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== Strategy #1: ________Sow a Widespread Entrepreneurial Culture<br/> ==
Following are Reno will eventually need a critical mass of startups to ignite its reputation as an array innovative/entrepreneurial hotbed. To develop that critical mass, the University has to fuel a culture of strategies that will fully address Gap #1 entrepreneurship over a the next 2-3 year period:years.
=== Tactic #1: [Name of tactic]Local Entrepreneurial Guest Speakers<br/> ===
*Description [250 words on why <span style="font-size: 12px;">The best way to change culture is by example: Reno and Nevada have to show, not tell, that they have an ecosystem that supports entrepreneurship and a culture that encourages it. To this end, publicized guest lectures that drive home entrepreneurial lessons, ambitions, and successes would start to put innovative thoughts in students’ heads—especially if these thoughts came from the entrepreneurs behind new, relevant, and important businesses. </span>A hard-hitting series of entrepreneurial guest lectures would be the ideal way to pull this strategy will solve off. It’d require exceptional, national-level connections: local entrepreneurs, though directly relevant, might not have the kind of pull that this gap on your campus]plan needs. Reaching out to Vegas and Silicon Valley is probably the best way to balance locality with notoriety; ideally, executives from companies like Google and Zappos would be able to contribute their wisdom and celebrity to the effort. *Team Leader:Nolan Nicholson*Milestones: Reach Out and Plan Connections, 12/2013-1/2014; First Speaker, 2/2014 - and onward === Tactic #2: [Either your nameMentorship Programs === Nobody is better at changing students’ perspectives than fellow students—and, if students don’t yet have the wherewithal to start their own successful businesses, TBD or create then the next best thing is to give them a title assigned to day in the person who volunteers]*Milestoneslife. Mentorship and shadowing are invaluable tools for entrepreneurs: [A set of bullets that characterize the work that would likely need they give students a chance to be executedview, concretely, along with mm/yy]the inner workings of an inspirational company.
Tactic #2The idea here is this: [Name Students compete for a chance to shadow high-profile, entrepreneurial companies. They visit the company for a day or more, learn everything they can about the work role there, and then return to—most importantly—give a speech on their experiences and impressions. This could work for a couple of tactic]reasons. First, it encourages connections between high-tech companies and the University by showing these companies the best and brightest that Nevada has to offer. Second, it helps develop of hopeful entrepreneurs by giving them visceral examples to shoot for. Third, it gives these students a chance to help share entrepreneurial lessons by putting them in front of an audience.
*Description [250 words on why this strategy will solve this gap on your campus]*Team Leader:: [Either your name, TBD or create a title assigned to the person who volunteers]
*Milestones: [A set of bullets that characterize the work that would likely need to be executed, along with mm/yy]
*Description [250 words on why this strategy will solve this gap on your campus]
*Team Leader:: [Either your name, TBD or create a title assigned to the person who volunteers]
*Milestones: [A set of bullets that characterize the work that would likely need to be executed, along with mm/yy]