= Overview =
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<span style="font-size:small"><span id="docs-internal-guid-6606fdbc-37e3-f521-aa73-b9b391315927"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">At the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee there has been a steady build in what we call the “Innovation Engine”. In 2012, senior leadership at UWM set a plan in motion to ignite this innovation engine and since then it has been steadily burning while gaining momentum and attracting the masses. This movement began when the past Chancellor of UWM, Dr. Michael Lovell, - then the Dean of the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences (CEAS), who - began forging industry partnerships with such local companies such as Ansys, General Electric Healthcare, Rockwell Automation, and Johnson Controls. As a result of these partnerships, new research opportunities began to flourish and the . The engineering faculty as a whole acted as first followers as they began collaborating in redesigned laboratories, state-of-the-art technical facilities, and through engaged in revolutionary classroom instruction. This garnered much interest and support throughout the school and the effects reverberate through the senior leadership and the then Dean of CEAS, Dr. Mark Mone, who later became the Chancellor of the university. Since Chancellor Lovell has left, a new Chancellor has been named, Dr. Mark Mone. Dr. Mone also serves as the former Chancellor's Designee for Strategic Planning and Campus Climate. In his cabinet-level role as chancellor’s designee, Dr. Mone works worked with the campus’ senior leadership, governance groups, and all stakeholders to develop UWM’s 2020 strategic plan, and develop and implement campus-level programs to improve the organizational climate.</span></span></span>
<span style="font-size:small"><span>To further grow the innovation engine, individual faculty sprouted up throughout stepped in from various departments, first . First through the business school, was Dr. Kanti Prasad, then the Peck School of the Art Arts with Dr. Kim Beckman, and followed by the CEAS/ UWM Research Foundation through Brian Thompson. Through outside investments, Dr. Prasad created through outside investments the Sheldon B Lubar, New Venture Business Plan Competition, where teams of students could develop business plans in competition to winning win initial seed funds used to start their companies. Dr. Beckman, developed an artistic showcase through multiple artistry-centric courses where students can develop ideas to showcase in a public “maker space” that the University owns. Lastly, Thompson organized, taught, and runs the Innovation and Commercialization class. It was at this time, that the Innovation Engine began to appeal to a new market...students.</span></span>
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<span style="font-size:small"><span id="docs-internal-guid-6606fdbc-37e6-df3b-8586-cd79138f1388"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">As participation PArticipation in these innovative activities sky-rocketedgrew quickly, and the need for more activities came became apparent. The next was Thus began the Scheinfeld Entrepreneur Fund, which was another business plan competition out of specific to students from the school Lubar School of businessBusiness. Additionally, momentum in the engineering and art schools began to rise and as Dr. Ilya Avdeev and Dr. Nathaniel Stern professors from each school respectively, created a course, called Product Realization, where students focus less on the business plans and more on developing their business prototypes by working with real industry partners. By this time, it has been about 2 or 3 years, and in In 2012, the various groups on campus along with the University senior leadership initiated a movement to ensure success. They all came together under the were led by faculty support of members Brian Thompson, Ilya Avdeev, Nathaniel Stern, and Michael Hostad to create the campus -wide inclusive Student Startup Challenge. This is the universities premiere student accelerator that focuses on developing student businesses while utilizing the lean startup methodologies and focuses on developing products and talking with customers. This competition not only solidified the innovation engine on campus but it also poured more gas on a pervading flame brought many groups and resources together by allowing the entire university, students, and faculty alike to take some sort of ownership or affiliation with the Student Startup Challenge through candidates that work to develop prototypes, quick pitches, and develop business models from research or individuals’ ideas from all departments of the university. '''Today, the student startup challenge has grown from funding 3 teams to 8 teams and still more in this following year.'''</span></span></span>
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<span style="font-size:small"><span id="docs-internal-guid-6606fdbc-37e7-8eeb-b47e-364134c7f429"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">There are new classes each semester catering towards entrepreneurship and student participation is at an all time high with three widely active student organizations : Collegiate Entrepreneur’s Organization (CEO), American Marketing Association (AMA), and Prototyping Club, the on-campus makerspace club. Additionally, there are many smaller , more niche student organizations that are entrepreneurially focused , such as the video game design organization or and the Society of American Engineers (SAE). The UWM Research Foundation has expanded its entrepreneurial initiatives by hiring their first ever Entrepreneur-in-Residence and UWM has been named as a Pathway School with three Innovation Fellow candidates. The innovation engine does not stop here, - UWM is determined to ensure ever lasting change by committing to collaboration and innovation by opening a brand new innovation campus about 15 miles west of the main campus that focuses on developing a world-class, public-private research park that spurs strong and enduring partnerships between academia and industry leading . The goal is to develop new products, spin off businesses, workforce development and jobs in the fields of healthcare informatics, biomedical engineering, and advanced manufacturing & energy.</span></span></span>
