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<font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14.3999996185303px;">The </span></font><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px;">University Innovation Fellows at</span><span style="font-size: 14.3999996185303px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> Illinois Institute of Technology have discovered ample opportunities to advance our culture and services of innovation and entrepreneurship. Our current 2020 leadership circle of five hold a variety of backgrounds and majors, an advantage that reveals itself in the variety of strategic plans presented below. Informed by our work through the Landscape Canvass, a tool to evaluate the presence and distribution of innovative and entrepreneurial offerings at our university, we have developed the following strategies to nurture the creative potential of our campus.</span>
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= <span id="docs-internal-guid-9125b343-397b-0dab-9441-3e9e9db5343e"><span style="font-size: 25px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">2020 Strategies</span></span><br/> =
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=== <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 20px; font-weight: normal; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Team Leader: Pranav Nair</span><span><span style="font-size: 23px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;"> </span></span> ===
=== <span id="docs-internal-guid-9125b343-397b-0dab-9441-3e9e9db5343e"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Why:</span></span> ===
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<li><span style="color:#000000;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9125b343-397b-0dab-9441-3e9e9db5343e"><span style="font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Illinois Tech Startup stories and innovations do not get enough attention. Illinois Tech currently lacks recognition among in the Chicago startup communityI&E ecosystem</span></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="color:#000000;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9125b343-397b-0dab-9441-3e9e9db5343e"><span style="font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Every school has their pool of ambitious and motivated students, and the more we can spread that contagious spirit across campuses, the more likely students will be unafraid to take risks There is no existing active relationship between Illinois Tech I&E student groups and try something. “If they can do it, why can’t other university's I?”&E Groups</span></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="color:#000000;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9125b343-397b-0dab-9441-3e9e9db5343e"><span style="font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Rather than focusing on entrepreneur’s achievements, we want There is a lack of opportunity for entrepreneurs in Chicago to focus on their legacy give back to the community: enterprise, dreams and innovation. How will these entrepreneurs inspire the next generation of entrepreneurs? Illinois Tech students </span></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="color:#000000;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9125b343-397b-0dab-9441-3e9e9db5343e"><span style="font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">The more students figure out how to dream and discover their innovation spirit, the more they will be willing to tackle tough challenges and believe in their passions </span></span></span></li><li><span style="color:#000000;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9125b343-397b-0dab-9441-3e9e9db5343e"><span style="font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">If they develop deeper networks within chicago, then they will have more people to help with startup ideas/more resources to help them Illinois Tech Students don't see entrepreneurship as a successful career path </span></span></span></li>
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