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<br/><span style="font-size:15px; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">University bureaucracy is also a big obstacle students may face. Remember, things at the top move slowly. Like, very slowly. There are some ways to try to mitigate this - know who key influencers are at the university and use them to help you move things along a bit. Know your timelines for cutting checks, distributing funds, etc. because these things take time to get approval and go through the system. Most importantly, don’t be frustrated by what you see as lack of progress - good things take time!</span>
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<span style="font-size:15px; font-family:Arial; color:#000000; background-color:transparent; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; text-decoration:none; vertical-align:baseline">You’ll probably run into a few obstacles along the way - it’s not usually as easy as putting together a PowerPoint, asking to speak to the board, getting money and doing your initiative. If you do acquire funds for your initiative, you must realize that it isn’t the same as simply swiping a credit card to get the materials that you want. Often times the method of payment is in the form of p-card purchases and reimbursements which can take a few weeks to go through so make sure you plan ahead in your entrepreneurial endeavors. For example, there are very specific regulations over how money can be distributed and spent within a university system. Where the money is coming from (state or private), where it is going (student group, foundation, department), what particular stipulations are attached to it (all funds must go toward training either monkeys or pigs), how much money you are spending at a time, and a number of other factors affect how you can actually spend that $2 million you just received from the state board of trustees.</span>
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