<span style="font-size:x-large;"><span style= Student innovation "font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">'''Innovation and entrepreneurshipEntrepreneurship'''<br/span></span> ==
NDSU's '''Innovation Week and ''''''Innovation Challenge''' competition are continues to advance in the university's most advertized and popular innovation events. I-Week and I-Challenge are part areas of a 3-month annual program focusing on student innovation teams, culminating in a public exhibition and panel judging of ideas. Students form teams of their own volition and work on ideas wholly their own; the only faculty involvement is a required faculty mentor, the precise role of whom is up to the individual team. Seminars, brown-bag lunch presentations, and bootcamps are peppered entrepreneurship in through the duration many different areas of the program, allowing students to learn from industry and startup veterans alikeinstitution. At Since the end inception of the judging weekTechnology Incubator in 2007, a keynote speaker is brought numerous companies have started in to network the space and speak have grown to students. Last year, Dr. Randal Pinkett, a nationally recognized entreprenuer, scholar, and author agreed to speak to students. The author be multi-billion dollar companies solving many of this wiki page was fortunate enough to meet Dr. Pinkett in person and will attest that the ability to do so is a huge boost worlds greatest concerns related to inspiration for student innovation. From the ideastechnology, $20health,000 is distributed to the victor teams, to be spent however the students wishand food security.
NDSU and UND have a collaborative program to offer students of any major an ''''Entrepreneurship Certificate'''.' This certificate is earned upon completion of five 2 & 300 level entreprenuership courses. As NDSU does not have a proper Entreprenuership department, the certificate is offered through the College of Business. In earning the certificate, students can expect to learn about intellectual property, management, marketing, accounting, design thinking, and venture capital- all with the twist of being specifically designed for providing students with the most important areas of those fields they'll need to thrive in a start-up.
It is worth noting that NDSU currently markets itself as a research university.. particularally, a "Student Driven, Land Grant, Research University." Nowhere in the mission statement, core values, or vision of the university will one find the words 'innovation' or 'entreprenuership' - not explicitly a bad thing, but perhaps something that can be remedied nonetheless! Students at NDSU are provided opportunities to perform '''undergraduate research''', should they be proactive enough to seek out the correct resources. While this research is certainly innovative, the objective of much of the research is not explicitly to teach the students innovative or entreprenuial thinking- it is to perform research and generate data. How much the students learn to be innovative themselves in these environments depends on the student in question.
Amongst all of the student clubs and groups that perform innovative and entreprenurial activities<span style="font-family:times new roman,times, the author is most intimately familiar with a program known as the serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">NDSU's '<nowiki/>''Innovation '<nowiki/>'''''Bison Microventure. Challenge'''BµV competition is the university's most advertised effort for entrepreneurship and innovation. The 5-month annual program focuses on student innovation teams, culminating in a program that brings students from multiple disciplines- primarily Engineering public exhibition and Biosciences but not exclusive panel judging of other majors- together to solve problems ideas. Students form teams of their own volition and develop work on ideas wholly their own; the only faculty involvement is a productrequired faculty mentor, the precise role of whom is up to the individual team. The groupSeminars, brown-bag lunch presentations, structured into 8 seperate teams and boot camps are peppered in through the duration of 2-3 students eachthe program, provides allowing students the opportunity to lead learn from industry and manage their own ''de facto ''mini-research teams, complete with all startup veterans alike. At the end of the resource, expertiesejudging week, a keynote speaker is brought in to network and intellectual property responsibilities that come with itspeak to students. BµV has been succesful in generating multiple patent disclosures$27, numerous presentations at national events000 is distributed amidst winning teams, and victories in local innovation competitionsto be spent however the students wish.</span></span><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><nowiki/>''<nowiki/>''</span></span>
<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style= Faculty "font-size:medium;">NDSU University Innovation Corps is a student lead club that helps to connect students to the innovation and entrepreneurshipthat is on campus. The club provides a stimulating environment to encourage students to pursue innovation on campus, whether it be in the form of a competition, or helping make change on campus. This club allows UI Fellows to get connected with other students on campus who also want to help improve innovation.<br/span></span> ==
