffic and pose an open ended question, students could add to the ideas and come up with new ways to solve it. This could also be put on the outside of classrooms so that students write on it before entering a class. If they also added more whiteboards in the Business and Arts and Sciences buildings, they could pose the same question that week that was posed in the Engineering building and see how other students approach this. Team Leader: Student TBD<br />
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== Tactic #3: 1000 Pitches ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Currently, Pitt students are starting 1000 pitches on campus. They are using this platform to encourage innovation and design thinking, and allowing everyone to feel creative and innovative. This should continue on campus to add to awareness on campus.<br />
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= Strategy #4: Change Curriculum&nbsp; =<br />
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== Tactic #1: First Year Classes ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Students at each of the schools at University of Pittsburgh are required to take an introductory class their freshman year. We could incorporate design thinking or innovation and entrepreneurship into the curriculum.<br />
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== Tactic #2: Provide an Interdisciplinary Entrepreneurship Class ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Currently, Pitt has entrepreneurship and design thinking classes in all three schools. However, each class is only allowed to be taken by students from their respective schools. Pitt should add a course that allows students to take a class about innovation, design thinking and entrepreneurship that is open to all disciplines. That would allow students to see how to approach these problems from various viewpoints and will lead them to more creative thinking due to the interdisciplinary collaboration.<br />
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== Tactic #3: Give credit to entrepreneurs ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Pitt offers credit to students with internships and research on campus. Pitt could apply the same thing to entrepreneurial ventures which would allow students to manage their time more effectively because their projects would go back to school credit.<br />
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= Strategy #5: Startup Pitt =<br />
<div>Innovation cannot thrive in a bubble. Entrepreneurship is up-and-coming in Pittsburgh, and it’s important that undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Pittsburgh are exposed to this awesome movement. Ian is experiencing the entrepreneurial drive first-hand. Regardless of the value of his bioengineering degree, Ian pondered dropping out of school after his startup was admitted into the Alphalab Gear Accelerator program. Ian has feet in both realms: one in the University, one in the community. At the University, Ian is watching groups of students practicing design thinking, innovation, and entrepreneurship, all which are valuable skills for those involved in startups. These students are driven and searching to use what they learn in the classroom on real-world projects. On the other side, Ian is (somewhat firsthand) witnessing the need for startups to hire interns with engineering, design, and business experience. &nbsp;In fact, Ian worked as an intern with his project to further the technological and business development before the thought of commercialization occurred. Why can’t other interns help young startups succeed?</div><div><br/></div><div>Startup Pitt is a smaller-scale model of Venture for America, a program that places recent college graduates in startups throughout the country. VFA Fellows have been instrumental in building businesses and helping startups succeed. Likewise, Startup Pitt interns will help Pittsburgh startups become successful while earning salary and a valuable internship experience. Of course, Startup Pitt keeps to it’s title: starting-up Pittsburgh as a center of entrepreneurship.</div><div><br/></div><br />
== Program Specifics ==<br />
<div>The Startup Pitt process may be compared to an engineering cooperative-education (co-op) program, an educational program that places engineering students in an established company or engineering firm. A co-op student works for three semesters -- one full year -- with a schedule negotiated between the employer and student. A student may alternate between work and school semesters; work in the fall, assume classes in the spring, work in the summer, assume classes in the fall, etc. On the other hand, a company may want a student to work for a year through, during which time the student would not return to classes. There are subjective benefits and disadvantages to each schedule setup that vary with students and courses of studies. However, a &nbsp;co-op trumps a traditional internship in that a student maintains full-time student status during the co-op semesters. Full-time student status permits a student to reside in on-campus dormitories and receive all the stipulations of being a student. A co-op student does not pay tuition unless she enrolls in night classes.</div><div><br/></div><div>Startup Pitt provides a flexible hiring duration for startups and for students who are looking for an internship. &nbsp;While a co-op is expected to work for three semesters, the Startup Pitt program adapts to the needs of the intern and the startup to satisfy both parties. For example, if a startup can only hire a student for one semester, Startup Pitt may provide an intern who appreciates the short-term work experience that will not delay graduation. Furthermore, Startup Pitt provides internships to not only engineering students, but also business students, students of design, and students who possess skillsets desired by a Pittsburgh startup. Startup Pitt allows a more flexible internship duration.</div><div><br/></div><div>Finances hinder a startup’s ability to hire appropriate help. The Startup Pitt program acknowledges that startups may want to hire an intern but may not be able to afford an intern. Startup Pitt works with departments and organizations at the University of Pittsburgh as well as the supporters of Pittsburgh incubators to subsidize the pay for an intern. In this manner, a startup receives extra help to grow a business without the concern of paying an intern, and an intern receives pay while gaining valuable work experience.</div><div><br/></div><br />
== Timeline ==<br />
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All objectives and tasks in the timeline are subject to change.<br />
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=== Customer discovery (March 2015) ===<br />
<div>Identify the needs of students at the University of Pittsburgh. Student groups include engineering students, business students, and those involved in I&E activities. Channels to reach students include department and program coordinators, seminars, and student / faculty organizations. Survey questions include</div><br />
*Would you (students) be interested in working for a startup?<br />
*How important is maintaining your full-time student status?<br />
*For how many academic semesters could you see yourself working an internship at a startup?<br />
*Why does working at a startup interest you?<br />
*What kinds of skills do you believe are needed to be successful with growing a startup?<br />
*Would you be willing to potentially delay your graduation?<br />
*How much pay (hourly rate) would you see yourself making while interning at a startup?<br />
<div><br/></div><div>Identify the needs of startups in Pittsburgh incubators and accelerators, such as startups involved in Alphalab, Alphalab Gear, Thrill Mill, Idea Foundry, and Revv Oakland. &nbsp;Survey questions include</div><br />
*Do you believe a college student pursuing an engineering / business / etc. major could make a contribution to your startup as an intern?<br />
*What skills would you look for in a student intern for your startup?<br />
*How long would you hire a Startup Pitt intern?<br />
*If at all, how much could you afford to pay a Startup Pitt intern?<br />
*If the Startup Pitt inter’s pay was subsidized through the University of Pittsburgh and/or your accelerator/incubator, would you be more likely to hire a Startup Pitt intern?<br />
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=== Prototype financial infrastructure (April 2015) ===<br />
<div>Coordinate with the University of Pittsburgh Innovation Institute, the Swanson School of Engineering, the College of Business Administration, and the investor networks who support Pittsburgh incubators/accelerators to assess the potential of subsidizing a Startup Pitt’s hourly pay. Establish the value of Startup Pitt with each supporter, and evaluate how much each supporter is willing to contribute to a Startup Pitt intern.&nbsp;</div><div><br/></div><br />
=== Future tasks ===<br />
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*Discuss program with University of Pittsburgh administration. Investigate potential of maintaining full-time student status during employment (May 2015)<br />
*Formulate a faculty and student committee to evaluate student applications (June 2015)<br />
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= Strategy #5:&nbsp;Build an Entreneurship Community at Pitt Business =<br />
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'''Enactus Spring 2016 Action Plan'''&nbsp;<br />
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'''Entrepreneurship Showcase Momentum Plan:'''<br />
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1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Winning teams will be awarded a $100 stipend to work with Enactus as a project. They will also be provided financial guidance from the Enactus Finance Team (Josh Ordos and Bruce Baka)<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Teams will be matched with a mentor or leader in the community through the Enactus Leadership Team and provided access to the BAB.<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Winning teams will be given priority access to talk to speakers at all Enactus events and will also have the opportunity to get relevant site visits paid for by Enactus.<br />
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4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Enactus Club will provide Lean Canvas model-training sessions to the winning teams during the course of semester.<br />
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5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The winnings teams will also have the opportunity to obtain intern support or additional team member support from Enactus club members.<br />
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6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Teams that continue to partner with Enactus as a sponsored project will be encouraged to compete at the regional and national competitions to earn more startup funding.&nbsp;<br />
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'''BAB (Business Advisory Board) Plan:'''&nbsp;<br />
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1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The BAB must be available to provide guidance to all winning teams at the Entrepreneurship Showcase hackathon.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; They must also be accessible to any other Enactus projects at least once per month.<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Each BAB member will serve to connect Enactus with at least one speaker per semester.<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Each BAB member will be used to organize at least one site visit per semester for Enactus.<br />
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4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Each BAB member will be used as a project specific mentor to at least one Enactus team per semester.<br />
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5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The BAB members must attend at least one site visits, general body meeting, or speaker event in order to provide Enactus students with clear access to the BAB Board.<br />
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6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Recruiting:<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; TBA (Mario)&nbsp;<br />
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'''Food Waste/Related Momentum Plan:'''<br />
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&nbsp;1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will operate at least one food waste/related project this semester.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; This will be organized and led by Hope Murray and it is already in the planning.<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will hold 2 food waste related speakers.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tentatively: Hungry Harvest in March (Grant)<br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tentatively: Executive Chef at Sodexo (Rhonda + Audrey)<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will hold 2 food waste/related site visits this semester.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Farm Truck Foods – A Food Waste Site Trip<br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; CMU Food Truck – A Food Waste Site Trip<br />
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c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 412 Food Rescue – A Food Waste Industry Speaker<br />
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4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will also serve to connect students to startups in food related industries.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The goal is to connect at least one Enactus member to a food industry related intern position in spring or summer 2016.&nbsp;<br />
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'''Site Visit, Speaker Event, and Projects Goals:'''&nbsp;<br />
