Transcript Technology Entrepreneur Center

TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEUR CENTER
JULY 27, 2011
Agenda
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Current Strategy and Programming
Future Direction of Program
Top Three Challenges
TEC Staff
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Andrew Singer
 Director, TEC
 Professor, Electrical and
Computer Engineering
Jed Taylor
 Assistant Director
Stephanie Larson
 Program Marketing
Coordinator, TEC & Innovation
Living-Learning Community
Danyelle Michelini
 Marketing Specialist
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Scott Martin
 Marketing Coordinator
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Jennifer Bechtel
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Michelle Lenzen
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Journalism Intern
Eric Mills
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Marketing Intern
Lyndsey Taylor
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Program Specialist, Innovation
Living-Learning Community
Web Developer Intern
Tanmay Chowdhary
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Video Intern
TEC Faculty & Affiliated Faculty
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Brian Lilly
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Lecturer, Program Director, Department of
Advertising
Associate Dean for External Affairs,
College of Engineering
Joseph Barich
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Professor, Industrial design
School of Art and Design
Bruce A. Vojak
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Professor, Electrical and Computer
Engineering
David Weightman
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Adjunct Lecturer of Business Administration
Rhiannon Clifton
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Associate Professor of Industrial Design
School of Art + Design / Beckman Institute
Jeffrey M. Kurtz
Sanjay Patel
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Clinical Professor of Business
Administration, College of Business
Deana McDonagh
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Industrial and
Enterprise Systems Engineering
Paul Magelli
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Adjunct Professor, College of Law
Stephen Zahos
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Lecturer and Senior Capstone Design
Course Coordinator, Agricultural and
Biological Engineering
TEC mission: what do we do?
To provide the education, experiences, and
resources that students need to become
innovative leaders in their fields
To highlight the University’s rich history and
culture of innovation to inspire its
engineering students to become the next
generation of world-changing visionaries,
leaders and entrepreneurs
T. Patrick Walsh, ’07 Engineering
Physics, Economics
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Engineers Without Borders village electrification project in a poor, rural Indian village
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Learned that 1.6 billion people burn kerosene at night as their sole source of light.
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Since graduation, Patrick and his company, Greenlight Planet, have produced solar charged,
LED-lanterns and are currently selling them through NGOs in developing countries.
Acquired start-up funds through TEC competitions and courses, including $10K and $20K grants
he wrote to the DOE and the NCIIA as projects for courses offered through the TEC.
Offices in China and India, working for the past few years to spread the word and help the
daily lives of billions of people, and reduce global CO2 emissions (200B kg) in the process.
Jonathan Naber, ‘11 Materials
Science and Engineering
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Developed affordable prosthetic arms, hands and fingers for populations in
underdeveloped countries.
Guided by his passion for helping the less fortunate, Illini Prosthetic
Technologies used low-cost materials to create an arm that is extremely
functional, durable and easily manufactured.
Traveled to Zacapa, Guatemala last summer to test the prototype at Range
of Motion Project prosthetics clinic with patients, aged six to forty-three.
TEC overview
Curriculum
• 4 certificates
• 13 courses
Resources
• Connections to
funding
• Space
• Mentors
Programs
• Workshops
• Competitions
TEC Certificate Programs
Technology Commercialization
(undergraduate)
• Lectures in Entrepreneurship
• Engineering Law
• Technology Entrepreneurship
Professional Skills (undergraduate)
• Business Technical Consulting
• Venture Creation Senior Design
Strategic Technology Management
(graduate/professional)
Business Management for
Engineers (graduate/professional)
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Technology Innovation & Strategy
Finance for Engineering Management
Legal Issues in Entrepreneurship
Technology Entrepreneurship
Sales & Marketing for Engineers
Venture Funded Startups
Managing Advanced Technology
Over 7,000 Enrolled in TEC Courses
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Course enrollment per academic year
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Innovation Living Learning Community
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New living-learning community dormitory for all students with an entrepreneurial,
innovative spirit.
2010-11 was the pilot academic year.
Fully equipped “garage,” special courses, guest speakers,
resources enabling students to bring their ideas to reality.
Dormitory houses 140 students and was oversubscribed.
First stage in the pipeline of innovation and creativity.
Implemented from concept to completion in 18 months.
Funded by TEC; Office of the Vice President for Technology and Economic
Development (OVPTED); Student LLC Housing Fees; Illinois Ventures; Student
Orientation Fees; Provost Office; and a NCIIA Planning Grant. The funding covered
new student orientation, staffing, courses, workshops & programming, promotional
items, recruitment of new students, supplies, and travel (to other entrepreneurial LLCs).
V. Dale Cozad New Venture Competition
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Campus-wide new venture competition
Administered in partnership with the Academy for Entrepreneurial
Leadership
Designed to encourage students, researchers, and community
members to create sustainable businesses in the Champaign area
Encourages innovation and entrepreneurial spirit through teamwork
and competition and fosters inter-disciplinary collaboration
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Teams win funding and prizes to move their ventures forward
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For 2010-11:
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55 submissions, 18 semi-finalists, 6 finalist teams
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Effimax Solar and Contendable tied for 1st place,
each receiving $4,500 for their venture
Cozad will kick-off this year on
November 10th!
