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[http://www.bucknell.edu <b>Bucknell University</b>] has never lack of entrepreneurial pursuits. Over the years, Bucknellians have gone on to found [http://www.lendingtree.com Lending Tree], [http://www.stellaservice.com StellaService], [http://www.homedepot.com Home Depot], [http://www.kiva.org Kiva.org], [http://www.quidsi.com Quidsi], [http://www.thepit.com The Pit], [http://ycomibnator.com Y-Combinator], [http://www.integralife.com Integra Life Sciences], and countless other successful ventures. In the latest Higher Education Research Institute (HERI) survey, 35% of incoming Bucknell students indicated that "Becoming successful in a business of my own" was ''essential'' or ''very important'' to them. At Bucknell, there are many actions have been taken to create a better entrepreneurial ecosystem with the belief that this is something students want. With its new president, President John Bravman's extensive support on improving the entrepreneurship on campus, many previously uncoordinated efforts have been synthesized in a much more effective way. In the rest of the article, the detailed entrepreneurship programs available for both student faculty, as well as the resources available to further nurture the entrepreneurial endeavors.
At the same time, Bucknell's small size and rural location inherited some limitations on its ecosystem. Two most prominent gaps are insufficient entrepreneur awareness on campus, and weak financial and network support. ''Insufficient Entrepreneur Awareness''Although we have a lot of resources available for students, yet most of students are unaware of their existence. Events are not arranged frequently; students don't show up; lack of followup events. These are all the problems that current Bucknell problems are struggling. To increase the student awareness and benefit most from the existing facility are the key to a growing ecosystem. ''Weak Financial and Network Support''Since Bucknell doesn't have any fund resources for student ventures, looking for the first seed fund is very hard for student entrepreneurs. The most financial support that a student can get from Bucknell is by winning the Business competition which gives $1,500 to the first place, $1,000 to the second, and the third gets $500. Considering making a minimum viable product for a software app can easily go up to $5,000, these financial input couldn't help much.