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1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will operate at least three projects this semester.<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will run at least 1 site visit per month.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2 entrepreneurship related site visits:<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; TBA (Rhonda)<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; TBA (Cathy Lada)<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will run at least 1 speaker event per month at general club meetings.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2 entrepreneurship related speakers:<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tim Zak, Director of CMU’s Social Innovation Institute – A Global Perspective Talk (Rhonda + Cathy Lada)<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Nicole Muise-Kielkucki, Director of Social Enterprise Initiatives at Idea Foundry – Supporting Social Entrepreneurs Talk (Rhonda)<br />
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'''Regional and National Enactus Event Plan'''<br />
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1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Regional: March 29<sup>th</sup> Washington D.C.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Application Due Date: February 22<sup>nd</sup><br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Projects<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Hope Murray – Food Truck/Membership College Café<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Mario – Student/Faculty Pet Day Care – Volunteers are Students<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; iii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; TBA – Expecting 1 more project from new members this semester<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; iv.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; TBA – Expecting 1-3 more projects from the Entrepreneurship Showcase&nbsp;<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; National Event: May 15<sup>th</sup>-17<sup>th</sup> in St. Louis<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Due Date: TBA<br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Projects<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Regional and National Events Planning Team<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sophia Tan<br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Mario Nicolia<br />
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c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Grant Jacoby<br />
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d.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Hope Murray<br />
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e.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Demetra Mallios<br />
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'''Additional Groups and Organizations to Contact'''<br />
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1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Food Recovery Network - For additional members and project ideas (TBA)<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Are there any other organizations that may consider co-membership to run the food truck? (TBA)<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; University Innovation Fellows - For additional leadership assistance (Grant)<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Engineers for A Sustainable World - For additional members and project ideas (Grant/Engineer?)<br />
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4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; All Innovation Institute Events - For additional members and project ideas (TBA)<br />
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5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Randall Family Big Idea - For additional members and project ideas (TBA)<br />
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6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Thrill Mill – For internship opportunities for students (Grant)<br />
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7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Design Hub - For additional members and project ideas (Mario)<br />
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***TBA - Need to find a recruiting chair for Enactus ASAP to go to all entrepreneurship events on campus to push meetings, events, and site visits<br />
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'''Future Goals and Standards'''&nbsp;<br />
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1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Food Hackathon September 2016<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Audrey - Can we start to organize a food hackathon for the beginning of the fall semester?<br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Use this as a springboard for marketing attention for new membership.<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus Leadership Requirements:<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1 site visit per month<br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1 speaker per month<br />
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c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; At least 3 projects per any given semester<br />
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d.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1 industry focus per semester (can be multiple semesters)<br />
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e.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Participate in Regional Competition Annually<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Connect at least one student to a startup internship per semester in order to create a stronger internship network in the entrepreneurial community.<br />
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4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Organize at least 1 hackathon per semester with another organization.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Partner with at least one other CBA organizations to promote interdisciplinary relationships.<br />
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= Related Links =<br />
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[[University of Pittsburgh]]<br />
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[[Ian McIntyre|Ian McIntyre]]<br />
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[[Grant Jacoby|Grant Jacoby]]<br />
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[[Category:Student Priorities|Student_Priorities]]</div>Zpatthttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Priorities:University_of_Pittsburgh_Student_Priorities&diff=29477Priorities:University of Pittsburgh Student Priorities2016-02-08T15:35:48Z<p>Zpatt: </p>
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<div>= Overview<br/> =<br />
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The University of Pittsburgh is a well-known leader in innovation within the fields of engineering and medical research.&nbsp; Translational research and entrepreneurship exist primarily at the institutional level.&nbsp; Many organizations exist, like the Institute of Entrepreneurial Excellence, to give budding entrepreneurs the needed resources and inspiration to proceed from ideation to market.&nbsp; In the last 20 years alone, such programs have created more than 800 startups and 7,000 jobs in the Pittsburgh area.&nbsp; Between the sheer amount of research conducted and available seed funding (Coulter Program for bioengineering devices, other VC connections through Institute of Entrepreneurial Excellence) Innovation and Entrepreneurship needs only to be catalyzed to take off, since all necessary ingredients are in abundance at the University of Pittsburgh.<br />
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However, there is a huge gap on campus between these institutions and undergraduate students.&nbsp; Most students are unaware of PantherlabWorks (a commercialization accelerator) and do not know that the university offers patent and IP counseling through the Office of Technology Management/Office of Enterprise Development.&nbsp; At present, these institutions mainly serve graduate students and faculty.&nbsp;<br />
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Fortunately, administrators are beginning to take a strong interest in university-facilitated patent development and product realization for undergraduate students.&nbsp; Professors from the Industrial Engineering department will soon introduce a product realization certificate to span all majors and the chemical engineering department has recently revamped its sophomore and junior year curriculum to more intently convey design principles.&nbsp; The mechanical engineering department, too, has been steadily increasing the focus on sustainability and marketability in undergraduate design classes, as in ‘MEMS 0024: Intro to Mechanical Engineering Design.’<br />
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Still, it is clear that there is more work to be done.&nbsp; In many other disciplines, serious project management/design courses are not mandatory until senior year.&nbsp; Further, freshman students are NEVER formally exposed to the opportunities of product development for engineers.&nbsp; The best opportunities for undergrads to get involved in projects are in extracurricular clubs.&nbsp; DesignHub, Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW), and Engineers Without Borders (EWB) are three of the strongest organizations on campus for completing actual projects with significant impact in local and global communities.<br />
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We seek to expand upon and merge into a community, the values and practices of these groups. &nbsp;Two gaps we seek to bridge as UI Fellows are as follows:<br />
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#Inspire and Forge Project Teams (applied/realized value)<br />
#*Connect product ideas that have market value with teams capable of producing them.&nbsp; Provide access to funding and guidance for these teams. &nbsp;<br />
#Provide an incubator space (applied/realized value)<br />
#*Allow such teams to function effectively and provide the necessary inspiration/motivation to get undergraduates interested in I&E.<br />
#Increase awareness of I&E on campus<br />
#*TEDx Event<br />
#*Creativity Wall<br />
#*1000 Pitches<br />
#*Club of Clubs<br />
#Change Curriculum&nbsp;<br />
#*First Year Classes<br />
#*Provide an interdisciplinary entrepreneurship class<br />
#*Give credit to entrepreneurs<br />
#Build an Entreneurship Community at Pitt Business and Connect the Different Departments<br />
#*Connect student organizations across departments in Entrepreneurship through Suitable<br />
#*Hold site visits and lectures series for business students interested in entreperneurship<br />
#*Run and operate one hackathon per semester at Pitt Business<br />
#*Organize 3 projects to compete at the Enactus National and Regional Competitions<br />
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= Calling all Students =<br />
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Entrepreneurship and Innovation Academic Year Challenge<br />
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*Where: Benedum Hall, Room TBD&nbsp;<br />
*When:&nbsp;November 19th, 2013<br />
*RSVP: TBD<br />
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= Strategy #1: Inspire and Forge Project Teams =<br />
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Following are an array of strategies that will fully address Gap #1 over a 2-3 year period:<br />
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== Tactic #1: Create Advisory Board/Panel to Promote I&E ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Students in the Pitt Business school are currently looking to launch an entrepreneurship club- one that would connect mixed groups of students to form cohesive teams (engineering, business, law, etc. students) and validate market potential.&nbsp; In partnering with this effort, an advisory board for I&E would seek out possible projects and give them to an able team.&nbsp; It would be the goal of such a board to find the need on campus for different products, looking for possible ideas in extracurricular clubs, professors, and perhaps, industry.&nbsp; These projects would be assigned to a team that applies with a plan to complete them, and they would be guided to the IP resources on campus and eventually to the proper contacts in the Business school for marketing advice. &nbsp; &nbsp;<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Team Leader:: TBD<br />
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== Tactic #2: Host Seminars/Grand Challenges to Educate/Inspire ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Professors in the Engineering Education Resource Center (EERC), are in the process of applying for a grant to host seminars and challenge sessions for next semester.&nbsp; As Innovation Fellows, we have been given the opportunity to help plan these events and hope to use them to foster support (especially at the freshman/sophomore level) for the movement.&nbsp; Current seminar ideas include: Dinner with entrepreneurs, microGrant challenge, skill seminars.&nbsp;<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Team Leader:: TBD<br />
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= Strategy #2: Provide better innovation spaces =<br />
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Following are an array of strategies that will fully address Gap #2 over a 2-3 year period:<br />
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= <span style="font-size:large">Milestone #1: Find and Create a Space (Completed Jan 1st 2016)</span> =<br />
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• &nbsp; Secured space in engineering building to serve as the first space<br />
