Mary RaberAdventures in a Center for Innovation &

Entrepreneurship Start-upMarch 4, 2016

www.mtu.edu/enterprise2000

2005

I&E Ecosystem

E-Ship

Courses

Tech

Transfer

Office

Global

Business

MinorE-Club

New

Venture

Competition

Dedicated

Staff

IP Policies

Cohesive

Curriculum

Internships

/ Co-ops

Enterprise

Program

Pitch

Competition

Student

Venture Fund

Mentor

NetworkFaculty

Training

SmartZone

Business

Incubator

MEDC/Region

al Support

Guest

Speaker

Series

Social

Innovation

E-Minor

Assessment

Maker Spaces

Make/Hack-

athons

Superior

Ideas

2013

� I & E Center

�Maker Space

�Lean Start-up Curriculum

2014

#uifresh

Orientation Week 1300 freshmen

1 Challenge

Chill Out w/ #uifresh!

2014

mtu

.ed

u/h

on

ors

2015

Innovation Center for

Entrepreneurship

2015Vision – To support a

University campus

where entrepreneurial

spirit thrives

throughout the

community and across

disciplines, converting

ideas into capital.

Mission - To unleash

the potential of the

Michigan Tech

community to

innovate, develop, and

implement ideas and

inventions by building

and maintaining a

strong and integrated

ecosystem with a

cohesive set of

entrepreneurial and

innovation resources to

enable success.

Commercial

Feasibility

Technical

Feasibility

Business

LaunchBusiness

Development

Commercial

Outcome/

Revenue

Business

Planning

Idea/

Concept

Business Planning

Team Development

Creativity and Design Thinking

Maker/Hacker Activities

Customer Discovery/Lean Startup

Business Modeling

Proprietary Planning

Capital Planning

Capital Fundraising

Curricular and Co-Curricular Training

Mentor Engagement

PHC Entrepreneurship Center Programs from ‘Concept to Customer’

Opportunity

Identification

Advisor Engagement Director Engagement

Innovation Center for Entrepreneurship

2015

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Lessons Learned

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Product to the World

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