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= <span style="font-size:xx-large;"></span><span style="font-size:xx-large;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color:#4b0082;">James Madison University</span></span></span><br/> =
== <span style="font-size:x-large;">'''<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Promoting Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship</span>'''</span> ==
*<u>'''<span style="font-size:larger;"><span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;"></span></span></span>'''</u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Startup Studio is a rapid-pitch event hosted by the Society of Entrepreneurs semi-regularly. In the confines of two hours, students meet, split into groups, recognize a problem related to the given theme, develop a solution, and pitch their idea to the rest of the groups. This exercise helps to illustrate to students how to think with an entrepreneurial, creative problem solving mindset.</span>
<span style="font-size:medium;"><u>'''<span id="docs-internal-guid-fab25c7f-37f0-a799-b3f2-73082d003464"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Startup Weekend</span></span>'''</u></span>
*<span style="font-size:larger;"><u>'''<span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;"></span></span>'''</u></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">A communal event, in Shenandoah Valley, Startup Weekend is for entrepreneurs, designers, programmers, makers, and others who want to pitch a startup idea and receive feedback from their peers. At Startup Weekend, teams organically form around the top ideas (as determined by popular vote), and then it’s a 54-hour frenzy of business model creation, coding, designing, and market validation. The weekend culminates with presentations in front of local entrepreneurial leaders for another opportunity for critical feedback.</span>
<span style="font-size:medium;"><u>'''<span id="docs-internal-guid-fab25c7f-37f0-a799-b3f2-73082d003464"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Industrial Design Society of America</span></span>'''</u></span>
<span style="font-size:medium;"><u>'''<span id="docs-internal-guid-fab25c7f-37f0-a799-b3f2-73082d003464"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">BizBlitz</span></span>'''</u></span>
*<u>'''<span style="font-size:larger;"><span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;"></span></span></span>'''</u><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">BizBlitz is JMU’s first full scale “Startup Weekend” style event. s events for entrepreneurs, designers, programmers, makers, and others who want to pitch a startup idea and receive feedback from their peers. At BizBlitz, teams organically form around the top ideas (as determined by popular vote), and then it’s a 54-hour frenzy of business model creation, coding, designing, and market validation. The weekend culminates with presentations in front of local entrepreneurial leaders for another opportunity for critical feedback.</span>
<span style="font-size:medium;"><u>'''<span id="docs-internal-guid-fab25c7f-37f0-a799-b3f2-73082d003464"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">I.C.C.E Pitch Competition & Conference</span></span>'''</u></span>
== <u>Student Priorities</u><br/> ==
[[James_Madison_University_Student_PrioritiesJames Madison University Student Priorities|<u>James Madison University Student Priorities</u>]]