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The Gigot Center for Entrepreneurship offers many other hands-on events to spark campus innovation. The Entrepreneurial Insight Lecture Series and the Irish Impact Social Entrepreneurship Conference engage students and faculty in entrepreneurial thinking from various perspectives. All on campus can take innovative action by participating in events such as the Ideas Challenge, the Hackathon, and Startup Weekend ND. Finally, early stage ventures can enter the McCloskey Business Plan Competition for a chance to launch with support from the Mendoza College of Business and Gigot Center for Entrpreneurship. 

Outfitted with a well-staffed Innovation Park dedicated to nurturing start-up ventures, Notre Dame creates an environment for small companies to grow alongside others. However, the distance between campus and Innovation Park and lack of courses taught there does keep undergraduates away from the resources offered.

<span class="s1">The Irish Angels, a venture capitalist group, serves to offer start-up capital and mentorship to high potential companies just getting their bearings. The organization seeks to fund cutting-edge technological investments in the Internet & Mobile, Scientific & Medical, Social Enterprise, Software, or Special Markets sectors.</span>

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== Institutional I&E ==