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== <u><span style="font-size: larger;">'''Tactic #2: OppEx (Opportunity Exploration)Talent Pipeline'''</span></u> ==

*<span class="s1">Description: There are many opportunities What do academia, industry, and the startup community have in common? Besides growing the local economy, they all require talent. Thus, a talent pipeline is needed in South Carolina to drive economic development and sustain our communities. Through high school students and their ideas, the pipeline is initiated. Students engage by sharing their ideas; if they do not have their own ideas, they have the opportunity to work on campus for local company's problems or community issues. Once the students to explore and their interestsideas enter the pipeline, but after speaking they work to develop said idea with the support of college mentors (e.g. MBAe students) and seasoned prfoessionals (e.g. BMW). With mentor support and local resources, there is high school students develop thier ideas to a lack point of awareness being ready to pitch to a panel of opportunities. ThusClemson Unviersity faculty, staff, students, create a platform that hosts pop-up classes and connects people with opportunitiessupporters.Ultimately, communities are improved through these student's projects: &nbsp;startup community, acaemic community, and the working community.</span>

**MVP: Host first pop-up class Connect HS student and idea to mentors and other necessary resources (Novemeber 2015)**Establish an entity at Clemson and Local HS (December 2015)**Recruit team of passionate leadership team mebers , mentors, and projects (January 2016)**Host pop-up class Recruit HS students and asses community needs (January 2016)**Host first awareness meeting mock pitch competition (March 2016)**Open platform for early adopters Host pitch competition (e.g. Think Ideally) (May 2016)