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*<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">[httphttps://www.eshiplallyschool.rpi.edu/exemplars_scholar_edge.html severinoprograms/foundry-rpi <span style="font-size:larger;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Exemplar's ProgramRPI Foundry</span></span>]</span></span>*<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">[httphttps://wwwunion.rpi.edu/dept/lally/centers/severinoclubs/foundry.html <span style="fonthobby-size:larger;"><span style="fontspecial-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">RPI Foundry</span><interest/span>]</span></span>*<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font186-family:arial,helvetica,sansdesign-serif;">[http://designforamerica.com/studios/rensselaer/ america RPI Design for America]</span></span>

<span style="font-size:larger;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Education geared toward entrepreneurial thinking encourages students at RPI to think in different ways, to come up with new ideas to solve problems and to enter on-campus competitions such as the Change the World ChallengeEship competition series, the Class of ’51 Entrepreneurial Fund, the Elevator Pitch Competition, and the RPI Business Plan Competition.&nbsp; These programs often provide the spark which gives students the entrepreneurial bug and encourages them to continue pursuing their ideas.</span></span>

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<span style="font-size:larger;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">''Incredible professors like Burt Swersey, Dr. Eric Ledet, and many othersthe late&nbsp;''</span></span>''Burt Swersey&nbsp;''''and many others''

<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14.4px;">There are multiple different types of organizations and classes that try to teach theses sorts of opportunities and ways of thinking at Rensselaer, including a class called How to Change the World and known as Starting a New Venture. In addition to this, there are activities such as Design for America and Foundry that are also a part of the I&E spectrum. In addition to these supplementary classes, there are also other courses such as Capstone Senior Design Course that help to develop interdisciplinary bridges across multiple academic departments. A prerequisite for this sort of course consists of many different classes across many different academic subjects, as well as the class Introduction to Engineering design during most engineering student's sophomore years, which focus on giving exposure to the design process that will help Rensselaer's engineering students in the future. Other courses include: Priciples of Tech. Entrepreneurship, Design and Innovation Studio, and Inventors Studio.&nbsp;</span></font>

<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;">In addition to classes, Rensselaer offers many different types of laboratories that are opened during certain hours of the day. These include the Mercer Lab for Electronics, the MILL, the Forge , Embedded Controls club, and Student Shop. These labs are opened during certain hours of the day that give certain students access to different types of equipment for them to do prototyping and other types of work with. These labs and organizations foster student innovation and creativity for change.</span>

== &nbsp;<br/><span style="font-size:larger;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 15px;">EVE (Emerging Ventures Ecosystem)'''Engaging with regional and local economic development efforts'''</span></span></span> ==

== <span style="font-sizefamily:largerarial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-familysize:arial,helvetica,sans-seriflarger;">The work of turning ideas into real companies happens in RPI’s incubator, the Emerging Ventures Ecosystem (EVE).&nbsp; EVE is a distributed incubation program which accelerates the growth of new businesses Startup Tech Valley - Where Entrepreneurs and boosts the transfer of scientific and technological breakthroughs from the laboratory and classroom to the marketplace, for social and economic impact.Community Come Together</span></span>==

<span style="font-size:larger;"><span style="fontA monthly meetup for first-family:arialtime entrepreneurs, experienced entrepreneurs, aspiring entrepreneurs, investors,helveticamentors,sans-serif;">Launched in February 2011employees of startups, the Emerging Ventures Ecosystem (EVE) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute serves serviceprodiders to link “Rensselaer institutional resources startups, and alumni/ae expertise symbiotically with community strengths, in a multi-faceted partnership for mutual benefitanyone else who wants to be involved.”&nbsp; The goal of EVE is to nurture new businesses Students at RPI attend these monthly meetings and gain valuable insights and connections to build upon individuals around the decades of successful efforts of RPI’s previous incubator by helping young businesses grow area involved in entrepreneurship and succeedinnovation.[[File:Evered.gif|thumb|Evered.gif]]</span>&nbsp;</span>

