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Western New England is home to an innovation lab in the 3rd floor of the engineering building Slieth. In this space students can develop and prototype anything. The lab is fully equiped with everything from power tools to 3D printers.
=== 3-Day Startup ===
<span style="font-size:small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-661bb31c-af97-14f6-dbc8-f9e09fb3e78b"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Each fall, Western New England University hosts a 3 Day Startup (3DS) event, a 72-hour learning-by-doing campus workshop that teaches entrepreneurial skills to students in a hands-on environment. 3DS is an organization that that helps campuses organize entrepreneurial workshops to provide their students experience in creating a startup company. Undergraduate and graduate students in all majors are invited to participate in the Western New England University event at which local entrepreneurs serve as mentors and judges.</span></span></span>
<span style="font-size:small;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-661bb31c-af97-14f6-dbc8-f9e09fb3e78b"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">One product resulting from the event is already in development. AnyCafé was invited to participate in a 3DS event in Austin and participated in the Valley Venture Mentors’ (VVM) Accelerator Program for burgeoning entrepreneurs. Watch a video </span>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sb4ZMKpboA0&feature=youtu.be <span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 75, 141); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">interview</span>]<span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">of the team on PBS.</span></span></span>
=== Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship ===
