<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">[[File:NYUSOE.jpeg]]</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">New York University Polytechnic School of Engineering (NYU| SOE) founded in 1854, is the second oldest private engineering and technology school in the United States. NYU| SOE is one of the 18 schools and colleges that comparise New York University (NYU). The campus is located in Brooklyn, centrally located at MetroTech Centre, an urban university-industry science and technology park. The school offers about 60 academic programs at bachelor's, masters and doctoral levels. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;"></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">[[File:NYUCampus.jpg|frame|NYUCampus.jpg]]</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-ebd85f1394821db9-70ae2335-27d4a7b2-58ac522c-212cb7de65dc1b56e8598fef"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">NYU- SOE has a next generation university campus is located in the city environment, that completely heart of the Brooklyn Downtown area; it blends with the corporate world and gives students an exposure to resources beyond the university gates and , increases their opportunities , and prepares them for the future. The students can easily tap into vast array of resources from NYU-SOE and as well as from the entire ecosystem of all NYU-Washington Square Schools SquareEcosystem (17 schools) which are few stops away in </span>[http://www.mta.info/ <span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">NYC-Metro</span>]<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">(approx:10mins20 minutes). NYU is a global university, which means when a students joins one school under the NYU umbrella, he/she they can access resources across all most of the schools (Including the global campuses).</span></span></span></span></p>
= <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-ebd85f13-70ae-27d4-58ac-212cb7de65dc"><span style="font-size: 31px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Spaces that Inspire Innovation</span></span></span> =
== <span style="font-size:x-large;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-ebd85f13-70ae-27d4-58ac-212cb7de65dc"><span style="font-weight: bold; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Leslie eLab</span></span></span></span> ==<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.4;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:11pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-94821db9-2338-17a6-0224-a80283bd72d5"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Recently, NYU added a new space called the </span>[https://www.nyu.edu/about/university-initiatives/entrepreneurship-at-nyu/leslie-elab.html <span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background">Leslie eLab</span>] <span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">at the heart of the university campus. The Leslie eLab is a 5900-square-foot facility in the heart of the Washington Square campus where aspiring NYU entrepreneurs from across all of NYU's schools and colleges-be they students, faculty, or researchers-can meet to connect,collaborate, and tap into a vast array of resources to help develop their ideas and inventions into startup companies.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-94821db9-2338-17a6-0224-a80283bd72d5"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: transparentrgb(68, 68, 68); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">httpRun by the NYU Entrepreneurial Institute, the Leslie eLab is equipped with co-working spaces, meeting rooms, an event space and a prototyping lab. It is designed to encourage interaction, prototyping, collaboration, and networking so essential in the creation of successful startups. The Leslie eLab serves as the headquarters for the </span>[https://universityinnovationwww.orgnyu.edu/imagesabout/euniversity-initiatives/e6entrepreneurship-at-nyu/Leslie_elab_2about/entrepreneurial-institute.jpghtml <span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">NYU Entrepreneurial Institute</span>] <span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and </span>[https://www.nyu.edu/about/university-initiatives/entrepreneurship-at-nyu/fund/innovation-venture-fund.html <span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span> <span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">NYU Innovation Venture Fund</span>]<span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. Just from the idea of possibly building the space, it has inspired a lot of students and faculty towards innovation and entrepreneurship. Now, after physically building the space it is believed it will instill a stronger sense of community among NYU’s budding entrepreneurs in its many schools.</span></span></p>
== <span style="font-size:x-large;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-ebd85f13-70ae-27d4-58ac-212cb7de65dc"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Greenhouse</span></span></span></span> ==<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span><span style="font-size: 15px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">[[File:Greenhouse.jpg]]</span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.4;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:11pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-94821db9-233c-dc91-c135-70768ccbdbd9"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The </span>[http://greenhousestories.com/ <span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Greenhouse</span>] <span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">is a home for ideation and collaboration at NYU-SOE. It is a space that stimulates interdisciplinary collaboration, prototyping, and innovation. The culture of the greenhouse aims to nurture seedlings of ideas and bring ideas to life through iteration and experimentation. The space is a blank slate for creative thinkers with occasional talks (</span>[http://greenhousestories.com/youth-cafe/ <span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Youth Cafe</span>]<span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">), skill shares, and opportunities to meet with professionals from NYU-SOE incubators and industry.