Aside <span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">After several years of a collaborative ''''Entrepreneurship Certificate'''<nowiki/>' from tenure NDSU and contractual requirementsthe University of North Dakota, innovation and entreprenuership NDSU is not, now able to offer this solely on their campus based on the writer's knowledge, widely promoted growth of academic offerings connected to facultyentrepreneurship. This certificate is earned upon completion of five 2 & 300 level entrepreneurship courses. The writer wishes to note that there certificate is a growing movement on campus within faculty offered through the College of Business and leadership that hopes is open to change any major. There are also several scholarship opportunities available from the current mindset- a movement that will no doubt find immense value Larson Foundation to enroll in this course. In earning the findings of the UI fellow program and the landscape canvas. This movement gained immense strength with a series of demonstrations of supportcertificate, students can expect to learn about intellectual property, management, vocal and in actionmarketing, by the University Present and Provost. NDSU's innovation atmosphereaccounting, I-Challengedesign thinking, and select outstanding research teams have recently been mentioned consistently in venture capital- all with the president's 'State twist of being specifically designed for providing students with the Universitymost important areas of those fields they' addressesll need to thrive in a start-up.</span></span>
The writer <span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">NDSU is acquainted with two faculty members who a "Student Focused, Land Grant, Research University". Students are directly involved provided opportunities to perform '''undergraduate research''', should they be proactive enough to seek out the correct resources. While this research is certainly innovative, the objective of much of the research is not explicitly to teach the students innovative or entrepreneurial thinking- it is to perform research and generate data. How much the students learn to be innovative themselves in these environments depends on the student in startups question. Efforts are also hampered by many departments closing off lab space to other majors. This is changing slowly and resources are expanding. For example, the library just obtained a new Makerbot 3-Dprinter available to all majors at the NDSU Research & Technology parkrate of $3 an hour. These projects We are not university driven- they're done also working on the faculty's own timeopening up lab access across majors. </span></span>
Faculty are encouraged <span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">The '''Bison Microventure '''is a program that brings students from multiple disciplines- primarily Engineering and Biosciences but not exclusive of other majors- together to document solve problems and file develop a product. The group, structured into 5 separate teams of 2-3 students each, provides students the opportunity to lead and manage their own ''de facto ''mini-research teams, complete with all of the resource, expertise, and intellectual property they generateresponsibilities that come with it. BµV has been successful in generating multiple patent disclosures, numerous presentations at national events, and victories in local innovation competitions. While there have been recent vacancies in faculty, some of which the university is forwarded working hard to fill the TTO gaps and processedstart this program up again.</span></span>
<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style= University technology transfer function"font-size:medium;">NDSU is fortunate enough to be located in a community with a strong innovative culture. There are a number of events such as TedX, Health Pitch, and a large number of events put on by Emerging Praire such as startup weekend, start up drinks, one million cups and many others.<br/span></span> ==
NDSU maintains a Technology Transfer office through the'''NDSU Research Foundation'''. Through the Research Foundation<span style="font-family:times new roman, faculty staff and students may file invention disclosures. These disclosures are reviewed by staff andtimes, if determined patentable, the foundation and inventors will move forward on patenting the device, idea, or innovationserif;"><span style="font- it is of note that the NDSU TTO does not discriminate or target to a specific type of innovation or inventive idea. The TTO will then attempt to license the idea- revenue from this is split between the TTO, NDSU, the inventor's department, and the inventors themselves. No particular priority is given to staff or students, invidual revenue share is based solely on contribution to the project. Inventors can expect to split ~30% of the total licensed revenue between themselves.size:medium;"> </span></span>
In the event the TTO rejects the idea=<span style="font-size:x-large;"><span style="font-family:times new roman, NDSU releases ownership of the intellectual property to the inventors who are free to file patents on their own times,serif;">Faculty Innovation and thus own full share.Entrepreneurship</span></span>=
The NDSU TTO<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">Aside from tenure and contractual requirements, innovation and entrepreneurship is not, to the writer's knowledge , widely promoted to faculty. The writer wishes to note that there is a growing movement on campus within faculty and leadership that hopes to change the current mindset- a movement that will no doubt find immense value in the findings of the UI fellow penning thisprogram and the landscape canvas. This movement gained great strength with a series of demonstrations of support, vocal and in action, has not made any particular student-aware effort to promote by the development of intellectual property on campusUniversity President and Provost. It is not yet as proactive as certain other programs around the countryNDSU's innovation atmosphere, I- Challenge, and select outstanding research teams have recently been mentioned consistently in the inventors are expected to come to the TTO, not president's 'State of the other way aroundUniversity' addresses.</span></span>
