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A Sharang , a junior student at the Cooper Union, as well as a University Innovation fellow, Sharang quickly realized there was a gap between the engineering and entrepreneurship (the two Es) on in his campus. His fellows were very passionate about building, designing and , creating ; everything about engineering, but few took the step steps to push develop their engineering ideas into a productproducts. With the knowledge learned from the University Innovation Fellows Fellow program, he quickly responded with that an Invention-to-Venture (I2V) workshop to would bridge the two Es. 

The theme of I2V was to introduce the basic knowledge of entrepreneurship. Sharang began seeking speakers with experience on the areas listed above. Contacting '''''alumni''''' is an especially good place to begin. Sharang also '''''made good use of''''' '''''location''''': New York City. Sharang He decided to connect with Professor Rob Marano. Professor Marano is the organizer of  the Entrepreneurship Society at Cooper Union, as well as serial entrepreneur.

*Owen Davis: Managing Director of NYC Seed, a seed stage venture capital firm fund. top 100 Top Internet Executives internet executives in New York.*David Kalow: Founding partner of Kalow & Springout, LLP. Expert in Intellectual Property intellectual property and licensing.

December 2012 was the first time I2V was held at Cooper Union. Sharang believed the response from students for the competition that year were was positive. It effectively connected the campus with an outside entrepreneurship network. About 50 students attended the workshop. Together with Hackerthon and the demo workshop at New York University, the awareness of entrepreneurship has greatly improved among Cooper Union students. In the future, Sharang thinks about adding additional events that can be implemented, including bringing investors and advisors to campus, as well as an elevator pitch. The success of the event was also written by the first speaker, John Pavley from the Huffington Post.

#Be creative on with marketing and organizing.;#<span style="font-size: 12px;">Choose the right speakers. Students can respond very differently depending on the speaker. A good way to check the speaker’s personality would be to individual speakers. An have an interview or an informal conversation with potential speakers before the event would be a good way to check his.</her personality.span>#A peer speaker with entrepreneurial experience (even better if preferably&nbsp;from the same school) catches more attention. &nbsp;&nbsp;

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