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-94821db9-233c-dc91-c135-70768ccbdbd9"><spanstyle="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Apart form that, The Greenhouse organises, plans, and produces an array of events to promote collaborative thinking and bring together interdisciplinary groups to solve problems. Through events like OpenStorm, Hack Ebole, PROTOTYPING, and other workshops like the Youth Cafe or Arduino Workshops, The Greenhouse provides students access to the basics of Innovation and Entrepreneurship while also opening them up to professional communities.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p>
== <span style="font-size:x-large;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-ebd85f13-70ae-27d4-58ac-212cb7de65dc"><span style="font-sizecolor: 15pxrgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Leslie eLabNYU-SOE Incubators</span></span></span></span> ==<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-sizefamily:mediumarial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span><span style="font-familysize: 15px; color:arialrgb(0,helvetica0,sans0); font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">[[File:Poly-incubator.jpg]]</span></span></span></p><p style="text-serifalign: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-94821db9-233e-02b5-990b-b6610c0dc87b">[http://engineering.nyu.edu/business/incubators <span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background">NYU-SOE Incubators</span>] <span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: transparentrgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Recentlyare the spaces dedicated to NYU and NYC based startups for early stage companies. These incubators, NYU added a new other than providing space called to work, also provide the guidance, expertise, and resources that organizations need to grow into successful ventures to bring economic growth to The City and the Nation. NYU-SOE has three functional incubator spaces: </span>[httpshttp://wwwengineering.nyu.edu/aboutbusiness/incubators/universitydumbo <span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-initiativesdecoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">DUMBO</entrepreneurshipspan>]<span style="font-size: 16px; font-atfamily: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, </span>[http://engineering.nyu.edu/lesliebusiness/incubators/nyc-elab.html acre <span style="font-size: 15px16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background">NYC ACRE</span>]<span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: transparentrgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Leslie eLab, and </span>][http://engineering.nyu.edu/business/incubators/varick <span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background">Varick Street</span>]<span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: transparentrgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. There are about 80 organizations still working at the heart of the university campusNYU-SOE Incubators. This is a collaborative space for entrepreneurial students across 18 schools of NYUhas also opened up these programs, </span>[http://engineering. This space features flexibly configured conyu.edu/spike <span style="font-size: 16px; font-working spacesfamily: Arial; color: rgb(17, meeting rooms85, an event 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">SPIKE</span>] <span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, and a fabrication lab to encourage interaction, prototyping0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and collaboration. The Leslie eLab serves as the headquarters for the </span>[httpshttp://wwwengineering.nyu.edu/aboutbusiness/incubators/universityfaculty-initiatives/entrepreneurshipengineers-atin-nyuresidence/about/entrepreneurial-institute.html mentor <span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background">Mentors Program</span>]<span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: transparentrgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">NYU Entrepreneurial Institute, to allow Graduate Level internships for their students at these incubators. </span>]<span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-"><span style="color: transparent#000000;">and Most recently, New York State added NYU-SOE incubators as Start-Up NY development zones</span>. </span>[httpshttp://wwwengineering.nyu.edu/aboutpress-release/2014/08/21/universitynew-initiatives/entrepreneurshipyork-state-atadds-nyu/fund/innovation-ventureincubators-start-ny-development-fund.html zones <span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(1774, 85134, 204232); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">NYU Innovation Venture FundArticle</span>]<span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">. Just from the idea of possibly building the space, it has inspired a lot of students and faculty towards innovation and entrepreneurship. Now, after physically building the space it is believed it will instill a stronger sense of community among NYU’s budding entrepreneurs in its many schools. </span></span></spanp><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p>
