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'''''<span style="font-size:larger;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">The motto of entrepreneurship at RPI: &nbsp;A way to think. A way to learn. A way to succeed.&nbsp;</span></span>'''''[[File:Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Seal.jpg|thumb]]

<span style="font-size:larger;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">"Entrepreneurial thinking lies at the heart of Rensselaer’s philosophy. Like our o</span><span style="font-size:medium;">ur faculty, Rensselaer students are encouraged to pursue creativity and discovery — and the results are often spectacular. Our undergraduates embrace change &nbsp;chang</span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: larger;">e in ways that have transformed how the world works, plays, and lives.</span></span>

<span style="font-size:larger;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">This statement shows RPI's commitment to entrepreneurial thinking, not so much the outcome of entreprenurship. The RPI Exemplar's program is a great example of the culture of entrepreneurship that RPI thrives on, as the Exemplar's program is designed for students who have a high level of interest in complementing their education by aquiring an entrepreneurail perspective.Formal programs:'''</span></span>

*<span style="font-size:largersmall;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">'''Formal programsB.S. Electronic Arts (Media, Ecology, Entrepreneurship and Experimentation)</span></span>*<span style="font-size:'''small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">BS. Design,Innovation and Society</span><br/span>*<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">M.S. Technological Communication & Entrepreneurship</span></span>*<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Ph.D. Science and Technology Studies</span></span>*<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Minor Entrepreneurship</span></span>

<span style="font-size:larger;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Small Buhrmaster grants in the amounts of $1'''Extracurricular Activities:'''</span></span> *<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">[https://lallyschool.rpi.edu/severinoprograms/foundry-rpi <span style="font-size:larger;"><span style="font-family:arial,000 to $2helvetica,000 are availablesans-serif;">RPI Foundry</span></span>]</span></span>*<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial, as determined by the Director of the Severino Centerhelvetica, sans-serif;">[https://union.rpi.edu/clubs/hobby-special-interest/186-design-america RPI Design for student ventures to test America]</span></span>*<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">[http://startuptechvalley.org/ <span style="font-size:larger;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Startup Tech Valley</span></span>]</span></span>*<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">[http://lallyschool.rpi.edu/severino-center-competitions Business Model Competition]</span></span>*<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">[http://lallyschool.rpi.edu/severino-center-competitions Change the market feasibility of their business concepts and to establish World Challenge]</span></span>*[https://lallyschool.rpi.edu/severino-center-competitions <span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">ESHIP Competitions</span></span>]*<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">[http://lallyschool.rpi.edu/severino-center-competitions Elevator Pitch Competition]</span></span> [[File:RPI.png|border|RPI.png]] <span style="font-size:larger;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">'''Conferences and define their target customers.Workshops:&nbsp; Mr'''</span></span> *<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">[http://www. Buhrmastertvcog.net/ <span style="font-size:larger;">Startup Validation Conference</span>]</span></span>*<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica, ’69 is a friend of the Lally school and a member of its advisory councilsans-serif;">[http://startup.ny.gov/ <span style="font-size:larger;">Startup NY</span>]</span></span>*<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">[http://startuptechvalley.org/ <span style="font-size:larger;">Startup<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Tech Valley</span></span>]</span></span>

<span style="font-size:larger;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">''Incredible professors like Burt SwerseyEducation geared toward entrepreneurial thinking encourages students at RPI to think in different ways, Drto come up with new ideas to solve problems and to enter on-campus competitions such as the Eship competition series, the Class of ’51 Entrepreneurial Fund, the Elevator Pitch Competition, and the RPI Business Plan Competition. Eric Ledet, &nbsp; These programs often provide the spark which gives students the entrepreneurial bug and many others''encourages them to continue pursuing their ideas.</span></span>

