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'''Spark SC '''serves as the main entrepreneurship, innovation, and tech student organization campus. They ignite innovation by empowering students to develop their entrepreneurial potential and by fostering collaboration within the USC and Los Angeles community. Spark does this by exposing USC students of all majors and backgrounds to entrepreneurial thinking and innovative problem solving, giving students the confidence to pursue their entrepreneurial endeavors, contributing to the growing momentum of Los Angeles entrepreneurship, and connecting industry leaders and experienced entrepreneurs to the USC community.
'''LavaLab '''is another student organization on USC's campus that promote the entrepreneurship ecosystem. They are a student-run, product incubator where every semester, a new cohort of visionary designers, developers, and project managers build tomorrow’s startups, today. In LavaLab, students get the opportunity to ideate, design, and execute their ideas in an actual startup format. At the end of the semester, teams in LavaLab pitch to industry venture capitalists for the chance to get feedback and potential funding on their projects.
'''The Center for Technology Commercialization''' (CTC) at USC Marshall School of Business has several innovation and entrepreneurship programs for students. *'''MBA Commercialization Teams''': Through '''''the Technology Feasibility Course''''', '''''the Ideas Empowered Program''''', and by special request from researchers, CTC recruits MBA students to join researchers to conduct technology/market roadmaps, feasibility studies, and business design. *'''Internships''': Graduate and undergraduate students can apply for internships in startups through CTC’s partnership with '''''the Business Technology Center''''' of the County of Los Angeles, and with USC alumni.
'''The Entrepreneurship and Venture Management''' concentration at USC Marshall School of Business provides students with a thorough grounding in the business skills needed to start or manage a rapidly growing business. The courses offered not only give students the skills to excel in established industry roles; they also give the students the ability to spot and take full advantage of opportunities in small firms.
The'''Technology Commercialization''' concentration at USC Marshall School of Business prepares students to work in a variety of careers associated with technology commercialization. These include managing technology development projects; intellectual property or project portfolio; consulting to companies seeking to derive new revenue streams off archived IT; consulting to companies in the areas of technology and market feasibility; and managing commercialization effort. In addition, the concentration prepares the entrepreneur to take a technology from idea to market with in-depth and real-world knowledge of the technology commercialization process.
'''The USC Entrepreneurship Club''' (eClub) helps students learn about entrepreneurship and launch their companies or ideas outside of the classroom, regardless of their major. For over a decade, the organization has served as an entrepreneurship hub for students and alumni. The eClub is also committed to organizing highly valuable and innovative events, while creating a support structure of resources, networks, and opportunities for startup and existing businesses.
<div><div id="edn2">Krisztina “Z” Holly:</div><div id="edn3">CTC Opportunities for Students:</div><div id="edn4">Entrepreneurship & Tech Transfer Program:</div><div id="edn5">The eClub:</div><div id="edn6">USC Student Innovator Showcase and Competition:</div><div id="edn7">The Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies:</div><div id="edn8">The James H. Zumberge Research and Innovation Fund:</div><div id="edn9">AMI USC:</div><div id="edn10">Center for Technology Commercialization:</div><div id="edn11">The Ideas Empowered Program:</div><div id="edn12">USC – JNJ Translational Innovation Partnership Program:</div><div id="edn13">USC Impact: Source: "The Innovative and Entrepreneurial University: Higher Education, Innovation & Entrepreneurship in Focus", Department of Commerce, October 2013.</div></div><br/><br/>
=Related Links=
[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_Southern_California University of Southern California Page]
[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/University_of_Southern_California_Student_Priorities University of Southern California Student Priorities Page]
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