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== <span style="font-size:large">Tactic #2: Technical Skills Sessions</span> ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Often, young students need to learn some basic skills before they are ready to take on a design project.&nbsp; One way to do this would be skills seminars in the design room that include 3D CAD drawing, arduinos, etc.&nbsp; Also, it may be conducive to get students to apply for machine room certification so that they can work safely in the shop when their design has reached that stage.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Team Leader: TBD<br />
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== Tactic #3: Host Design Competitions ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Another way to inspire students is to actually host design competitions in the incubator space.&nbsp; This could mean finding a competition through “mindsumo.com” or facilitating the completion of a project for entry in a local competition like the Randall Big Idea Competition.&nbsp; A winner in one of these competitions is very likely to attract many other students to the space.<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Team Leader: TBD<br />
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= Strategy #3: Increase awareness of I&E on campus&nbsp; =<br />
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== Tactic #1: TEDx Event ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: University of Pittsburgh currently has lectures about various subjects with key speakers through Pitt Program Council. Most of these events are sold out and students have to line up to get tickets. Adding a TEDx events will connect students to interdisciplinary opportunities and start them in design thinking. •&nbsp;&nbsp; Team Leader: David Jacob (current bioengineering candidate)&nbsp;<br />
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Milestones:<br />
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*Apply for TEDx event license<br />
*Form committees (advertising, sponsors, speakers, visuals, etc.)<br />
*Invite speakers<br />
*Search for sponsors<br />
*Reserve event space<br />
*Advertise the event on campus<br />
*Hold the TEDx event<br />
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== Tactic #2: Creativity Wall ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: In the engineering building, there are already many white boards on the wall to increase innovation, talk about upcoming events, and have challenges or problems presented. If they could use one of the walls that gets the most traffic and pose an open ended question, students could add to the ideas and come up with new ways to solve it. This could also be put on the outside of classrooms so that students write on it before entering a class. If they also added more whiteboards in the Business and Arts and Sciences buildings, they could pose the same question that week that was posed in the Engineering building and see how other students approach this. Team Leader: Student TBD<br />
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== Tactic #3: 1000 Pitches ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Currently, Pitt students are starting 1000 pitches on campus. They are using this platform to encourage innovation and design thinking, and allowing everyone to feel creative and innovative. This should continue on campus to add to awareness on campus.<br />
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= Strategy #4: Change Curriculum&nbsp; =<br />
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== Tactic #1: First Year Classes ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Students at each of the schools at University of Pittsburgh are required to take an introductory class their freshman year. We could incorporate design thinking or innovation and entrepreneurship into the curriculum.<br />
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== Tactic #2: Provide an Interdisciplinary Entrepreneurship Class ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Currently, Pitt has entrepreneurship and design thinking classes in all three schools. However, each class is only allowed to be taken by students from their respective schools. Pitt should add a course that allows students to take a class about innovation, design thinking and entrepreneurship that is open to all disciplines. That would allow students to see how to approach these problems from various viewpoints and will lead them to more creative thinking due to the interdisciplinary collaboration.<br />
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== Tactic #3: Give credit to entrepreneurs ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Pitt offers credit to students with internships and research on campus. Pitt could apply the same thing to entrepreneurial ventures which would allow students to manage their time more effectively because their projects would go back to school credit.<br />
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= Strategy #5: Startup Pitt =<br />
<div>Innovation cannot thrive in a bubble. Entrepreneurship is up-and-coming in Pittsburgh, and it’s important that undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Pittsburgh are exposed to this awesome movement. Ian is experiencing the entrepreneurial drive first-hand. Regardless of the value of his bioengineering degree, Ian pondered dropping out of school after his startup was admitted into the Alphalab Gear Accelerator program. Ian has feet in both realms: one in the University, one in the community. At the University, Ian is watching groups of students practicing design thinking, innovation, and entrepreneurship, all which are valuable skills for those involved in startups. These students are driven and searching to use what they learn in the classroom on real-world projects. On the other side, Ian is (somewhat firsthand) witnessing the need for startups to hire interns with engineering, design, and business experience. &nbsp;In fact, Ian worked as an intern with his project to further the technological and business development before the thought of commercialization occurred. Why can’t other interns help young startups succeed?</div><div><br/></div><div>Startup Pitt is a smaller-scale model of Venture for America, a program that places recent college graduates in startups throughout the country. VFA Fellows have been instrumental in building businesses and helping startups succeed. Likewise, Startup Pitt interns will help Pittsburgh startups become successful while earning salary and a valuable internship experience. Of course, Startup Pitt keeps to it’s title: starting-up Pittsburgh as a center of entrepreneurship.</div><div><br/></div><br />
== Program Specifics ==<br />
<div>The Startup Pitt process may be compared to an engineering cooperative-education (co-op) program, an educational program that places engineering students in an established company or engineering firm. A co-op student works for three semesters -- one full year -- with a schedule negotiated between the employer and student. A student may alternate between work and school semesters; work in the fall, assume classes in the spring, work in the summer, assume classes in the fall, etc. On the other hand, a company may want a student to work for a year through, during which time the student would not return to classes. There are subjective benefits and disadvantages to each schedule setup that vary with students and courses of studies. However, a &nbsp;co-op trumps a traditional internship in that a student maintains full-time student status during the co-op semesters. Full-time student status permits a student to reside in on-campus dormitories and receive all the stipulations of being a student. A co-op student does not pay tuition unless she enrolls in night classes.</div><div><br/></div><div>Startup Pitt provides a flexible hiring duration for startups and for students who are looking for an internship. &nbsp;While a co-op is expected to work for three semesters, the Startup Pitt program adapts to the needs of the intern and the startup to satisfy both parties. For example, if a startup can only hire a student for one semester, Startup Pitt may provide an intern who appreciates the short-term work experience that will not delay graduation. Furthermore, Startup Pitt provides internships to not only engineering students, but also business students, students of design, and students who possess skillsets desired by a Pittsburgh startup. Startup Pitt allows a more flexible internship duration.</div><div><br/></div><div>Finances hinder a startup’s ability to hire appropriate help. The Startup Pitt program acknowledges that startups may want to hire an intern but may not be able to afford an intern. Startup Pitt works with departments and organizations at the University of Pittsburgh as well as the supporters of Pittsburgh incubators to subsidize the pay for an intern. In this manner, a startup receives extra help to grow a business without the concern of paying an intern, and an intern receives pay while gaining valuable work experience.</div><div><br/></div><br />
== Timeline ==<br />
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All objectives and tasks in the timeline are subject to change.<br />
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=== Customer discovery (March 2015) ===<br />
<div>Identify the needs of students at the University of Pittsburgh. Student groups include engineering students, business students, and those involved in I&E activities. Channels to reach students include department and program coordinators, seminars, and student / faculty organizations. Survey questions include</div><br />
*Would you (students) be interested in working for a startup?<br />
*How important is maintaining your full-time student status?<br />
*For how many academic semesters could you see yourself working an internship at a startup?<br />
*Why does working at a startup interest you?<br />
*What kinds of skills do you believe are needed to be successful with growing a startup?<br />
*Would you be willing to potentially delay your graduation?<br />
*How much pay (hourly rate) would you see yourself making while interning at a startup?<br />
<div><br/></div><div>Identify the needs of startups in Pittsburgh incubators and accelerators, such as startups involved in Alphalab, Alphalab Gear, Thrill Mill, Idea Foundry, and Revv Oakland. &nbsp;Survey questions include</div><br />
*Do you believe a college student pursuing an engineering / business / etc. major could make a contribution to your startup as an intern?<br />
*What skills would you look for in a student intern for your startup?<br />
*How long would you hire a Startup Pitt intern?<br />
*If at all, how much could you afford to pay a Startup Pitt intern?<br />
*If the Startup Pitt inter’s pay was subsidized through the University of Pittsburgh and/or your accelerator/incubator, would you be more likely to hire a Startup Pitt intern?<br />
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=== Prototype financial infrastructure (April 2015) ===<br />
<div>Coordinate with the University of Pittsburgh Innovation Institute, the Swanson School of Engineering, the College of Business Administration, and the investor networks who support Pittsburgh incubators/accelerators to assess the potential of subsidizing a Startup Pitt’s hourly pay. Establish the value of Startup Pitt with each supporter, and evaluate how much each supporter is willing to contribute to a Startup Pitt intern.&nbsp;</div><div><br/></div><br />
=== Future tasks ===<br />
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*Discuss program with University of Pittsburgh administration. Investigate potential of maintaining full-time student status during employment (May 2015)<br />
*Formulate a faculty and student committee to evaluate student applications (June 2015)<br />
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= Strategy #5:&nbsp;Build an Entreneurship Community at Pitt Business =<br />
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'''Enactus Spring 2016 Action Plan'''&nbsp;<br />
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'''Entrepreneurship Showcase Momentum Plan:'''<br />
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1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Winning teams will be awarded a $100 stipend to work with Enactus as a project. They will also be provided financial guidance from the Enactus Finance Team (Josh Ordos and Bruce Baka)<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Teams will be matched with a mentor or leader in the community through the Enactus Leadership Team and provided access to the BAB.<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Winning teams will be given priority access to talk to speakers at all Enactus events and will also have the opportunity to get relevant site visits paid for by Enactus.<br />
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4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Enactus Club will provide Lean Canvas model-training sessions to the winning teams during the course of semester.<br />
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5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The winnings teams will also have the opportunity to obtain intern support or additional team member support from Enactus club members.<br />
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6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Teams that continue to partner with Enactus as a sponsored project will be encouraged to compete at the regional and national competitions to earn more startup funding.&nbsp;<br />
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'''BAB (Business Advisory Board) Plan:'''&nbsp;<br />
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1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The BAB must be available to provide guidance to all winning teams at the Entrepreneurship Showcase hackathon.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; They must also be accessible to any other Enactus projects at least once per month.<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Each BAB member will serve to connect Enactus with at least one speaker per semester.<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Each BAB member will be used to organize at least one site visit per semester for Enactus.<br />