== <span style="font-sizefamily:largerarial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-familysize:arial,helvetica,sans-seriflarger;">Rensselaer’s previous incubator program was opened in 1980 as the nation’s first such program wholly sponsored and operated by a university. In its later stages, the incubator was primarily used for its “brick and mortar” assets, as place for entrepreneurially minded students to rent at a low cost, with convenient access to a photocopier.&nbsp; The model Tech Valley Center of RPI’s old incubator was traditional: it was rented by students who were seeking to start a venture, which either lived or died, and then moved on.&nbsp; The RPI Incubator building was closed in late 2009 simply because it did not make any money for the institution.Gravity</span></span>==

<span style="font-size:larger;"><span style="font-family:arialThe Tech Valley Center of Gravity is a federation of makers,helveticahackers,sans-serif;">The new EVE program utilizes an innovative distributed incubation modelcrafters, and artists who share camaraderie, space, maintaining and resources to do our tinkering. We have a central office in Troypermanent makerspace, several satellite locations, NY and working with each company to find an ideal matchup a community of space-local individuals and organizations to-enterprise share and support them. We are based in downtown Troy and the surrounding area.&nbsp; EVE is overseen by James Spencer,&nbsp;<span style="color: rgb(0, 0NY, 0); line-height: 15px;">who has 20 years of experience in leading organizational creation and growth as an entrepreneurial business executivesponsor events all over the New York State Capital Region.</span></span></span>

<span style="font-size:larger;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Once Our primary goal is to build a new company completes community around the application process idea of doing for ourselves, rather than just passively consuming, and learning how the EVE program — through which Rensselaer will determinearts, crafts, in partand technologies that surround us every day work, whether along the entrepreneur is willing way. We also aim to put create a network of contacts for small business and start-ups in the effort Capital Region to make the company successful — the program will assign a status to the company: preconnect with local leaders, like-seedminded businesses and individuals, emerging, or early stage. Assigning these descriptions will help EVE mentors and administrators determine the specific services needed by each businesstools and resources they might not otherwise have access to.</span></span>

== <span style="font-sizefamily:largerarial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-familysize:arial,helvetica,sans-seriflarger;">As a member of EVE, a company will have access to the Entrepreneur(s)-in-Residence at the Lally School as well as other resources including labs, patenting and licensing services, faculty, and students for work-study assignments, internships (REIP), and student projects.&nbsp; Additional resources for EVE members include alumni/ae and community volunteers such as attorneys and accountants who are available to answer questions and provide advice and one time assistance for basic questions.&nbsp; If an EVE company requires further professional assistance, they are encouraged to select a professional service company from a list provided through the EVE program. Such services may be offered at a discount to seed and early stage companies.IgniteU NY</span></span>==

<span style="color: rgb(16, 14, 14); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:larger16px; letter-spacing: 0.24px; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;">IgniteU NY is an independent program focused on developing the entrepreneurs of New York State.&nbsp;They have created a professional yet fun environment filled with all the technology and amenities you need to flourish.&nbsp;It</span><span style="color: rgb(16, 14, 14); font-family:arialArial,helveticaHelvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.24px; white-space: pre-wrap;">EVE hosts monthly peer review meetings, known as CEO Roundtable Discussions, among is also an industry agnostic program focused primarily on the CEOs development of the incubated companies as a framework for peer-to-peer coaching among entrepreneur, moreso than the mix development of pre-seed, early state, and emerging companies supported by the EVE incubator programcompany.&nbsp; At these meetings, participants will sign disclosure agreements allowing a platform for confidential open discussions about topics They offer various programs to connect entrepreneurs with their community and issues of importance to help them.&nbsp; The companies will also be invited to a monthly meeting featuring a speaker or a lecturer based upon develop a topic selected by the EVE companies’ CEOs and will also attend quarterly meet-ups for all employees wide range of incubated companies, allowing the employees to build relationships and exchange ideasentrepreneurial skill.</span></span>

