The second strategy in setting a cultural precedent for entrepreneurship is to ensure that the people who do get involved are given every resource to actually commit to their ventures. The students who enter business plan competitions today are too easily dispelled from taking their projects to market, either by attractive job prospects or by inability to take the final steps toward incorporation. Therefore, bodies that help bridge the gap between academic exercise and functioning company—functioning incubators, student venture funds, legal assistance groups—could result in more startups and in more student examples.
[http://prezi.com/-0p-nk3qgcnk/fanning-the-flames/ Link to Prezi overview of campus ecosystem: = Calling all Students = Informational Session (come hear plans, offer feedback and help expand opportunities for all students) *Where: [Google Hangout On Air <a href="<a href=""></a>">[1]</a> or other existing meeting of students interested in I&E in Engineering.]*When: [Date, Time]*RSVP: [your email address, google form, eventbrite or meetup link]
= Strategy #1: Sow a Widespread Entrepreneurial Culture<br/> =
Reno will eventually need a critical mass of startups to really ignite its reputation as an innovative/entrepreneurial hotbed. To develop that critical masscommunity, the University has to fuel a culture of entrepreneurship over the next 2-3 years.
== Tactic #1: Local Entrepreneurial Guest Speakers<br/> ==