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There are many ways to get funds, among which some of the most common and feasible ways are asking help from alumni, getting sponsorship from companies and asks students and faculties for donations.
=== Tactic #1:Get help from the alumni association<br/> ===
The help from alumni seems to be easy money. But it definitely does not mean an easy approach. It is true that most of our alumni have affection for our school, but considering the difficulties to get to them will blow your head.
But there is one way that might be an option. To seek help from the alumni association. Write to them or simply step into their headquarters and talk to them if you are brave enough. Mostly if you make your point clear, they will support you without further ado.
=== Tactic #2:Get sponsorship from companies<br/> ===
Get sponsorship from companies. This is the most common way of getting funds. But it also takes a lot of hard work. There are many technics while we are trying to get sponsorships from them. The core tech will be how to get to their extension division officer let alone those phone numbers you can find with google.
=== Tactic #3:Ask donations from students and faculties<br/> ===
Ask donations from students and faculties from your school. Every dollar from a single individual count! The thing is how do you get your project widely recognized! Try to spread your spirit of the project via social networks and set up donation programs to get your money!
== Strategy #7 Improve I＆E Courses ==
=== Tactic #1: Pay more attention to practice<br/> ===
There are many courses related with I&E in the university. But we still lack practice. Students should not only be taught how to make innovations or establish their own entrepreneurship but also be given more opportunities to practice. For example, we can improve the courses by providing practice time every two weeks.
=== Tactic #2: Invite more distinguished guest to share experience ===
Those who have already made their way to innovations and entrepreneurships have quite a lot experience to share with students, for instance, famous alumni. By attending a sharing meeting or listening to lectures, students can get the firsthand information about the true I&E environment in the society. In this way, students can be more realistic about their projects, more enthusiastic about making their I&E, finally be better prepared to change the world.
== Strategy #8 Provide phased guidance of I&E ==
=== Tactic #1: Help students take the first step<br/> ===
There are many I&E competitions and programs held every year, but a large portion of students have never participated in such kind of activities. Many of them don’t even know about these great opportunities that can develop interest and skills, let alone ever take a try. What they need is a little guidance to get started. We plan to invite previous successful participants to share experience and hold training sessions targeting at each specific events, in order to prepare more people for their first try of I&E events.
=== Tactic #2: Further support for potential candidates<br/> ===
The university should provide further support for people with motivation, passion and potential, for example, those who performed well in a I&E competition. These people should be gathered in in sharing sessions to exchange ideas, and they can attend salons with senior students who have already taken a further step (e.g. who has a patent for invention or started a business). This phase of guidance enables them to open up their mind, getting valuable experience from their peers and senior students, and get ready generate their own I&E blueprints.
=== Tactic #3: Enhance alumni-student link<br/> ===
Once students start their business following their blueprints, the next phase of guidance is to help them establish connection with relevant alumni who can provide funding and opportunities. These alumni, in turn, may seek partnership among these excellent students, so establishing such link is a win-win.
== Strategy #9 Laboratory researches combined with I&E ==
=== Tactic #1: Different roles in the labs ===
That is, a small number of students are allowed to enter the laboratory for the purpose of I&E, and their research level and energy input are allowed to be relatively reduced, but there are additional research requirements and regular reports needed for the appraisals of the I&E.
=== Tactic #2: Encourage students to go into the enterprise ===
Provide lab students with more opportunities to communicate with the R&D department of the company, so that students can understand the current level of technology and industry needs in the market, and thus inspire their own research work, or find new research directions.
=== Tactic #3: Technology Entrepreneur Salon ===
Inviting technology entrepreneurs in the Zhejiang University to discuss the needs and trends of industry technology from the perspective of management and entrepreneurs, and inspire students to think about issues from different angles.
== Strategy #10 Build a platform to break the information asymmetry in I&E in the campus ==
=== Tactic #1: Build a platform to collect & share information concerning I&E ===
In ZJU, a considerable number of activities concerning promoting participants’ innovation and creativity are held on annual base. But what really mattes for students is that they are not effectively connected and well understood the function and specific aim end of the activities or simply missed them. Thus a platform shall be build to break the as-symmetry between I&E activity organizer and students. What is more, the platform shall also collect examples and give more illustrations to convince students why they should take part in instead of just posting a piece of signing-up sheet on the website.
=== Tactic #2: Ideas-change platform & community-building ===
As showed in Tactic #1, I&E activity like I&E competition provides students with a platform to achieve their great ideas. But it is not available all the time. Thus we can have a platform which students can share their views and ideas on I&E and other creative activities, even organize activities themselves, thus building a community concerning I&E.
=== Tactic #3: Open the door of official to support to turn ideas into practice ===
As my teammates has shown in their ideas, a phased guidance of I&E will help students to connect their ideas to practice, an idea or technology may be discussed in the platform as I have mentioned. And if the participants consider their idea practical, the school office may open a door to them and asses the possibility of success. If they finds it also a great idea, they may provide necessary aid for students to make it real.
= Related Links =
[[Zhejiang University]]
<br/>'''University Innovation Fellows'''
Fall 2016:
[[Yiwen Wang|Yiwen_Wang]]
[[Yaxin PENG|Yaxin_PENG]]
[[Qinfeng LI|Qinfeng_LI]]
[[Linen YU|Linen_YU]]
before:
[[Tian Tang|Tian_Tang]]
[[Qi Chen|Qi_Chen]]
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