<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style= University"font-Industry collaborationsize:medium;">Some faculty members are directly involved in startups at the NDSU Research & Technology park. These projects are not university driven- they are done on the faculty's own time.<br/span></span> ==
All engineering majors complete what is known as a ''''capstone'''' or senior design project. This project is commonly backed financially by a local industry presence in the aim of solving a particular problem. Students form small group teams and <span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">Faculty are given two semesters encouraged to prepare document and present a solution to the problem as best file all intellectual property they can. The process is assisted by regular interaction (personal and digital) with the host company as well as reporting to the student's faculty capstone mentor. It is of note that while the program does not explicitly require an innovative solution to the given problemgenerate, the use some of students which is forwarded to provide a new, fresh way of thinking is one of the value-added services of the program for the host companyTTO and processed.</span></span>
OccasionallyWithin the College of Business, students will form capstone groups with the intent to develop NDSU Center for Entrepreneurship and market their own projectFamily Business provides substantial support for faculty members working on entrepreneurship research projects. In With an endowed chair to lead this casearea, and funding and resources will be limited only to donations and grants that for faculty fellows, the students and mentor can acquire from donor companies and grant programssupport is long- generally a tight budgetlasting for ongoing innovation amongst our faculty. NDSU's engineering program is not structured to prepare students Students are also able to start and run their own firms and thus, while not completely unheard of, participate in this center by putting into practice is fairly uncommonwhat they learn in the classroom.
The College of Business offers a program known as ''''Student Consulting Teams'''.' These teams offer small business in particular the opportunity to receive the aid of students to assist and council them in their journey=<span style="font- the students, of course, receive experience and knowledge in return. Students are chosen by application and are not automatically assigned to a team. Instead, the student is contacted when a project that suits their experience, interest, and expertise becomes available. Through this methodsize:x-large;"><span style="font-family:times new roman, assigning students with irrelevant knowledge or lack of interest can be midigated. While this program is not explicitly innovative or entreprenurial in naturetimes, it does provide valuable assistance to those looking to engage in those activities in the form of expertise they may not otherwise possess.serif;">University Technology Transfer Function</span></span>=
<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">NDSU maintains a Technology Transfer office through the '''NDSU Research Foundation'''. Through the Research Foundation, faculty staff and students may file invention disclosures. These disclosures are reviewed by staff and, if determined patentable, the foundation and inventors will move forward on patenting the device, idea, or innovation- it is of note that the NDSU TTO does not discriminate or target to a specific type of innovation or inventive idea. The TTO will then attempt to license the idea- revenue from this is split between the TTO, NDSU, the inventor's department, and the inventors themselves. No particular priority is given to staff or students, individual revenue share is based solely on contribution to the project. Inventors can expect to split ~30% of the total licensed revenue between themselves.</span></span>
<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">In the event the TTO rejects the idea, NDSU releases ownership of the intellectual property to the inventors who are free to file patents on their own and thus own full share.</span></span>
<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">NDSU IP Policies are available<span class= Regional and local economic development efforts"apple-converted-space"> </span>here: https://www.ndsu.edu/fileadmin/policy/190.pdf <br/span></span> ==
'''InnovateND'''<span style="font-family:times new roman, put on by the North Dakota Department of Commercetimes, is the largest and most public program for assisting in economic development via startups and innovationserif;"><span style="font- it says so right in the name. size:medium;">The purpose of InnovateND is NDSU TTO, to provide a full kit the knowledge of assistance the UI fellow penning this, has not made any particular student-aware effort to an idea- planning, investing, market research, etc... all promote the development of this is ''assisted'' and counciled by connections through InnovateNDintellectual property on campus. It is, of course, still up to not yet as proactive as certain other programs around the country- the entreprenuer inventors are expected to do the grunt work. In an effort come to increase the utility and usefulnes of TTO, not the program, InnovateND recently made a key change to their program, shifting from a 'venture competition' to an educational and entreprenurial experienceother way around.</span></span>