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4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Each BAB member will be used as a project specific mentor to at least one Enactus team per semester.<br />
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5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The BAB members must attend at least one site visits, general body meeting, or speaker event in order to provide Enactus students with clear access to the BAB Board.<br />
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6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Recruiting:<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; TBA (Mario)&nbsp;<br />
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'''Food Waste/Related Momentum Plan:'''<br />
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&nbsp;1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will operate at least one food waste/related project this semester.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; This will be organized and led by Hope Murray and it is already in the planning.<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will hold 2 food waste related speakers.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tentatively: Hungry Harvest in March (Grant)<br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tentatively: Executive Chef at Sodexo (Rhonda + Audrey)<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will hold 2 food waste/related site visits this semester.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Farm Truck Foods – A Food Waste Site Trip<br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; CMU Food Truck – A Food Waste Site Trip<br />
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c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 412 Food Rescue – A Food Waste Industry Speaker<br />
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4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will also serve to connect students to startups in food related industries.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The goal is to connect at least one Enactus member to a food industry related intern position in spring or summer 2016.&nbsp;<br />
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'''Site Visit, Speaker Event, and Projects Goals:'''&nbsp;<br />
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1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will operate at least three projects this semester.<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will run at least 1 site visit per month.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2 entrepreneurship related site visits:<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; TBA (Rhonda)<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; TBA (Cathy Lada)<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will run at least 1 speaker event per month at general club meetings.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2 entrepreneurship related speakers:<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tim Zak, Director of CMU’s Social Innovation Institute – A Global Perspective Talk (Rhonda + Cathy Lada)<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Nicole Muise-Kielkucki, Director of Social Enterprise Initiatives at Idea Foundry – Supporting Social Entrepreneurs Talk (Rhonda)<br />
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'''Regional and National Enactus Event Plan'''<br />
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1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Regional: March 29<sup>th</sup> Washington D.C.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Application Due Date: February 22<sup>nd</sup><br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Projects<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Hope Murray – Food Truck/Membership College Café<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Mario – Student/Faculty Pet Day Care – Volunteers are Students<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; iii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; TBA – Expecting 1 more project from new members this semester<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; iv.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; TBA – Expecting 1-3 more projects from the Entrepreneurship Showcase&nbsp;<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; National Event: May 15<sup>th</sup>-17<sup>th</sup> in St. Louis<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Due Date: TBA<br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Projects<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Regional and National Events Planning Team<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sophia Tan<br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Mario Nicolia<br />
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c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Grant Jacoby<br />
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d.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Hope Murray<br />
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e.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Demetra Mallios<br />
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'''Additional Groups and Organizations to Contact'''<br />
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1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Food Recovery Network - For additional members and project ideas (TBA)<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Are there any other organizations that may consider co-membership to run the food truck? (TBA)<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; University Innovation Fellows - For additional leadership assistance (Grant)<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Engineers for A Sustainable World - For additional members and project ideas (Grant/Engineer?)<br />
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4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; All Innovation Institute Events - For additional members and project ideas (TBA)<br />
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5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Randall Family Big Idea - For additional members and project ideas (TBA)<br />
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6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Thrill Mill – For internship opportunities for students (Grant)<br />
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7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Design Hub - For additional members and project ideas (Mario)<br />
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***TBA - Need to find a recruiting chair for Enactus ASAP to go to all entrepreneurship events on campus to push meetings, events, and site visits<br />
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'''Future Goals and Standards'''&nbsp;<br />
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1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Food Hackathon September 2016<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Audrey - Can we start to organize a food hackathon for the beginning of the fall semester?<br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Use this as a springboard for marketing attention for new membership.<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus Leadership Requirements:<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1 site visit per month<br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1 speaker per month<br />
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c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; At least 3 projects per any given semester<br />
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d.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1 industry focus per semester (can be multiple semesters)<br />
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e.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Participate in Regional Competition Annually<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Connect at least one student to a startup internship per semester in order to create a stronger internship network in the entrepreneurial community.<br />
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4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Organize at least 1 hackathon per semester with another organization.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Partner with at least one other CBA organizations to promote interdisciplinary relationships.<br />
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= Related Links =<br />
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[[Category:Student Priorities|Student_Priorities]]</div>Zpatthttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Priorities:University_of_Pittsburgh_Student_Priorities&diff=29472Priorities:University of Pittsburgh Student Priorities2016-02-08T15:00:40Z<p>Zpatt: </p>
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<div>= Overview<br/> =<br />
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The University of Pittsburgh is a well-known leader in innovation within the fields of engineering and medical research.&nbsp; Translational research and entrepreneurship exist primarily at the institutional level.&nbsp; Many organizations exist, like the Institute of Entrepreneurial Excellence, to give budding entrepreneurs the needed resources and inspiration to proceed from ideation to market.&nbsp; In the last 20 years alone, such programs have created more than 800 startups and 7,000 jobs in the Pittsburgh area.&nbsp; Between the sheer amount of research conducted and available seed funding (Coulter Program for bioengineering devices, other VC connections through Institute of Entrepreneurial Excellence) Innovation and Entrepreneurship needs only to be catalyzed to take off, since all necessary ingredients are in abundance at the University of Pittsburgh.<br />
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However, there is a huge gap on campus between these institutions and undergraduate students.&nbsp; Most students are unaware of PantherlabWorks (a commercialization accelerator) and do not know that the university offers patent and IP counseling through the Office of Technology Management/Office of Enterprise Development.&nbsp; At present, these institutions mainly serve graduate students and faculty.&nbsp;<br />
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Fortunately, administrators are beginning to take a strong interest in university-facilitated patent development and product realization for undergraduate students.&nbsp; Professors from the Industrial Engineering department will soon introduce a product realization certificate to span all majors and the chemical engineering department has recently revamped its sophomore and junior year curriculum to more intently convey design principles.&nbsp; The mechanical engineering department, too, has been steadily increasing the focus on sustainability and marketability in undergraduate design classes, as in ‘MEMS 0024: Intro to Mechanical Engineering Design.’<br />
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Still, it is clear that there is more work to be done.&nbsp; In many other disciplines, serious project management/design courses are not mandatory until senior year.&nbsp; Further, freshman students are NEVER formally exposed to the opportunities of product development for engineers.&nbsp; The best opportunities for undergrads to get involved in projects are in extracurricular clubs.&nbsp; DesignHub, Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW), and Engineers Without Borders (EWB) are three of the strongest organizations on campus for completing actual projects with significant impact in local and global communities.<br />
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We seek to expand upon and merge into a community, the values and practices of these groups. &nbsp;Two gaps we seek to bridge as UI Fellows are as follows:<br />
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#Inspire and Forge Project Teams (applied/realized value)<br />
#*Connect product ideas that have market value with teams capable of producing them.&nbsp; Provide access to funding and guidance for these teams. &nbsp;<br />
#Provide an incubator space (applied/realized value)<br />
#*Allow such teams to function effectively and provide the necessary inspiration/motivation to get undergraduates interested in I&E.<br />
#Increase awareness of I&E on campus<br />
#*TEDx Event<br />
#*Creativity Wall<br />
#*1000 Pitches<br />
#*Club of Clubs<br />
#Change Curriculum&nbsp;<br />
#*First Year Classes<br />
#*Provide an interdisciplinary entrepreneurship class<br />
#*Give credit to entrepreneurs<br />
#Build an Entreneurship Community at Pitt Business and Connect the Different Departments<br />
#*Connect student organizations across departments in Entrepreneurship through Suitable<br />
#*Hold site visits and lectures series for business students interested in entreperneurship<br />
#*Run and operate one hackathon per semester at Pitt Business<br />
#*Organize 3 projects to compete at the Enactus National and Regional Competitions<br />
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= Calling all Students =<br />
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Entrepreneurship and Innovation Academic Year Challenge<br />
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*Where: Benedum Hall, Room TBD&nbsp;<br />
*When:&nbsp;November 19th, 2013<br />
*RSVP: TBD<br />
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= Strategy #1: Inspire and Forge Project Teams =<br />
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Following are an array of strategies that will fully address Gap #1 over a 2-3 year period:<br />
