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Penn State offers many Innovation and Entrepreneurship resources varying from classes, to organizations to attaining funding for entrepreneurial activities. Its biggest contributor of growth has been the "Invent Penn State" initiative, started in 2015. It was a pet-project of the current President, Eric Barron, and has lead to buildup of entreprenuerial resources in nearly every facet of Penn State life. There are over 150 classes offered in the varying areas of entrepreneurship. There are 5 minors offered in the umbrella topic of entrepreneurship, along with a semi entrepreneruial B.S.as well as "Launchboxes" (innovation hubs/Mincubators) at every campus in the ecosystem.B.A program. Penn State is Lots of the home to three research centers and two entrepreneurship and innovation centers. By holding continous events growth has been spurred on by various student organizations such as Global Entrepreneurship weekInnoblue (the primary entreprenuership club on campus), Ultimate Trader ChallengeHackPSU (organizes by yearly hackathons with corporate sponsors), HackathonsEnactus (a project-based social entreprenuership club), Pitch and Happy Valley Capital (a VC interest club). Penn State also has pitch competitions, Springboard competitions, PSU covers a wide area of student interests in innovation and entrepreneurshipnearly every academic discipline for startup ideas. There are only Lastly, Penn State has a few areas lacking large industrial park, dubbed "Innovation Park", for Penn State local and university startups to become a fully functional entrepreneurial schooloperate. 

The main two areas Although Penn State has done a great job in building up these opportunities, there are still some ways we believe we can improve. We would be Perceived and Applied strategies like to provide more inspiration for students to become entrepreneurs, provide a greater culture of entrepreneurship. Specificallyentreprenuership, Penn State needs to improve on speaker series and connection with current entrepreneurs increase the visibility of suitable entry points in to the perceived strategycommunity. In the applied strategyWe will carry out these goals by increasing VC presence, students need a place providing entry information to work creatively with their ideas. They also need a way to gain experience in an entrepreneurial settingfreshmen, and elevating successful entreprenuerial alumni.

Link to Prezi overview Following are an array of campus ecosystemstrategies that will fully address Gap #1 over a 2-3 year period:

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*WhereDescription: [Google Hangout On Air <a href="<a href="[http://wwwWe want to take stories from inspirational entreprenuerial alumni, and share them with exisiting students in an easily accesible format.google.com/+/learnmore/hangouts/onair.html http://www.google.com/+/learnmore/hangouts/onair.html]">[http://www.google.com/+/learnmore/hangouts/onair.html http://www.google.com/+/learnmore/hangouts/onair.html]&lt;/a&gt;">[1]&lt;/We hope that by showing students what their predeccesors have accomplished, it may inspire them to take a&gt; or other existing meeting leap of students interested faith in I&E in Engineeringto entreprenuership. We will dispurse this information through the above marketing channels.]*When: [Date, Time]*RSVP: [your email address, google form, eventbrite or meetup link]

= Strategy #12: Perceived - Bettering Speaker SeriesCreating a Buzzing Culture of I&E around Campus<br/> =

Following are an array of strategies that will fully address Gap #1 2 over a 2-3 year period:

== Primary Tactic #1: Outreach group, Logistics group, Marketing Group Increasing VC Presence ==

*Description: Get three different groups on campus We have noticed that are concentrating on promoting entrepreneurship on campus. By splitting them up into committees, it easier many of the US Entreprenuership hubs have a booming VC environment to mark progress. The outreach group would be responsible for reaching out to alumni and accompany the growing businesses, interviewing them, convincing them to speak at PSU, and knowing their availability. The logistics group would be responsible for all PSU-backend thingsOur hope, such as booking roomsis that by increasing visits from major VC partners/companies, finding PSU availability, and confirming dates and times with speakers. The marketing group would be responsible for marketing the speakers to students we will enable more local/university based startups to increase involvementflorish. Each committee This will have a head who is responsible for making sure that work gets done in turn increase our reputation as a timely mannerstartup university and attract more VCs.&nbsp;*Team LeaderIdeas:: Entrepreneurship Speaker Overall*MilestonesInvestor Bus Tours like [https:&nbsp;*Find interested students 2/13*Make committess 3/13www.events.revolution.com/ Rise of the Rest]*Get a lineup of speakers 6/13Elevating the few VC firms that are present at Penn State: 1855 Capital and Contrary Capital*Start speaker series 10/13Work to increase Contrary Capital's presence on campus

== Secondary Tactic #2: Department Board Changing the Rules ==

*Description: One faculty member and one student from each department will sit on Penn State currently has a boad to inform the other departments regarding all entrepreneurial activities including, but not limited to, speakers. Then it rule that no revenue generating business can be decided whether that speaker coud also visit another department, started or if they could hold a meet and greet with a few studentsoperated on campus.*Team Leader:: Department Outreach*Milestones:&nbsp;*Find department heads who are interested, and inform them of If we want to take our ecosystem to the board 12/13*Get department head to suggest a facultynext level, who that is something that will then suggest a student 2/13*Hold first meeting 3/13really need to change.

= Strategy #23: Applied: Bettering Innovation Spaces Increasing Entry Point Quality and Communication<br/> Visibility =

Following There are an array two main tactics we plan to employ for increasing ease of strategies that will fully address Gap #2 over a 2-3 year periodaccess to Penn State's I&E ecosystem:&nbsp;

== Tactic #1: Building Two Innovation Spaces Creating a Checklist ==<div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Description: We are hoping to create a small and easy to use checklist for Freshmen to use to explore the I&E ecosystem. We want to include this resource in the NSO materials that accepted students receive when they first arrive on campus. The checklist will be a simple flyer with little tasks that students can accomplish to "get their feet wet" in the ecosystem.<br/></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div>== Tactic #2: Spend A Summer Day ==<div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br/></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Description: The university has a "Spend A Summer Day" program that allows prospective students to explore academic disciplines or colleges that they may be interested in at Penn State. Given that Invent Penn State as nearly as many facets as a college, we believe that we can create an information session that students can attend which allows them to get a taste for the PSU I&E resources. Additionally, students voluntarily sign up for these session, which means we would be getting in front of the interested demographic.</div><div><br/></div>

== Tactic #2: Local Career Fair == *Description: Hold a career fair for local businesses and students interested in working during school. This allows students to interact with entrepreneurs during the school year.&nbsp;*Team Leader:: Mridul Bhandari*Milestones:&nbsp;*Get businesses involved 9/13*Inform students 10/13*Test run 11/13*Create a sustainable plan 1/14 == Tactic #3: Hosting Start-up/Entrepreneurial Section at Penn [[Pennsylvania State's Career Fair == *Description: Penn State invites over 500 companies to recruit during the career fair, and almost none of them are small companies. Many Penn State students want to do something entrepreneurial but lack experience. By hosting a startup section, or an entrepreneurial section during the career fair, students will be able to talk to companies that they want to work for. This allows them a chance to enhance their entrepreneurial skill while ganing experience.&nbsp;*Team Leader: Mridul Bhandari*Milestones:&nbsp;*Talk to companies to gage interest 10/13*Talk to career fair administration 11/13*Talk to Engineering and IST department heads for a push to career fair administration 12/13*Contact startups and entrepreneurship companies 2/13*Hold a test run 3/13*Construct sustainable plan 5/13 = Impact =University]]

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