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<span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">'''<span style="font-size:x-large;">Overview </span>'''</span>
<span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-e51d639c-90b7-09b0-ea35-e29e6ad45251"><span style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">George Mason University has been taking great strides to support Innovation and Entrepreneurship on campus. So far, there are multiple organization and spaces open for students.</span></span></span><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-e51d639c-90b7-09b0-ea35-e29e6ad45251"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">MIX (Mason Innovation Exchange)</span></span></span><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-e51d639c-90b7-09b0-ea35-e29e6ad45251"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Opening this October, The MIX will act as a open space for both Mason Students and the local community (on weekends) to have access to equipment such as 3D printers, microcontroller library and much more.</span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-e51d639c-90b7-09b0-ea35-e29e6ad45251"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This space is student-run and also will host competitions and workshops.</span></span></span></li></ul></li><li><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-e51d639c-90b7-09b0-ea35-e29e6ad45251"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Innovation Lab</span></span></span><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-e51d639c-90b7-09b0-ea35-e29e6ad45251"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Run by the School of Business, Innovation Lab is a 2 month program that helps students and alumni develop a focused business plan and a MVP (Minimum Viable Product)</span></span></span></li></ul></li><li><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-e51d639c-90b7-09b0-ea35-e29e6ad45251"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Startup Mason</span></span></span></li></ul>
Making short pitches in business and engineering courses is the most direct way to engage with students and advertise I&E opportunities around campus. A simple and effectivep pitch is a cheap but powerful tool. Our fellows do have limited time and scheduling visits with professors must be done well in advance.
<span style="font-size:x-large;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">'''Strategy 2: Introduce new Course (or improve existingzero-credit to start)Course '''</span></span>
<span style="font-size:medium;">Innovation requires collaboration. Creating and running a company requires brining in diverse skill sets to complete a variety of different tasks. Why keep students within their respective schools for most of their college careers then?</span>
<span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:large;">'''Task 1: Meet with relevant groups and departments'''</span></span>
'''<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif;">Task 2: Recruit members</span></span>'''
'''<span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">Task 3: Draft proposal to send to Provost and departments</span></span>'''
'''<span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">Task 4: Pound the pavement and use school networks to assemble client list</span></span>'''
'''<span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">Task 5: Seek out partnerships - Google Partners, establish Google Developers Group </span></span>'''
'''<span style="font-sizefamily:largetahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-familysize:tahoma,geneva,sans-seriflarge;">Task 96: Look for office space/physical location for operationsDevelop school hackathon </span></span>'''
'''<span style="font-size:x-large;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">Strategy 5: Create I&E Living and Learning Community (LLC)</span></span>'''
<br/><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">George Mason has a Business and Economics living and learning community for freshman. Expanding this to incorporate other years and a more entrepreneurial curriculum/atmoshper will allow students at various levels and backgrounds to become involved in our growing I&E environment. Students at various experience levels can mentor the younger members, and the multidisciplinary approach will allows the program to be much more comprehensive - from idea generation, construction, and depolyment. </span></span>
'''<span style="font-size:x-large;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">Strategy 6: Mason I&E Fellows/ University Innovation Freshman</span></span>'''
'''<span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">Task 1: Develop guidelines/curriculum - mission statement</span></span>'''
'''<span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">Task 2: Develop projects and initiatives for students to pursue </span></span>'''
'''<span style="font-size:x-large;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">Strategy 7Task 2: Advertise in specific courses</span></span>'''
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