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= <span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:xx-large;">Overview</span></span> =
*<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">'''SmartZone''': the SmartZone in Houghton offers a variety of services to inspiring entrepreneurs. From their SmartStart program which guides startups through a curriculum to validate their idea, to low cost office space the SmartZone can help move an idea into reality quickly. With a major state grant the smartzone is able to offer world class services at a low cost. For students at Michigan Tech faculty, a strategic partnership between the University and the Smartzone makes many of the services free. </span></span>
*<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">'''Michigan Tech I-Corps: '''The Michigan Tech I-Corps program gives a four-week program on customer discover and lean startup a la Steve Blank. The program is designed to introduce startups and researchers looking to commercialize their work on how to provide value for their discovered customer segments.</span></span>
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= <span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:xx-large;">Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration</span></span> =
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">If there were a way to connect founders with the top self-motivated talent within the University, one of the final bottlenecks for a thriving startup culture would be removed. We believe we can remove this bottleneck by merging the successes brought forth by the enterprise and senior design structure with students who have demonstrated business acumen and are passionate about transforming ideas into a new venture.</span></span>
<div><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Full Landscape Analysis can be found [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Setv77bKiaoAYrvKJTb_xSX9JOiXHj7-3Sfe2KinScg/edit?usp=sharing here] (Updated Fall 2015).<br/span></span><br/span></div><div><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Presentation accompanying the Landscape Analysis can be found [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/10DM6qPXgOqL_M4UPfeC1DzoQWPcpmfg3XUeE3f-bk6E/edit?usp=sharing here ](Updated Fall 2015).</span></span></div>
= <span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:xx-large;">More about Michigan Tech</span></span> =
<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/User:Rkkolb Rachel Kolb] - A University Innovation Fellow from Michigan Tech</span>
<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">[[Adam_Weber|Adam Weber]] - </span><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">A University Innovation Fellow from Michigan Tech</span>
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">'''About the University '''- Learn about Michigan Tech including a landscape analysis</span></span>