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= The UMD Manifesto =
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= Resource Synopsis <span style= The University of Maryland, College Park has a wealth of Innovation and Entrepreneurship resources for both its students and its faculty. In a formal way, the University has taken action to promote I&E on campus mainly through its offerings in the Smith School of Business, through the Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship, M.TECH within the Clark School of Engineering and most recently with the launch of the Academy of Innovation and Entrepreneurship. "font-size: 12px; University of Maryland also provides its incoming students with the opportunity to live within a Living Learning Community, if you know you are interested in certain subjects, it is an opportunity to surround yourself with academically like minded faculty and students. On the other end of the spectrum, the University of Maryland, College Park is a regional force for innovation. Our proximity to federal agencices and the nation’s capital allow for strategic partnerships to be formed and high level facilities to be accessible for research and incubation purposed. If you have a start up or a venture and you are in need of funding, tech transfer, high level incubation space or business mentors, the University can bolster your process through its resources, partnerships and connection to the reason. However, what happens if you come to school either not knowing exactly what you want to do or you THINK you know what you want to do and don’t think you fall under the category of and entrepreneur or engineer exclusively. You CAN get involved. You CAN test ideas because maybe you or you and your team will generate the next big thing through your fresh, curious perspective and the skill sets you learn through the resources below. Or maybe you are an engineer or consider yourself an entrepreneur – this is your chance to resist fragmentation is one area of your academic experience and cross polinate your ideas with the equal brilliance of peers with different perspectives and different expertise. Use the resources at hand or create the ones that don’t exist. Be a part of this movement and let the spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship ignite inspiration in you as your ideas collide with others at the university to create change! ">I&E at UMD ought to be....</span> =
== 1. About passion, not start-ups.<br/> ==
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= Resource Synopsis = = <span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">The University of Maryland, College Park has a wealth of Innovation and Entrepreneurship resources for both its students and its faculty. In a formal way, the University has taken action to promote I&E on campus mainly through its offerings in the Smith School of Business, through the Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship, M.TECH within the Clark School of Engineering and most recently with the launch of the Academy of Innovation and Entrepreneurship. </span></span> <span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">University of Maryland also provides its incoming students with the opportunity to live within a Living Learning Community, if you know you are interested in certain subjects, it is an opportunity to surround yourself with academically like minded faculty and students.</span></span> <span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">On the other end of the spectrum, the University of Maryland, College Park is a regional force for innovation. Our proximity to federal agencices and the nation’s capital allow for strategic partnerships to be formed and high level facilities to be accessible for research and incubation purposed. If you have a start up or a venture and you are in need of funding, tech transfer, high level incubation space or business mentors, the University can bolster your process through its resources, partnerships and connection to the reason.</span></span> <span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">However, what happens if you come to school either not knowing exactly what you want to do or you THINK you know what you want to do and don’t think you fall under the category of and entrepreneur or engineer exclusively. You CAN get involved. You CAN test ideas because maybe you or you and your team will generate the next big thing through your fresh, curious perspective and the skill sets you learn through the resources below.</span></span> <span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Or maybe you are an engineer or consider yourself an entrepreneur – this is your chance to resist fragmentation is one area of your academic experience and cross polinate your ideas with the equal brilliance of peers with different perspectives and different expertise.</span></span> <span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Use the resources at hand or create the ones that don’t exist. Be a part of this movement and let the spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship ignite inspiration in you as your ideas collide with others at the university to create change!</span></span><div><br/></div> =
= Strategy #1: Raising Perception and On-Campus Innovation and Entrepreneurship Opportunities for All =