<span style="font-size:larger;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">''<span style="color: rgbThe Severino Center for Technological Entrepreneurship (0, 0, 0SCTE); line-height: 16px;">"For the last decade, the Rensselaer Plancentered in Rensselaer’s Lally School of Management &nbsp;</span><span style="color: rgb(0Technology, helps to foster new generations of budding and successful entrepreneurs through outreach programs, 0education, 0); line-height: 16px;">has provided a blueprint for transformation and impactsupport systems.&nbsp;It has guided development In recognition of an exceptional campus environment for advancing research with the potential to address science and society’s fact that most challenging problems.&nbsp;Based business students aren’t inventors, the Lally School intersects with other schools on this strong foundation, Rensselaer research is creating a better future through campus to encourage the innovation formation of new student teams and engineering the fusing of a better world.&nbsp;With our accelerated trajectory, the best is yet to cometheir ideas."</span>''</span></span>

<span style="font-size:larger;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(0Small Buhrmaster grants in the amounts of $1,000 to $2,000 are available, 0as determined by the Director of the Severino Center, 0)for student ventures to test the market feasibility of their business concepts and to establish and define their target customers.&nbsp; line-height: 16px;">Research Mr. Buhrmaster, ’69 is huge on RPI's campus a friend of the Lally school and encouraging innovation is both in line with The Rensselaer Plan and Rensselaer's motto a member of "why not change the world?"</span>its advisory council.</span></span>

= <br/><span style="font-size:larger;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">'''Actively supporting The Severino Center also provides Mentoring and Resources via the university technology transfer function'''Student Sandbox, Entrepreneurs-in-Residence, the Rensselaer Student Entrepreneurship Club, and assistance in finding teammates.&nbsp; Experienced entrepreneur volunteers are assigned to coach teams that receive a Buhrmaster grant to help guide them in their market and business development activities. &nbsp;</span></span> =

= <span style="font-size:larger;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">''RPI Office of Technology Commercialization:&nbsp;''<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 22.5px;">[http://www.rpitechnology.com/ http://www.rpitechnology.com/]</span>Lanscape Canvas Spreadsheet</span></span>=

<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:larger;">''RPI Technology Transfer/Innovation Hub:&nbsp;''The Fall 2021 Landscape Canvas can be found at [httphttps://rpihubdocs.google.orgcom/authorspreadsheets/admind/ http://rpihub.org/author/admin1D9WEwm5RqZO7db-_p_XajHFU8Z7tE1Y4PwuAlIn3SSg/edit?usp=sharing this link]</span></span>

= <brThe Fall 2019 Landscape Canvas can be found at [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/><span style="font-size:larger;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">'''Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration'''<d/span><1OS01DD85JGXzPZow6WeQSpzE8MYg6n4Wv0gRSQU3tiA/span> edit?usp=sharing this link]

== <span style="font-size:larger;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 15px;">RPI Tech Park'''Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship'''</span></span></span><br/> ==

<span style="font-size:larger;">Rensselaer Technology Park is a university related park for technology ventures seeking a unique environment focused on <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">''Incredible professors like Dr. Eric Ledet, the interface between industry and education.late&nbsp;''</span></span>''Burt Swersey&nbsp;''''and many others''

<span style="font-size:larger;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">According to ''<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 16px;">"For the rpitechpark.com websitelast decade, the University Interactions Policy of the Tech Park is built upon "aRensselaer Plan&nbsp;</span>&nbsp<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 16px;fundamental objective of the Park is to develop interactions between tenant companies ">has provided a blueprint for transformation and the universityimpact.&nbsp; Such interactions enrich It has guided the educational development of an exceptional campus environment of for advancing research with the university potential to address science and help the companies stay on the leading edge of their technologiessociety’s most challenging problems.&nbsp; All companies in Based on this strong foundation, Rensselaer research is creating a better future through the Park automatically become “affiliates” innovation and engineering of Rensselaera better world."&nbsp; Building a synergistic environment With our accelerated trajectory, the best is a responsibility shared by all members of the Park staffyet to come."</span>''</span></span>

<span style== "font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: larger; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 16px;">Research is huge on RPI's campus and encouraging innovation is both in line with The Rensselaer Plan and Rensselaer's</span>&nbsp;<span style="font-size:larger;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 15px16px;">EVE (Emerging Ventures Ecosystem)motto of "why not change the world?"</span></span></span> ==

