===UIF Fall 2022===
==== <u>'''Strategic Priority #1'''</u> ===='''<u>Increasing entrepreneurial seed funding sources</u>'''
===== '''<u>Increasing entrepreneurial seed funding sources</u>''' =====
A $20 Challenge should be hosted where participants will be given $20 to transform into a business venture. For a period of eight (8) weeks, they will be challenged to multiply this $20 using an original business idea. Throughout the process, they will have access to mentorship from entrepreneurial experts who will help them to see success in their business. After eight (8) weeks have passed, the participants in the challenge will return the $20 and present their business plan and progress (in Shark Tank style) to a panel of entrepreneurs, who will select a winner. Entrepreneurial ventures and presentations will be judged on innovative genius, originality, projected possibility to dominate a niche market, as well as a clear statistical analysis. The winner and 2 runners-up will receive investments into their business and direct mentorship from the entrepreneurial panel. The other participants will receive further entrepreneurial training to help to improve and grow the current state of their brand.
====<u>'''Strategic Priority #2'''</u>====
=====<u>Increasing entrepreneurial curriculum</u>=====
A entrepreneurial class called Business Expert would be introduced to help entrepreneurs build a successful business by giving them the right resources and by helping them understand business. The entrepreneurs in this program will gain an understanding of Creativity, Exceptionalism, the Legal Framework, and Promotion. Through student-led workshops, students will learn how to reach their target markets with their advertising efforts. In addition to helping students, working with entrepreneurial teachers will ensure that students are getting the right information from someone with experience and that their teacher knows what they're doing.