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'''''<span style="font-size:larger;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">The motto of entrepreneurship at RPI: A way to think. A way to learn. A way to succeed. </span></span>''''' [[File:Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Seal.jpg|thumb|Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Seal.jpg]]
<span style="font-size: larger; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">"Entrepreneurial thinking lies at the heart of Rensselaer’s philosophy. Like o</span><span style="font-size:medium;">ur faculty, Rensselaer students are encouraged to pursue creativity and discovery — and the results are often spectacular. Our undergraduates embrace chang</span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: larger;">e in ways that have transformed how the world works, plays, and lives.</span>
*<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">[http://www.eship.rpi.edu/exemplars_scholar_edge.html <span style="font-size:larger;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Exemplar's Program</span></span>]</span></span>
*<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">[httphttps://wwwlallyschool.rpi.edu/dept/lally/centers/severinoseverinoprograms/foundry.html -rpi <span style="font-size:larger;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">RPI Foundry</span></span>]</span></span>
*<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">[http://designforamerica.com/studios/rensselaer/ RPI Design for America]</span></span>
*<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">[http://startuptechvalley.org/ <span style="font-size:larger;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Startup Tech Valley</span></span>]</span></span>
<span style="font-size:larger;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">The work of turning ideas into real companies happens in RPI’s incubator, the Emerging Ventures Ecosystem (EVE). EVE is a distributed incubation program which accelerates the growth of new businesses and boosts the transfer of scientific and technological breakthroughs from the laboratory and classroom to the marketplace, for social and economic impact.</span></span>
<span style="font-size:larger;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Launched in February 2011, the Emerging Ventures Ecosystem (EVE) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute serves to link “Rensselaer institutional resources and alumni/ae expertise symbiotically with community strengths, in a multi-faceted partnership for mutual benefit.” The goal of EVE is to nurture new businesses and to build upon the decades of successful efforts of RPI’s previous incubator by helping young businesses grow and succeed.[[File:Evered.gif|thumb|Evered.gif]]</span></span>
<span style="font-size:larger;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Rensselaer’s previous incubator program was opened in 1980 as the nation’s first such program wholly sponsored and operated by a university. In its later stages, the incubator was primarily used for its “brick and mortar” assets, as place for entrepreneurially minded students to rent at a low cost, with convenient access to a photocopier. The model of RPI’s old incubator was traditional: it was rented by students who were seeking to start a venture, which either lived or died, and then moved on. The RPI Incubator building was closed in late 2009 simply because it did not make any money for the institution.</span></span>