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<span id="docs-internal-guid-457b20c4-30ff-ea20-7a6a-3026945e3d3f"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">One of the best ways I’ve seen involvement encouraged for entrepreneurs and innovators is through showcases and competitions where there is potential to win prize money for their projects. Students will come in teams of 4-8 to present their pitch, project, or prototype for a humanitarian design project. This competition will be unique because the potential investors will be local businesses and companies (or angel investors) that have invested interests in the projects being presented and they will be able to bid money on the projects that they would like to fund. Projects This is unlike any competition we’ve had at ASU before and will be divided definitely foster the spirit of entrepreneurship and innovation as well as providing the necessary resources to teams that aren’t sure how to get their start.</span></span> === Tactic 1 === <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Within the showcase, we will seperat projects based on their phase of development and the amount of money they are requesting. </span> === Tactic 2<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span> === <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">There will be a round of presentations from each project as well as a poster session where investors are able to come and ask questions directly to the team. This will foster a more collaborative environment for students to receive funding. In addition to this</span> === <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tactic 3</span><br/> === <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, there 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">There will be mentors from local startups coaching groups of teams in each phase on how to negotiate offers and reciprocate everything from stock to equity while being informed about the decisions they are making. This is unlike any competition we’ve had at ASU before and will definitely foster the spirit of entrepreneurship and innovation as well as providing the necessary resources to teams that aren’t sure how to get their start.</span></span><div><br/></div>