<span style="font-size:small;">In 2018, the construction of the Lubar Entrepreneurship Center (LEC) began. This The center was started from a lead gift from Marianne and Sheldon Lubar. This 24,000-square-foot facility was a space designed for co-working/collaboration, flexible instruction, innovation labs, makerspaces, and launch space. This will The LEC allow students and entrepreneurs to meet informally to share ideas along with providing resources for prototyping and learning. The building will complete its construction in Spring 2019 and will be open to the public. The center will help , helping to transform UWM's entrepreneurial role in the Milwaukee region by expanding the entrepreneurship programs in the Lubar School of Business.</span>
<br/>'''University Innovation Fellow Candidates:'''
<br/>Fall 2021- Allyn Lottouzee, Antonina Johnston, Rudi Marciniak, Manny Garmendez, Ariel Pershman Fall 2019 - Caleb Marks, Grace Rogers, Elizabeth Gallagher, Collin Roberts Fall 2018 - Kaitlyn Jankowski, Justin Davis, Mitchell Merz, Ilian Iliev
Spring 2018 - Madeline Horinek
= Innovation and Entrepreneurship on Campus =
== Promoting student innovation Student Innovation and entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship ==
Students showcase their involvement in entrepreneurship through three key student organizations: Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization, American Marketing Association, and Student Entrepreneurship Startup Organization. In addition to these opportunities students now have access to the Prototyping Club at UWM, which was founded in the Spring of 2017. This club focuses on using design thinking and the innovation process to create projects as a club, or encourage individual inventions. The Prototyping Club helps to oversee the Makerspace in the Engineering Mathematics and Science Building at UWM, and many of their projects involve the space or using the tools in it. The Business School hosts the Scheinfeld Entrepreneur Fund, which is another business plan competition and they provide seed capital for promising student startups. The other major initiative is the campus wide, multidisciplinary, collaborative Student Startup Challenge, that helps students formulate teams in hopes of developing a prototype and launching a business. This challenge also provides seed capital to budding student entrepreneurs.
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At the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee student innovation and entrepreneurship has been the foundation for our new Lubar Entrepreneurship Center. Opening in Spring 2019, the state-of-the-art entrepreneurship center will be in a 24,000 sq. ft. facility providing Innovation Labs, Makerspaces, Touchdown, and Launch SpaceSpaces. Spanning over multiple education disciplines, the center will create a focal point for entrepreneurship education on the UWM campus.
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== Encouraging faculty innovation Faculty Innovation and entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship ==
<span style="font-size:small"><span id="docs-internal-guid-6606fdbc-37f1-713d-a1b9-9e507459670e"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">At the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee innovation and entrepreneurship are encouraged within their , faculty and staff. Faculty are urged to forge partnerships with local businesses to collaborate on research projects and develop new technologies. The UWM Research Foundation is an auxiliary resource for the university and the catalyst on campus for faculty innovation. The goals of with the UWM-RF is goal to provide opportunities for faculty and staff to gain venture funding, develop intellectual property, form a business unit, and truly go out and create a business. The UWM Research Foundation has created a set of programs designed to bridge the gap between research and commercialization. These programs target a range of activities from early discovery through commercialization. The Research Fellows Program provides grants to graduate students over and above other types of support; these "kicker grants" help UWM faculty in key areas to attract and retain the best and brightest students who play a critical role in their research programs. The Catalyst Grant Program provides seed funding to research projects with high potential for return on investment - through commercialization or ability to attract funding from other sources. The objective with faculty entrepreneurs is also to promote corporate partnerships and startup companies in hopes that they can commercialize ideas as they reach later stages of maturity. Underlying all of these activities is the management of intellectual property - which including assessing ideas, protecting intellectual property through patents and copyrights as well as licensing activities.</span></span></span>
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<span style="font-size:small"><span id="docs-internal-guid-6606fdbc-37f6-7ccf-eed7-fbabd90b62d7"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">UWM Research Foundation: Brian Thompson (President, briant@uwmfdn.org); Carlton Reeves (Entrepreneur in Residence, reevescj@uwmfdn.org)</span></span></span>