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== Tactic #1: Create Advisory Board/Panel to Promote I&E ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Students in the Pitt Business school are currently looking to launch an entrepreneurship club- one that would connect mixed groups of students to form cohesive teams (engineering, business, law, etc. students) and validate market potential.&nbsp; In partnering with this effort, an advisory board for I&E would seek out possible projects and give them to an able team.&nbsp; It would be the goal of such a board to find the need on campus for different products, looking for possible ideas in extracurricular clubs, professors, and perhaps, industry.&nbsp; These projects would be assigned to a team that applies with a plan to complete them, and they would be guided to the IP resources on campus and eventually to the proper contacts in the Business school for marketing advice. &nbsp; &nbsp;<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Team Leader:: TBD<br />
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== Tactic #2: Host Seminars/Grand Challenges to Educate/Inspire ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Professors in the Engineering Education Resource Center (EERC), are in the process of applying for a grant to host seminars and challenge sessions for next semester.&nbsp; As Innovation Fellows, we have been given the opportunity to help plan these events and hope to use them to foster support (especially at the freshman/sophomore level) for the movement.&nbsp; Current seminar ideas include: Dinner with entrepreneurs, microGrant challenge, skill seminars.&nbsp;<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Team Leader:: TBD<br />
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= Strategy #2: Provide better innovation spaces =<br />
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Following are an array of strategies that will fully address Gap #2 over a 2-3 year period:<br />
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= <span style="font-size:large">Tactic #1: Find and Create a Space</span> =<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description:&nbsp; If students are now coming up with ideas or being given projects, they will need a space to work in.&nbsp; Also, a design room provides inspiration and success stories to work with.&nbsp; With UC-Berkeley and other successful UI incubator spaces as a model, this design room would serve as a hub for students interested in getting involved with projects and competitions.&nbsp;<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Team Leader: TBD<br />
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== <span style="font-size:large">Tactic #2: Technical Skills Sessions</span> ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Often, young students need to learn some basic skills before they are ready to take on a design project.&nbsp; One way to do this would be skills seminars in the design room that include 3D CAD drawing, arduinos, etc.&nbsp; Also, it may be conducive to get students to apply for machine room certification so that they can work safely in the shop when their design has reached that stage.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Team Leader: TBD<br />
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== Tactic #3: Host Design Competitions ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Another way to inspire students is to actually host design competitions in the incubator space.&nbsp; This could mean finding a competition through “mindsumo.com” or facilitating the completion of a project for entry in a local competition like the Randall Big Idea Competition.&nbsp; A winner in one of these competitions is very likely to attract many other students to the space.<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Team Leader: TBD<br />
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= Strategy #3: Increase awareness of I&E on campus&nbsp; =<br />
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== Tactic #1: TEDx Event ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: University of Pittsburgh currently has lectures about various subjects with key speakers through Pitt Program Council. Most of these events are sold out and students have to line up to get tickets. Adding a TEDx events will connect students to interdisciplinary opportunities and start them in design thinking. •&nbsp;&nbsp; Team Leader: David Jacob (current bioengineering candidate)&nbsp;<br />
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Milestones:<br />
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*Apply for TEDx event license<br />
*Form committees (advertising, sponsors, speakers, visuals, etc.)<br />
*Invite speakers<br />
*Search for sponsors<br />
*Reserve event space<br />
*Advertise the event on campus<br />
*Hold the TEDx event<br />
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== Tactic #2: Creativity Wall ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: In the engineering building, there are already many white boards on the wall to increase innovation, talk about upcoming events, and have challenges or problems presented. If they could use one of the walls that gets the most traffic and pose an open ended question, students could add to the ideas and come up with new ways to solve it. This could also be put on the outside of classrooms so that students write on it before entering a class. If they also added more whiteboards in the Business and Arts and Sciences buildings, they could pose the same question that week that was posed in the Engineering building and see how other students approach this. Team Leader: Student TBD<br />
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== Tactic #3: 1000 Pitches ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Currently, Pitt students are starting 1000 pitches on campus. They are using this platform to encourage innovation and design thinking, and allowing everyone to feel creative and innovative. This should continue on campus to add to awareness on campus.<br />
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= Strategy #4: Change Curriculum&nbsp; =<br />
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== Tactic #1: First Year Classes ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Students at each of the schools at University of Pittsburgh are required to take an introductory class their freshman year. We could incorporate design thinking or innovation and entrepreneurship into the curriculum.<br />
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== Tactic #2: Provide an Interdisciplinary Entrepreneurship Class ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Currently, Pitt has entrepreneurship and design thinking classes in all three schools. However, each class is only allowed to be taken by students from their respective schools. Pitt should add a course that allows students to take a class about innovation, design thinking and entrepreneurship that is open to all disciplines. That would allow students to see how to approach these problems from various viewpoints and will lead them to more creative thinking due to the interdisciplinary collaboration.<br />
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== Tactic #3: Give credit to entrepreneurs ==<br />
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•&nbsp;&nbsp; Description: Pitt offers credit to students with internships and research on campus. Pitt could apply the same thing to entrepreneurial ventures which would allow students to manage their time more effectively because their projects would go back to school credit.<br />
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= Strategy #5: Startup Pitt =<br />
<div>Innovation cannot thrive in a bubble. Entrepreneurship is up-and-coming in Pittsburgh, and it’s important that undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Pittsburgh are exposed to this awesome movement. Ian is experiencing the entrepreneurial drive first-hand. Regardless of the value of his bioengineering degree, Ian pondered dropping out of school after his startup was admitted into the Alphalab Gear Accelerator program. Ian has feet in both realms: one in the University, one in the community. At the University, Ian is watching groups of students practicing design thinking, innovation, and entrepreneurship, all which are valuable skills for those involved in startups. These students are driven and searching to use what they learn in the classroom on real-world projects. On the other side, Ian is (somewhat firsthand) witnessing the need for startups to hire interns with engineering, design, and business experience. &nbsp;In fact, Ian worked as an intern with his project to further the technological and business development before the thought of commercialization occurred. Why can’t other interns help young startups succeed?</div><div><br/></div><div>Startup Pitt is a smaller-scale model of Venture for America, a program that places recent college graduates in startups throughout the country. VFA Fellows have been instrumental in building businesses and helping startups succeed. Likewise, Startup Pitt interns will help Pittsburgh startups become successful while earning salary and a valuable internship experience. Of course, Startup Pitt keeps to it’s title: starting-up Pittsburgh as a center of entrepreneurship.</div><div><br/></div><br />
== Program Specifics ==<br />
<div>The Startup Pitt process may be compared to an engineering cooperative-education (co-op) program, an educational program that places engineering students in an established company or engineering firm. A co-op student works for three semesters -- one full year -- with a schedule negotiated between the employer and student. A student may alternate between work and school semesters; work in the fall, assume classes in the spring, work in the summer, assume classes in the fall, etc. On the other hand, a company may want a student to work for a year through, during which time the student would not return to classes. There are subjective benefits and disadvantages to each schedule setup that vary with students and courses of studies. However, a &nbsp;co-op trumps a traditional internship in that a student maintains full-time student status during the co-op semesters. Full-time student status permits a student to reside in on-campus dormitories and receive all the stipulations of being a student. A co-op student does not pay tuition unless she enrolls in night classes.</div><div><br/></div><div>Startup Pitt provides a flexible hiring duration for startups and for students who are looking for an internship. &nbsp;While a co-op is expected to work for three semesters, the Startup Pitt program adapts to the needs of the intern and the startup to satisfy both parties. For example, if a startup can only hire a student for one semester, Startup Pitt may provide an intern who appreciates the short-term work experience that will not delay graduation. Furthermore, Startup Pitt provides internships to not only engineering students, but also business students, students of design, and students who possess skillsets desired by a Pittsburgh startup. Startup Pitt allows a more flexible internship duration.</div><div><br/></div><div>Finances hinder a startup’s ability to hire appropriate help. The Startup Pitt program acknowledges that startups may want to hire an intern but may not be able to afford an intern. Startup Pitt works with departments and organizations at the University of Pittsburgh as well as the supporters of Pittsburgh incubators to subsidize the pay for an intern. In this manner, a startup receives extra help to grow a business without the concern of paying an intern, and an intern receives pay while gaining valuable work experience.</div><div><br/></div><br />
== Timeline ==<br />
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All objectives and tasks in the timeline are subject to change.<br />
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=== Customer discovery (March 2015) ===<br />
<div>Identify the needs of students at the University of Pittsburgh. Student groups include engineering students, business students, and those involved in I&E activities. Channels to reach students include department and program coordinators, seminars, and student / faculty organizations. Survey questions include</div><br />
*Would you (students) be interested in working for a startup?<br />
*How important is maintaining your full-time student status?<br />
*For how many academic semesters could you see yourself working an internship at a startup?<br />
*Why does working at a startup interest you?<br />
*What kinds of skills do you believe are needed to be successful with growing a startup?<br />
*Would you be willing to potentially delay your graduation?<br />
*How much pay (hourly rate) would you see yourself making while interning at a startup?<br />
<div><br/></div><div>Identify the needs of startups in Pittsburgh incubators and accelerators, such as startups involved in Alphalab, Alphalab Gear, Thrill Mill, Idea Foundry, and Revv Oakland. &nbsp;Survey questions include</div><br />
*Do you believe a college student pursuing an engineering / business / etc. major could make a contribution to your startup as an intern?<br />
*What skills would you look for in a student intern for your startup?<br />
*How long would you hire a Startup Pitt intern?<br />
*If at all, how much could you afford to pay a Startup Pitt intern?<br />
*If the Startup Pitt inter’s pay was subsidized through the University of Pittsburgh and/or your accelerator/incubator, would you be more likely to hire a Startup Pitt intern?<br />
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=== Prototype financial infrastructure (April 2015) ===<br />
<div>Coordinate with the University of Pittsburgh Innovation Institute, the Swanson School of Engineering, the College of Business Administration, and the investor networks who support Pittsburgh incubators/accelerators to assess the potential of subsidizing a Startup Pitt’s hourly pay. Establish the value of Startup Pitt with each supporter, and evaluate how much each supporter is willing to contribute to a Startup Pitt intern.&nbsp;</div><div><br/></div><br />
