= Project Pitch Video = {{#Widget:Youtube|id=czKUtUT-HJQ}} <span parsererror style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-familydisplay: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332pxblock; white-space: pre-wrap; background-colorborder: transparent;">Strategy 1: Create an Innovation Week on Campus (4/11-4/15) (Project Lead: Team Project)</span> <span style="margin: 0px2px solid #c77; padding: 0px0 1em 0 1em; line-height: 1.4; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; white-spacemargin: pre-wrap1em; background-color: transparent;">Description: Our school has decided to create an interactive week that includes all university students. These students will be equipped with education, acess to influential community entreprenuers, networking nights and innovation centered games and activities. Through this we will be able to inform students on the importance of innovation and how we are trying to show how anyone can innovate and create a conducive enviornment to advnacement in the innovation and entreprenuerial facets.</span> <span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4#fdd; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;black">Tactics:</span> <span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">- Hold an entreprenuerial techniques and meet and greet night catering to all majors spanning from business to engineering.</span> <span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">- Industry inside talk from entreprenuers and innovators in Colorado Springs</span> <span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-colorThis page contains the following errors: transparent;">- Entreprenuerial Education (Lean startup, Business Model Generation, Law, Scaling Product Development)</span> <span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">- Elevator Pitch Night</span> <span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">- Innovation Festival</span> <span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">- Create strategic partnership</span> <span div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.4; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arialmonospace; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;12px">- Marketing Club, ENTP Club</span> <span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; error on line-height: 1.4; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-familyat column 87: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">- Bridge gap between community business and universityattributes construct error </spandiv> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Stratgey 2- Deconstructing I&E Silos (</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Project Lead: </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Javier Rose)</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Tactics:</span> <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: small; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Streamline the different groups on campus that can elimnate overlap between club objective</span> <span style="white-space: pre-wrap; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">Various groups on our campus are trying to achieve the same goal. Essentially creating their own silos which makes every club on campus more competitive. The competition between colleges on our campus to try and be the most innovative actually Below is a self defeating purpose. We are trying to get rid rendering of these redundant objectives and to show how competition actually impedes innovation.</span> <span style="white-space: pre-wrap; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">- Hold monthly stakeholder meetings that keep each club on the same page as we move up to the university forwardfirst error.</span> <font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Holding these stakholder meetings monthly will ensure that every influential person on our campus is on the same page as us fellows. Communication is key in order to move forward and acheive our goals. The main goal of this stakeholder meeting is to allign each individual's objectives to work as a collective entity rather than seperated.</span></font> Strategy 3- Eliminate Loss of momentum for start-ups and entrepreneurs (<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Project Lead: </span>Preston Hare) Tactics: -Create a website that showcases each individual innovative activity in Colorado Springs Many starting entrepreneurs quit due to being overwhelmed by what to do next. Our vision is to have a website that shows exactly what is available in the springs and what next steps to take. We will map the connections that small business have across our city including to venture capitalists and angel investors. -Create a list of all startups and small businesses on the website This list is designed to give access to the next step for learning entrepreneurs. Often times when students have complete one part of their startup and don’t know where they need to go to continue their momentum. We want to provide a "road map" of entrepreneurial and Innovation resources for budding start-ups and entrepreneurs. - This site will show the entrepreneurship network within the springs that usually takes an experienced individual to see. Experienced entrepreneurs usually have a very in-depth relationship with I&E community. We want to give this advantage to every level of entrepreneur. We hope that this will also help prevent up and coming start-ups from stalling out. With this information in had, students will know where the community resources are and how to leverage them for their company. Strategy 4- Vetting preexisting networks and making the connection (Project Lead: Kyle Harmande) Tactics: -Creating a list of Entrepreneurial, Innovative and startup focused organizations on the UCCS campus and in Colorado By identifying and creating a list of the organizations that are focused on promoting I&E as well as startups we will be able create a plan for making the connection. Colorado is a ho spot for entrepreneurs or innovators. We have many organizations in Colorado Springs, Denver and Boulder that are focused on promoting innovation. -Identifying the need for young professionals We will find out what young professionals are looking for when trying to get involved. If we can identify the need we will be able to solve the problem of not being able to access the innovation network. -Establishing a relationship with the networks and promoting them through our sources We plan to allow the I&E network to be able to be accessed much easier. By collecting these recourses and networks we can highlight their benefits and give them a title as to what category they belong to. We will create this on our media network platform, a centralized place for information. This will allow the pressure of I&E to become much more efficient. Strategy 5- Reaching Non-Traditional Students(<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Project Lead: Courtnie Kuecker)</spanparsererror> UCCS is a non-traditional campus, we are made up primarily of commuter students, we have a strong base of military and veterans, many of our students are returning students, and of course with all of these demographics come the students who are parents. These students are unique because they are not looking to “hang out” around campus or get involved with traditional students who do not share their interests and perspectives. Some of our previous strategies will be able to cater to non-traditional students, but there are some specific tactics we can implement to reach these students. Tactics: -As part of innovation week hold a night for non-traditional students, that welcomes children and provides food - Post information about campus innovation and entrepreneurship activities in newsletters - Random innovation “happenings” throughout campus in between classes -Innovation fair, an event that is aimed at children where students of all ages can come learn about and practice innovation -Currently active or veteran military student night, casual atmosphere where students can practice and learn about innovation
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