<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Embedded in the university's mission and goals, is the desire to "b</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">ecome a leading American center for innovation and entrepreneurship at all levels." For that reason, there are an extraordinary number of opportunities, mentorship and pitch programs, certificates, majors, minors, clubs, accelerators, as well as collaboration and maker spaces dedicated to fostering innovative and entrepreneurial practices at ASU.</span>
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">In [https://research.asu.edu/about-us/facts-figures FY 2017], ASU:</span>
*<span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Launched 15 start-up companies</span>