=== Future tasks ===<br />
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*Discuss program with University of Pittsburgh administration. Investigate potential of maintaining full-time student status during employment (May 2015)<br />
*Formulate a faculty and student committee to evaluate student applications (June 2015)<br />
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= Strategy #5:&nbsp;Build an Entreneurship Community at Pitt Business =<br />
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'''Enactus Spring 2016 Action Plan'''&nbsp;<br />
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'''Entrepreneurship Showcase Momentum Plan:'''<br />
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1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Winning teams will be awarded a $100 stipend to work with Enactus as a project. They will also be provided financial guidance from the Enactus Finance Team (Josh Ordos and Bruce Baka)<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Teams will be matched with a mentor or leader in the community through the Enactus Leadership Team and provided access to the BAB.<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Winning teams will be given priority access to talk to speakers at all Enactus events and will also have the opportunity to get relevant site visits paid for by Enactus.<br />
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4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Enactus Club will provide Lean Canvas model-training sessions to the winning teams during the course of semester.<br />
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5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The winnings teams will also have the opportunity to obtain intern support or additional team member support from Enactus club members.<br />
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6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Teams that continue to partner with Enactus as a sponsored project will be encouraged to compete at the regional and national competitions to earn more startup funding.&nbsp;<br />
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'''BAB (Business Advisory Board) Plan:'''&nbsp;<br />
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1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The BAB must be available to provide guidance to all winning teams at the Entrepreneurship Showcase hackathon.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; They must also be accessible to any other Enactus projects at least once per month.<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Each BAB member will serve to connect Enactus with at least one speaker per semester.<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Each BAB member will be used to organize at least one site visit per semester for Enactus.<br />
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4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Each BAB member will be used as a project specific mentor to at least one Enactus team per semester.<br />
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5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The BAB members must attend at least one site visits, general body meeting, or speaker event in order to provide Enactus students with clear access to the BAB Board.<br />
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6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Recruiting:<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; TBA (Mario)&nbsp;<br />
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'''Food Waste/Related Momentum Plan:'''<br />
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&nbsp;1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will operate at least one food waste/related project this semester.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; This will be organized and led by Hope Murray and it is already in the planning.<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will hold 2 food waste related speakers.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tentatively: Hungry Harvest in March (Grant)<br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tentatively: Executive Chef at Sodexo (Rhonda + Audrey)<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will hold 2 food waste/related site visits this semester.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Farm Truck Foods – A Food Waste Site Trip<br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; CMU Food Truck – A Food Waste Site Trip<br />
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c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 412 Food Rescue – A Food Waste Industry Speaker<br />
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4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will also serve to connect students to startups in food related industries.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The goal is to connect at least one Enactus member to a food industry related intern position in spring or summer 2016.&nbsp;<br />
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'''Site Visit, Speaker Event, and Projects Goals:'''&nbsp;<br />
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1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will operate at least three projects this semester.<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will run at least 1 site visit per month.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2 entrepreneurship related site visits:<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; TBA (Rhonda)<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; TBA (Cathy Lada)<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus will run at least 1 speaker event per month at general club meetings.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2 entrepreneurship related speakers:<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tim Zak, Director of CMU’s Social Innovation Institute – A Global Perspective Talk (Rhonda + Cathy Lada)<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Nicole Muise-Kielkucki, Director of Social Enterprise Initiatives at Idea Foundry – Supporting Social Entrepreneurs Talk (Rhonda)<br />
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'''Regional and National Enactus Event Plan'''<br />
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1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Regional: March 29<sup>th</sup> Washington D.C.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Application Due Date: February 22<sup>nd</sup><br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Projects<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Hope Murray – Food Truck/Membership College Café<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Mario – Student/Faculty Pet Day Care – Volunteers are Students<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; iii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; TBA – Expecting 1 more project from new members this semester<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; iv.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; TBA – Expecting 1-3 more projects from the Entrepreneurship Showcase&nbsp;<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; National Event: May 15<sup>th</sup>-17<sup>th</sup> in St. Louis<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Due Date: TBA<br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Projects<br />
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; TBA<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Regional and National Events Planning Team<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sophia Tan<br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Mario Nicolia<br />
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c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Grant Jacoby<br />
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d.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Hope Murray<br />
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e.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Demetra Mallios<br />
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'''Additional Groups and Organizations to Contact'''<br />
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1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Food Recovery Network - For additional members and project ideas (TBA)<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Are there any other organizations that may consider co-membership to run the food truck? (TBA)<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; University Innovation Fellows - For additional leadership assistance (Grant)<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Engineers for A Sustainable World - For additional members and project ideas (Grant/Engineer?)<br />
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4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; All Innovation Institute Events - For additional members and project ideas (TBA)<br />
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5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Randall Family Big Idea - For additional members and project ideas (TBA)<br />
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6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Thrill Mill – For internship opportunities for students (Grant)<br />
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7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Design Hub - For additional members and project ideas (Mario)<br />
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***TBA - Need to find a recruiting chair for Enactus ASAP to go to all entrepreneurship events on campus to push meetings, events, and site visits<br />
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'''Future Goals and Standards'''&nbsp;<br />
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1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Food Hackathon September 2016<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Audrey - Can we start to organize a food hackathon for the beginning of the fall semester?<br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Use this as a springboard for marketing attention for new membership.<br />
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2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Enactus Leadership Requirements:<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1 site visit per month<br />
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b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1 speaker per month<br />
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c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; At least 3 projects per any given semester<br />
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d.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1 industry focus per semester (can be multiple semesters)<br />
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e.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Participate in Regional Competition Annually<br />
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3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Connect at least one student to a startup internship per semester in order to create a stronger internship network in the entrepreneurial community.<br />
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4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Organize at least 1 hackathon per semester with another organization.<br />
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a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Partner with at least one other CBA organizations to promote interdisciplinary relationships.<br />
</div><br />
= Related Links =<br />
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[[University of Pittsburgh]]<br />
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[[Nathan Smialek]]<br />
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[[Brian Rhindress]]<br />
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[[Karuna Relwani|Karuna Relwani]]<br />
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[[Jennifer Sommer]]<br />
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[[Ian McIntyre|Ian McIntyre]]<br />
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[[Grant Jacoby|Grant Jacoby]]<br />
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[[Category:Student Priorities|Student_Priorities]]</div>Zpatthttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Resource:How_to_develop_a_makerspace:_from_proposal_to_production&diff=28631Resource:How to develop a makerspace: from proposal to production2016-01-21T13:37:42Z<p>Zpatt: </p>
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<div>= <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; white-space: pre-wrap; line-height: 1.38; background-color: transparent;">Introduction:</span> =<br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-ba11c5fd-6112-61e9-41b8-7faa676920b9"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">This article will provide you with the fundamentals on how to develop a makerspace from a proposal to production. Inspired by the success experienced by Jade Garret at George Mason University while starting the [http://business.gmu.edu/innovation/mason-innovation-lab/ Mason Innovation Exchange (MIX)], which was the first of its kind at her University. This article will discuss some the challenges and strategies to overcome them, so that you can effectively influence your campus.</span><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">&nbsp;</span></span><br />
