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</p><p style="text-align: justify;"> </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> '''Project Name: Funded Accelerator for Student Founded Startups''' </p><p style="text-align: justify;"> Led by: Ushna Arshad Khan</p>Description:  In order to empower students with the resources and confidence to pursue their startup idea, we will work on developing a funded accelerator program. This program will take place during the summer, and will provide students with both the training and funding necessary to pursue this idea. In itself, the accelerator program will have weekly workshops, mentorship sessions, advising one-on-one’s, and access to a network of founders and investors. At the end of the programs, all student founders will present their Minimum Viable Product (MVP) and pitch to investors. Moreover, students will be funded through the Richmond Guarantee to pursue this experience throughout the summer, and could potentially qualify for a grant for equity-free funding. Key tactics: * Connect stakeholder departments throughout campus such as the Centre for Innovation and Creativity, Business School, and the Computer Science departments to accumulate connections, resources, and volunteers. Develop a central database for networks and resources through this collaboration.* Bring together a team of directors to help develop and deploy the accelerator program. * Advocate for the accelerator program across campus and pitch to Board of Trustees for a pool of funding to grant student founder’s equity-free funding. * Develop and devise a curriculum with the basics of founding a startup: idea validation, market research, stakeholder management, pricing, go to market strategies, app development, fundraising, and hiring.* Source mentors and advisors for accelerator program members. Match mentors according to industries and ideas.   '''Project Name: Establishing a Multidisciplinary Entrepreneurship Department'''

* Develop a community of passionate students who can come together, share their experience and exchange ideas in a safe and creative environment. * Organize meetings with experienced entrepreneurs who can share their stories and inspire students to not be afraid to pursue their business ideas. * Create a welcoming environment where students have an opportunity to meet new friends, potential team members, mentors, co founders and investors. * Encourage professors and university staff to create a safe and inclusive space that will motivate students to express their ideas and think outside of the box. * Emphasize inclusivity and creativity in the campus community.