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=== Below is a rendering of the page up to the first error. <span style===</parsererror"font-size:larger;">== Strategy #6: Help develop the university´s future innovation ecosystem'''&nbsp;'''</span> ===

<span style="font-size:larger;">Leadership Circle Representative:&nbsp;[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Alfonso_Alarcon#Texas_Tech_student_majoring_in_Industrial_Engineering Alfonso Alarcon]<o:p></o:pspan>

<span style="font-size:larger;">Problem Statement:&nbsp;Texas Tech University has great resources to support students in the business startup process. It has been really challenging to engage college students in Texas Tech´s innovation ecosystem and help them develop an entrepreneurial mindset. More students need to experience that launching a company is a viable career path. There is also a need to develop the future talent that will lead initiatives at the university to support entrepreneurial students. &nbsp;</span>

<span style="font-size:larger;">Solution Overview:&nbsp;The Lubbock Chamber of Commerce will launch the Young Entrepreneurs Academy in Lubbock, Texas in October. They want to involve Texas Tech students that have experienced the startup process in the program as mentors to the high school students. The fellows will integrate the program with TTIME (Texas Tech Innovation Mentorship & Entrepreneurship), the entrepreneurship student organization at Tech, to start the mentorship program and to involve high school students in the entrepreneurship events at Tech.&nbsp;</span>

<span style="font-size:larger;">Background:&nbsp;The&nbsp;[http://www.yeausa.org/ Young Entrepreneurs Academy]&nbsp;(YEA!), is a program that guides students through the process of starting their own company. Throughout the school year, students attend weekly sessions where they conduct market research, validate their business ideas, develop a business plan, pitch to a panel of community leaders, and some of them start companies.&nbsp;</span>

<span style="font-size:larger;">Tactic #1: Desig a new high-impact community service project for Texas Tech students<o:p></o:pspan>

<span style="font-size:larger;">Description: Undergraduate and graduate students will have the opportunity to mentor the students participating in the program.&nbsp;<o:p></o:pspan>

Milestones:<ospan style="font-size:plarger;">Milestones:</o:pspan>

*<span style="font-size:larger;">May 2016: Get the Fall 2016 class schedule from the Lubbock Chamber of Commerce to identify relevant information about the learning sessions.<o:p/span>*</ospan style="font-size:plarger;">*June 2016: Draft a description of the program.<o:p/span>*</ospan style="font-size:plarger;">*July 2016: Determine the number of student mentors needed per session.<o:p/span>*</ospan style="font-size:plarger;">*August 2016: Come up with a list of potential mentors that belong to the entrepreneurship student organizations on campus and invite them to apply to the program. Extend invitations to student entrepreneurs to get involved as mentors as well.&nbsp;<o:p/span>*</ospan style="font-size:plarger;">*September 2016: Conduct interviews to select a small number of mentors. &nbsp;<o:p></o:pspan>

<span style="font-size:larger;">Tactic #2: Operating the program throughout the school year<o:p></o:pspan>

<span style="font-size:larger;">Description: The program will run the whole school year; the academy starts in October and ends in April. The sessions will be scheduled every Tuesday from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the Texas Tech Innovation Hub at the Research Park.&nbsp;<o:p></o:pspan>

Milestones:<ospan style="font-size:plarger;">Milestones:</o:pspan>

*<span style="font-size:larger;">October 2016: Define the schedule for each mentor and send calendar invites.<o:p/span>*</ospan style="font-size:plarger;">*October 2016 to April 2017: Participate in the program and recruit a team to support the program logistics.&nbsp;&nbsp;<o:p></o:p> <o:p>&nbsp;</o:pspan> ==