== <span style="font-size:x-large;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-ebd85f13-70ae-27d4-58ac-212cb7de65dc"><span style="font-size: 15px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">GREENHOUSEGame Innovation Lab</span></span></span><br/span> ==<p style="text-align: justify;">[[File:Greenhouse.jpg|thumb|Greenhouse.jpg]]<br/><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span><span style="font-size:medium15px;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">The [[File:Gameinnovation.jpg]]</span>[http:</span></greenhousestories.comspan></ p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-94821db9-2340-30f7-ce1d-824043b034ee"><span style="font-size: 15px16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(170, 850, 2040); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">GreenhouseThe </span>][http://gil.poly.edu/ <span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">is a home for ideation and collaboration at NYU-SOE. It is a space that stimulates interdisciplinary collaboration, prototyping and innovation. The culture of the greenhouse aims to nurture seedlings of ideas and bring ideas to life through iteration and experimentation. The space is a blank slate for creative thinkers with occasional talks (</span>[http://greenhousestories.com/youth-cafe/ <span style="font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Youth CafeGame Innovation Lab</span>] <span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">) , skill shares, brings together students and opportunities to meet with professionals faculty from across NYUto do research focusing on games as an innovation challenge. Their mission: develop next generation gaming. Some of the various projects includes user interface innovation (sensor-based tracking, multi-SOE incubators touch), network & video quality research, and industryproviding research on how gaming can benefit learning.</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p>
== <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-ebd85f13-70ae-27d4-58ac-212cb7de65dc"><span style="font-size: 15px31px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship</span></span></span> =<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.4;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:11pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-94821db9-234b-21c6-122d-4dd07e546048"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">NYU-SOE students are ingrained with a strong sense of innovation and entrepreneurship. Here, Students are constantly applying the </span><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I</span><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2</span><span style="font-size: 16px; font-weightfamily: boldArial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background">E </span><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: transparentrgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">("I squared E" - invention, innovation, and entrepreneurship) philosophy in our classrooms, competitions, organizations, workspaces, career development opportunities, and funding.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.4;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:11pt;text-align: justify;">NYU<span id="docs-internal-guid-94821db9-234b-21c6-122d-4dd07e546048"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-SOE Incubators[[Filespace:Polypre-incubatorwrap;">The premier organizations on campus supporting this ideology are “The Entrepreneurship and Innovation Association” (EIA) and “The Design Tinkering Club” (DTC).jpg|thumb]EIA seeks to create an entrepreneurial ecosystem based on the </span><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I</span><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2</span><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">E</span><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">philosophy by hosting a student-faculty forum to “learn the concepts of entrepreneurship, provide the benefits of self-employment, and [learn]the step-by-step path involved in launching and commercializing” their own ideas. Each year they host events, workshops, and challenges such as </span>[http://engineering.nyu.edu/innovention <span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Inno/Vention</span> ]<span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, </span>[http://riskyideas.com/ <span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><p span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: justifybaseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Risky Ideas</span>], <span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and App Challenge. In addition, they actively participate in the </span>[http://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/about/departments-centers-initiatives/centers-of-research/berkley-center/programs/venture-competitions/index.htm <span style="font-size:medium16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family:arialArial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">NYU Entrepreneur Challenge</span>]<span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0,helvetica0,sans0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.4;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:11pt;text-serifalign: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-ebd85f1394821db9-234b-21c6-122d-4dd07e546048"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-70aefamily: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-27d4align: baseline; white-58acspace: pre-212cb7de65dcwrap;">The Design Tinkering Club, originally the OpenIDEO Student Chapter, uses design thinking to cultivate viable solutions for social issues. Each year, DTC champions the </span>[http://engineeringwww.nyuopenideo.educom/business<span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></incubators span><span style="font-size: 15px16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background">OpenIDEO Challenge</span>] <span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: transparentrgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">across campus to spark engagement and awareness of the world’s most pressing social issues. In conjunction with NYU-SOE Incubatorsadministrators and stakeholders such as NCIIA and NSF, DTC launched The Greenhouse, a collaborative workspace for students and faculty to inspire, ideate, prototype, and share their newest innovations and entrepreneurial ventures. The Greenhouse wants to further educate and cultivate design thinkers through events like Youth Cafe: bi-weekly workshops and talks featuring professionals in entrepreneurship and innovation worlds.