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=== Cultivating an ecosystem for Innovation & Entrepreneurship - Primary Contact: Shalin Jyotishi ===

<li>NAE Grand Scholars Program<ol style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li>Call with Jenna Carpenter on Thursday</li><li>Meet with Dean Leo</li><li>Complete application for Dean Leo</li><li>Timeline: Spring 2015/Summer 2015</li>

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<li>Fortify ties between OVPR and Student Affairs/SGA for Thinc at UGA/I&E in general<ol style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li>Create Director of Entrepreneurship within SGA</li><li>Meet with Josh, Dean McDonald and other stakeholders</li><li>Possibly create a listserv for everyone to use - work with Kevin for website updates</li><li>Timeline: Spring 2015</li>

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<li>Fortify ties between Athens-Clarke County community and UGA entrepreneurial community<ol style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li>Working with Ryan Moore in Office of Econ Development on I&E projects</li><li>Meet with Herb, Ian Michael Casey, Nuci Space people and CoC people</li><li>Develop a working paper as part of Econ Dev internship focusing on I&E. Possibly conduct focus groups and surveys with help of Patrick/Tim(?)</li><li>Spring 2016-Fall 2017</li>

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<li>Create EDI Scholars program with a doctoral assistantship - who will also aid main doctoral intern for Thinc at UGA(currently Greg)<ol style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li>Meet with Dr. Dunn, Josh and student</li><li>Propose to Drs. Frum and Lee</li><li>Timeline: Fall 2015-Spring 2016</li>

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=== Increase Visibility of Campus I&E Facilities/Resources - Primary Contact: Kevin James Wu ===

<li>Create an institutional brochure mapping out campus Innovation & Entrepreneurship resources<ol style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li>Model brochure after similar handouts at NYU & UVA</li><li>Highlight key locations/contacts on campus; Use the UGA landscape canvas.</li><li>Create an overall design similar to a design thinking brainstorming board</li><li>Print initial copies, seek internal funding to hand out the flyer in larger numbers on campus</li><li>Spring/Summer 2015</li>

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<li>Update the Thinc @ UGA website to highlight I&E at UGA<ol style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li>Update biographies of local entrepreneurs on the website</li><li>Setup a forum so users can easily add profiles on themselves and their start-ups on the website.</li><li>Highlight local events and workshops regarding I&E on the website for easy access.</li><li>Spring/Summer 2015</li>

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<li>Create an updated I&E map roadmap for UGA students and faculty<ol style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li>Use the landscape canvas to highlight resources on campus, and feature them on an interactive google maps based website (Based on prior fellow work).</li><li>Transition the roadmap to Thinc @ UGA to increase visibility</li><li>Talk to developers of the UGA smartphone application and work to get the roadmap added as a key feature on the application.</li><li>Summer 2015</li>

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<li>Increase awareness of on-campus I&E resources and events<ol style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li>Update the roadmap as a static page highlighting major resources.</li><li>Make large prints of the updated campus I&E roadmap to distribute and display on campus (Terry College of Business, Engineering College, College of Art and Design, etc…).</li><li>Contact UGA PR departments to ensure that poster prints are displayed in major facilities, and I&E handouts are kept in stock to be widely distributed on campus</li><li>Inquire about setting up an I&E “newspaper stand” on campus to house I&E pamphlets and handouts for students to view/take in major dining halls and student stores.</li><li>Summer/Fall 2015</li>

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<li>Ensure longevity of proposed organization and visibility techniques<ol style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li>Contact Society of Entrepreneurs at UGA to pass down pamphlet/poster files and to ensure that the documents remain up to date.</li><li>Inquire to Student Affairs in order to add related duties to the student worker responsible for updating the Thinc @ UGA website.</li><li>Fall 2015 - Spring 2016</li>

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=== Sustainable Engineering Entrepreneurship Center: UGA Medical Innovation Studio - Primary Contact: T. Stan Gregory ===

<li>Utilize a laboratory space to serve as a temporary workshop until further future funding is secured.<ol style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li>Currently, we have setup a dedicated workspace for fellows of the UGA Medical Innovation Studio.</li><li>Design/build a support structure to handle to recruitment of new members.</li><li>Spring/Summer 2015</li>

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<li>Recruit an advisory board to ensure Studio sustainability across multiple generations of students.<ol style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li>Contact key faculty from departments across campus.  Use the Landscape Canvas.</li><li>Reach out to local entrepreneurs and start-up incubators to serve as board members</li><li>Spring/Summer 2015</li>

