<span style="font-size:larger;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">'''Formal programs:'''<br/>M.S. Technological Communication & Entrepreneurship</span></span>
<span style="font-size:larger;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">'''Extracurricular activitiesActivities: '''<br/></span></span> *[http://www.eship.rpi.edu/exemplars_scholar_edge.html <span style="font-size:larger;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Exemplar's Program<br/span></span>]*[http://www.rpi.edu/dept/lally/centers/severino/foundry.html <span style="font-size:larger;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">RPI Foundry</span></span>]*<span style="font-size:larger;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">[http://designforamerica.com/studios/rensselaer/ RPI Design for America]<br/></span></span>*[http://startuptechvalley.org/ <span style="font-size:larger;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Startup Tech Valley</span></span>]*<span style="font-size:larger;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">[http://lallyschool.rpi.edu/severino-center-competitions Business Model Competition]<br/></span></span>*<span style="font-size:larger;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">[http://lallyschool.rpi.edu/severino-center-competitions Change the World Challenge]</span></span>*<span style="font-size:larger;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"></span><br/span>[http://lallyschool.rpi.edu/severino-center-competitions Elevator Pitch Competition] <span style="font-size:larger;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span>'''Conferences and Workshops: ''' *[http://rpihub.org/boss-sponsors/ <span style="font-size:larger;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">B</span>OSS Conference</span>]*[http://www.tvcog.net/ <span style="font-size:larger;">Startup Validation Conference</span>]*[http://startup.ny.gov/ <span style="font-size:larger;">Startup NY</span>]*[http://startuptechvalley.org/ <span style="font-size:larger;">Startup<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Tech Valley<br/span><br/span>] <span style="font-size:larger;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Education geared toward entrepreneurial thinking encourages students at RPI to think in different ways, to come up with new ideas to solve problems and to enter on-campus competitions such as the Change the World Challenge, the Class of ’51 Entrepreneurial Fund, the Elevator Pitch Competition, and the RPI Business Plan Competition. These programs often provide the spark which gives students the entrepreneurial bug and encourages them to continue pursuing their ideas.</span></span>
<span style="font-size:larger;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">The Severino Center for Technological Entrepreneurship (SCTE), centered in Rensselaer’s Lally School of Management & Technology, helps to foster new generations of budding and successful entrepreneurs through outreach programs, education, and support systems. In recognition of the fact that most business students aren’t inventors, the Lally School intersects with other schools on campus to encourage the formation of new student teams and the fusing of their ideas.</span></span>