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Sharang and his team at Cooper Union started the create@cooper organization in Fall of 2013 ([mailto:create@cooper.org create@cooper.org]). The motivation of create@cooper, according to Sharang, is to expand students' exposure beyond course work to the cultivation of one's creative self. After a year of championing for entrepreneurship with limited results, Sharang and his colleagues realized, tested and validated a new thesis which is resonating well with students in the organization's early days. Cooper Union students have a passion for creativity and innovation. Sharang and his team felt that by cultivating the strong demand for creative expression amongst engineers and artists on campus, they could “connect-the-dots” and provide a fertile ground for cultivating the entrepreneurial mindset.
<span style="font-size:15px; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">Intro (short paragraph describing the club that was created)</span>
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= Create and Tell<br/> =
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[[File:Creattell.png|Creattell.png|link=http://createatcooper.org/create.html]]
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= Community Workshop<br/> =
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[[File:Workshop.png|Workshop.png|link=http://createatcooper.org/workshops.html]]
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= Creator Stories<br/> =
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= Journeys to Creation&nbsp;<br/> =
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Faculty and many local entrepreneurs have been very supportive of create@cooper. The team raised sponsorships from the Huffington Post Tech, Hackerati and ZocDoc. &nbsp;Given the team's growth plans and the fact that both co-founders are seniors, the team is actively building an organization with an eye towards recruiting future leadership. Similar to the Invention-2-Venture workshop at Cooper Union, create@cooper incorporated the technological flavor of Cooper Union and engaged the local community of New York City. The entrepreneurship path for create@cooper is first to raise community awarenesss, then involve more students and finally shape them to lead entrepreneurship at Cooper Union and beyond.
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Latest revision as of 15:58, 22 May 2020

Introduction

Sharang and his team at Cooper Union started the create@cooper organization in Fall of 2013 (create@cooper.org). The motivation of create@cooper, according to Sharang, is to expand students' exposure beyond course work to the cultivation of one's creative self. After a year of championing for entrepreneurship with limited results, Sharang and his colleagues realized, tested and validated a new thesis which is resonating well with students in the organization's early days. Cooper Union students have a passion for creativity and innovation. Sharang and his team felt that by cultivating the strong demand for creative expression amongst engineers and artists on campus, they could “connect-the-dots” and provide a fertile ground for cultivating the entrepreneurial mindset.

Create and Tell

Creattell.png

Community Workshop

Workshop.png

Creator Stories

Share.png

Journeys to Creation 

Journey.png

Support

Faculty and many local entrepreneurs have been very supportive of create@cooper. The team raised sponsorships from the Huffington Post Tech, Hackerati and ZocDoc.  Given the team's growth plans and the fact that both co-founders are seniors, the team is actively building an organization with an eye towards recruiting future leadership. Similar to the Invention-2-Venture workshop at Cooper Union, create@cooper incorporated the technological flavor of Cooper Union and engaged the local community of New York City. The entrepreneurship path for create@cooper is first to raise community awarenesss, then involve more students and finally shape them to lead entrepreneurship at Cooper Union and beyond.