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= <span id="docs-internal-guid-ba11c5fd-6112-61e9-41b8-7faa676920b9"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Needs and Goals:</span></span> =<br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-ba11c5fd-6112-61e9-41b8-7faa676920b9"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Students need a makerspace in order to have a place to collaborate and bring projects to fruition with physical prototypes. Many times, resources and spaces that can be used to fulfill each of these needs is present at a university, but, they are often scattered with limited access and a high barrier to entry. Such was the case at George Mason. So, the goal is to fulfill the need for a space with resources to collaborate and work on projects in such a way that the space is centralized and is easy to access and use for students of all backgrounds.</span></span><br />
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= <span id="docs-internal-guid-ba11c5fd-6112-61e9-41b8-7faa676920b9"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Support:</span></span> =<br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-ba11c5fd-6112-61e9-41b8-7faa676920b9"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">There are several key levels of support required for an on campus makerspace. First of all, students must be interested. No administrator is going to allocate space and resources unless the demand for the space exists, along with a subset of students that can help manage it. Second, having a faculty or staff member who fully supports the project and who will stick his or her neck out for the space is extremely important, according to Jade. Additionally, have a group of faculty members (professors or administrators) to serve as advisors for the space. For maximum effectiveness, these advisors should come from all of the manjor schools at your university. Finally, the space will most likely require the support of at least one administrator in order to obtain the necessary space and funding.</span></span><br />
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= <span id="docs-internal-guid-ba11c5fd-6112-61e9-41b8-7faa676920b9"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Proposal:</span></span> =<br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-2f5e05c6-61fd-6fe7-d6c1-51e484c30d1c"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When initially pitching a makerspace to facility and staff, it is important to have a proposal developed ahead of time. Having a proposal puts your idea into a tangible form which can easily be passed along to university faculty and staff. It may be useful to develop a proposal that has low end, midrange, and high end options. This method allows for potential collaborators and investors to understand what is required in terms of both money and resources to create a makerspace. Some proposal writing tips include discussing collaborations between departments and sustainability. By bringing in students, faculty, and staff from multiple departments, you can gain more support for your makerspace and more potential avenues for funding.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">An important aspect of the proposal is the value proposition of your makerspace. In other words, what value will this space serve to both the students and the university. A starting point here is that a makerspace will give students access to tools and technology that they didn't previously have. This can be value proposition can be expanded by offering examples of possible learning experiences, collaborations, and skills that can be made possible through the makerspace.</span><br />
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= <span id="docs-internal-guid-ba11c5fd-6112-61e9-41b8-7faa676920b9"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Funding:</span></span> =<br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-2f5e05c6-61ec-472b-3f3d-1663e0c1f032"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">One of the greatest challenges in creating a makerspace is securing funding. Fortunately, there are many potential sources of funding available within your university and externally. An initial resource is seeking funding from project stakeholders (department chairs, deans, upper university administration, etc.). Your stakeholders will already be familiar with the project and may know of other sources of funding in addition to what they can give to the project. Looking beyond the university, corporate sponsorship is a potential source of funding. Before approaching any companies, get in contact with the person at your university who is responsible from getting money from industry. This is extremely important as universities often have deals in the works with companies which could fall through as a result. Getting permission from your university deans and upper administration is strongly recommended before pursuing this avenue for funding. Other options for funding include starting a Kickstarter campaign, requesting funding from Venturewell ([https://venturewell.org/ https://venturewell.org/]), having a fundraiser (if permitted by your university) or by holding workshops/events that have a small entrance fee. No matter the source of funds, always be transparent and have proof that the funds went towards the intended cause.</span></span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-2f5e05c6-61f2-0b85-fb49-de4a5104ed66"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Once initial funding has been obtained, it is important to consider how the makerspace can be sustainable. Over time, equipment will need to be fixed or replaced and consumables (3D printer filament, markers, prototyping supplies, etc.) will need to be purchased. It is important to plan for these costs ahead of time and either budget them into your initial funding proposal or have a source of funding established for when these funds are needed. Also, it is okay to start small and then acquire more equipment and resources based on demand and usage. While it may be impressive to have multiple 3D printers, this is only cost effective if there is demand for multiple of the same machine.</span></span><br />
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= <span id="docs-internal-guid-ba11c5fd-6112-61e9-41b8-7faa676920b9"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Space Management:</span></span> =<br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-2f5e05c6-6208-a96b-741e-081fe91744bb"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Once a <span data-scaytid="1" data-scayt_word="makerspace">makerspace</span> facility has been established, it is important to consider how the space will be managed. The first thing to determine is who will be held liable for anything that goes wrong in the <span data-scaytid="2" data-scayt_word="makerspace">makerspace</span>. This person needs to be a faculty member at your university. In terms of day to day management of the space, there are a number of options including university faculty, graduate assistants, paid student workers or volunteers. This choice may be one that your university will make for you due to liability reasons. If volunteers are chosen as the primary way to manage the space, they should be fully trained in all relevant safety procedures.</span></span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-2f5e05c6-6208-a96b-741e-081fe91744bb"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The next consideration is who will have access to the space and when will they be able to access it. The Occupational and Safety Health Administration (OSHA) is a federal agency that is tasked with enforcing health and safety related legislation. This organization is able to shut down any facility if deemed a safety risk, so it is important to control <span data-scaytid="3" data-scayt_word="makerspace">makerspace</span> access. Only those who have received proper safety training should be able to access the <span data-scaytid="4" data-scayt_word="makerspace">makerspace</span>. Since training people may be an time consuming task, the “pay-it-forward” model can be used where in exchange for receiving safety training, a new member must train two new members. As far as when access is permitted, these time(s) should be decided in accordance with the available <span data-scaytid="5" data-scayt_word="makerspace">makerspace</span> “staff” and any other university rules. One possible option for restricting access to the space is an RFID door access system where student’s university ID card can be used to enter the space. This gives those who run the <span data-scaytid="6" data-scayt_word="makerspace">makerspace</span> the ability to give access to only those who have received all the training, limit the times they can enter the room and keep track of who uses the space.</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;">Other procedures that need to be established include opening and closing procedures, how to report and fix broken machinery, and how to order new supplies.</span><br />
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;">Once the <span data-scaytid="15" data-scayt_word="makerspace">makerspace</span> has been established, it is important get students involved with using the space. When first opening, hold opening/welcoming events and find ways to get exposure through social media or a student/local newspaper. After the opening, regular workshops, design challenges and certification classes (safety training, 3D printing certification) can be held to keep students involved. Web based tools such as <span data-scaytid="84" data-scayt_word="Eventbrite">Eventbrite</span> are great for keeping track of event attendance and <span data-scaytid="101" data-scayt_word="makerspace">makerspace</span> usage. Most importantly, the <span data-scaytid="132" data-scayt_word="makerspace">makerspace</span> should be opened to all of the university to foster innovation and collaboration.</span><br />
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= <span id="docs-internal-guid-ba11c5fd-6112-61e9-41b8-7faa676920b9"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Equipment/Resources:</span></span> =<br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-ba11c5fd-6112-61e9-41b8-7faa676920b9"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">A common problem in universities is that many of the tools and other resources need for a makerspace already exist on campus, but there is no open access to these resources or no collaboration between departments. It is important not to double up on equipment and staff, so if at all possible establish partnerships with departments to use their equipment.</span></span><br />
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<font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">To get you thinking about potential equipment, the Mason Innovation Exchange (MIX) has the following equipment (among other things).</span></font><br />
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'''<font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Equipment</span></font>'''<br />
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*<span style="font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">8 3-D printers</span><br />
*<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Laser engraver</span><br />
*<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sewing machine</span><br />
*<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Vinyl cutter</span><br />
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'''<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Other Resources</span>'''<br />
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*<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Fire extinguisher</span><br />
*<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Fume hood for soldering</span><br />
*<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">A group of friendly and welcoming students who want to help others</span><br />
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= <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; white-space: pre-wrap; line-height: 1.38; background-color: transparent;">Gathering Empirical Data:</span><br/> =<br />
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap; line-height: 1.38; background-color: transparent;">Whether you are convincing a jury or you are trying to convince stakeholders to offer their resources towards your project, having empirical data will be the key to your success. Having concrete data that shows that a makerspace is wanted and needed by the student body. Stakeholders need to have the ability to justify what they spend their budget on, and they are not going to do the research for you. Therefore being able to approach stakeholders with relevant, accurate and persuasive data will determine your success.</span><br/><span id="docs-internal-guid-ba11c5fd-6112-61e9-41b8-7faa676920b9"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">There are many ways to gather information about the interest of your student body towards your project and the effectiveness will differ based on campus culture. That being said here are a few ideas to get you started…</span></span><br />
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*<span id="docs-internal-guid-ba11c5fd-6112-61e9-41b8-7faa676920b9"><span style="font-size: 9.33333px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Start an emailing list.</span></span><br />
*<span id="docs-internal-guid-ba11c5fd-6112-61e9-41b8-7faa676920b9"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Start a Facebook page.</span></span><br />
*<span id="docs-internal-guid-ba11c5fd-6112-61e9-41b8-7faa676920b9"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Send out surveys.</span></span><br />
*<span id="docs-internal-guid-ba11c5fd-6112-61e9-41b8-7faa676920b9"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Talking with clubs.</span></span><br />
*<span id="docs-internal-guid-ba11c5fd-6112-61e9-41b8-7faa676920b9"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Hosting competitions.</span></span><br />
*<span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Add people to the emailing list by engaging with students around campus asking about their interest and asking </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">.</span></span><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">them to sign-up for the emailing list.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">By: [[ReidFuente|Reid Fuente]], Suzanne Dorsey, [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/User:DevinSpatz Devin Spatz], Cameron Crasto and [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/User:Zpatt Zach Patterson]</span></div>Zpatthttps://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=Resource:How_to_develop_a_makerspace:_from_proposal_to_production&diff=28630Resource:How to develop a makerspace: from proposal to production2016-01-21T13:32:54Z<p>Zpatt: </p>
