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<span style="font-size:small;">Atin provided some great advice when it comes to funding. He speculated that the money will always come if the students are ready for it. If you are unable to obtain adequite funding from the current resources and relationships that you have, maybe you aren't ready for that ammount of funding. Focus on spreading your network of faculty and students. Break down barriers, and bring people together. If you just do that, the money will come.</span>

<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">When approaching anyone with the concept of I&E right out of the gate, use the concept of innovation rather than entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship lends itself mainly to students in business or engineering curricula, where as the idea of innovation can be more easily explored by students in all fields of study. In order to attract students from a variety of disciplines, it is vital to stress the idea of innovation rather than entrepreneurship. When someone thinks of an “entrepreneur”, they think of technological advances or big business ventures. Innovation can take place with any idea, large or small, in any discipline. For example, a student in the arts and humanities college may not think of themselves of having an “entrepreneurial” spirit, but when asked to simply come up with some innovation, will be able to find something of interest to them to focus on. Above all, make sure that all efforts to innovate are met with positive reinforcement. We need more people like you out there</span></span>

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