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Revision as of 03:40, 6 April 2014
Contents
Description
What follows is a list of six strategies that will guide Cal Poly's Entrepreneurship program and the innovative ecosystem at the school to greater potential and achievement.
Six Strategies
1 Meeting of the Minds
2 Revamp the Current Model
Its no use expanding something of low quality, we need to make sure the fundamental model we are building off of is sturdy.
3 Implement Physical Expansion
It's not enough to occupy the campus as an idea, we have to be a physical presence as well. An expansion of our functional space will help us capture a larger audience as well as provide more resources. The CEO of software company Vertigo recently said in a talk with Cal Poly Entrepreneurs "The most valuable resource you can have is whiteboard space".
4 Implement Interdisciplinary Expansion
5 Step It Up
6 Systemize Sustainability
Conclusion
All of these strategies can begin being implemented immediately but, If we focus on each step in order, the following step with have a far more powerful effect. Each step builds awareness and trust with the students and school from the grassroots and up, once we have the community's vote of confidence we will be able to move mountains. Sure, we could put on a TEDx event centered on innovation hosting 500+ students, but what happens when those students get interested? They flow into a program that wasn't ready with enough quality resources (wasn't revamped) to fit a wide variety of needs (interdisciplinary expansion), and worse, we wouldn't even have enough space to accommodate these new comers! Order is important in this strategy flow.
One more thing, this is not a static list but a cycle. we will continue to set goals, expand physically and via programs, step it up by increasing our ambitions, and the sustainability system too will be revised and keep this cycle going.
My name is Nicholas Sinai, I am the University Innovation Fellow for Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and I am honored to be a part of this movement toward greatness.
