| Changing How Undergraduate Engineers Think |  |
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| Karen S. Thornton, Sarah Djamshidi, David F. Barbe | View
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| The VentureAccelerator
program combines cohesive processes for new company formation
with diverse undergraduate student E-Teams to provide unprecedented
levels of business assistance to startups launched by technical
faculty and graduate students. This innovative program enables
students from various academic disciplines to participate directly
in the startup process, including performing functions incident
to market research, business planning, marketing, recruiting,
and financial analysis; such student E-Teams are directly supervised
by staff dedicated to technology entrepreneurship. This program
provides a cost-effective, organized, closely-managed service
to resource-constrained young companies. |