<span style="font-size[[File:larger;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">The work of turning ideas into real companies happens in RPI’s incubator, the Emerging Ventures Ecosystem (EVE).&nbsp; EVE is a distributed incubation program which accelerates the growth of new businesses and boosts the transfer of scientific and technological breakthroughs from the laboratory and classroom to the marketplace, for social and economic impactRpi logo tag lg 22.</span></span>gif]]

== <span style="font-size:larger;"><span stylefont face="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Launched in February 2011, the Emerging Ventures Ecosystem (EVE) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute serves to link “Rensselaer institutional resources and alumni/ae expertise symbiotically with community strengths, in a multi<span style="line-faceted partnership for mutual benefit.”&nbspheight: 15px; The goal of EVE is to nurture new businesses ">Innovation and to build upon the decades of successful efforts of RPI’s previous incubator by helping young businesses grow Entrepreneurship Classes and succeed.Activities</span></font></span>==

<span stylefont face="fontarial, helvetica, sans-size:larger;serif"><span style="font-familysize:arial,helvetica,sans-serif14.4px;">Rensselaer’s previous incubator program was opened in 1980 There are multiple different types of organizations and classes that try to teach theses sorts of opportunities and ways of thinking at Rensselaer, including a class known as the nation’s first Starting a New Venture. In addition to this, there are activities such program wholly sponsored as Design for America and operated by Foundry that are also a universitypart of the I&E spectrum. In its later stagesaddition to these supplementary classes, the incubator was primarily used there are also other courses such as Capstone Senior Design Course that help to develop interdisciplinary bridges across multiple academic departments. A prerequisite for its “brick and mortar” assetsthis sort of course consists of many different classes across many different academic subjects, as place for entrepreneurially minded students well as the class Introduction to rent at a low costEngineering design during most engineering student's sophomore years, with convenient access which focus on giving exposure to a photocopierthe design process that will help Rensselaer's engineering students in the future.&nbsp; The model Other courses include: Priciples of RPI’s old incubator was traditional: it was rented by students who were seeking to start a ventureTech. Entrepreneurship, which either lived or diedDesign and Innovation Studio, and then moved onInventors Studio.&nbsp; The RPI Incubator building was closed in late 2009 simply because it did not make any money for the institution.</span></spanfont>

== <span style="font-size:larger;"><span stylefont face="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">The new EVE program utilizes an innovative distributed incubation model, maintaining a central office in Troy, NY and working with each company to find an ideal matchup of space-to-enterprise in Troy and the surrounding area.&nbsp; EVE is overseen by James Spencer,&nbsp;<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 15px;">who has 20 years of experience in leading organizational creation and growth as an entrepreneurial business executive.Other Resources</span></spanfont></span>==

<span style="font-size:larger;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;">Once a new company completes In addition to classes, Rensselaer offers many different types of laboratories that are opened during certain hours of the application process day. These include the Mercer Lab for Electronics, the MILL, the EVE program — through which Rensselaer will determineForge, in partEmbedded Controls club, whether and Student Shop. These labs are opened during certain hours of the entrepreneur is willing day that give certain students access to put in the effort different types of equipment for them to make the company successful — the program will assign a status to the company: pre-seed, emerging, or early stagedo prototyping and other types of work with. Assigning these descriptions will help EVE mentors These labs and administrators determine the specific services needed by each businessorganizations foster student innovation and creativity for change.</span></span>

<span style="font-size:larger;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;">Under EVEThere are many different co-op and internship opportunities at Rensselaer as well, businesses that are accepted into the program will receive a series of specific services that will help accelerate their growthwork with many companies.&nbsp; A board Some of advisers will be established from community resources or alumni/ae for each new company.&nbsp; If a company already has a board of advisers or directorsRensselaer's top employers are United Technology Corporation, Boeing, Cisco, General Electric, GlobalFoundries, Deloitte, Epic Systems, FactSet, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Schlumberger, EVE will assign an additional person to the board to act as a liaison to mobilize resources within the InstituteHasbro and IBM.</span></span>