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.4;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:11pt;text-align: justify;"><spanid="docs-internal-guid-94821db9-234b-21c6-122d-4dd07e546048">]<span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background">NYU-SOE students can learn first hand what it takes to be a working entrepreneur through SPIKE: the </span>[http://engineering.nyu.edu/SPIKE <span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: transparentrgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">are the spaces dedicated to NYU Skill-based Program for Incubator Knowledge and NYC startups and Employment</span>]<span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. This program aims to support early -stage companies. These developing in SOE's incubators other than while simultaneously providing space an opportunity for students to work, they also provide learn the guidance, expertise and resources that organizations need skills necessary to grow into successful ventures that bring economic growth to New York City or find employment after completing their studies. These internships are held at one of the three offices in the Nation</span>[http://engineering.nyu. edu/business/incubators <span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">NYU-SOE has three functional incubator spaces DUMBOIncubators</span>]<span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, NYC ACRE0, and Varick Street0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. There These spaces are also open to current NYU & NYU-SOE students to work on their own ventures free of charge. In addition to career development, NYU-SOE is also a part of the </span>[http://www.nyu.edu/about 80 organizations incubating /university-initiatives/entrepreneurship-at NYU-SOE Incubatorsnyu/accelerate/nyu-summer-launchpad. html <span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background">NYU Summer LaunchPad</span>]<span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: transparentrgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: a 10 week summer program for graduating student teams to accelerate their new entrepreneurship ventures.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Most recently<span id="docs-internal-guid-94821db9-234b-21c6-122d-4dd07e546048"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, New York State added 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">While NYU-SOE incubators students have access to a variety of funds to get their ideas and ventures of the ground, such as start-up NY development zones. the </span>[http://engineeringwww.nyu.edu/pressabout/university-releaseinitiatives/2014entrepreneurship-at-nyu/08fund/21nyu-prototyping-fund.html <span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></newspan><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-yorkwrap;">Prototyping Fund</span>] <span style="font-statesize: 16px; font-addsfamily: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and the </span>[http://www.nyu.edu/about/university-incubatorsinitiatives/entrepreneurship-startat-nynyu/fund/innovation-developmentventure-zones fund.html <span style="font-size: 15px16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(7417, 13485, 232204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background">Innovation Venture</span>][https://www.nyu.edu/about/university-initiatives/entrepreneurship-at-nyu/fund/innovation-venture-fund.html <span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: transparentrgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ArticleFund</span>]<span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background">, you can find the full listing </span>[http://www.nyu.edu/about/university-initiatives/entrepreneurship-at-nyu/fund.html <span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: transparentrgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">here</span>]</spanstyle="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></span></p><p div style="text-align: justify;"><br/p></div>
== <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-ebd85f13-70ae-27d4-58ac-212cb7de65dc"><span style="font-size: 15px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold31px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Game Faculty Innovation Lab[[File:Gameinnovation.jpg|thumb]]and Entrepreneurship</span></span></span> ==<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.4;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:11pt;text-align: justify;"><span styleid="fontdocs-internal-guid-94821db9-2351-f7a1-96a9-size:medium;c366810346ae"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family:arialArial; color: rgb(0,helvetica0,sans0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-serifwrap;">NYU-SOE is the home to the Center for Faculty Innovations in Teaching and Learning (</span>[http://engineering.nyu.edu/academics/support/fitl <span idstyle="docsfont-internalsize: 16px; font-guidfamily: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-ebd85f13decoration: underline; vertical-70aealign: baseline; white-27d4space: pre-58ac-212cb7de65dcwrap;">FITL</span>]<span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background">): a faculty-centered enterprise dedicated to the advancement of educational practice. Its mission is to partner with the NYU-SOE community to promote innovative teaching strategies and technologies for learning. FITL was created through a 5-year, $1.92 million Title III Strengthening Institutions grant the US Department of Education awarded NYU-SOE in October 2008. Its objective is to increase NYU-SOE’s reputation as a leader in STEM higher education through extensive faculty training and providing resources to incorporate educational technology within the classroom and curriculum.