Student AWEbassadors
Lindsay Wrege- 321 Coffee Lindsay Wrege, Class of 2021, is studying Business Administration and Entrepreneurship. She is also the Founder and CEO of 321 Coffee, a growing nonprofit coffee shop staffed by adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Lindsay is passionate about shifting the way society interacts with this community and hopes to use business to make this social impact.
Madeline Yun Madeline is the Co-Founder and Chief Business Development Officer of RapidCat, Inc. RapidCat Inc. is a financial technology company located in Raleigh, NC. Madeline is also a Chemical Engineering student at North Carolina State University concentrating in Biomanufacturing. Her interests include public speaking, entrepreneurship, and the education and empowerment of future leaders in STEM.
Advancement of Women Entrepreneurs Agenda • Mission • Events • Entrepreneurship entities at NC State University
Mission • AWE supports female entrepreneurship at every stage of the journey through mentorship, community engagement, social networking and strategic skill-building • AWE is action-oriented • AWE is not content-specific • AWE embraces and engages positive female role models • AWE empowers women with the tools they will need to make a difference
Contact Us • Womenentrepreneurs@ncsu.edu • https://awe.ncsu.edu/ • AWENCStateUniversity • AWE.NCStateUniveristy
Entrepreneurship at NC State
Entrepreneurship Garage • The Garage is a venture creation and prototyping program located on Centennial Campus. • Resources include co-working space, prototyping equipment, speaker series, workshops, staff mentors and student networking • Members have 24/7 access to the facility and they maintain intellectual property rights for anything they create in the space • Becoming a member is an easy, two-step process. Complete the application at go.ncsu.edu/garage ❏ Attend a New Member Orientation offered twice weekly ❏ For more information, visit go.ncsu.edu/garage or email ncstate-ent-garage@ncsu.edu. Contact Info: Eren Hebert eigaragemanager@ncsu.edu
Makerspaces • Located in D.H. Hill and Hunt Libraries • Allow student entrepreneurs to experiment with powerful tools, integrated electronics, wearable technology and more • Feature: Electronics lab, 3D printing, 3D scanning, Cutting and milling, Wearable technology, Internet of things Visit https://www.lib.ncsu.edu/services/makerspace/ for more info.
Entrepreneurship Clinic A Clinical Model of Teaching • Engage students in experiential learning. • Companies submit projects and students execute on them by enrolling in one of our classes. A Physical Space • Located off-campus at HQ Raleigh. • Locus of interaction between NC State & high growth startups and organizations. A Research Lab for Faculty • Field experiments at the level of the firm. • Observational and experimental capabilities. Contact Info: Gabriel Gonzalez gegonzal@ncsu.edu
Eligibility: • Completion of at least 30 credit hours with 15 completed at NC State • 2.0 overall GPA • BUS majors are not eligible BUSINESS ENTREPRENEURSHIP Courses*: MINOR • EC 205 (C- or better) • ACC 200, 210, 220 or 280 (C- or better) The business entrepreneurship minor engages students in the • MIE 201 process of identifying, evaluating, and implementing business • MIE 310 • MIE 410 (prereq of MIE 310) opportunities that focus on value creation. This process includes • One of: MIE 411, 412, 413, 416, 418 the creation of new ventures, as well as adding value within or 419 (all MIE 4xx carry a prereq of MIE 410) existing companies through innovation applications. The minor Completion: focuses on embedding students in the entrepreneurship ecosystem in Raleigh and beyond. As a result, students who • 2.0 in minor coursework fulfill the requirements for the undergraduate Business • No more than 6 hours of transfer credit Entrepreneurship minor will develop an entrepreneurial mindset may be counted toward the minor through experiential learning and through their embeddedness in requirements the entrepreneurship ecosystem . * To successfully complete the business entrepreneurship minor, students are encouraged to consider taking MIE 310 Intro to Entrepreneurship during a summer term. Students can also consider participating in a Poole Summer Abroad program to complete MIE 310 and MIE 410. Learn more at go.ncsu.edu/poole_minors
2019-2020 170 village residents in 2019 - 2020 9 colleges represented, mix of 40 majors Our living-learning program explores topical interests, takes trips and tours, offers socials and a community of like-minded entrepreneurs and creative thinkers.
Arts Entrepreneurship @ NC State • 15 Credit Minor - Four EMA courses & one advised elective • Arts-based curriculum • Student startups & other business collaborations emerge each semester • Highly engaged student group • Arts Entrepreneurship track @ eGames in the spring semesters • Students work directly with North Carolina arts entrepreneurs and arts organizations Contact Info: Dr. Gary Beckman gdbeckma@ncsu.edu
Wolfpack Investor Network 20 Deals 2.5 Years 148 Members $10.51 M Raised High Quality Investments in NC State Entrepreneurs Affiliation: Companies must have an NC State-affiliated founder, full-time executive team member, or board member Stage: Early stage private company financing – investing with other angels; typically post seed round Geography: National program with an emphasis on North Carolina-based opportunities P lease Contact with Questions: Managing Director, Brett Danforth: bsdanfor@ncsu.edu or Assistant Director for Member Services, Abby Phillips: adphill3@ncsu.edu
Agribusiness Entrepreneurship contact Dr. John Russ at russ@ncsu.edu A 3 course undergraduate sequence offered by the Dept. of Agricultural and Resource Economics: ARE 270, ARE 370, ARE 470 Students from across NCSU are welcome !!! Adopts the Poole College of Management Clinical model for experiential learning . Students work in teams and with real world entrepreneurs and innovators to develop new ventures. Students learn the entrepreneurial mindset along with established methods for generating ideas, selecting opportunities, and developing robust business models. A 4 th course Launch Lab is available to actually start new businesses. Bring your ideas and your connections! Projects include ‘for profit’ and ‘not for profit’ and ‘start-up companies’ and ‘new ventures for existing companies’. They span the vast possibilities of the ag-tech, bio-tech, big data, food, fiber, and energy, nano, social, environmental, gene to consumer, … space.
Thank you for coming! Upcoming Events Monthly Podcast - Self Care for an Entrepreneur October 4th 12-1pm, HQ@Centennial Large Conf. Room Fall Workshop - Self Promotion, How to create a Pitch and How to get funding and what to do when you have it November 22nd 1-4 pm , Location TBD
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