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<span id="docs-internal-guid-a77508aa-4936-12bf-42dc-a3ba644850cf"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent">Engineers tend to be interested in innovation, but do not have an interest in entrepreneurship. They would rather pass this responsibility on to someone else. This separation of interests is not inherently problematic, as members of teams typically have different areas of expertise. Engineering and business students can have great success founding companies together. The issue on campus is that there is very little collaboration between these fields. Technical clubs and business clubs rarely interact.</span></span>

#<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Establish metrics (number of people attending each meeting, number of collaborations between different RSOs) and an online database to collect meeting minutes, which would help with continual validation of the Innovation Council</span>

Through our interviews and research for the University Innovation Fellowship (UIF) program, we identified multiple course offerings related to entrepreneurship and technology innovation. What we found, however, is that the number of engineering students taking these courses was very limited.

#Now that this is active, promote it so students. Sent emails advertising different entrepreneurship courses and how they can be used as breadth electives.&nbsp;

Through our interviews, we found that many students on campus have a fear of judgment. For example, students during a lecture will not answer questions even though they might know the answer. This happens because they fear being judged, in case they are wrong. This fear also seems to translate into not coming up and/or expressing new innovative ideas. The students fear that others may think their idea is silly or will not work. We think that an environment that allows students to express themselves would be helpful to promote flow of ideas and discussions.

#After the first successful 20,000 pitches day last spring, hold one again - make it a recurring event.&nbsp;

It is a known fact that environment has a large influence on students and the way they approach activities outside of the classroom. Focusing on the environment on campus, we believe that students need to be surrounded by peers that strive to do that same things they aim to do. Whether the goal is to excel in the classroom, to start a new Registered Student Organization (RSO), or to pursure groundbreaking research, we believe that we become the average of the top five people that we hang out with. To that end we would like to propose an initiative that would provide a space for students to immerse themselves among peers they want to be influenced by, in their area of interest. To do this, we will create a RSO that works as a "Think Tank". Students who join will come together every other week or so and try to solve real world problems. Students will be able to interact with others who have similar goals and who are also intellectually curious. This will also foster innovative thinking and idea creation.&nbsp;

#Adversties around campus and get students involved.&nbsp;

During our research for the University Innovation Fellowship (UIF) program, we realized that the Office of Economic Innovation and Partnerships (OEIP) primarily caters to the needs of faculty members and graduate students, when it comes to legal advice and support. While OEIP has supported a few undergraduate teams in the past, undergraduate students might benefit from a student-led law clinic. The idea would be to identify students who are interested in pursuing law as a career, and match them with students who need legal advice pertaining to filing a patent or establishing a startup, for example. This idea might provide guidance to students who may not completely understand the implications of patent violations and lawsuits, and might work as a preventive measures to avoid such a detrimental scenario. The idea is inspired by the concept established by [http://news.mit.edu/2015/support-students-business-cyber-law-0909 MIT and Boston University School of Law]. This would be a long term project.&nbsp;

#There are a littany of resources through the Venture Developement Center and the Horn Program - advertise their existence and get students to seek advice.&nbsp;

[[Jason Bamford|Jason Bamford]]

[[Ashutosh Khandha|Ashutosh Khandha]]

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