'''Start=<span style="font-up Weekend'''size:x-large"><span style="font-family:times new roman, a 72 hour event focused on rapid creationtimes, maturation, and launching of business concepts. It targeted primarily at applicationserif">University-Industry Collaboration</span></service development, as 'engineered' ideas generally require far more time and work to become market-viable.span>=
The North Dakota State University has become a leader in collaboration with industry in the region and truly the nation. With over 39 million acres in the state and nearly 90 percent of ND Land area is in farms and ranches. As the number one producer of honey and dry navy and pinto beans, and providing more than 90 percent of the nation'''<span class="st">Greater Fargo Moorhead Economic Development Corporation</span>''' focuses s canola and flax seed for the country, North Dakota relies heavily on the 50research generated through North Dakota State University to increase production,000ft view of developing Fargo/Moorhead as a whole. While it may not get involved reduce diseases in nurturing any specific businessplants and animals, what it does do is work and create new plants that can thrive in our climate. There continues to provide a vibrant be numerous partnerships with industry as precision agriculture grows and growing environment ripe opens doors for business creation and expansionNorth Dakota to truly feed the world. While this may not sound quite as flashy to an entreprenuerIn 2022, a ̩one-to-be, it is nonetheless extremely important to ensure startups have million dollar grant was awarded from the ability USDA for NDSU to survivepartner with Grand Farm which will advance technology and research within agriculture.
<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span style= "font-size:medium">All engineering majors complete what is known as a '<nowiki/>'''capstone''''<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>or senior design project. This project is commonly backed financially by a local industry presence in the aim of solving a particular problem. Students form small group teams and are given one-two semesters to prepare and present a solution to the problem as best as they can. The process is assisted by regular interaction (personal and digital) with the host company as well as reporting to the student's faculty capstone mentor. It is of note that while the program does not explicitly require an innovative solution to the given problem, the use of students to provide a new, fresh way of thinking is one of the value-added services of the program for the host company.</span></span><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span style="font-size:medium"><nowiki/></span></span> <span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span style="font-size:medium">Occasionally, students will form capstone groups with the intent to develop and market their own project. In this case, funding and resources will be limited only to donations and grants that the students and mentor can acquire from donor companies and grant programs- generally a tight budget. NDSU's engineering program is not structured to prepare students to start and run their own firms and thus, while not completely unheard of, this practice is fairly uncommon.</span></span> <span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span style="font-size:medium">The College of Business offers a program known as ''''Student Consulting Teams'''.' These teams offer small business in particular the opportunity to receive the aid of students to assist and council those in their journey- the students, of course, receive experience and knowledge in return. Students are chosen by application and are not automatically assigned to a team. Instead, the student is contacted when a project that suits their experience, interest, and expertise becomes available. Through this method, assigning students with irrelevant knowledge or lack of interest can be mitigated. While this program is not explicitly innovative or entrepreneurial in nature, it does provide valuable assistance to those looking to engage in those activities in the form of expertise they may not otherwise possess.</span></span> =<span style="font-size:x-large"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">Regional and Local Economic Development Efforts</span></span>= The growing list of regional and local economic developments includes '''Ignite''', which is a collaboration between the Chamber of Commerce and the Economic Development Corporation to help resolve the workforce shortage that has been constant in our state. NDSU is heavily involved with helping resolve this concern. '''Campus FM''' is also a part of this initiative which connects the local college campuses with the culture of the community to help attract and retain talent to this area. <span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span style="font-size:medium">'''InnovateND''', put on by the North Dakota Department of Commerce, is the largest and most public program for assisting in economic development via startups and innovation- it says so right in the name. The purpose of InnovateND is to provide a full kit of assistance to an idea- planning, investing, market research, etc... all of this is<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>''assisted''<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>and counseled by connections through InnovateND. It is, of course, still up to the entrepreneur to do the grunt work. In an effort to increase the utility and usefulness of the program, InnovateND recently made a key change to their program, shifting from a 'venture competition' to an educational and entrepreneurial experience.