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-94821db9-2351-f7a1-96a9-c366810346ae"><span style="color: transparent#000000;"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Additionally, NYU-SOE has a network of</span></span>[http://gilengineering.polynyu.edu/ business/incubators/faculty-engineers-in-residence <span style="font-size: 15px16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Game Innovation Labfaculty-engineers-in-residence (EIRs)</span>]<span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0255); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background"></span>] <span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-colorspace: transparentpre-wrap;">brings together faculty and to advise students from all NYU school doing research focused on games pursuing entrepreneurial ventures and innovating products as an innovation challengewell as to advise companies in the school's incubators. The mission is EIRs also provide the students with connections to develop next generation gaming. Some accelerate the progression of the various projects includes user interface innovation (sensor-based tracking, multi-touch), network & video quality research, and research on gaming for learningtheir venture.</span></span></span></spanp><p style="text-align: justify;"></p>
= <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-ebd85f13-70ae-27d4-58ac-212cb7de65dc"><span style="font-size: 31px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship</span></span></span> =
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-ebd85f13-70ae-27d4-58ac-212cb7de65dc"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">NYU - SOE students are ingrained, with a strong sense of innovation and entrepreneurship. Here, Students are constantly applying the I2E ("I squared E" - invention, innovation, and entrepreneurship) philosophy in our classrooms, competitions, organizations, workspaces, career development opportunities, and funding.</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-ebd85f13-70ae-27d4-58ac-212cb7de65dc"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">The premier organizations on campus supporting this ideology are The Entrepreneurship and Innovation Association (EIA) and the Design Tinkering Club (DTC). EIA seeks to create an entrepreneurial ecosystem based on the I2E philosophy by hosting a student-faculty forum to “learn the concepts of entrepreneurship, provide the benefits of self-employment, and the step-by-step path involved in launching and commercializing own ideas. Each year they host events, workshops, and challenges such as </span>[http://engineering.nyu.edu/innovention <span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Inno/Vention</span>]<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">, </span>[http://riskyideas.com/ <span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Risky Ideas</span>]<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">and App Challenge. In addition, they are active participants in the </span>[http://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/about/departments-centers-initiatives/centers-of-research/berkley-center/programs/venture-competitions/index.htm <span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">NYU Entrepreneur Challenge</span>]<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">.</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-ebd85f13-70ae-27d4-58ac-212cb7de65dc"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">The Design Tinkering Club, originally the OpenIDEO Student Chapter, uses design thinking processes to cultivate viable solutions for social issues. Each year, DTC champions the </span>[http://www.openideo.com/ <span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">OpenIDEO Challenge</span>]<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">across campus to spark engagement and awareness of the world’s most pressing social issues. In conjunction with NYU-SOE administrators and stakeholders such as NCIIA and NSF, DTC launched The Greenhouse, a collaborative workspace for students and faculty to inspire, ideate, prototype, and share their newest innovations and entrepreneurial ventures. The Greenhouse wants to further educate and cultivate design thinkers through its Youth Cafe, bi-weekly workshops and talks featuring professionals in entrepreneurship and innovation worlds. The </span>[http://greenhousestories.com/youth-cafe/ <span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Youth Cafe</span>]<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">gives the NYU community a chance to listen, share, and network with change makers from around the world.</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-ebd85f13-70ae-27d4-58ac-212cb7de65dc"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">NYU-SOE students can learn first hand what it takes to be a working entrepreneur through their Skill-based Program for Incubator Knowledge and Employment (SPIKE). This program aims to support early-stage companies developing in SOE's incubators while simultaneously providing an opportunity for students to learn the skills necessary to find employment after completing their studies (</span>[http://engineering.nyu.edu/SPIKE <span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">SPIKE Homepage</span>]<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">). These internships are held at one of the three offices in the </span>[http://engineering.nyu.edu/business/incubators <span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">NYU-SOE Incubators</span>]<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">. These spaces are also open to current NYU & NYU-SOE students to work on their own ventures, free of charge. In addition, to career development, NYU-SOE is also a part of the </span>[http://www.nyu.edu/about/university-initiatives/entrepreneurship-at-nyu/accelerate/nyu-summer-launchpad.html <span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">NYU Summer LaunchPad</span>]<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">, a 10 week summer program for graduating NYU and NYU-SOE student teams to accelerate their new ventures forward.