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<br/><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-30b1a9d7-5fd4-3680-3670-b8756e57a12a"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A business makerspace is a place where the focus is on the structure and execution of anything business related. A key feature is an emphasis on the Business Model Canvas. The business makerspace should have a variety of tools to help the ideation process, such as large whiteboards, conference tables, and plenty of sticky notes to help people collaborate with each other on how to structure and execute their businesses. Creating a Business Model Canvas is just the start and further steps can be explored cooperatively such as finding funding, researching, prototyping, surveying, acquiring resources and anything else that fits into the business ecosystem. A business makerspace is a perfect complement to a fabrication centric makerspace such as a 3D printing lab. A person/group may have a great new prototype for a product, but not know where to turn next to make it marketable. Well, this is where the business makerspace comes in. The business makerspace is used as the catalyst to take new innovations into the real world by having a well thought out business model that will take them and their idea further than just the prototyping stage.</span></span></p><br/><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-30b1a9d7-5fd4-3680-3670-b8756e57a12a"><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Assessing the Need for a Business Makerspace</span></span></p><br/><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-30b1a9d7-5fd4-3680-3670-b8756e57a12a"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When first learning about a makerspace and all that it entails, it is extremely easy to become unbelievably excited and want to begin working on one right away. However, one must remember that for a business makerspace (or any makerspace for that matter) to have a true impact, it must be designed for and around those who will be creating in it. A good way to ensure that this is done correctly is to go back to our design thinking routes of empathy interviews. Example ideas of how to assess the need for a business makerspace on your campus are:</span></span></p><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">

<li><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-30b1a9d7-5fd4-3680-3670-b8756e57a12a"><span style="font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Conducting a survey</span></span></p></li>