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

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 (the two Es) on his campus. His fellows were very passionate about building, designing, and creating; everything about engineering, but few took the step to push into a product. With the knowledge learned from the University Innovation Fellow Fellows program, he quickly responded with an Invention-to-Venture (I2V) workshop would to bridge the two Es.

=== <u>'''Prep'''</u> =Event branding&nbsp; ==

Bearing What are the idea in mind, Sharang started &nbsp;'''''key components'''''of the preparation from mid October. Collecting the essentials from NCIIA, he came out with his to-do list:gap between engineering and entrepreneurship?

What are the '''''key components of the gap''''' between engineering and entrepreneurship?<ul style="margin-left: 40px;"><li>Why entrepreneurship and who is an entrepreneur;</li><li>How to assess an idea; how to make it product and sell it;</li><li>How to expand and where to find the money;</li><li>How to protect the product.</li></ul>= Speakers ==

=== <u>The theme of I2V was to introduce the basic knowledge of entrepreneurship. Sharang began seeking speakers with experience on the areas listed above. Contacting&nbsp;'''Speakers''alumni'</u> ===''''&nbsp;is an especially good place to begin. Sharang also&nbsp;'''''made good use of'''''&nbsp;'''''location''''': New York City. Sharang decided to connect with Professor Rob Marano. Professor Marano is the organizer of &nbsp;the Entrepreneurship Society at Cooper Union, as well as serial entrepreneur.

With the theme to introduce the basic knowledge of entrepreneurshipSoon, 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 help from Professor Rob Marano. Rob is , he secured the organizer of Entrepreneurship Society at the Cooper Union, as well as serial entrepreneur.following speakers:

Soon, with help from Professor Marano, he got his speakers:<ul style="margin-left: 40px;"><li>*John Pavley: Currently the Chief Technology Officer of the Huffington Post. Extensive experience with tech startups. A regular blogger of new movement of tech industry. &nbsp;</li><li>*Steven Silberstang: boring Cooper Union Alumnus. Currently owner of Foolhardy Investors, a NY based investment firm. A and serial entrepreneur.</li><li>*Owen Davis: Managing Director of NYC Seed, a seed stage venture capital firm fund. 100 Top Internet Executives in New York.</li><li>*David Kalow: Founding partner of Kalow & Springout, LLP. Expert in Intellectual Property and licensing.</li><li>*Barry Negrin: Cooper Union Alumnus. Registered patent attorney, currently serving as counsel to Kane Kessler, P.C.</li><li>*Chaitanya Kanojia: Founder and CEO of Aereo, Inc, a groundbreaking online TV platform.</li><li>*Alyssa Davis: A sophomore at Cooper Union. Together with her sister and grandfather, she received $100,000 Grand Challenges Explorations (GCE) grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation under the Ghana Sustainable Aid Project (GSAP).</li></ul>

=== <u>'''Sponsors'''</u> ===

<span style="font-size: 12px;">Because of the close relationship with Professor Rob Marano , as well as the novelty of the I2V event, Sharang successfully gained sponsorship from local companies through Professor Rob’s connectionMarano’s connections.&nbsp; Sponsors include the Hackerati, GitHub Inc. and Zocdoc.com. &nbsp;</span>&nbsp;

=== <u>'''Date and location'''</u> ===

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

=== <u>'''Event marketing'''</u> ===

The quickest and most efficient way to market this event is via the&nbsp;'''''internet'''''. Sharang and his colleagues published the event at on the main information channels for Cooper Union students:

=== <u>'''Team'''</u> ===

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

== '''<u>Agenda for the day</u>''' ==

== <u>'''Followup'''</u> =Follow-Up =

It is December 2012 was the first time to house I2V was held at Cooper Union. Sharang believed the response from students for the competition that year were positive. It effectively connected the campus with an outside entrepreneurship outsidenetwork. About 50 students attended the workshop. Together with Hackerthon and the demo workshop at New York University, the awareness of entrepreneurship was has greatly improved among Cooper Union students. In the future, Sharang thinks some other about adding additional events that can be done include implemented, including bringing investors and advisors to campus, as well as an elevator pitch. The success of the event was also written by the first speaker , John Pavley&nbsp;at from the Huffington Post.

=== <u>'''A few things learned'''</u> ==Lessons Learned =

*#Start early;.*#Grasp every possible resource out there: faculty, sponsor, speaker, NCIIA…&nbsp;;NCIIA, etc.*#Every I2V should be different; find the niche in on your school;campus.*#Be creative on marketing and organizing;.*#Choose the right speakers. Students can respond very differently to individual speakers. An interview or an informal conversation with potential speakers before the event would be a good way to check his/her personalitiespersonality.*#A peer speaker with entrepreneurial experience (even better if from the same school) catches more attention. &nbsp;&nbsp;*#Choose a strong first speaker to set the tone for the whole event.*#Send out reminders to both students and speakers as the event approaches.

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