</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-ebd85f13-70ae-27d4-58ac-212cb7de65dc"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">NYU-SOE students have access to a variety of funds to get their ideas and ventures of the ground, such as the </span>[http://www.nyu.edu/about/university-initiatives/entrepreneurship-at-nyu/fund/nyu-prototyping-fund.html <span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Prototyping Fund</span>]<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">and the</span>[http://www.nyu.edu/about/university-initiatives/entrepreneurship-at-nyu/fund/innovation-venture-fund.html <span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Innovation Venture</span>]<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Fund to name a few. You can find a robust listing </span>[http://www.nyu.edu/about/university-initiatives/entrepreneurship-at-nyu/fund.html <span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">here</span>]<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">.</span></span></span></span></p>
= <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-ebd85f13-70ae-27d4-58ac-212cb7de65dc"><span style="font-size: 31px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship</span></span></span> =
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-ebd85f13-70ae-27d4-58ac-212cb7de65dc"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">NYU-SOE is the home to the Center for Faculty Innovations in Teaching and Learning (FITL), a faculty-centered enterprise dedicated to the advancement of educational practice. Its mission is to partner with the NYU-SOE community to promote innovative teaching strategies and technologies for learning. FITL was created through a 5-year, $1.92 million Title III Strengthening Institutions grant the US Department of Education awarded NYU-SOE in October 2008. Its objective is to increase NYU-SOE’s reputation as a leader in STEM higher education through extensive faculty training and providing resources to incorporate educational technology within the classroom and curriculum (</span>[http://www.poly.edu/academics/support/fitl <span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">FITL Homepage</span>]<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">).</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p>
= <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-ebd85f13-70ae-27d4-58ac-212cb7de65dc"><span style="font-size: 31px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">University Technology Transfer Function</span></span></span> =
<p dir="ltr" style="textline-alignheight: justify1.4;"><span style="fontmargin-sizetop:medium0pt;"><span style="fontmargin-familybottom:arial,helvetica,sans11pt;text-serifalign: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-ebd85f1394821db9-70ae2356-27d4f823-58acc1d7-212cb7de65dcceda55b2fffe"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Technology transfer at NYU and NYU-SOE and NYU is governed through the NYU Office of Industrial Liaison (</span>[http://oil.med.nyu.edu/frontpage <span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">NYU OIL</span>]<span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">). NYU OIL’s mission is to promote the commercial development of NYU technologies from its Langone Medical Center, Washington Square , and NYU-SOE campuses into products to benefit the public, while also providing resources to the University to support its research, education, and patient care missions. The Office also facilitates research collaborations between NYU researchers and industry on projects of mutual interest.</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-ebd85f1394821db9-70ae2356-27d4f823-58acc1d7-212cb7de65dcceda55b2fffe"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">NYU OIL actively seeks commercial partners to develop NYU technologies, and works to establish mutually beneficial long-term relationships. Almost For example, almost 60% of NYU patents have been licensed to companies for development and commercialization. Over the past five years, NYU has ranked first among all U.S. universities in income from technology licensing, which is plowed brought back into to provide for further researchresearching. NYU actively promotes entrepreneurship with more than 70 companies created based on NYU technologies. In the most recent published comparative data on technology commercialization activity at U.S. universities, NYU created 87% more new start-up companies per research dollars expended than the national average (NYU OIL).</span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p>
= <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-ebd85f13-70ae-27d4-58ac-212cb7de65dc"><span style="font-size: 31px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Regional and Local Economic Development Efforts</span></span></span> =
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.4;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:11pt;text-align: justify;"><span styleid="fontdocs-internal-guid-94821db9-235b-e22a-dc7b-size:medium;49aa485fb478"><span style="font-familysize:arial16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0,helvetica0,sans0); vertical-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-ebd85f13-70ae-27d4-58ac-212cb7de65dc"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparentalign: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">CATT - Created in 1983 as one of the State of New York's 4 original Centers for Advanced Technology, CATT continues to fulfill its : Created in 1983, as one of the State of New York's 4 original Centers for Advanced Technology, CATT continues to fulfill its mission to stimulate economic development in information technology through research and education.