</span></span> <span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span style="font-size:medium">'''Start-up Weekend''', a 72 hour event focused on rapid creation, maturation, and launching of business concepts. It targeted primarily at application/service development, as 'engineered' ideas generally require far more time and work to become market-viable.</span></span> <span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span style="font-size:medium">The<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="st">'''Greater Fargo Moorhead Economic Development Corporation'''</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>focuses on the 50,000ft view of developing Fargo/Moorhead as a whole. While it may not get involved in nurturing any specific business, what it does do is work to provide a vibrant and growing environment ripe for business creation and expansion. While this may not sound quite as flashy to an entrepreneur-to-be, it is nonetheless extremely important to ensure startups have the ability to survive.</span></span> <span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span style="font-size:medium">'''Funding and support '''is not bursting from the seams from the university directly for innovation but it is available in many areas in the community and state. Grants such as InnovateND are available and local places such as the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>'''Fargo Startup House''', found at [http://www.fargostartuphouse.com/, offer http://www.fargostartuphouse.com/, offer]<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>a place where innovators can live for at least six months for free with the only stipulation being to work full time on their start up. The Fargo Startup House also offers memberships to CoCo, a collaborative working space that is partnered with Google for Entrepreneurs. CoCo can be found at: [http://cocomsp.com/locations/fargo/.  http://cocomsp.com/locations/fargo/.&nbsp];</span></span> <span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span style="font-size:medium">'''The Prairie Den''' is one of Fargo's open collaboration spaces as it has been taking on the corner of two of the busiest streets in downtown Fargo. The region has been referred to as the miniature Silicone Valley and the inhabitants of the den are justifying that term. Simply opening space for professionals to work and bounce ideas off of each other has proven effective, it recently hit a membership milestone and has proven itself an asset to the Fargo Community. </span></span> =<span style="font-size:x-large;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Other </span></span>= <span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">'''Take-Away message''': NDSU, located within Fargo, ND has become a place where innovation occurs and a true feeling of entrepreneurship is alive and well. Between the robust collaborations related to engineering and agriculture and the technology connected to the Federal Grand Sky project an hour north of Fargo, North Dakota is poised to become a leader in the nation with heavy support from federal, state, and private entities.</span></span> =Landscape Canvas= https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Pm1ie5e6xDDB4qKJGZI7kJPH0MzPjF_fLC7bmCK85Us/edit#slide=id.gded0dd295_2_14 =Project Pitch Videos= Fall 2015 Cohort - [[|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NS5XLLUjGeE&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NS5XLLUjGeE&feature=youtu.be]]] Fall 2014 Cohort -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_Cmm6l5iUY&feature=youtu.be =Fall 2017 Op-Ed Article=https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Br1V8pci25sG06EFJP0nL2GHwUx4QudK_LSdrQSL7Pc/edit?usp=sharing =Related Links= North Dakota State University [[North Dakota State University Student Priorities]] University Innovation Fellows Fall 2022 [https://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Fellow:Melissia_Law Melissia Law] [https://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Fellow:Cailin_Shovkoplyas Cailin Shovkoplyas] [https://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Fellow:Becky_Bahe Becky Bahe] [https://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Fellow:Melissia_Law Maggie Latterell] [https://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Fellow:Alyssa_Teubner Alyssa Teubner] [https://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Fellow:Emily_Schubert Emily Schubert] Fall 2017: [[Ted Zipoy|Ted Zipoy]] [[Jackson Gleason|Jackson Gleason]] [[Timothy Straus|Timothy Straus]] Fall 2016: [[Samantha Schultz|Samantha Schultz]] [[David Syverson|David Syverson]] Spring 2016: [[Denielle Danielson|Denielle Danielson]] [[Ben Ferguson|Benjamin Ferguson]] [[Kyle Stapleton|Kyle Stapleton]] Fall 2015: [[Diedrich Harms|Diedrich Harms]] [[Robert Kringler|Robert Kringler]] Fall 2014: [[Jordan Brummond|Jordan Brummond]] [[Jacob Larson|Jacob Larson]] [[Drew Spooner|Drew Spooner]] Fall 2013: [[Andrew Dalman|Andrew Dalman]] Information coming soon. 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