<span style="font-size:small"><span id="docs-internal-guid-6606fdbc-37f6-7ccf-eed7-fbabd90b62d7"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">UWM Director of Web and Mobile Strategy: intermMark Jacobson (markj@uwm.edu)</span></span></span>
== Faculty and Student Collaboration ==
== UWM Innovators Expo ==
<span style="font-size:small"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9f0baffb-36f4-380e-aa95-17e4d91261f1"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent">An all campus event that showcases all “Innovators, Creators, and Entrepreneurs” on the UWM Campus. It serves as an end of the year celebration</span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap; font-size: small;">for these people to be the main event for the campus to see the research, programs, startups, student orgs, contest winners, and support among the innovation ecosystem.</span>
<span style="font-size:small"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9f0baffb-36f4-380e-aa95-17e4d91261f1"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent">University of Wisconsin Milwaukee i</span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap; font-size: small; background-color: transparent">s a large campus with a big innovation ecosystem that includes many initiatives. We wanted to find a way that all of these people, orgs, programs could be represented in one evening so the community surrounding UWM can survey see what our University has been doing.</span>
<span style="font-size:small"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9f0baffb-36f4-380e-aa95-17e4d91261f1"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent">The Innovators Expo is also important for the UWM community to be exposed to other components on campus. The business, engineering, freshwater science’s, art and more all have some innovation and entrepreneurial activities happening. The event is a seed that has been planted, hoping to grow within an active entrepreneurial and innovative ecosystem leading up to programing and events to be housed in the new Lubar Center for Entrepreneurship on campus.</span></span></span>
<span style="font-size:small"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9f0baffb-36f4-380e-aa95-17e4d91261f1"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent">Supported</span></span></span>
<span style="font-size:small"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9f0baffb-36f4-380e-aa95-17e4d91261f1"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent">The event is made possible by Sheldon B. Lubar School of Business, UWM Research Foundation, Student Startup Challenge, and University Innovation Fellows. Each entity kicks in funds to support while and the Fellows put in sweat equity.</span></span></span> <span style="font-size:small"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9f0baffb-36f4-380e-aa95-17e4d91261f1"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent">Who Showcased</span></span></span> <span style="font-size:small"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9f0baffb-36f4-380e-aa95-17e4d91261f1"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent">There were five teams that represented the I-Corps program and seven from Student Startup Challenge. Two teams from our Design and Visual Communications program, four from the business school, one national team winners of the maker’s competition, and one from Big Idea Tournament. In addition to winners, there were five student organizations, one entity called the App Brewery and a high school group Student Startup Challenge has partnered with through the year. The Lubar School of Business and the UWM Research Foundation also had tables to showcase their winners.</span></span></span> <span style="font-size:small"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9f0baffb-36f4-380e-aa95-17e4d91261f1"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent">Panther Bucks</span></span></span> <span style="font-size:small"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9f0baffb-36f4-380e-aa95-17e4d91261f1"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent">While at the event, guests were given fake money worth three million PantherBucks. Their duty was to invest in ideas they felt were “good.” All money could be given to one team or split up among teams. The winner with most money in their box at the end of the night is the winning PantherBuck winner and receives a real $100.</span></span></span> <span style="font-size:small"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9f0baffb-36f4-380e-aa95-17e4d91261f1"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent">Name Badges</span></span></span> <span style="font-size:small"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9f0baffb-36f4-380e-aa95-17e4d91261f1"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent">Each exhibitor and special guest that came to the event was given a laser cut wood badge with the the event logo cut out. The badges were designed by one UIF, Nicole Green and 70 badges were cut by another UIF, Alex Francis.</span></span></span> <span style="font-size:small"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9f0baffb-36f4-380e-aa95-17e4d91261f1"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent">Laser cutting parameters:</span></span></span> <span style="font-size:small"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9f0baffb-36f4-380e-aa95-17e4d91261f1"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent">⅛” Basswood (we used 8” x 24” sheets)</span></span></span> <span style="font-size:small"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9f0baffb-36f4-380e-aa95-17e4d91261f1"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent">35 W Laser cutter settings:</span></span></span> <span style="font-size:small"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9f0baffb-36f4-380e-aa95-17e4d91261f1"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent">In addition to the badges, people that were attendees of the event were able to fill out a written name tag that had printed with the logo and event branding.</span></span></span>
