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Before students will truly embrace entrepreneurship and innovation, they must feel empowered; the intimidation factor must be diminished in a fun and easily-accessible way. The best way this can be done is by using what brought engineers into the discipline in the first place: problem-solving and design. Students will be presented a problem at each meeting throughout the semester, which they will be expected to solve in a unique and innovative way. The problem presented on any given day will range from broad problems, such as global warming, to very niche problems, such as ways to improve the process of doing laundry. Students will be provided food as well as a variety of tools for prototyping and playing with their ideas in a physical way. The purpose of the club and exercises is not only to have fun, but also inspire the kind of thinking required for entrepreneurs in the field of engineering. 
== Encouraging the Pursuit of Entrepreneurship ==
Students are currently both intimidated by entrepreneurship and encouraged to follow the corporate route in engineering at Michigan State University. It is important that the campus culture encourages students to pursue their entrepreneurial goals as well as inspire capable and innovative students to follow the route of entrepreneurship following graduation and throughout their studiesand following graduation.
=== &nbsp;Strategy #1: Work entrepreneurship into the curriculum<br/> ===
&nbsp;The general curriculum engineers go through should inspire students to seek out and pursue their entrepreneurial potential and make entrepreneurship and innovation accessible to all students.
=== Strategy #2:&nbsp; Hold regular presentations and speeches by engineers who pursued entrepreneurship<br/> ===
Knowing that others have followed entrepreneurship and have come made it through the same point where the students are currently at will empower students to pursue the "big bad beast" of entrepreneurship.
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