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== <u>'''Fill the gap'''</u> ==

A junior student at the Cooper Union as well as a University Innovation fellow, Sharang quickly realized there was a gap between the engineering and entrepreneurship in his campus. His fellows were very passionate about building, designing, creating; everything about engineering, but few took the step to push into a product. With the knowledge learned from University Innovation Fellow program, he quickly responded an Invention-to-Venture (I2V) workshop would bridge the two Es.

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With the theme to introduce the basic knowledge of entrepreneurship, Sharang started to seek for speakers with experience on these areas. Contacting '''''alumni''''' is obviously a good way. Sharang also '''''made good use of''''' '''''location''''': New York City. Sharang reached out to Professor Rob Marano. Rob is the organizer of Entrepreneurship Society at the Cooper Union, as well as serial entrepreneur.

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Because of the close relationship with Professor Rob Marano as well as the novelty of I2V event, Sharang successfully gained sponsorship from local companies through Professor Rob’s connection.&nbsp; Sponsors include the Hackerati, GitHub Inc. and Zocdoc.com. &nbsp;

Time: Saturday, December 1, 2012&nbsp; (Before finals as well as students returned from Thanksgiving.)

Location: The New Academic Building of the Cooper Union, 41 Cooper Square New York City

The quickest and most efficient way is via '''''internet'''''. Sharang and his colleagues published the event at main information channels for Cooper Union students:

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Sharang looked for '''''peers''''' '''''sharing the same entrepreneurial ideas'''''. His partner, Eric Leong, has been instrumental throughout his entrepreneurial experience.

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It is the first time to house I2V at Cooper Union. Sharang believed the response from students were positive. It effectively connected the campus with entrepreneurship outside. About 50 students attended the workshop. Together with Hackerthon and the demo workshop at New York University, the awareness of entrepreneurship was greatly improved among Cooper Union students. In the future, Sharang thinks some other events that can be done include bringing investors and advisors to campus, as well as elevator pitch. The success of the event was also written by the first speaker John Pavley&nbsp;at Huffington Post.