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<span style="font-size:small"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9f0baffb-36f5-8362-e964-5d396d18fd0e"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent">Short Program</span></span></span>
<span style="font-size:small"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9f0baffb-36f5-8362-e964-5d396d18fd0e"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent">Key stakeholders on campus for innovation and entrepreneurship spoke speak about their support for the ecosystem. These stakeholders included include Pathways members Ilya Avdeev and Brian Thompson as well as the UWM Chancellor Mark Mone, and business school dean Kanti Prasad. Their insights and discussions showcased showcase entrepreneurial activity on campus, competitions, new startups, and building activities for a the brand new entrepreneurship center.</span></span></span><div>''<span style="font-size:small"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9f0baffb-36f6-1b61-d854-dd2d0f8f2734"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent">Organizing Expoers</spandiv></span></spandiv>''
<span style="font-size:small"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9f0baffb-36f636f5-1b618362-d854e964-dd2d0f8f27345d396d18fd0e"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent">It took a lot effort, if not the most stress of it all, to organize all the presenters.Innovating Innovation</span></span></span>
<span style="font-size:small"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9f0baffb-36f636f5-1b618362-d854e964-dd2d0f8f27345d396d18fd0e"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent">We had to get all For the participants names (2020-2021 school year, this Innovation Expo went virtual due to be etched on the wood name badge), emails and other important details like novel COVID-19 pandemic. MAde possible through the name innovation of their startupStudent Startup Challenge Entrepreneur Ross Younger, short description, logo. We participants and guests were also very persistent about confirming their participation. The organizing team found that it was best led through a virtual tour to have participants fill out a google form for all of this informationdifferent posters throughout the "LEC."</span></span></span><div></div></div>
<span style="font-size:small"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9f0baffb-36f6-1b61-d854-dd2d0f8f2734"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent">When discussing details Connecting Startups with the presenters, we stressed the importance that they “own their space.” Each participant was given a four foot table space and they were advised to bring computer monitors, posters, displays and so on. While planning the space, it was important to know if a participant was expecting a space near an electrical outlet.</span></span></span><br/><span style="font-size:small"><span idFunding ="docs-internal-guid-9f0baffb-36f6-1b61-d854-dd2d0f8f2734"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent">Pre-Meeting (Pop-Up)</span></span></span>
<span style="font-size:small"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9f0baffb-36f6-1b61-d854-dd2d0f8f2734"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent">A counsel will be helping students looking for funding to create start ups. Students will be able to view different funding options available with deadlines for the year. Students will be able to select different funding options they are interested in applying for. The organizational team planned a meeting for all student will submit their interest through the participantssite. It went over details of The counselor will reach out to the night, set up student with a meeting time, to discuss how to best apply and expectations. Additionally we hosted a Pop-Up class which is a platform we have established at UWM. They are two hour classes open what materails to bring to anyone focused on startup/entrepreneurial topics. After the expectation portion of the meeting, our Pop-Up commenced focusing on large crowd showcasing.</span></span></span><br/><span style="font-size:small"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9f0baffb-36f6-1b61-d854-dd2d0f8f2734"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent">Setup and Preparation</span></span></span> <span style="font-size:small"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9f0baffb-36f6-1b61-d854-dd2d0f8f2734"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent">On During the day of eventmeeting, the space was open counselot will be able to all of guide the expoers student as to come and set up their space the way where they would like. The setup began at 1 and open until 4:30pm. Someone who was “in charge” of are in the event was there throughout start up development to what funding makes the duration of the setup time. </span></span></span><div><span style="font-size:small"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9f0baffb-36f6-85e4-1928-8f0fbf143cde"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent">Final Thoughts</span></span></span><span style="font-size:small"><span id="docs-internal-guid-9f0baffb-36f6-85e4-1928-8f0fbf143cde"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; backgroundmost sense for them -color: transparent">This event was impressive. This event was definitely a highlight for does the UWM community for all stakeholders. We learned that we needed student need to adjust have a few things, but overallbusiness plan pulled to gether, it was or merely a successful eventproduct to pitch to apply to different funding.