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'''University-led Initiative'''
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<div>VCUSquared is currently an umbrella group that brings three separate student entrepreneurial clubs together, with a fourth club in development.</div><div><br/></div><div>[http://www.squared.vcu.edu/resources-at-vcu/student-clubs/ VCU Squared] is a unique university-wide initiative launched by [http://www.research.vcu.edu/ott/ VCU Tech Transfer] and [http://www.davincicenter.vcu.edu/ VCU da Vinci Center]. VCU Squared is charged with continuously evaluating VCU’s entrepreneurial environment, developing new programs and coordinating related activities around the University. The team also works to understand the regional environment, and collaborate with external partners so that VCU and the local business communities can leverage available resources and expertise. With an understanding of our larger entrepreneurial ecosystem, the VCU Squared team works to enhance the culture of entrepreneurship at VCU and harness the talent of our student, alumni and research communities.</div>
=== <span style="line-height: 24px"><span style="font-size:medium">SEED - Products</span></span> ===
SEED is a student entrepreneurship group dedicated to pursuing medical and technology-based products and businesses. Students go through a process of discovery, design and implementation in project teams to build working products that solve real-world problems.<br/><span style="line-height: 24px">[[File:SEEDlogo.jpg|thumb|right|300px|SEEDlogo.jpg]]</span>
<div><span style="line-height: 24px">'''Contact Information:'''</span></div><div>Elliot Roth – seedatvcu@gmail.com</div>
=== <span style="line-height: 24px"><span style="font-size:medium">StartUp VCU - Services</span></span> ===
<span style="line-height: 24px">[[File:StartupVCU.jpg|thumb|right|300px|StartupVCU.jpg]]</span>StartUp VCU is the club for entrepreneurially-minded students at the University. Made up of thinkers, dreamers and makers from all academic disciplines and walks of life, the club is a network of students interested in bringing innovative business opportunities to life! At Startup VCU, officers and members foster creativity and encourage taking chances, while alumni advisers are on deck to connect and consult with project teams. The founders of Startup VCU understood that the process of starting a business is never easy, which is exactly why they created a fail safe environment to test ideas and vet new concepts. From the undergraduate level through (and beyond) graduation, Startup VCU members are prepped for and grounded in the ever-changing world of entrepreneurship and innovation.
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=== <span style="line-height: 24px"><span style="font-size:medium">ArtUp – Creative Entrepreneurship</span></span> ===
<span style="line-height: 24px">[[File:Artup.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Artup.jpg]]</span>ArtUp's goal is to unite students from all departments within VCUarts that are interested in translating their skills and passions into creative entrepreneurship. Through collaboration on small, and university-wide projects, ArtUp plans to bring artists together to give back to the Richmond community while establishing a networking foundation profitable for their careers and learning to better sustain their own work. This will be done through industry specific field trips, guest speakers or hosting workshops alongside a specific collaborative project that the group chooses to work on. ArtUp will focus on taking change as an opportunity for innovation in order to aid students in preparing for a successful future in the arts.
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1. Students are very interested in topics relevant to their interests, as well as topics that they have at least heard of. Reach out to those that are interested. The most popular activity ideas will come from the students most likely to participate. In Spring 2013, Washington State University, Vancouver brought [http://www.rushkoff.com/ Douglas Rushkoff], author of [http://www.rushkoff.com/program-or-be-programmed/ Program or Be Programmed], to their campus to shed light on the university core read all students in the CMDC program had participated in. The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vbDdytXk20 speaker] produced a large turn out and gave students something to be passionate about.
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2. Students enjoy producing things (aka hands on activities). Activities should have a takeaway, something for the student to keep.
[http://elliotroth.com/what-i-learned-from-running-an-entrepreneurial-organization-this-past-year/ Elliot Roth] is currently a junior in biomedical engineering at Virginia Commonwealth University. He helped plan a local TedX for his University and enjoys writing and art. He believes in the importance of bringing artists and engineers together for successful entrepreneurship.
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