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<span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">For business and arts students, Entrepreneurship is available as a minor and geared towards teaching students the business fundamentals involved in a starting your own venture. This minor pays special t</span><span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">ribute to the significance employers place on intrapreneurial ability regardless of position in the company. These classes encourage Villanovans to think creatively and hone in on entrepreneurial skills such as creativity and innovation even within any organization.</span>
<span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Another popular option among sophomore students is the '''ICE CaPS '''certificate program . This programs program lets students meet with mentor</span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;">s, chat </span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;">with CFOs of start-ups, and collaborate with other students, creating a very hands-on curriculum that enhances their entrepreneurial abilities.</span>
<span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Beyond these for-credit opportunities, there are a number of on extra-curricular displays of student entrepreneurship. Villanova held its second fourth annual '''TEDx''' in the fall of 2013 2015 and it wa</span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;">s a great success. A number [[File:VillanovaTedx.png|thumb|VillanovaTedx.png]]of </span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;">short speeches given by students, graduates and faculty members revolving around the theme of “Create, Innovate, Inspire” “Let's Imagine” were astoundingly thought-and-conversation provoking. Between conferences, as </span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;">is </span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;">customary with TED events, the inspired audience was able to network and connect.</span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, serif;">The </span>'''Villanova Student Entrepreneurship Competition (VESC) '''<span style="font-family: georgia, serif;">provides a more hands-on approach to entrepreneurial education. This student-only competition focused on making the world a better place was founded in 2009 by graduate engineering students Ronald Warzoha and Timothy Montalbano, and it operates with the </span>'''Beyond Ideas: The Art of Entrepreneurship '''<span style="font-family: georgia, serif;">group (See Faculty Entrepreneurship). The c</span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;">ompetition allows students to showcase ideas by pitching them initially on the </span>'''IdeaBounce '''<span style="font-family: georgia, serif;">page. This publicizes their idea and shares it with the Villanova network, helping them hunt down any resources necessary to further their idea (and can be done by anyone at any time even outside of the VSEC competition). For further stages of the competition the students pitch their idea, create a video, executive summaries, posters and financial tables to persuade a panel of judges. The top teams walk away with $10,000 total in prizes.</span> <span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Another prevalent competition is the '''Villanova''' '''Innovation Chase.''' For this competition three teams of engineering students go through a preliminary round at Villanova in which they come up with a solution to a problem- last year several years ago it was an on-campus transportation problem. The students work through the process of researching, designing, prototyping and presenting their solutions to a panel of judges. The top two teams that survive this qualifier travel to the annual '''Chicago Innovation Chase''' intercollegiate-student entrepreneurship competition.</span>
<span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">A number of these small-team oriented competitions exist on Villanova’s campus (multiple others are mentioned in the University-Industry Collaboration section). Though they allow an incredible, immersive [[File:VillanovaImaginationquest.png|thumb|VillanovaImaginationquest.png]]experience for their participants, the quantity of students who can be active in them is limited. To mitigate this problem Villanova developed '''Imagination Quest.''' This is an on-campus competition that is open to all students and takes place over 24 hours. Students enter as individuals then form teams. As the name suggests, they are then sent on a “quest” to discover opportunities, develop ideas, designs, and produce a business pitch, all within the 24 hour time limit. Throughout the process, students can present to a judging panel and receive feedback from mentors. This competition lets students explore, imagine, and be creative in a very fast-paced, high energy level environment.</span>
<span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">Another group with a similar initiative is '''Water for Waslala. '''This organization is a non-profit that works to solve crises concerning accessing clean water in Waslala, Nicaragua. Not only does the student group work to find funding for solutions, but they also utilize innovative thought to create technical solutions themselves.</span>
<span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">As a final note, a number of students are in the process of or have already brought their ideas to life using aforementioned resources combined with resources at the newly formed '''ICE Center'''. This Center for Innovation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship at Villanova works to accelerate opportunities for students across disciplines and colleges so they can develop their entrepreneurial ability and learn from each other to become more innovative thinkers. For example, the ICE Center typically has an a its very own Entrepreneur in Residencethat works with students throughout the week. This is an alum (currently Eric Adams) or a member of the community, who has experience with Entrepreneurship and comes in to educate Villanovans about effective ways to engage startups. Another interesting opportunity that the ICE Center provides is '''Phillanova ICE'''. This program supports students who wish to connect with the Philadelphia entrepreneurship ecosystem. ICE helps students fund their entry and travel to various events across the Philadelphia area. Events that aren’t already preapproved parts of the program can be requested by students who wish to access them. </span>
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