</span></span></span></div></div></div> = Actively supporting the university technology transfer function = <span style="font-size:small"><span id="docs-internal-guid-6606fdbc-37f8-6786-3954-e69115a3ec5e"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">The Technology Transfer Office at UWM helps faculty members spin off research projects into new ventures while striving counselor will be able to make the entire commercialization process easier and painless. While both the goal of the Technology Transfer Office and the UWM Research Foundation is connect or guide students to make the management of intellectual property such as assessing ideas, protecting intellectual property through patents and copyrights as well as licensing activities as clear cut and simple as possible. Beyond the legal services, the Technology Transfer Office and the UWM Research Foundation also provide one-other resources on-one mentoring where faculty can undergo business model canvas sessions, utilize lean startup methodologies, and work with the UWM-RF Entrepreneur-in-Residence to flush out their potential business for campus if their research. The doing all of this the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee realized that it pitch is important that they quantify the stages of their intellectual property and focus on gaining patents and copyrights, with a real goal of procuring license agreements.</span></span></span>needing development prior to applying
= Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration =
<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-6606fdbc-37fd-231e-1030-6a9902d77cbb"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">UWM’s Innovation Campus takes advantage of both these areas of strength by offering a place for partnership and proximity to encourage entrepreneurship, while also providing ways for technology businesses to expand and remain competitive.</span></span></span></span>
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= Teaching Innovation =
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== Classes that Utilize the Start-up Mentality ==
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In order to compete in the economy of the 21st century, successful engineers and business leaders must not only understand technology, but they must also understand the process of bringing ideas to market. Innovation is the process of developing ideas and bringing those ideas to market. This course covers the basics of innovation and commercialization – the process of moving concepts from the idea stage to successful products and services in the marketplace. This course will draw on “lean launch” methodologies used in early-stage business formation (including the business model canvas, the customer discovery process and rapid iteration around a minimum viable product – MVP), and it will offer a taste of “design thinking”. In addition, this course will develop specific content areas and skills useful in engineering and technology ventures for both early stage and later stage businesses including intellectual property, venture finance, and financial modeling. The skills developed in this course are intended to be valuable to an individual launching their own business as well as to individuals who want to excel in existing enterprises large and small.
'''Entrepreneurship Certificate'''
As you advance in your career, you’ll need to be an entrepreneurial thinker. New ideas and innovation are what help companies grow. Whether you want to launch your own business, work in a smaller firm, or even work in a large competitive company, it’s important that you understand what it takes to develop an idea, product, or process into a new business or to help an existing company expand.
Entrepreneurship Certificate students gain the knowledge and skills needed to assess new business opportunities, obtain financial resources, market and start new ventures, and manage entrepreneurial ventures for growth and profitability. As part of the certificate program, you will develop a business plan and present it to faculty and entrepreneurs for feedback, giving you a real flavor of what it takes to get a business off the ground.
The certificate is '''open to all undergraduate business and non-business majors''', and to students who have previously earned a bachelor’s degree from UWM or any accredited college or university.
'''Entrepreneurship Certificate Coursework (15 credits)'''
'''Required courses (12 credits):'''
BUS ADM 447 Entrepreneurship<br/>BUS ADM 458 Venture Finance<br/>BUS ADM 466 Business to Business Sales and Marketing<br/>BUS ADM 492 Business Modeling of New Ventures
'''Students choose at least one additional course from the following (3 credits):'''
BUS ADM 380 Introduction to Real Estate<br/>BUS ADM 444 Human Resources Management<br/>BUS ADM 450 Intermediate Finance<br/>BUS ADM 462 Marketing Research<br/>BUS ADM 465 International Marketing<br/>BUS ADM 467 Marketing Seminar<br/>BUS ADM 490 Entrepreneur Internship<br/>BUS ADM 495 Special Topics in Business – (Entrepreneurial topics)
''Non-business students completing the certificate will need to complete additional coursework:''
ECON 103 Principles of Microeconomics<br/>ECON 104 Principles of Macroeconomics<br/>BUS ADM 201 Introduction to Financial Accounting<br/>BUS ADM 210 Introduction to Management Statistics<br/>BUS ADM 330 Organizations<br/>BUS ADM 350 Principles of Finance<br/>BUS ADM 360 Principles of Marketing
The [https://catalog.uwm.edu/business/entrepreneurship-undergraduate-certificate/#requirementstext most up-to-date requirements] and [https://catalog.uwm.edu/courses/bus_adm/ course descriptions] can be found in the [https://catalog.uwm.edu/ Undergraduate Catalog.]
