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*'''Background: '''Duck Ventures is a group focused on teaching and educating students about early-stage equity investments, venture capital, and angel investing.  

*'''How it works: '''Duck Ventures is partnered with various firms and conferences in the state of Oregon. These firms outsource market research and due dilligence to Duck Ventures students to help minimize the usually lengthy time it takes for firms to conduct dilligence on a startup that is seeking potential investment. It's also a great way for studens to get directly involved with company valuations, term sheets, and investor relations, gaining real-world experience while doing meaningful work with firms.

== UO Undergraduate Courses ==

=== Intro to Entrepreneurship BA199 ===

*'''Background:''' The Introduction to Entrepreneurship class exposes students to the concepts, tools and principles of entrepreneurship.

*<span style="text-indent: 36pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">How it works: <span style="text-indent: 36pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The class explores the local entrepreneurship ecosystem (both campus and Eugene/Springfield) by touring facilities (makerspaces, accelerators, etc) and talking with local startup founders to learn about the resources available to entrepreneurs. Students will have the opportunity to individually build their own entrepreneurial mindset by developing a project plan that will either 1) advance a business idea; 2) advance an internship or job opportunity; 3) or create a club or event on campus.

=== <span style="text-indent: 36pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Green Product Design CH114 ===

*<span style="text-indent: 36pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Background: <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Recently, the UO now offers a one hundred level green chemistry course that is open to all majors. The class hosts about 50-60 students.

*<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="text-indent: 36pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">How it works: <span style="text-indent: 36pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Throughout the class, the professor leads the students into hands on group work to develop ideas using Green Chemistry. THe class focus changes per term. For example, fall of 2017, the class focused on green wearables where teams were formed to developed a greener wearable using an aspect of technology.

*<span style="text-indent: 36pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="text-indent: 36pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mission: <span style="text-indent: 36pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To expose students to green principles and to start thinking about innovative ways to create a more sustainable world.

= '''Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship''' =

== Driven-U.com ==

*~~~~<span style="~~color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Background: <span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Driven-U is a UO student startup, founded by Micah Miller in 2016.~~ ~~ *~~~~<span style="~~color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"~~></span~~><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: 36pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">How it works:<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: 36pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It’s an online resource that provides university students with connections to other like-minded driven students. If a student is looking for someone to program their app or need someone to design their logo but they don’t know who to ask, Driven-U.com is a geat site to connect with people who may be able to help.~~~~*~~~~<span id="docs~~text-indent: 36pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-~~internal~~color: transparent; font-~~guid~~variant-~~5fc5752e~~ligatures: normal; font-~~2b55~~variant-east-~~b620~~asian: normal; font-~~b134~~variant-~~6c5b38e706a1~~position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mission:<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To connect students with people with the essential skills they need to help create what they want.~~

= '''Engaging with regional and local economic development efforts''' =

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