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It is imperative that While Texas A&M University encourages, facilitates, and commences reach-outs for student-led innovation and entrepreneurship boasts a vast sum of resources in order to maintain their ability to provide innovative solutions to today’s challenging problems. An analysis of the Texas A&M University innovation and facilitate entrepreneurship landscape reveals that the university , its de facto accessibility is already home to many innovation and entrepreneurship-focused resources that can contribute lackluster due to developing the innovative and entrepreneurial capabilities sparse nature of all of students; however, most the manifestations of the resources are manifested in programs . While it may initially seem positive that are scattered across we have so many different departmentsfacilities and programs, it leads to confusion, especially for undergraduate students, and generally are not especially transparent creates an inhibitory effect on students who wish to venture into I&E. This leads to the stonewalling of many students. Thereforefrom taking initiative for an idea they may have, it is essential that Texas A&M brings innovative and entrepreneurial thinkingthis produces, in sum, as well as existing resourcesan unrecoverable loss in ideas, to the front-linesretardation of innovation evangelism, to develop its set of innovative and entrepreneurial leaders; by reaching out to students proactively and connecting them with limits entrepreneurship in general for the student body. It is imperative that the university's vast organizes the programs and resourcesin a manner that is intuitive, clear, our students will graduate as prepared agents of change and solutioneasily accessible. 

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'''<span style="font-size: medium;">Strategy #1</span>''': Gauge and increase the perceived value of innovation Website that is clear, concise, and entrepreneurship at Texas Aminimalistic.&M '''''<u>Tactic 1</u>nbsp;[[File:Bootstrap-resources-templates-05.jpg|thumb|Bootstrap-resources-templates-05.jpg]]'''''&nbsp;Conduct research to gauge the perceived value of innovation and entrepreneurship at Texas A&M

<li>(4/14) Meet with major stakeholders A student should be able to understand why innovation enter this website and entrepreneurship has not become a movement on campus yetbe overwhelmed by the structure.**[https://getmdl.io/ Material Design Lite]&nbsp;or [https://startbootstrap.<com/li>Bootstrap] is a feasible standard<li>**Short and easy URL (5/14tamuie.com, ie.tamu.edu, etc) Design *The website should be a survey portal that any student can use to gauge student understanding of innovation and entrepreneurship, as well as awareness of and need for innovation and entrepreneurship resourcesfind out more about I&E at TAMU.</li><li>(6/14) Collect survey data **Can be categorized by specific perks and create a report outlining perceived value benefits of innovation and entrepreneurshipeach program to match an individual student's needs[[File:Square.png|thumb|Square.png]]</li></ul>

<u>'''''Tactic 2:''. Increase collaboration amongst differnt I&E programs to decrease sparsity'''</u>&nbsp;Increase perceived value of innovation and entrepreneurship at Texas A&M<ul style="margin-left: 40px;"><li>(5/14) Create a marketing strategy (based on survey results) to increase perceived value and visibility of innovation and entrepreneurship resources on campus</li><li>(6/14) Implement marketing strategy to engage a large audience for existing lectures and competitions</li></ul>

'''<span style="font-size: medium;">Strategy #2</span>''': Increase student access *Need a way to potential resources showcase the separate efforts of innovation the I&E programs across campus*Need a way to keep track of events of all the different I&E programs into a single calendar*This is another centralization effort that enables students to enter the hub and entrepreneurship at Texas A&Mbecome familiarzed and aware of all of the different programs across campus

<u>#'''Demo Day at the end of the academic year''Tactic 1'''''</u>: Negotiate student access to existing innovation and entrepreneurship certificates

<li>(5/14) Meet with major stakeholders '''​'''This is to discuss possibility showcase all of opening up existing certificate program the events by selecting highlights</li><li>This can expose students or "viewers" to more than undergraduate business majors.the different programs and the roles they played in developing the projects</li><li>Next milestone will depend on the outcome Should decide between presentation style and science fair style</li><li>Aggressive marketing to ensure a large audience of described discussion.other I&E students and those who are potentially interested</li><li>PLAN:</li>