<span style="font-sizecolor:largerrgb(16, 14, 14);"><span style="font-family:arialArial,helveticaHelvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: 0.24px;">EVE promotes IgniteU NY offers a unique nine-week summer accelerator program for entrepreneurs. The experiential program incorporates aspects of the lean startup methodology and introduces its companies to investors, assists them in identifying and seeking grant opportunities such as NYSERDA and SBIR, and helps them prepare for adds general business plan competitions; the companies are given assistance in preparing applications, presentations, development and pitches.&nbsp; Additionally, members are provided access to professional grant writers to assist them as neededstartup education.</span></span>

<span style="font-size:larger;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">The EVE companies They are invited to expand their professional networks through networking opportunities within the local business and academic community in order increase exposure to decision makers, funding sources from grants, and potential angel investors.&nbsp; EVE is physically located off-campus in an effort to incubate companies directly in the community looking for startups who have a proof of Troy, NY concept and to strategically re-invent the typical “brick and mortar” a validated business incubation model followed by RPI’s old incubator.&nbsp; EVE is not a center where entrepreneurial students can simply rent space and use a photocopier the way a “brick that describes their customer segments and mortar” incubator is often used, but it is a 4,000 square foot center which strictly focuses on moving students through a business development continuum and on preparing them to fill vacant business facilities in the Troy community, leased at very low prices by realtors.&nbsp; EVE does not want to focus on space like the traditional brick and mortar incubation model because if a company takes up too much space, they can’t let others in; student startups enrolled in EVE are treated like real businessesvalue propositions.</span></span>

<span style="font-size:larger;"><span style="font-family:arial,helveticaThe accelerator program,sans-serif;">EVE was launched in February of 2011 along with eight companies and now supports over thirty.&nbsp; The continuum all of business development begins with the formation of customized ninety-day plans which include 3-5 specific short term goalsother IgniteU initiatives, preparing these young ventures to fill business space puts an emphasis on engaging in the community.&nbsp; Each venture enrolled in EVE has access to a huge network of professional individuals which include over 90,000 alumni that can potentially serve as mentors (25-30 of which are very active), the wind tunnel and prototyping capabilities at RPI, NYSERDA money, professional services (the first hour or two of which are provided for free), and accounting firms to help set up Quickbooks.&nbsp; Although many professional services are not provided for EVE companies, aggressive rates are negotiated with local providers and funding often comes from venture pitchesbuilding relationships.</span></span>

== <span style="font-size:larger;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">The key to RPI’s Emerging Ventures Ecosystem is that companies never graduate from the incubator because business development and iteration is never finalized.&nbsp; Companies supported by EVE are always welcome to come back and ask for assistance in making new connections with the large international network of individuals.&nbsp; RPI’s large alumni network serves as a virtual incubator in the sense that the network is leveraged to help grow companies as they experience the transition from technology ideas and intellectual property to commercialization through their education.&nbsp<span style="line-height: 15px;">Accelerate518</span></span></span>==

<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: larger;">T</span><span style= "font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: larger;">Accelerate518 (A518) is a consortium of stakeholders nestled in the heart of our State—New York’s Capital Region. The Capital Region encompasses four counties: Albany, Schenectady, Rensselaer and Saratoga. The synergy of these four counties is the catalyst for invention and innovation.<br/span> ==

<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: larger;">The Capital Region has a rich history of incubating and growing multinational corporations, including: New York Central Railroad, American Express, Cap Cities, General Electric, American Locomotive Company, Albany International, International Paper, and Albany Molecular Research.</span>&nbsp;<span style= "font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: larger;">Accelerate518 is a platform to facilitate multiple groups working together to advance entrepreneurship and innovation in the Capital Region.&nbsp;The goals of A518 include fostering active collaboration among educators and stakeholders, providing practical resources for entrepreneurs, sharing resources for education and training, and developing a network of individuals committed to invigorating the startup culture of the Capital Region.&nbsp; We have aligned our interests to help the regional entrepreneurial ecosystem grow companies and create sustainable jobs.<br/span>&nbsp;<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size:larger;">Initial core members of A518 include: CEG, Albany Medical College, Albany Law School, Hudson Valley Community College, RPI, Sage Colleges, Siena College, Skidmore College, Union College, and University at Albany.</span> = <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: larger;">'''Engaging with regional Landscape Canvas and local economic development efforts'''Presentation</span> = [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Ek9pplesv42Ubc0TzcqW7mtASYtgL_XbJmvxJG4e14s/pub?start=true&loop=true&delayms=3000 <span style="font-size: larger;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Landscape Canvas Documentation</span></span> =]

