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<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Michigan Technological University is a world class research university looking to further encourage the startup culture on campus. Many of the resources available to students come from other students in the form of events and clubs. This wiki page will serve as a running record of the resources available to students on the Michigan Tech campus. &nbsp;</span></span>

<span style="font-size: 12pxsmall;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Michigan Tech offers students a variety of resources to student&nbsp;</span>entrepreneurs. While some of them are easy to come by, others are more challenging for students to find. A few of the top resources are listed below:&nbsp;</span></span>

*<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">'''Bob Mark Elevator Pitch Competition: '''The Bob Mark memorial elevator pitch competition was designed to encourage student&nbsp;entrepreneurship at Michigan Tech. The competition brings in over 30 aspiring small businesses together to present their idea in three minutes to over 150 audience members.&nbsp;</span></span>*<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">'''New Venture Competition:''' The New Venture Competition is a joint partnership between Michigan Tech and Central Michigan University where startups get business plan feedback, mentorship, and an opportunity to win over $30,000 for their new idea.&nbsp;</span></span>*<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">'''Entrepreneurs Club at Michigan Tech: '''The E-Club brings together a group of student&nbsp;entrepreneurs at Michigan Tech to share ideas, challenges, and solutions once a week.&nbsp;</span></span>*<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">'''TechHacks''': TechHacks is an event put on by the ACM chapter at Michigan Tech where students are invited to hack on new projects for 24-36 hours. ACM also funds and supports trips to MHacks and Illinois Hacks where students are encouraged to hack on new projects</span></span>

<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Faculty at Michigan Tech are being encouraged (more and more) to take their research to market. With classes like Technology Commercialization&nbsp;faculty are being given the tools to take their ideas to market. A few resources available to faculty are:&nbsp;</span>

*<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">'''Michigan Tech Entrepreneurship Support Center''': The support center exists to allow for new technologies to move towards commercialization without having to deal with the legal hassles of filing as a business. The support center allows small businesses to operate under their legal umbrella while they establish their venture.&nbsp;</span>*<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">'''Technology Commercialization Department: '''Michigan&nbsp;Tech has an entire department (led by Jim Baker) devoted to helping faculty and graduate students move their research from the lab to a commercially available product.</span><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span></span>

<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">While it can sometimes be helpful to break the resources available into faculty and students, there are many resources available to all entrepreneurial minded individuals around Michigan Tech. A few of them are highlighted below:&nbsp;</span></span>

*<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">'''SmartZone''': the SmartZone in Houghton offers a variety of services to inspiring&nbsp;entrepreneurs. From their SmartStart program which guides startups through a curriculum to validate their idea, to low cost office space the SmartZone can help move an idea into reality quickly. With a major state grant the smartzone is able to offer world class services at a low cost. For students at Michigan Tech faculty, a strategic partnership between the University and the Smartzone makes many of the services free.&nbsp;</span></span>

<span style="font-familysize:arial,helvetica,sans-serifsmall;"><span style="font-sizefamily:smallarial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Michigan Tech is known for the reasearch that is done on and around campus. There are 20 researsch centers that are connected with the university.</span></span>

<span style="font-familysize:arial,helvetica,sans-serifsmall;"><span style="font-sizefamily:smallarial,helvetica,sans-serif;">These research centers include:</span></span>

<span style="font-familysize:arial,helvetica,sans-serifsmall;"><span style="font-sizefamily:smallarial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center;">Advanced Power Systems Research Center (APSRC), Advanced Sustainable Iron and Steel Center (ASISC),Biotechnology Research Center (BRC), Center for Agile and Interconnected Microgrids (AIM), Center for Computer Systems Research (CCSR), Center for Environmentally Benign Functional Materials (CEBFM), Center for Water and Society (CWS), Computational Science and Engineering Research Institute (CSERI), Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences Institute (EPSSI), Ecosystem Science Center (ESC), Great Lakes Research Center (GLRC), Institute of Materials Processing (IMP), Keweenaw Research Center (KRC), Michigan Tech Research Institute (MTRI), Michigan Tech Transportation Institute (MTTI), Multi-Scale Technologies Institute (MuSTI), Pre-College Innovative Outreach Institute (PIOI), &nbsp;and Sustainable Futures Institute (SFI)</span></span></span>

<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Enterprise Programs &nbsp;and Senior Design Projects are also used to connect the university with industry.&nbsp;</span></span>

<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">[[Magann Dykema|Magann Dykema]]&nbsp;- A University Innovation Fellow Candidate from Michigan Tech</span></span>

<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">[[Josh Krugh|Josh Krugh]]&nbsp;- A University Innovation Fellow Candidate from Michigan Tech</span></span>

<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">[[ARSH SAHU|Arsh Sahu]]&nbsp;- A University Innovation Fellow Candidate from Michigan Tech</span></span>

<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/David_Shull David Shull&nbsp;]- A University Innovation Fellow from Michigan Tech</span></span>

<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Brad_Turner Brad Turner&nbsp;]- A University Innovation Fellow from Michigan Tech</span></span>

<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Michigan_Tech About the University&nbsp;]- Learn about Michigan Tech including a landscape analysis</span></span>

<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">[http://universityinnovation.org/index.php?title=MTU_University_Student_Priorities Michigan Tech Student Priorities&nbsp;]- Learn about what students are working on</span></span>