We’ll include a story to summarize the problem at Michigan Tech. One day in early April a VC from Silicon Valley came to Michigan Tech to do due diligence on a new technology being developed in 3D printing. The VC gave a speech and discussed her time at Stanford. She said: “I never thought about being involved in venture capital, but when I got to school everyone was talking about starting a business and I felt like I needed to get plugged into that ecosystem.” Michigan Tech lacks that passion, enthusiasm, and culture. These three strategies are designed to remedy that challenge.
TechX is the proposed solution. It uses new academic opportunities, event programming, and startup support to drive a culture shift towards innovation and entrepreneurship.
= Strategy One: Command the Dialogue =