[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1cg47LQI3tLh2gxM4u2FfyEPX1ljnFulr97_amxy4ebc/pubhtml <span style== "font-size: larger;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"></span></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: larger;">Startup Tech Valley - Where Entrepreneurs and the Community Come TogetherLandscape Presentation</span></span> ==]

<span style="font-size: larger;">A monthly meetup for first-time entrepreneurs, experienced entrepreneurs, aspiring entrepreneurs, investors, mentors, employees of startups, serviceprodiders to startups, and anyone else who wants to be involved.</span>Related Links =

== <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: larger;">Tech Valley Center of Gravity</span></span> ==Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute [[Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Student Priorities]]

<span style="font-size: larger'''University Innovation Fellows Candidates&nbsp;">The Tech Valley Center of Gravity is a federation of makers, hackers, crafters, and artists who share camaraderie, space, and resources to do our tinkering. We have a permanent makerspace, several satellite locations, and a community of local individuals and organizations to share and support them. We are based in downtown Troy, NY, and sponsor events all over the New York State Capital Region.</span>'''

<span style="font-sizeFall 2021: larger;">Our primary goal is to build a community around the idea of doing for ourselves, rather than just passively consuming, and learning how the arts, crafts, and technologies that surround us every day work, along the way. We also aim to create a network of contacts for small business and start-ups in the Capital Region to connect with local leaders, like-minded businesses and individuals, and tools and resources they might not otherwise have access to.</span>

<span style="font-familyFall 2019: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: larger;">T</span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: larger;">Accelerate518 (A518) is a consortium of stakeholders nestled in the heart of our State—New York’s Capital Region. The Capital Region encompasses four counties: Albany, Schenectady, Rensselaer and Saratoga. The synergy of these four counties is the catalyst for invention and innovation.</span>

= <span style="font-family[http: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: larger;">Landscape Canvas and Presentation</span> =/universityinnovation.org/wiki/Mark_Muscara Mark Muscara]

[httpshttp://docsuniversityinnovation.google.com/presentation/d/1Ek9pplesv42Ubc0TzcqW7mtASYtgL_XbJmvxJG4e14s/pub?start=true&loop=true&delayms=3000 <span style="font-size: larger;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Landscape Canvas Documentation<org/span><wiki/span>Ronak_Patel Ronak Patel]

[httpshttp://docsuniversityinnovation.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1cg47LQI3tLh2gxM4u2FfyEPX1ljnFulr97_amxy4ebc/pubhtml <span style="font-size: larger;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><org/span></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: larger;">Landscape Presentation<wiki/span>Emmanuel_Sylvester Emmanuel Sylvester]

[[Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Student Priorities]http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Gabriella_Fantell Gabriella Fantell]

Spring Fall 2017:

[[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Jacquelyn_Demshick Jacquelyn Demshick|Jacquelyn Demshick]]

[[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Jacqueline_Curtsinger Jacqueline Curtsinger|Jacqueline Curtsinger]]

[[RiaShroff|http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Ria_Shroff Ria Shroff]]

Fall Spring 2017:

[[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Vincent_Arena Vincent Arena]]

[[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Jim_Boulter Jim Boulter]]

[[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Jordan_Dunne Jordan Dunne]]

[[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Ray_Parker Ray Parker]]

[[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Hayley_Roy_Gill Hayley Roy Gill]]

[[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Meghan_Olson Meghan Olson]]