Lemelson-MIT Illinois Student Prize
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Campus-wide $30,000 student prize
for invention/innovation
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Goal: to recognize and reward
outstanding innovation and creativity; to
generate excitement about
entrepreneurship, science and
engineering
Now open to seniors and graduate
students on the Urbana-Champaign
campus
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2007 Winner: Michael Callahan
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2008 Winner: Patrick Walsh
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2009 Winner: John Wright
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2010 Winner: Jonathan Naber
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2011 Winner: Scott Daigle
Silicon Valley Workshop
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In the past, this has been sponsored by
College of Engineering, TEC, Academy
for Entrepreneurial Leadership
In January 2009 and 2010, 25 students
attended a 2-week workshop in Silicon
Valley to learn about SV ecosystem for
entrepreneurship
TEC plans to hold a week long workshop
in Silicon Valley this January 2012
Chicago Workshops
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Sponsored by TEC and Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership
In Summer 2010 and January 2011, ~30 students attended a 3
day workshop in Chicago to learn about entrepreneurship and
the start-up culture
TEC plans to hold another 3 day
workshop in Chicago from
August15-17, 2011
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Student Venture Accelerator
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Provides experiential learning
opportunity for students throughout
College of Engineering & the campus
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Equipment, supplies and mentoring that
students need to pursue their own product
innovations
Students can develop prototypes for
Cozad Competition, Lemelson-MIT Illinois
Student Prize, and other TEC programs
and activities
Patent Clinic
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Collaboration with College of
Law, Adj. Prof. Joseph Barich
Third-year law students author
patent applications for TEC
student inventors
6-10 patent applications per
year
Invention to Venture (I2V)
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Sponsored by National Collegiate Inventors
and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA)
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One-day workshop introduces students, faculty,
and community members to various topics
designed to help them start their ventures
2011 Invention to Venture
100 attendees
Great lineup of speakers!
Venture Lab
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Sponsored by National Collegiate Inventors and
Innovators Alliance (NCIIA)
Five-day workshop for early-stage start-up
companies to put together a commercialization plan
Allows companies to evolve their business strategy,
sales channels and marketing as well as better
understand the financial mechanics of their venture,
with the help of people who have been there and
done it
2011 workshop focused on green and
sustainable businesses
Next workshop: TBA
Charm School
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Teach students various skills associated with job
searching, business etiquette, ethics, and other
similar topics
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Includes full (mock) business luncheon and
networking reception
Advanced Charm School series: leadership,
communication, negotiation skills, creative
problem solving
Next full day Charm School: October 2011
TEC “in-Residence” program
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Alumni and other
entrepreneurs/
innovators visit campus
for 1-2 days to meet
with students, guest
lecture, etc.
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Students can sign up for
one-on-one
appointments via the TEC
website
Examples:
Ray
Guerin
CTO, Chicago
Beverage
Service
Michael
Reene
Chief Strategy
Officer,
ChoicePoint
Lynn
Reedy
Former Chief
Strategy
Officer, eBay
Innovate @ Illinois
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Television show that highlights resources available to entrepreneurs
on the University of Illinois campus and in the community
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Features examples of faculty, staff, and students from the University
8 episodes
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have included innovative materials, sustainable
start-ups, honoring innovators, funding for entrepreneurs,
and highlighting
student entrepreneurship
programs
Women In Innovation
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Blagica Bottigliero, Chicago based Emmy winning
blogger and digital media veteran, presented on
May 4, 2011
Shared guidance on how to utilize digital media most
effectively and provided information on jump starting a
digital career
 Searching for a team to
re-launch her blog,
Gal’s Guide
 40 attendees; 95% females
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Brain Fitness Fridays Summer Camp
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Camp for children with activities focused on math, science,
technology, engineering, design, and entrepreneurship
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Collaboration between the Center for Nanoscale Chemical-ElectricalMechanical Manufacturing Systems (Nano-CEMMS), College of
Engineering, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Integrative Graduate
Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT), Kinesiology Department’s
Summer Sports Fitness Camp, School of Art + Design, and the
Technology Entrepreneur Center
All day camp on July 8th, 15th, 22nd, and 29th
Approximately 40 children
Online Video Resource Center
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The TEC often brings in lecturers
and experts in all areas of
innovation, entrepreneurship and
technology commercialization
Lectures are taped and made
available to the general public
through the TEC website
TEC future endeavors
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Continue to expand TEC course offerings
Collaborate with the College of Business on its campus-wide
entrepreneurship minor
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Strengthen marketing campaign to all key audiences
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Connect with TEC alumni
Top 3 Challenges
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How can we reach significantly more?
How do we attract more tenure-track faculty
participation? Alumni?
Endowing the TEC?
THANK YOU!
TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEUR CENTER