[https://www.jmu.edu/cob/centers/center-for-entrepreneurship/students/venture-creation-fellowship.shtml <span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><u style="font-size: large;">'''<span style="background-color: transparent; white-space: pre-wrap; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Venture Creation Fellowship</span>'''</u></span></span>]
*<span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;">The Center for Entrepreneurship offers teams of students the chance to grow their ideas into a starup company through the Venture Creation Teams is Fellowship. Small teams of students and/or faculty members can apply to the fellowship and if accepted they will attend an 8 week program running from June to July where accepted teams can focus on accelerating aimed at helping them transform their venture ideas into success stories. Teams are given a stipend, granted access to successthe ICE House workspaces, and paired with an experienced mentor. </span></span>
<span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-91cbcfbc-bfa4-8b4e-9cd7-c0bccea8b2ae"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Email: dalyps@jmu.edu</span></span></span></span>
<span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-91cbcfbc-bfa4-8b4e-9cd7-c0bccea8b2ae"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The entrepreneurship minor is designed to introduce students from any discipline to the knowledge, skills and mindset necessary for successful new venture creation. The minor is</span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap; font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">open to students in any major except management, which offers a track in innovation and entrepreneurship. Students who successfully complete the entrepreneurship minor will develop the knowledge base and skills needed for new venture creation and management. They will be able to: Understand entrepreneurship as a possible career path, its role in economic growth and opportunity, and its associated social benefits; recognize/identify entrepreneurial opportunities that fit the individual student includes self-analysis in the context of possible entrepreneurial activities and demonstration of the ability to identify and analyze the attractiveness of potential markets. Develop a business model and create a business plan. This includes completing a clear and concise written plan that serves as a blueprint for creation of the proposed venture. Apply relevant financial and business principles to assess the need for start-up capital, conduct break even analysis, and identify cash flow needed for future growth. Identify and evaluate various sources of funding. Articulate an effective pitch to gain support from investors, suppliers, customers, or potential employees. Interact and collaborate with various stakeholders to develop and evaluate ideas, and grow those ideas to fruition.</span>
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<span style="color:#000000;">''<span style="font-size:medium;"><span><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Admission to Program:</span></span></span>''</span>
<span style="color:#000000;"div><span id="docs-internal-guid-91cbcfbc-bfa5-ef61-7d3d-fc09869332e7"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To be considered for admission into the entrepreneurship minor students will need to submit an application packet by April 1 to the entrepreneurship minor coordinator in the Management Department. The application includes:<br/span></spandiv></span> *<span style="color:#000000;"><span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Statement of interest One-minute “elevator pitch” video</span></span></span>*<span style="color:#000000;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-91cbcfbc-bfa5-ef61-7d3d-fc09869332e7"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Resume</span></span></span>*<span style="color:#000000;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-91cbcfbc-bfa5-ef61-7d3d-fc09869332e7"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Letter of recommendation</span></span></span>*<span style="color:#000000;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-91cbcfbc-bfa5-ef61-7d3d-fc09869332e7"><span style="font-size: 11.5ptrgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Proof of good academic standing</span></span></span> <span style="color:#000000;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-91cbcfbc-bfa5-ef61-7d3d-fc09869332e7"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">JMU students submit applications for admission into the minor during the spring of their sophomore year. Enrollment in the initial course requirement occurs during the fall of their junior year. Transfer students who have four semesters of course work remaining after any given spring semester are eligible to apply. Transfer students admitted to JMU for fall semester who are interested in applying for the ENTP minor will have two weeks after their notification of admission to submit their application to the minor coordinator. Selected students will be notified of their acceptance to the minor cohort two weeks prior to the start</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.5ptmedium; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">of fall semester classes. Admitted students will begin as a cohort the following fall</span>ere</span> <span style="color:#000000;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-91cbcfbc-bfa5-ef61-7d3d-fc09869332e7"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">semester.</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.5pt; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Admitted students must be able to take the four required minor courses as a cohort, on a predetermined one per semester schedule for four consecutive semesters starting with </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.5pt; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">the first semester of their junior year.</span></span><div><br/></div><div><br/></div>
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