= <br/><span style="font-size:larger;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Upon formation of a board of advisors, three or four key objectives are developed by each company with '''Actively supporting the help of their advisory board.&nbsp; Milestones for these objectives are then established for each quarter, in an effort to create a concrete plan for success and to generate measurable objectives; new goals are developed for succeeding semesters.&nbsp; Companies must continue to show steady progress in order to remain in the program.university technology transfer function'''</span></span>=

<span style="font-size:larger;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">As a member ''RPI Office of EVE, a company will have access to the EntrepreneurTechnology Commercialization:&nbsp;''<span style="color: rgb(s)-in-Residence at the Lally School as well as other resources including labs51, patenting and licensing services51, faculty, and students for work51); line-study assignments, internships (REIP), and student projectsheight: 22.&nbsp5px; Additional resources for EVE members include alumni">[http://ae and community volunteers such as attorneys and accountants who are available to answer questions and provide advice and one time assistance for basic questionswww.&nbsp; If an EVE company requires further professional assistance, they are encouraged to select a professional service company from a list provided through the EVE programrpitechnology.com/ http://www. Such services may be offered at a discount to seed and early stage companiesrpitechnology.com/]</span></span></span>

== <span style="font-size:larger;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">EVE hosts monthly peer review meetings, known as CEO Roundtable Discussions, among the CEOs of the incubated companies as a framework for peer<span style="line-to-peer coaching among the mix of pre-seed, early state, and emerging companies supported by the EVE incubator program.&nbsp; At these meetings, participants will sign disclosure agreements allowing a platform for confidential open discussions about topics and issues of importance to them.&nbspheight: 15px; ">The companies will also be invited to a monthly meeting featuring a speaker or a lecturer based upon a topic selected by the EVE companies’ CEOs and will also attend quarterly meet-ups for all employees of incubated companies, allowing the employees to build relationships and exchange ideas.Rensselaer Plan</span></span></span>==

<span style="font-sizefamily:largerarial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-familysize:arial,helvetica,sans-seriflarger;">EVE promotes The Rensselaer Plan addresses technology transfer and intellectual property policies that encourage entrepreneurship.&nbsp; Research is the major driver of science and technology transfer, invention, and innovation. Technological entrepreneurship completes the technology lifecycle — from discovery to the creation of impact in the global marketplace. With an expanding research base, we will cultivate a campus culture that provides the spirit and introduces its companies motivation for inventors to investorspursue commercialization. We will: Increase awareness of intellectual property, assists them preserving its value in identifying research agreements and seeking grant opportunities such as NYSERDA maximizing its value under shared equity arrangements and SBIRlicensing agreements, covering intellectual property developed in research and helps them prepare materials developed for business plan competitionsdistance education.&nbsp; the companies are given assistance Create intellectual property policies that encourage entrepreneurship and allowthe university to take equity positions in preparing applications, presentations, and pitchesnew ventures as appropriate.&nbsp; AdditionallyEnsure that intellectual property policies have adequate and appropriate conflictof interest and conflict of commitment provisions. Develop an awareness and infrastructure of intellectual property rights policies, incentives, members are provided access and marketing to professional grant writers to assist them as neededsupport innovation and commercialization.</span></span>

== <span style="font-size:larger;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">The EVE companies are invited to expand their professional networks through networking opportunities within the local business and academic community in order increase exposure to decision makers, funding sources from grants, and potential angel investors.&nbsp; EVE is physically located off<span style="line-campus in an effort to incubate companies directly in the community of Troy, NY and to strategically re-invent the typical “brick and mortar” business incubation model followed by RPI’s old incubator.&nbspheight: 15px; EVE is not a center where entrepreneurial students can simply rent space ">Creating and use a photocopier the way a “brick and mortar” incubator is often used, but it is a 4,000 square foot center which strictly focuses on moving students through a business development continuum and on preparing them to fill vacant business facilities in the Troy community, leased at very low prices by realtors.&nbsp; EVE does not want to focus on space like the traditional brick and mortar incubation model because if a company takes up too much space, they can’t let others in; student startups enrolled in EVE are treated like real businesses.Supporting New Ventures</span></span></span>==

