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Below is an enumeration of Howard University programs and initiatives that support the five buckets in the NACIE sponsored university commitment letter.

=Student Entrepreneurship=

Howard University was one of eight institutions selected by '''''the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation''''' in a nationwide competition to receive a multi-million dollar grant as part of the '''''Kauffman Campuses Initiative''''' to develop an entrepreneurial climate across college campuses in America. The program seeks to transform the way entrepreneurship is taught and experienced so that any student, regardless of their field of study, will have the opportunity to participate.

*'''Entrepreneurship at Howard''' actively counsels and mentors students with ideas for new businesses, or seeking assistance in improving their business model

*Each month, the ELI Institute features a student start-up at Howard University

<li>Featured start-ups are ventures that are innovative, have participated in the bi-weekly '''''BlackMarketplace''''', or have had considerable growth in clientele, sales, or visibility on-campus or in the Washington, DC Metropolitan Area</li>

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*'''The StartUp Scramble DC University Challenge''' brings entrepreneurially-minded college students from DC universities together for a weekend-long event to build and launch sustainable ventures that address social issues affecting local communities

*ELI Institute offers an array of academic programs for the students

<ul style="margin-left: 40px; list-style-type: circle;"><li>Undergraduate non-business majors can elect to minor in entrepreneurship.;</li><li>Graduate students can elect to concentrate in entrepreneurship.; and</li><li>All students are able to gain a certificate in entrepreneurship.</li>

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In addition to current students, ELI Institute contributes to the entrepreneurial success of many Howard University alums including Ike C. Nwaneri, one of the two co-founders of '''KEADWORKS LLC ''' and '''KOJAMI Inc'''.

*Keadworks is a creative marketing and technology agency in the Washington DC Metro Area which has launched successful campaigns for various industry clients. *Kojami Inc. is a company spawned out of Keadworks LLC to provide the following electronic services:~~<ul style="list-style-type: circle;"><li>~~It is an events platform that has been widely adopted by event organizers, businesses and organizations especially in the Washington metro region~~</li>~~<li>The platform allows both individual and corporate event organizers to create an event in 3 minutes or less and easily manage and track multiple elements of the event in one simple dashboard;</li><li>Scheduled events can then be easily propagated through mobile phones as a mobile application—recipients of the mobile event can also interact and SHOVE (share) the mobile event; and</li>

<li>Recipients can also complete a one-touch GPS navigation search, view and join conversations of each event in real-time, purchase and receive mobile tickets and most importantly stay connected to the category of events desired</li>

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Kojami in many ways is re-inventing the way people use mobile devices to create, manage, interact or share (SHOVE) events.

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=Faculty Entrepreneurship=

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