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= BACKGROUND =

<span id="docs-internal-guid-ba4cd9e4-71f1-eb9b-50e2-d7aafb53873b"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This is how Hans made an impact using his university’s accelerator at Universidad de Ingeniería & Tecnología (UTEC):</span></span>

<span id="docs-internal-guid-ba4cd9e4-71f1-eb9b-50e2-d7aafb53873b"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As you pick up this critical mass of people, there are more hands turning the wheel towards success. Make sure you keep it moving in a forward direction by getting the word out by means of social media and other outlets like the news, or even flyers.</span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Also emphasize that the community was created from the classmates who took the University Innovations Fellow program at Stanford, that draws the attention of students and gives confidence.</span></span>

<span id="docs-internal-guid-ba4cd9e4-71f1-eb9b-50e2-d7aafb53873b"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Maintain your community by working on it every day. It is always good to measure where you have come from, to where you are now, so this stuff is important! Always try to quantify things like how many start-ups are formed in the community, or how many applications are developed, or how many I&E events the community attends, etc. Campus accelerators are popping up on international campuses and idea centers, so this community idea is spread all over the world!</span></span>

<span id="docs-internal-guid-ba4cd9e4-71f1-eb9b-50e2-d7aafb53873b"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It is important to keep the community engaged. As people become invested, things tend to take off quickly. Make sure your community is welcoming and don’t be afraid to let other people take the reigns as it is easy to spin out. If people are inspired, remember that this community is their avenue to reach for the stars.</span></span>

== <span id="docs-internal-guid-ba4cd9e4-71f1-eb9b-50e2-d7aafb53873b"><span style="font-size: 25.3333px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS</span></span> ==

<span id="docs-internal-guid-ba4cd9e4-71f1-eb9b-50e2-d7aafb53873b"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">There is an event labeled UTEC networking, It’s like a job fair, companies come to UTEC and students have to provide a pitch of about 2 min to convince the companies that they are great candidates. With the career services, they implemented a workshop that focused on improving students skills in giving elevator pitches. They have enough funds for now, since the community was established two months ago. But they may eventually need to fundraiser at a later stage. There are currently 40 members in the community. Union and integration is important to form a community that share a common goal. There are associations like IEEE which offer professional development opportunities but they are not as good as other organizations because they are not like a community since they only help with improving the I&E ecosystem through more structured means.</span></span>

== EDITORS ==

<br/>Tobiloba Komolafe<br/>Cheryl Fong<br/>Alyssa Norris<br/>Daniel Yates<br/>Erin Esco<br/>Josef Pishek<br/>Marouane Smaili