<span style="font-sizefamily:largerarial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-familysize:arial,helvetica,sans-seriflarger;">EVE was launched World-class technological research universities excel in February of 2011 with eight companies transferring research outputs to the commercial sector. We will create innovative programs targeted at growing major new technological ventures and now supports over thirtycreating value.We will:&nbsp; The continuum of business development begins with Enhance the formation process of customized ninety-day plans which include 3-5 specific short term goals, preparing these young matching researchers and entrepreneurs to create new ventures that take Rensselaer intellectual property to fill market&nbsp; Provide business space in planning and facilitate venture capital for faculty and students for start-up companies that commercialize leading-edge Rensselaer research.&nbsp; Expand the communityIncubator program to accommodate more start-ups and second-stage incubation.&nbsp; Each venture enrolled in EVE has access to a huge network Expand the flow of professional individuals which include over 90technology,000 alumni that can potentially serve as mentors (25-30 of which are very active)talent, and ventures into the wind tunnel Rensselaer Technology Park and prototyping capabilities at RPI, NYSERDA money, professional services (the first hour or two of which are provided Capital Region. Bring new focus to the Rensselaer Technology Park as the locus for free), mature ventures based on the technologies taught and accounting firms to help set up Quickbooksresearched at the Institute.&nbsp; Although many professional services are not provided for EVE companies, aggressive rates are negotiated Work with local providers private and funding often comes from public sources to attract new venture pitchescapital and entrepreneurial talent to the Capital Region.</span></span>

= <br/><span style="font-size:larger;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">The key to RPI’s Emerging Ventures Ecosystem is that companies never graduate from the incubator because business development and iteration is never finalized.&nbsp; Companies supported by EVE are always welcome to come back and ask for assistance in making new connections with the large international network of individuals.&nbsp; RPI’s large alumni network serves as a virtual incubator in the sense that the network is leveraged to help grow companies as they experience the transition from technology ideas and intellectual property to commercialization through their education.&nbsp;'''Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration'''</span></span>=

<span style="font-size:larger;"><span style= "font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">According to the rpitechpark.com website, the University Interactions Policy of the Tech Park is built upon "a<br/span>&nbsp;fundamental objective of the Park is to develop interactions between tenant companies and the university.&nbsp; Such interactions enrich the educational environment of the university and help the companies stay on the leading edge of their technologies.&nbsp; All companies in the Park automatically become “affiliates” of Rensselaer."&nbsp; Building a synergistic environment is a responsibility shared by all members of the Park staff."</span> ==

<span style="font-size: larger;">A monthly meetup for first-time entrepreneurs, experienced entrepreneurs, aspiring entrepreneurs, investors, mentors, employees of startups, serviceprodiders to startups, and anyone else who wants to be involved.Students at RPI attend these monthly meetings and gain valuable insights and connections to individuals around the area involved in entrepreneurship and innovation.&nbsp;</span>

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute [[Meghan OlsonRensselaer Polytechnic Institute Student Priorities]] '''University Innovation Fellows Candidates&nbsp;''' Fall 2021: [https://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Fellow:Fiona Fiona Clarke] [https://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Fellow:Aditya_Sivakumar Aditya Sivakumar] '''University Innovation Fellows''' Fall 2019: [[Justin Hubbard|Meghan OlsonJustin Hubbard]] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Mark_Muscara Mark Muscara] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Ronak_Patel Ronak Patel] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Emmanuel_Sylvester Emmanuel Sylvester]  Fall 2018: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Gabriella_Fantell Gabriella Fantell] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Siddharth_Rao Siddharth Rao] Fall 2017: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Jacquelyn_Demshick Jacquelyn Demshick] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Jacqueline_Curtsinger Jacqueline Curtsinger] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Ria_Shroff Ria Shroff] Spring 2017: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Vincent_Arena Vincent Arena] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/User:Zaijohns Zaire Johnson] Spring 2016: [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Jim_Boulter Jim Boulter] [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Jordan_Dunne Jordan Dunne]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Hayley_Roy_Gill Hayley Roy Gill] Spring 2014: [Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Strategic Priorities|Rensselaer_Polytechnic_Institute_Strategic_Priorities]http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Meghan_Olson Meghan Olson]