Changes

The University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill is an original member of “The Triangle,” a group of three universities—North Carolina State University, Duke University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill—whose research facilities and the educated workforce they provide have historically served as a major attraction for businesses located in and around the region, which came to be known in the 1950s as the Research Triangle Park (RTP) in North Carolina.

UNC, Chapel Hill also welcome and value OIE’s deep dives on university innovation and commercialization. And to realize its commitment to the five buckets in the NACIE sponsored university innovation and commercialization letter, UNC, Chapel Hill has adopted the following strategies:

'''With over 20 MBA electives, the entrepreneurship curriculum at Kenan-Flagler''' covers a broad spectrum, including specialty topics such as family business, entrepreneurship through acquisition, and social entrepreneurship.

</ul>

<ul style="margin-left: 40px;">

</ul>

<ul style="margin-left: 80px; list-style-type: circle;">

<li>The Kenan-Flagler student run Private Equity Fund now has more than $4.4 million of committed capital under management; and</li>

</ul>

Chancellor Thorp’s co-author, Buck Goldstein is the University Entrepreneur in Residence and Professor of the Practice in the Department of Economics. Mr. Goldstein is the co-founder of '''Information America''', an online information and database business, which evolved over a 15-year period, from start-up through venture financing to public company. Information America was eventually acquired by the Thomson Corporation. Mr. Goldstein subsequently became a partner in Mellon Ventures, the venture capital arm of Mellon Bank, where he served on the Board of numerous early stage information companies.

</ul>

<ul style="margin-left: 80px; list-style-type: circle;">

<li>The venture fellow works part-time during the school year and full-time during the summer.</li>

</ul>

<ul style="margin-left: 40px;">

*The consortium will help the Research Triangle develop a network of entrepreneurial assistance similar to those in Silicon Valley and the Boston Corridor

*Partners include Duke University, North Carolina State University, North Carolina Central University, and the Center for Entrepreneurial Development

*The network has the potential over a decade to create jobs, attract seed, startup and expansion capital, and generate revenue

*Are there any unique successes (and or challenges) you may wish to highlight?

UNC, Chapel Hill appears to have on-going initiatives in all areas of its commitment to initiate and expand technology commercialization processes, encourage entrepreneurship, and institute policies and programs that support regional economic development. However, there does not appear to be a formal collaborative relationship between the various initiatives in OTD and the Center for Entrepreneurial studies.

----

<div id="edn1">

</div><div id="edn2">

</div><div id="edn3">

</div><div id="edn6">

</div><div id="edn7">

Ibid

</div><div id="edn8">

</div><div id="edn9">

</div><div id="edn10">

</div><div id="edn11">

</div><div id="edn14">

</div><div id="edn15">

</div></div>

<br/>Source: "The Innovative and Entrepreneurial University: Higher Education, Innovation & Entrepreneurship in Focus", Department of Commerce, October 2013.