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== <h2> Student innovation and entrepreneurship ==</h2><p>Texas A&amp;M has support for students to learn about and become involved with entrepreneurship.&nbsp#160; These programs, like <u>Startup Aggieland</u> and <u>Aggies in Business,</u> are generally new and constantly evolving. </p><p>&nbsp#160; </p><p>The <u>Mays Business School Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship</u> provides undergraduate and graduate certificates for entrepreneurship.&nbsp#160; They support student entrepreneurship as well as faculty and the local community with competitions and lecture series to inspire and educate. [[<a href="http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/ ">http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/]</a>]</p>*[<ul><li><a href="http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/ideas-challenge/ ">Ideas Challenge]</a>&nbsp#160;- idea competition where 40 finalist ideas are chosen, and the top 3 ideas receive a cash prize (1st - $3,000, 2nd - $2,00, 3rd - $1000)*[</li><li><a href="http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/3DS/ ">3 Day Startup]</a>&nbsp#160;- a weekend event where students collaborate to form businesses and demo a prototype to a panel of judges, including investors</li></ul>[[File:<p><img src="/images/c/cf/TAMU_LC_3ds_1.jpg" _fck_mw_filename="TAMU LC 3ds 1.jpg|" _fck_mw_location="right" _fck_mw_type="thumb|" alt="TAMU LC 3ds 1.jpg" class="fck_mw_frame fck_mw_right" /><img src="/images/b/bd/TAMU_LC_3ds_2.jpg" _fck_mw_filename="TAMU LC 3ds 2.jpg" _fck_mw_location="right]][[File:" _fck_mw_type="thumb" alt="TAMU LC 3ds 2.jpg|thumb|right]]" class="fck_mw_frame fck_mw_right" /></p>*[<ul><li><a href="http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/lunch-learn/ ">Lunch and Learn]</a>&nbsp#160;- lunch speaker events*[</li><li><a href="http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/start-up-101/ ">Startup 101]</a>- a weekly lesson spanning 3 or 4 weeks featuring presentations from business leaders, marketers, and IP attorneys and their advice on startup creation</li></ul><p>&nbsp#160; </p><p><u>Startup Aggieland</u> is a brand new student incubator designed to provide students with launch-ready concepts, the opportunity to receive co-working spaces, mentors, and a supportive community.&nbsp#160; They lack laboratories, equipment, and startup funding. [[<a href="http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/accelerator/ ">http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/accelerator/]</a>] [[File:</p><p><img src="/images/8/8d/TAMU_LC_startupaggieland_1.jpg|" _fck_mw_filename="TAMU LC startupaggieland 1.jpg" _fck_mw_location="right" _fck_mw_type="thumb|right]][[File:" alt="TAMU LC startupaggieland 1.jpg" class="fck_mw_frame fck_mw_right" /><img src="/images/d/d8/TAMU_LC_startupaggieland_2.jpg|" _fck_mw_filename="TAMU LC startupaggieland 2.jpg" _fck_mw_location="right" _fck_mw_type="thumb|right]]" alt="TAMU LC startupaggieland 2.jpg" class="fck_mw_frame fck_mw_right" />&nbsp#160; </p><p><u>Aggies in Business (AiB)</u> is another brand new program that provides business consulting for local businesses, and enables students to be employed by the university to perform this&nbsp#160; consulting work.&nbsp#160; The student employees are overseen by leadership.&nbsp#160; [[<a href="http://www.txaib.org/images/txaib/pages/aib_consulting.html ">http://www.txaib.org/images/txaib/pages/aib_consulting.html</a>]]</p>