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<div>= <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; white-space: pre-wrap; line-height: 1.38; background-color: transparent;">Introduction:</span> =<br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-ba11c5fd-6112-61e9-41b8-7faa676920b9"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">This article will provide you with the fundamentals on how to develop a makerspace from a proposal to production. Inspired by the success experienced by Jade Garret at George Mason University while starting the [http://business.gmu.edu/innovation/mason-innovation-lab/ Mason Innovation Exchange (MIX)], which was the first of its kind at her University. This article will discuss some the challenges and strategies to overcome them, so that you can effectively influence your campus.</span><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">&nbsp;</span></span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-ba11c5fd-6112-61e9-41b8-7faa676920b9"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Students need a makerspace in order to have a place to collaborate and bring projects to fruition with physical prototypes. Many times, resources and spaces that can be used to fulfill each of these needs is present at a university, but, they are often scattered with limited access and a high barrier to entry. Such was the case at George Mason. So, the goal is to fulfill the need for a space with resources to collaborate and work on projects in such a way that the space is centralized and is easy to access and use for students of all backgrounds.</span></span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-ba11c5fd-6112-61e9-41b8-7faa676920b9"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">There are several key levels of support required for an on campus makerspace. First of all, students must be interested. No administrator is going to allocate space and resources unless the demand for the space exists, along with a subset of students that can help manage it. Second, having a faculty or staff member who fully supports the project and who will stick his or her neck out for the space is extremely important, according to Jade. Finally, the space will most likely require the support of at least one administrator in order to obtain the necessary space and funding.</span></span><br />
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= <span id="docs-internal-guid-ba11c5fd-6112-61e9-41b8-7faa676920b9"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Proposal:</span></span> =<br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-2f5e05c6-61fd-6fe7-d6c1-51e484c30d1c"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When initially pitching a makerspace to facility and staff, it is important to have a proposal developed ahead of time. Having a proposal puts your idea into a tangible form which can easily be passed along to university faculty and staff. It may be useful to develop a proposal that has low end, midrange, and high end options. This method allows for potential collaborators and investors to understand what is required in terms of both money and resources to create a makerspace. Some proposal writing tips include discussing collaborations between departments and sustainability. By bringing in students, faculty, and staff from multiple departments, you can gain more support for your makerspace and more potential avenues for funding.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">An important aspect of the proposal is the value proposition of your makerspace. In other words, what value will this space serve to both the students and the university. A starting point here is that a makerspace will give students access to tools and technology that they didn't previously have. This can be value proposition can be expanded by offering examples of possible learning experiences, collaborations, and skills that can be made possible through the makerspace.</span><br />
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= <span id="docs-internal-guid-ba11c5fd-6112-61e9-41b8-7faa676920b9"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Funding:</span></span> =<br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-2f5e05c6-61ec-472b-3f3d-1663e0c1f032"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">One of the greatest challenges in creating a makerspace is securing funding. Fortunately, there are many potential sources of funding available within your university and externally. An initial resource is seeking funding from project stakeholders (department chairs, deans, upper university administration, etc.). Your stakeholders will already be familiar with the project and may know of other sources of funding in addition to what they can give to the project. Looking beyond the university, corporate sponsorship is a potential source of funding. Before approaching any companies, get in contact with the person at your university who is responsible from getting money from industry. This is extremely important as universities often have deals in the works with companies which could fall through as a result. Getting permission from your university deans and upper administration is strongly recommended before pursuing this avenue for funding. Other options for funding include starting a Kickstarter campaign, requesting funding from Venturewell ([https://venturewell.org/ https://venturewell.org/]), having a fundraiser (if permitted by your university) or by holding workshops/events that have a small entrance fee. No matter the source of funds, always be transparent and have proof that the funds went towards the intended cause.</span></span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-2f5e05c6-61f2-0b85-fb49-de4a5104ed66"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Once initial funding has been obtained, it is important to consider how the makerspace can be sustainable. Over time, equipment will need to be fixed or replaced and consumables (3D printer filament, markers, prototyping supplies, etc.) will need to be purchased. It is important to plan for these costs ahead of time and either budget them into your initial funding proposal or have a source of funding established for when these funds are needed. Also, it is okay to start small and then acquire more equipment and resources based on demand and usage. While it may be impressive to have multiple 3D printers, this is only cost effective if there is demand for multiple of the same machine.</span></span><br />
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= <span id="docs-internal-guid-ba11c5fd-6112-61e9-41b8-7faa676920b9"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Space Management:</span></span> =<br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-2f5e05c6-6208-a96b-741e-081fe91744bb"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Once a <span data-scaytid="1" data-scayt_word="makerspace">makerspace</span> facility has been established, it is important to consider how the space will be managed. The first thing to determine is who will be held liable for anything that goes wrong in the <span data-scaytid="2" data-scayt_word="makerspace">makerspace</span>. This person needs to be a faculty member at your university. In terms of day to day management of the space, there are a number of options including university faculty, graduate assistants, paid student workers or volunteers. This choice may be one that your university will make for you due to liability reasons. If volunteers are chosen as the primary way to manage the space, they should be fully trained in all relevant safety procedures.</span></span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-2f5e05c6-6208-a96b-741e-081fe91744bb"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The next consideration is who will have access to the space and when will they be able to access it. The Occupational and Safety Health Administration (OSHA) is a federal agency that is tasked with enforcing health and safety related legislation. This organization is able to shut down any facility if deemed a safety risk, so it is important to control <span data-scaytid="3" data-scayt_word="makerspace">makerspace</span> access. Only those who have received proper safety training should be able to access the <span data-scaytid="4" data-scayt_word="makerspace">makerspace</span>. Since training people may be an time consuming task, the “pay-it-forward” model can be used where in exchange for receiving safety training, a new member must train two new members. As far as when access is permitted, these time(s) should be decided in accordance with the available <span data-scaytid="5" data-scayt_word="makerspace">makerspace</span> “staff” and any other university rules. One possible option for restricting access to the space is an RFID door access system where student’s university ID card can be used to enter the space. This gives those who run the <span data-scaytid="6" data-scayt_word="makerspace">makerspace</span> the ability to give access to only those who have received all the training, limit the times they can enter the room and keep track of who uses the space.</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;">Other procedures that need to be established include opening and closing procedures, how to report and fix broken machinery, and how to order new supplies.</span><br />
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;">Once the <span data-scaytid="15" data-scayt_word="makerspace">makerspace</span> has been established, it is important get students involved with using the space. When first opening, hold opening/welcoming events and find ways to get exposure through social media or a student/local newspaper. After the opening, regular workshops, design challenges and certification classes (safety training, 3D printing certification) can be held to keep students involved. Web based tools such as <span data-scaytid="84" data-scayt_word="Eventbrite">Eventbrite</span> are great for keeping track of event attendance and <span data-scaytid="101" data-scayt_word="makerspace">makerspace</span> usage. Most importantly, the <span data-scaytid="132" data-scayt_word="makerspace">makerspace</span> should be opened to all of the university to foster innovation and collaboration.</span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-ba11c5fd-6112-61e9-41b8-7faa676920b9"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">A common problem in universities is that many of the tools and other resources need for a makerspace already exist on campus, but there is no open access to these resources or no collaboration between departments. It is important not to double up on equipment and staff, so if at all possible establish partnerships with departments to use their equipment.</span></span><br />
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<font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">To get you thinking about potential equipment, the Mason Innovation Exchange (MIX) has the following equipment (among other things).</span></font><br />
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*<span style="font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman';">8 3-D printers</span><br />
*<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Laser engraver</span><br />
*<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sewing machine</span><br />
*<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Vinyl cutter</span><br />
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*<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Fire extinguisher</span><br />
*<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Fume hood for soldering</span><br />
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap; line-height: 1.38; background-color: transparent;">Whether you are convincing a jury or you are trying to convince stakeholders to offer their resources towards your project, having empirical data will be the key to your success. Having concrete data that shows that a makerspace is wanted and needed by the student body. Stakeholders need to have the ability to justify what they spend their budget on, and they are not going to do the research for you. Therefore being able to approach stakeholders with relevant, accurate and persuasive data will determine your success.</span><br/><span id="docs-internal-guid-ba11c5fd-6112-61e9-41b8-7faa676920b9"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">There are many ways to gather information about the interest of your student body towards your project and the effectiveness will differ based on campus culture. That being said here are a few ideas to get you started…</span></span><br />
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*<span id="docs-internal-guid-ba11c5fd-6112-61e9-41b8-7faa676920b9"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Send out surveys.</span></span><br />
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*<span id="docs-internal-guid-ba11c5fd-6112-61e9-41b8-7faa676920b9"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Hosting competitions.</span></span><br />
*<span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Add people to the emailing list by engaging with students around campus asking about their interest and asking </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">.</span></span><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">them to sign-up for the emailing list.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">By: [[ReidFuente|Reid Fuente]], Suzanne Dorsey, [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/User:DevinSpatz Devin Spatz], Cameron Crasto and [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/User:Zpatt Zach Patterson]</span></div>Zpatt