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Establish an entity on campus where any student with a creative idea can get all the resources needed to become the entrepreneur they want to be, and test, launch, and grow their business.

*Description: Test, iterate, and scale MadX Labs, JMU’s first seed -stage startup accelerator.   **MadX Labs aims to will serve JMU’s most talented student founders, giving them the best of both worlds opportunity by leveraging the resources of an entire University and its networkpotential contacts. We will give young entrepreneurs at JMU the opportunity to experience a traditional accelerator program; with the mentorship, training, office space, and funding they need in order to test, launch, and grow their business – while maintaining a status as a student.**University-wide, students Students are encourage encouraged to apply to MadX Labs startup accelerator two times a year in the beginning of each semester during “The Madison Challenge”, and if selected as winners they enter into the 12-week program and receive the mentorship, office space, and funding"The Entrepreneurment Procurement". After the 12 weeks, the program culminates in a Demo Day, where they will have the opportunity to pitch an invite only audience of JMU investorsinvestor

***Begin idea generation for funding - January 2015 - Launch of Beta(Completed)2018***April 2015 - Close of Program Finalized Idea - Demo DayFebruary 20th 2018***September 2015 Generation of interest/Advertisement - University Wide LaunchMay 2018/August 2018***December 2015 Planned Event Time - Close of First Official ProgramSeptember 10-14