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<li>Encourage the development of student-drive technology-based innovations<ol style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li>Recruit Fellows from our Research Laboratory to mentor teams of Entrepreneurial Students (E-teams)</li><li>Use internally generated research questions to start E-teams with; the advisory board will aid in prelim idea generation.</li><li>Beginning Spring/Summer 2015 → No End Date</li>

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<li>Maintain the interdisciplinary nature of the Studio<ol style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li>Reach out to faculty members teaching STEM, business/entrepreneurship, and design coursework.  Encourage them to broadcast the studio to their classrooms.  Use the Landscape Canvas.</li><li>Recruit the Society of Entrepreneurs to tour and train in the Studio.  Familiarize them with the facility, and develop a level of collaboration.</li><li>Fall 2015 / Spring 2016</li>

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<li>Encourage the translation of innovations into IP and entrepreneurial ventures.<ol style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li>Invited speakers from Technology Commercialization Office, Georgia BioBusiness Center, etc… Use the Landscape Canvas à Develop a short workshop series.</li><li>Give a talk on VentureWell funding sources for E-teams (and related ventures) to the Studio.  Provide overviews of proposals.</li><li>Ensure that each E-team contains a team of interdisciplinary students (1 business major for business plan development, etc…).</li><li>Spring/Fall 2016</li>

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<li>Start a Studio Home Page (www)<ol style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li>The page will feature calendars, projects, open-source solutions, and engineering blogs, meant to build strong community support.</li><li>Offer small kits built by students to support stipend/fellowships</li><li>Spring 2017</li>

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<li>Secure external funding to ensure studio longevity<ol style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li>Use landscape canvas to contact key personnel to pitch the studio, and potentially gain University Support</li><li>VentureWell Course and Faculty Grants</li><li>Internal UGA Funding</li><li>Alternative funding sources (locate and apply)</li><li>Begin Applications Spring/Summer 2015</li>

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=== Lay Groundwork for Gaps in Interdisciplinary Collaboration - Primary Contact: Aditya Muralidhar ===

#''NAE Grand Scholars Program''##Meet with Dean Leo##Complete application##Timeline: Spring 2015/Summer 2015#''Open Doors Program''##Connect Entrepreneurs from different fields to prospectives at UGA##Establish a network of entrepreneurs in STEM and at UGA##Spring 2016#''Entrepreneurship Learning Community''##''''Analyze faculty’s willingness to form more learning communities where students with similar interests can be housed in the same location with specific opportunities to benefit them.##Spring 2016#''Connect Entrepreneurial programs under the Thinc brand.''##''''Have Thinc. sponsor several entrepreneurship-related events all throughout the year.##Expand Thinc Week to a year long ordeal with these events.##Spring 2017

=== Launched Fellow Student Priorities; Thinc-A-Thon - Primary Contact: Gregory Wilson ===

#''Establish Thinc-a-thon as the framework for conducting a hackathon or design thinking event on campus. ''##NCIIA Program grant for Thinc-a-thon: [http://nciia.org/grants/courseandprogram/ http://nciia.org/grants/courseandprogram/]##Provide opportunities to develop student e-teams to compete in NCIIA competitions##Use qualitative and quantitative research methods to develop best practices for hosting entrepreneurship, innovation, and design thinking events on campus.##Create a web platform for sharing projects, continuing collaborations, and recruiting new student team members post event#''Entrepreneurship Roadmap on Thinc site''#''Develop curriculum to increase exposure to design thinking, entrepreneurship, and innovation principles''##Organize 3 popup classes for Fall 2014 (Design Thinking crash course, Startup Engineering, Rapid Prototyping) ##Organize a Design Thinking First Year Odyssey for Fall 2014##Collaborate with Stanford to bring online Design Thinking course to UGA#''Begin to organize a K-12 Entrepreneurship Week for 2015 ''#''Create a portable ideation lab that can be checked out by students and faculty to turn any room into an ideation space.''##Inspired by the MakeSpace book: [http://dschool.stanford.edu/makespace/ http://dschool.stanford.edu/makespace/]    ##Alternative solution: Design an ideation space in the library

=== Leadership Circle (Links to Member Wiki Pages) ===

<li>[[Gregory Wilson|Gregory Wilson]] (Current)</li><li>[[T. Stan Gregory|T. Stan Gregory ]](In Training, Not Yet Launched)</li><li>[[Shalin Jyotishi|Shalin Jyotishi]] (In Training, Not Yet Launched)</li><li>[[Kevin Wu|Kevin James Wu]] (In Training, Not Yet Launched)</li><li>[[Aditya Muralidhar|Aditya Muralidhar]] (In Training, Not Yet Launched)</li>

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