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==== Misinterpretation of entrepreneurship ====

~~~~Students don't really know what a career as an entrepreneur looks like, or working on a startup. The status quo is to get an internship or a coop, go through the general , and then apply for jobs as a senior. Because of this, four years of education is not looked at as "how can I build the skills required to do what I want to do", but how can I get the best grades and resume to get a job when I graduate.

==== ~~~~Fear of the Unknown ====

*Intellectual Property

**~~~~There is much confusion about Intellectual property, and many students refuse to work on personal projects in class or using RPI facilities out of a fear of "giving up their ideas" and "the school stealing our company". There needs to be some way to break down the truth with the IP policy so that students are not deterred from using the resources that their tuition is paying for.*~~~~Starting a Business**~~~~When interviewed, many younger students exclaimed that they were very interested in E&I, but since they were freshmen said things like: "I don't want to jump into a startup right away", or "I need an idea first". These statements would leave you assuming that upperclassmen would be more interested in starting businesses after gaining more experience, skills, and ideas, however, as students approach graduation, the fear of failure increase along with urgency of entering the real world and being forced to find a job. At the same time, the general excuse of upperclassmen switches to, "I'm just trying to secure a job right now so I can pay off my student loans".*~~~~Confidence in skills**~~~~Professors and upper-class students must step up as mentors who tell students that they can achieve anything and inspire them to pursue their ideas and passions. Without that energy, students are not confident enough in the skills they already have to take a leap and learn new ones. Many of the students who didn't laugh at the question of "have you considered being an entrepreneur?" have said "I've never taken a business or entrepreneurship class" or "there's so much work in getting ownership of ideas and the patent process". We must change the general fear of failure by introducing clubs, and classes which show students that college is a safe space to be able to fail, and learn quickly from your mistakes.*~~~~Lack of a entrepreneurship community

**There tends to be a "lonely entrepreneur syndrome" where many students who have tried starting companies but were unable to create great teams necessary to fuel their motivation. There is a huge amount of talent at RPI but no infrastructure or culture in place for students to fill spots on a startup team. Even in one of the most interdisciplinary programs, PDI, almost every semester a project encounters an issue where the project is cut short or severly limited in scope because they "don't have anyone who can code".

=== Entrepreneruship Events ===

=== Student Leadership ===

=== Consistent Branding, Location and Organization of Existing Resources ===

=== Our Plan [Spring 2017] ===

# Resource Management/Awareness

Fall 2017:

[[~~Vincent_Arena~~Vincent Arena]]

Spring 2016:

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