</span></span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="textline-alignheight: justify1.4;"><span style="fontmargin-sizetop:medium0pt;"><span style="fontmargin-familybottom:arial,helvetica,sans11pt;text-serifalign: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-ebd85f1394821db9-70ae235b-27d4e22a-58acdc7b-212cb7de65dc49aa485fb478"><span style="verticalfont-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">CITE - : Former NYU-SOE President Hultin once stated that “With CITE, NYU-SOE’s researchers, students and industry partners are well poised to contribute to the economic growth of New York. CITE will facilitate the collaborative development of ground-breaking digital gaming innovations and new media technologies with tangible commercial applications.” (</span>[http://engineering.nyu.edu/press-release/2011/03/11/polytechnic-institute-nyu-launches-new-center-innovation-technology-and-ent <span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;"">CITE Press Release</span>]<span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">)</span></span></span></span></pp><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.4;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:11pt;text-align: justify;"><span styleid="fontdocs-internal-size:medium;guid-94821db9-235b-e22a-dc7b-49aa485fb478"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family:arialArial; color: rgb(0,helvetica0,sans0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-serifwrap;"><span id="docsIn addition to CATT and CITE, NYU-internal-guid-ebd85f13-70ae-27d4-58ac-212cb7de65dc">SOE Incubators have an impressive track record with local economic boom having generated more than $250 million in economic activity as well as 900 jobs since 2009 (</span style="vertical-align>[http: baseline; white//www.poly.edu/business/incubators/impact <span style="font-spacesize: pre16px; font-wrapfamily: Arial; background-color: transparent;">In addition to CATT and CITErgb(17, 85, NYU204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-SOE Incubators have an impressive track record with local economic boom having generated more than $250 million in economic activity and 900 jobs since 2009 (align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">NYU-SOE Incubator</span>[http://www.poly.edu/business/incubators/impact ]<span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(170, 850, 2040); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;"">NYU-SOE Incubator). Named one of the Top 10 Idea Labs in the U.S. by </span>]<span [http://www.bizjournals.com/prnewswire/press_releases/2013/08/21/NY67450 <span style="verticalfont-alignsize: baseline16px; whitefont-spacefamily: preArial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-wrapalign: baseline; backgroundwhite-colorspace: transparentpre-wrap;">). Named one of the Top 10 Idea Labs in the U.S. by </span>[http://www.bizjournals.com/prnewswire/press_releases/2013/08/21/NY67450 <span style="font-family</span><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-style: italic; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Worth">Worth</span>] <span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">">magazine, the NYU-SOE Incubators—Varick Incubators - Varick St., DUMBO and NYC-ACRE, Greenhouse—are Greenhouse - are changing the landscape of New York City for the better. As the first NYC-sponsored Incubators and cornerstones of the NYU Entrepreneurial Institute, the these programs are designed to empower entrepreneurs from across NYC and NYU who are creating jobs, launching new technology products and services , and diversifying the local innovation ecosystem (</span>[http://www.poly.edu/business/incubators/impact <span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">NYU-SOE Incubator</span>]<span style="verticalfont-alignsize: baseline16px; whitefont-spacefamily: preArial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-wrapalign: baseline; backgroundwhite-colorspace: transparentpre-wrap;">). Since 2009, the Incubators have served more than 100 over one hundred companies, with 7 seven of those acquired by established public and private companiesentities. Program graduates , who have raised more than $60M in equity funding and economic growth is , are projected to reach create nearly $720 million by 2015 (</span>[http://www.poly.edu/business/incubators/impact <span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">NYU-SOE Incubator</span>]<span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">">). NYU-SOE’s Incubators leverage support from NYCEDC, NYSERDA, and other government entities, as well as from Trinity Real Estate and , Two Trees Management Company, and now Forest City Ratner Companies. Most recently, New York State added NYU-SOE incubators as start-up NY development zones. </span>[http:</span></engineering.nyup><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.edu/press4;margin-release/2014/08/21/newtop:0pt;margin-yorkbottom:11pt;text-state-adds-nyualign: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-incubators94821db9-start235b-nye22a-developmentdc7b-zones 49aa485fb478"><span style="font-size: 24px; font-family: Arial; colorfont-weight: rgb(74, 134, 232)bold; text-decoration: underline; verticalvertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">ArticleNYU Start-ups</span>]</span ></p><p dir="ltr" style="colorline-height: rgb(74, 134, 232); vertical1.4;margin-aligntop: baseline0pt; whitemargin-spacebottom: pre-wrap11pt; backgroundtext-coloralign: transparentjustify;"> </span></span></spanid="docs-internal-guid-94821db9-235b-e22a-dc7b-49aa485fb478"></span></p><div><br/></div><p style="textfont-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: centerbaseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">NYU is host to many ventures by students, faculty, and alumni. Some of the most salient ones are:</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.4;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:11pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-94821db9-235b-e22a-dc7b-49aa485fb478"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Twitter - Jack Dorsey</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.4;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:11pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-94821db9-235b-e22a-dc7b-49aa485fb478"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Square - Jack Dorsey</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.4;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:11pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-94821db9-235b-e22a-dc7b-49aa485fb478"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Pinterest - </span><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Vikram Bhaskaran</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.4;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:11pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-94821db9-235b-e22a-dc7b-49aa485fb478"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Bloomberg LP: </span><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Duncan MacMillan & Charles Zegar (Co-founders)</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.4;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:11pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-94821db9-235b-e22a-dc7b-49aa485fb478"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ben & Jerry's: Bennett "Ben" Cohen</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.4;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:11pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-94821db9-235b-e22a-dc7b-49aa485fb478"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Home Depot: Ken Langone</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.4;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:11pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-94821db9-235b-e22a-dc7b-49aa485fb478"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Foursquare: Dennis Crowley & Alex Rainert</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.4;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:11pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-94821db9-235b-e22a-dc7b-49aa485fb478"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Buzzfeed: John Johnson</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.4;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:11pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-94821db9-235b-e22a-dc7b-49aa485fb478"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">MTV: Tom Freston</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.4;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:11pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-94821db9-235b-e22a-dc7b-49aa485fb478"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TechStars NYC: </span><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">David Tisch</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.4;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:11pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-94821db9-235b-e22a-dc7b-49aa485fb478"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Fairchild Semiconductor: </span><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Eugene Kleiner</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.4;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:11pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-94821db9-235b-e22a-dc7b-49aa485fb478"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">BOT Factory: Carlos Ospina & Nicolas Vansnick</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.4;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:11pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-94821db9-235b-e22a-dc7b-49aa485fb478"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">DefJam: Rick Rubin</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.4;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:11pt;text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-94821db9-235b-e22a-dc7b-49aa485fb478"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Suneris: Isaac Miller & Joe Landolina</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-94821db9-235b-e22a-dc7b-49aa485fb478"><span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">More at </span>[http://www.madebynyu.org/ <span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://www.madebynyu.org/</span>]</span></p><div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div></div> = Entrepreneurship & Innovation Landscape Canvas =<p style="text-align: justify;">{{#widget:Google Spreadsheet|key=0AnfKyJquKXq7dFJ3c1R5czA0aXBFTngxYWd4Q2RTUXc|width=1300|height=700}}</p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p>= Related =<div><span style="font-size:medium;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-554d5418-c809-5a53-9646-1906c459990a"><span style="text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Sarth_desai Sarth Desai]</span></span></span> <span style="font-size:medium;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-554d5418-c809-5a53-9646-1906c459990a"><span style="text-decoration: none; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Terrence_Agbi Terrence Agbi]</span></span></span> <span style="font-size:medium;">[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Noah_Geib Noah Geib]</span> <span style="font-size:medium;">[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Jay_Kumar Jay Kumar]</span> <span style="font-size:medium;">[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/John_Yvens_Henry John Henry]</span> [http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Polytechnic_Institute_of_New_York_University_Student_Priorities#NYU_.2B_NYU_SOE:Two_Strong_Traditions.2C_One_Even_Stronger_Future <span style="font-size:medium;">Student Priorities</span><br />]</div><p style="text-align: justify;"></p> [[Category:Schools]][[Category:New_York_University_School_of_Engineering]]{{CatTree|New_York_University_School_of_Engineering}}