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=<span style== Intro =="font-size:x-large">Introduction</span> =

Based on the hit television show ‘Shark Tank’, John Hopkins University (JHU) hosted their own version of the hit television show ''Shark Tank event''. JHU hosted a Biomedical Shark Tank event with graduate students as their participants. It was hosted by the Biomedical Engineering (BME) department at JHU. Before the Shark Tank event, the BME got secured guest speakers to talk present and also held a poster session for undergraduate students.

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JHU UIF fellows saw the need for biomedical students to be more business= <span style="font-size:x-large">Need and goal</marketing savvy. They believed that most biomedical engineering students were more than talented in terms of engineering, but were not apt at commercializing their research or their work. Shark Tank would help them ‘dumb’ down their research so that the general populace would be able to understand it. This event would also help the students learn to market their idea and themselves. The BME department also wanted physicians to see the talent in their BME department.span> =

Johns Hopkins University Innovation Fellows saw the need for biomedical students to be more business and marketing savvy. This group of Fellows believed that most biomedical engineering students were more than talented in terms of engineering, but were not apt at commercializing their research or their work. Their proposed Shark Tank event would help them ‘dumb’ down their research so that the general populace would be able to understand it. This event would also help the students learn to market their idea and themselves. The BME department also wanted physicians to see the talent in their BME&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 12px">department.</span> =<span style= <br/"font-size:x-large">Audience&nbsp; ==</span> =

=<span style== <br/"font-size:x-large">Speaker/s and contentContent&nbsp; ==</span> =

Two speakers were invited – Dr. Gautam Gulati and Henry Ahn. Dr. Gulati holds many multiple degrees in biomedical engineering. Henry Ahn has his own startup owns a start-up company in the biomedical field. Both were brought in to talk speak about their experiences in within the industry.

=<span style== <br/"font-size:x-large">Format&nbsp; ==</span> =

During the early event, in the earlier part of the day, the speakers addressed the audience. During the afternoon, undergraduate students in the BME department showcased their research and work in poster format. This poster session was open to the general public – so physicians, BME faculty and grad students were all part of the audience. There was a slight overlap between the undergrad poster session and graduate Shark Tank event. Overall, the entire day of events had lasted approximately 7 hours.

=<span style== "font-size:x-large">Reaching out to potential speakerPotential Speaker/s&nbsp; ==</span> =

Dr. Gulati holds many multiple degrees in the fields of biomedical engineering. Henry Ahn owns a startup in biomedical engineering. Both Dr. Gulati and Henry Ahn had held ties with JHU, and were found through either faculty or by extensive research. Reaching the speakers was done by emails and cold calling.

=<span style== "font-size:x-large">Cost<br/span>Cost ===

Because the highly endowed BME department was funding the entire event, budget was not a constraint. The only few things that required payment was were the venue, food that was being offered to the audience and participants, and the prize money.

=<span style== <br/"font-size:x-large">Date&nbsp; ==</span> =

The date and time were planned beforehand. The chosen to be most convenient time for undergrads undergraduate students and physicians was found and chosen. The BME department really wanted the physicians to be able to attend, so that was the ; finding convenient times for physicians became first priority.

=<span style== <br/"font-size:x-large">Fundraising and sponsorships&nbsp; ==</span> =

No sponsors were needed as ; the BME department funded the entire event.

=<span style== <br/"font-size:x-large">Space&nbsp; ==</span> =

The ''Shark Tank''-like&nbsp;event was held near the JHU hospital , where graduate studies areheld. This was location is 30 minutes away from their the main campus. Because the BME department was targeting physicians and faculty, this was the location that was chosenmost convenient for those professions. JHU UIF fellows Fellows chose a glass room so that for viewing capability was high from all angles and for curious people who were just passing by would come attend due to curiosity.

=<span style== "font-size:x-large">Branding<br/span>Branding ===

Initially, there were a few names other than Shark Tank that were considered ''&nbsp;''for the event as because faculty believed that &nbsp;''Shark Tank '' would not promote the sharing of ideas. At In the end, however, ''Shark Tank is the name that '' stuck as because it was well known and popular. The overall message that was sent out to the participants was that all ideas were worth working on. This is different from the message the TV show ''Shark Tank ''sends to its participants.&nbsp;

=<span style== <br/"font-size:x-large">Promotion&nbsp; ==</span> =

To raise awareness, flyers were handed out in a common area. Along with that, a Facebook page was created to inform undergrad undergraduate students. Faculty and JHU hospital physicians were sent ‘Save the Date’ emails months in advance so that they could in order to free up their scheduleschedules. Graduate students were informed via email as well.

=<span style== "font-size:x-large">Support&nbsp;<br/span>Support&nbsp; ===

The event pretty much ran itself. The Support was most support was needed to set -up and break down the venue, guide the audience, and to judge the ''Shark Tank '' event.

=<span style== "font-size:x-large">Event logistics<br/span>Event logistics ===

=<span style== <br/"font-size:x-large">Media capture === Shark Tank event was not captured through videos or photographs due to IP restrictions. However the speakers asked for their speeches to be recorded. This can be found on the website. === <br/span>Evaluation (measuring impact and numbers of participants) === &nbsp; JHU UIF fellows believe they reached about 80 participants throughout the event.

=== <br/>Sustainability and planning The JHU event was not captured through videos or photographs due to IP restrictions. However, the speakers did ask for future events (elements necessary their speeches to ensure that be recorded. These recordings can be found on the event would happen again if desired) ===website.

= <span style="font-size:x-large">Evaluation&nbsp;</span> =

Save the Date emails would be important in planning a future JHU Fellows believe they reached roughly 80 people through this event. Also, student participants would need to be informed at least a month in advance so that they can prepare themselves for The audience came and went throughout the competitionday.

=<span style== "font-size:x-large">Sustainability and Planning for Future Events<br/span>Future leadership (how you figured out who would lead this event after you graduate) ===

=== <br/>Lessons learned No specific person was chosen to take over the ''Shark Tank&nbsp;''event&nbsp;after the JHU Fellows graduated. The Fellows were a part of an entrepreneurship group and tips for others (what worked and what didn’tgave the reins over to that group. Because ''Shark Tank'' was done in support with the BME department, the BME faculty know exactly how to run it, and your recommendations for others) ===having the experience to instruct future students.

= <span style="font-size:x-large">Lessons Learned and Tips for Others&nbsp;</span> =

JHU UIF fellows believed that though Fellows agreed it was nice running this to run the event through the BME department, the but they would do it differently make changes to next timeevent. Aiming it towards toward just one niche of the engineering department really closed off their the audience. Next time, they would hold a more general Shark Tank in a venue closer to the undergrad’s reach. They would choose to stay on the undergraduate part of campus instead of the JHU hospital.