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Currently campuses may have typically are an environment that is segmented by schools, majors or interests.  Students have many are provided with a myriad of opportunities to mingle among amongst their own disciplines , but may not have the resources to collaborate with students in other schools and majors.  There might possibly be programs in place Programs may exist that may feel limited or confining by trying to force a general idea of entrepreneurship that may might not appeal to every particular person interested personin entrepreneurship.  Because entrepreneurship brings together has the ability to connect all different sorts of peoplestudents with different educational backgrounds, one organization may not be the best course of action.  Elliot Roth saw the need for this diversification at VCU Virginia Commonwealth University and decided that segmenting the consolidated VCUSquared program into multiple clubs while maintaining communication, sponsorship and centering on an entrepreneurship council created more interest among students.  It also allowed for students to explore the fields they were most interested in while still simultaneously collaborating on events, activities and projects.

[[File:VcusquaredLogo.png|frame|right|VcusquaredLogo.png]]<div>VCUSquared is currently an umbrella group that brings three separate student entrepreneurial clubs together, with another a fourth club in development.</div><div><br/></div><div>[http://www.squared.vcu.edu/resources-at-vcu/student-clubs/ VCU Squared] is a unique university-wide initiative launched by [http://www.research.vcu.edu/ott/ VCU Tech Transfer] and [http://www.davincicenter.vcu.edu/ VCU da Vinci Center]. VCU Squared is charged with continuously evaluating VCU’s entrepreneurial environment, developing new programs and coordinating related activities around the University. The team also works to understand the regional environment, and collaborate with external partners so that VCU and the local business communities can leverage available resources and expertise. With an understanding of our larger entrepreneurial ecosystem, the VCU Squared team works to enhance the culture of entrepreneurship at VCU and harness the talent of our student, alumni and research communitycommunities.</div>

SEED is a student entrepreneurship group dedicated to perusing &nbsp;pursuing medical and technologicallytechnology-oriented based products and businesses. Students go through a process of discovery, design, and implementation in project teams to build working products that solve real-world problems.<br/><span style="line-height: 24px">[[File:SEEDlogo.jpg|thumb|right|300px|SEEDlogo.jpg]]</span>

<span style="line-height: 24px">[[File:StartupVCU.jpg|thumb|right|300px|StartupVCU.jpg]]</span>StartUp VCU is the club for entrepreneurially -minded students at the universityUniversity. Made up of thinkers, dreamers, and makers from all academic disciplines and walks of life, the club is a network of students interested in bringing innovative business opportunities to life! At Startup VCU, officers and members foster creativity and encourage taking chances, while alumni advisers are on deck to connect and consult with project teams. The founders of Startup VCU understood that the process of starting a business is never easy, which is exactly why they created a fail safe environment to test ideas and vet new concepts. From the undergraduate level through (and beyond) graduation, Startup VCU members are prepped for and grounded in the ever-changing world of entrepreneurship and innovation.

<span style="line-height: 24px">[[File:Artup.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Artup.jpg]]</span>Our ArtUp's goal is to unite students from all departments within VCUarts that are interested in translating their skills and passions into creative entrepreneurship. Through collaboration on small , and university-wide projects, ArtUp plans to bring artists together in giving to give back to the Richmond community while establishing a networking foundation profitable for their careers and learning to better sustain their own work. This will be done through industry specific field trips, guest speakers or hosting workshops alongside a specific collaborative project that the group chooses to work on. ArtUp will focus on taking change as an opportunity for innovation in order to aid students in preparing for a successful future in the arts.

A new newer aspect of entrepreneurship to consider is that of social entrepreneurship, for those interested in helping peoplemankind. &nbsp;An organization to bring in students that are interested in the sociological ramifications of entrepreneurship are drawn to this type of work. &nbsp;They These students will form their own club while still collaborating with the other groups at VCU.&nbsp;

<div>Elliot Roth states, “Entrepreneurship is a varied subject and each student has their own wants and needs. You cannot appeal to everyone with a broad “entrepreneurship” 'entrepreneurship' club. Students will soon lose interest if the subject matter is not related to their own interests. There are four very broad categories of businesses (Health, Motion, Perception, Communication) and two types (Products, Services). We are only just beginning to form groups centered on these categories.” By segmenting the group student groups by interests , you are taking a large group of people with minimal limited interest in entrepreneurship and creating smaller passionate groups of people with real belief in the goals they are trying to accomplish. &nbsp;It is still very important to keep the passions connected and working together however, as because this is the whole point of interdisciplinary collaboration.</div><div><br/></div><div>Bringing the future entrepreneurs together under the umbrella group and then delegating segmenting by interests allows the organization to run like a business. Everyone does Students have to ability to carry out the job they are best suited for them, but ultimately works work for the larger bodyorganization. &nbsp;Communication among the groups should be frequent ; whether through co-sponsorship of events, partnerships, working under an entrepreneurial council of combined group members, or even the simple but powerful method of meeting in the same physical location. &nbsp;Allowing the students to teach workshops or classes to one another also opens up communication. &nbsp;It allows artists to teach more creative skills to those less artistically inclined and gives artists the chance to be exposed to prototyping, management and organizational skills, or more business -oriented topics. Not everyone every student fits the same mold , and by allowing the interests of the students to drive the focus of the organization allows more people , it supports additional students to get involved at more different levels.</div>