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== Overview<br/> ==

[500 words about Penn State offers many Innovation and Entrepreneurship resources varying from classes, to organizations to attaining funding for entrepreneurial activities. Its biggest contributor of growth has been the positive aspects "Invent Penn State" initiative, started in 2015. It was a pet-project of the Innovation and Entrepreneurship ecosystem on campus current President, Eric Barron, and has lead to buildup of entreprenuerial resources in nearly every facet of Penn State life. There are over 150 classes offered in the two gaps you believe will enhance varying areas of entrepreneurship. There are 5 minors offered in the Iumbrella&E nbsp;topic of entrepreneurship, as well as "Launchboxes" (innovation hubs/incubators) at every campus in the ecosystem . Lots of the growth has been spurred on by various student organizations such as Innoblue (the primary entreprenuership club on your campus]), HackPSU (organizes by yearly hackathons with corporate sponsors), Enactus (a project-based social entreprenuership club), and Happy Valley Capital (a VC interest club). Penn State also has pitch competitions in nearly every academic discipline for startup ideas. Lastly, Penn State has a large industrial park, dubbed "Innovation Park", for local and university startups to operate.

Link Although Penn State has done a great job in building up these opportunities, there are still some ways we believe we can improve. We would like to Prezi overview provide more inspiration for students to become entrepreneurs, provide a greater culture of entreprenuership, and increase the visibility of campus ecosystem:suitable entry points in to the community. We will carry out these goals by increasing VC presence, providing entry information to freshmen, and elevating successful entreprenuerial alumni.

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== Calling all students =Strategy #1: Inspiring Students to Take Part<br/> =

Informational Session (come hear plansFollowing are an array of strategies that will fully address Gap #1 over a 2-3 year period: == Step #1: Exploring New Marketing Channels for Content == *Description: The current Invent Penn State marketing channels are good at keeping students engaged, offer feedback however we think that we need different outreach channels if we truly want to make our ideas a success and help expand opportunities for all grow the ecosystem as whole.*Some ideas:*Postering Campaign (our poster prototypes worked well)*Pitching at Student Organizations*Banners?*Pushing students)to join the existing mailing list*Innoblue Website

*Where== Step #2: [Google Hangout On Air <a hrefAlumni Centered Content ="<a href="[http://www.google.com/+/learnmore/hangouts/onair.html http://www.google.com/+/learnmore/hangouts/onair.html]">[http://www.google.com/+/learnmore/hangouts/onair.html http://www.google.com/+/learnmore/hangouts/onair.html]&lt;/a&gt;">[1]&lt;/a&gt; or other existing meeting of students interested in I&E in Engineering.]*When: [Date, Time]*RSVP: [your email address, google form, eventbrite or meetup link]

== Strategy #1*Description: ________<br/> ==We want to take stories from inspirational entreprenuerial alumni, and share them with exisiting students in an easily accesible format. We hope that by showing students what their predeccesors have accomplished, it may inspire them to take a leap of faith in to entreprenuership. We will dispurse this information through the above marketing channels.

= Strategy #2: Creating a Buzzing Culture of I&E around Campus<br/> = Following are an array of strategies that will fully address Gap #1 2 over a 2-3 year period:

== Primary Tactic #1: [Name of tactic]Increasing VC Presence ==

*Description [250 words on why this strategy : We have noticed that many of the US Entreprenuership hubs have a booming VC environment to accompany the growing businesses. Our hope, is that by increasing visits from major VC partners/companies, we will enable more local/university based startups to florish. This will solve this gap on your campus]in turn increase our reputation as a startup university and attract more VCs.*Team LeaderIdeas:*Investor Bus Tours like [https: [Either your name, TBD or create a title assigned to //www.events.revolution.com/ Rise of the person who volunteersRest]*Milestones: [A set of bullets that characterize Elevating the work few VC firms that would likely need are present at Penn State: 1855 Capital and Contrary Capital*Work to be executed, along with mm/yy]increase Contrary Capital's presence on campus

== Secondary Tactic #2: [Name of tactic]Changing the Rules ==

*Description [250 words on why this strategy will solve this gap : Penn State currently has a rule that no revenue generating business can be started or operated on your campus]*Team Leader:: [Either your name, TBD or create a title assigned . If we want to take our ecosystem to the person who volunteers]*Milestones: [A set of bullets next level, that characterize the work is something that would likely will really need to be executed, along with mm/yy]change.

Tactic = Strategy #3: [Name of tactic]Increasing Entry Point Quality and Visibility =

*Description [250 words on why this strategy will solve this gap on your campus]*Team Leader:: [Either your name, TBD or create a title assigned There are two main tactics we plan to the person who volunteers]*Milestones: [A set employ for increasing ease of bullets that characterize the work that would likely need access to be executed, along with mm/yy]Penn State's I&E ecosystem:&nbsp;

== Strategy Tactic #1: Creating a Checklist ==<div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Description: We are hoping to create a small and easy to use checklist for Freshmen to use to explore the I&E ecosystem. We want to include this resource in the NSO materials that accepted students receive when they first arrive on campus. The checklist will be a simple flyer with little tasks that students can accomplish to "get their feet wet" in the ecosystem.<br/></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div>== Tactic #2: ________Spend A Summer Day ==<div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/> </div><div style=="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Description: The university has a "Spend A Summer Day" program that allows prospective students to explore academic disciplines or colleges that they may be interested in at Penn State. Given that Invent Penn State as nearly as many facets as a college, we believe that we can create an information session that students can attend which allows them to get a taste for the PSU I&E resources. Additionally, students voluntarily sign up for these session, which means we would be getting in front of the interested demographic.</div><div><br/></div>

Tactic #1: [Name of tactic[Pennsylvania State University]]

*Description [250 words on why this strategy will solve this gap on your campus]*Team Leader'''Current Fellows:: [Either your name, TBD or create a title assigned to the person who volunteers]*Milestones: [A set of bullets that characterize the work that would likely need to be executed, along with mm/yy]'''

Tactic #2: [Name of tactic[Michael Miller|Michael Miller]]

*Description [250 words on why this strategy will solve this gap on your campus]*Team Leader:: [Either your name, TBD or create a title assigned to the person who volunteersHayden Long|Hayden Long]*Milestones: [A set of bullets that characterize the work that would likely need to be executed, along with mm/yy]

Tactic #3'''Previous Fellows: [Name of tactic]'''

*Description [250 words on why this strategy will solve this gap on your campus]*Team Leader: [Either your name, TBD or create a title assigned to the person who volunteersMridul Bhandari]*Milestones: [A set of bullets that characterize the work that would likely need to be executed, along with mm/yy]