== <span id="docs-internal-guid-6606fdbc-380d-ba2a-3807-24006ab39ff4"><span style="font-size: 25px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Classes that Encourage Industry-Academic Collaboration</span></span> ==
<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:small">The learning goal on the collective level is for students to work together to create a collective catalog/portfolio including all of their innovative solutions that can change work and learning</span></span>
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= Engaging with regional and local economic development efforts =
=Related Links<br/> = Veteran Representation Movement '''University of WIsconsin Milwaukee''' <br/><span style="font-size:medium">Fall 2021 -</span> [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Fellow:Allyn_Lottouzee Allyn Lottouzee<br />] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Fellow:Antonina_Johnston Antonina Johnston<br />] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Fellow:Ariel_Pershman Ariel Pershman<br />] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Fellow:Manuel_%22Manny%22_Garmendez Manny Garmendez<br />] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Fellow:Rudi_Marciniak Rudi Marciniak<br />] <br/><span style="font-size:medium">Fall 2019 -</span> [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Gallagher Elizabeth Gallagher<br />] [[Caleb marks|Caleb Marks]] [[Collin Roberts|Collin Roberts]] [[Grace Rogers|Grace Rogers]] <span style="font-size:medium">Fall 2018 -</span> [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Justin_davis Justin Davis<br />] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Ilian_iliev Ilian Iliev] Kaitlyn Jankowski [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Mitchell_Merz Mitchell Merz<br />]
<span style="font-size:small"><span id="docs-internal-guid-cff7ed22-380f-8dd8-3248-375de4d34275"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap">Two years ago, there were two graduate students, Mike Kirchner and Lia Coryell, that decided to start a student organization as part of their graduate coursework. After some research they found a national organization, Student Veterans of America (SVA) to become a local chapter of. Unfortunately, the first year was slow going and the two were trying to get their feet wet with the process of requesting funds, office space and answering the question- what are we going to do. At the time there were few people involved and even fewer new people that stuck around after attending one meeting. Those that did stay were dedicated to becoming a resource for veterans on campus and all took an active leadership role. Going into year two, SVA had a loose framework, a business plan and a lot of meetings- but no new members and no real purpose. As one of the founding officers, Rob Salamon had pushed to limit the formal meetings and to get more people actively engaged one way or another.</span></span></span>
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= Related Links =
'''University of WIsconsin Milwaukee'''<span style="font-size:medium">Spring 2018 -</span>
[[University of Wisconsin Milwaukee Student Priorities]http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Madeline_Horinek Madeline Horinek]
Fellows
[[Cory Engdahl]]
[[Aaron Davis]]<span style="font-size:medium">Fall 2015 -</span>
Rustin Bergren
Tehereh [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Aaron_Davis Aaron Davis<br />] Cori Engdahl [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Tahereh_Hosseini Tahereh Hosseini<br />] <span style="font-size:medium"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.3745; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap">Spring 2015 -</span></span>
[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Amin_Mojtahedi A][[Amin MojtahediDavid Gallegos|min MojtahediDavid Gallegos]]
<span style="font-size:small">[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Nicole_Green [Nicole Green|Nicole Green]</span>]
<span style="font-size:small">[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/User:G._J[Garry Jean-P Pierre|Garry Jean-Pierre]</span><div><span style="font-size:small"><span id="docs-internal-guid-6606fdbc-3815-46f3-52a6-94edf23fd86d"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent">David Gallegos</span></span></span></div><span style="font-size:small">[[Alex Francis]]</span>
[[Carlton ReevesAmin Mojtahedi|Amin Mojtahedi]]
<span style="font-size:small">[[Rob Salamon]]</span>
[[Tou Jim Lee|<span style="font-size: small">Tou Jim Lee</span>]]
[[Hoda Ganji|Hoda_Ganji]]<span style="font-size:medium">Spring 2014 -</span>
[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/User:Mahshid MahshidAlex_Francis Alex Francis<br />]
[[Alycia Doxon|Alycia_Doxon]http://universityinnovation.org/Carlton%20Reeves Carlton Reeves]
[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Madeline_Horinek Madeline HorinekRob_Salamon Rob Salamon] <br/>'''Other Fellows:''' <span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">[[Tou Jim Lee|Tou Jim Lee]]</span></span> <span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">[[Hoda Ganji|Hoda Ganji]]</span></span> <span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/User:Mahshid Mahshid]</span></span> <span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">[[Alycia Doxon|Alycia Doxon]]</span></span>
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