''<u>'''Tactic 2Proactive Outreach:'''</u>''&nbsp;Aggressively market Go to the innovation and entrepreneurship message to students through the creation , instead of a leadership team<ul style="margin-left: 40px;"><li>(5/14) Develop an application and competencies needed in waiting for the student leadership team.</li><li>(6/14) Recruit students (and faculty co-leaders) to market the message of innovation & entrepreneurship come to studentsus.</li><li>(7/14) Train recruited students on their role Outreach proactive search for student opinion and responsibilities (at least a one-semester commitment)feedback as well.</li><liu>(7/14) Invite guest lecturer (Spaces of Invention workshop) to “train” recruited The students about creating spaces (pop-up studios) for students.</li><li>(8/14) Trained students go out are our customers and we need to market the message engage with them and train other students vice versa, as well as providing an environment for them to do the same!connect amongst themselves.</li></ulu>'''

<u>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;2.&nbsp;'''''Tactic 1:''Increase proactive engagement with students to asess and address contemporary complaints/feedback'''</u>&nbsp;Build a maker space for students or determine how existing maker spaces can be influenced to incorporate student feedback on the space

<u>'''''Tactic 2*Cannot continue to proceed in a "directionless" pursuit of I&E at the university*The core of any such efforts should revolve around our students and their interests*To gauge these, we should have an open line of communication at all times*PLAN:'''''<*#Survery students within I&E community*#Survey students outside of I&E community*#Construct an open-line for feedback/u>complaints of I&E related activities*#Feed data into a sum and analyze&nbsp;Work with the Technology Transfer Office to develop student-friendly policies around inventions developed by students*#Discuss inherent issues of sum and construct plans or plan edits*#Iterate

<u>== '''​PROJECT C.O.A.C.H.''Tactic 3:'''''</u>&nbsp;Work with the Technology Transfer &nbsp;& Grant & Proposal Development Offices to develop workshops geared towards helping students take their technology to market==

'''*​I&E Advisor can be a student or faculty member dedicated to helping those who have just dipped their toes into I&E*PLAN:<span ol style="fontmargin-sizeleft: medium40px;">Strategy #6:&nbsp;</spanli>'''Renew ​'''Create portfolio of different I&E organizations/programs to be easily read and understood</li><li>Select a member in the entire university curriculum community, faculty or student, dedicated to using this portfolio to integrate innovation help students</li><li>Certify this individual</li><li>Have this individual's profile and entrepreneurial resources contact be put on the main I&E hub</li><li>Talk to other I&E programs and skills for all students at Texas Ahave their information streamlined to the advisor'''&nbsp; &nbsp;&Mnbsp;'''</li></ol>

These six strategies (*Coaches should not only be familiar with the startup process and more) may idea transformation, but should be used to bring innovative trained and entrepreneurial thinking and resources involved with several different I&E programs on campus in order to have the best knowledge base for students*PLAN:<ol style="margin-left: 40px;"><li>Identify a member of the local I&E community who is experienced with a good number of the programs</li><li>Else, so Texas Adefault to Startup Aggieland</li><li>Connect this individual to students and vice versa by expanding and advertising profile on I&M students can develop their capacities E hub</li><li>Monitor student feedback and asessment of individual to help coach learn to be innovative and entreprenurial in solving todaymore helpful</li><li>Let other I&E programs know about coach's problems and leading tomorrow's challenges!&nbsp;role as to easily streamline request for information to ensure that there is no bottleneck for the student entrepreneur</li></ol>

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[http://universityinnovation.org/Texas%20A%20%26%20M%20University%20Student%20Priorities <span style="font-size: small;">Texas A&M University Student Priorities: Part I<wiki/span>Momore_Adesanmi Momore Adesanmi]

[http://universityinnovation.org/%2FKanika%20Gakhar /Kanika_Gakhar]

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