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UNY I-Corps:

Learn to identify valuable product opportunities that can emerge from academic research​​

Gain entrepreneurship skills through training in customer discovery and guidance from established entrepreneurs​

Big Idea Competition

ALL entries must be early-stage ideas and not developed businesses. Present in front of a  live audience of peers, faculty, entrepreneurs, and distinguished guests. Use entrepreneurial skills and the mindset of change-makers to present BIG IDEAS which address the complex challenges.

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Life-Changing Labs: select top founders for an 8-week boot camp, give them the skills, resources, and community to accelerate their startups to match their vision. A Demo Day, where the startups present their companies to a select panel of judges — venture capitalists, angel investors, and prominent entrepreneurs.

Cornell Internship Program Summer: provide entrepreneurial students with opportunities to gain essential experience in small to mid-sized businesses

Hackathons:

using minimal resources and maximum brainpower to create outside-the-box solutions

W.E. Cornell:
Combining a proven entrepreneurship curriculum with a focus on leadership development and empowerment,  helps STEM women commercialize their innovations and overcome the challenges of leading a growing technology-based business.

Center for Transformative Action:

Create communities that are socially just, ecologically sound, and work for everyone. Educational programs and support system-changing projects, which work to transform the structures, as well as the habits of mind, that produce inequities in our communities, country, and the world. Their courage, innovative thinking, and heart-centered approach show us what is possible.

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Student agencies: provides extraordinary opportunity to gain practical experience and take on a unique responsibility of starting and running a legitimate business and to provide valuable products and services to the Cornell and Greater Tompkins County Community

Entrepreneurship Kickoff: open to all Cornell community, watch eLab applicants' pitches, interact with representatives from 20 academic, entrepreneurship programs, connect with like-minded students.

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Blackstone LaunchPad: schedule a free confidential 1:1 meeting to understand the roadmap to execute your idea.

eHub Co-Working Space: an open, flexible, and dynamic collaboration and co-working space. 24/7 access to the space.

Pillsbury Institute Entrepreneurs in Residence Office Hours: Invites successful entrepreneurs to meet one-on-one with students to help them with business development, networking, and career planning.

Business Plan Competition:

ELab: You and your team will spend one year evolving your business plan, speaking with potential customers, pitching to investors, and preparing for launch.

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REV: ITHACA STARTUP:
We offer business mentorship, workspace, and startup resources for any new or growing business that will create jobs in the community.

Licensing and Technology Resources

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Ventures Accelerated: undergraduate start-up community that offers ideation, launch, and scale services for startups

Social Business Consulting Club: student-run nonprofit organization, provides pro-bono consulting services to social entrepreneurs around the world, connects consultants with meaningful projects to enhance the impact of social and environmental ventures.

Social Enterprise Group at Cornell: produce lectures on the social enterprise spectrum, the frameworks used to approach social and business problems, and presentation skills;  partner with social enterprises to analyze and solve problems that have real impacts in their respective communities.

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Goal: helps create communities that are socially just, ecologically sound, and that work for everyone
(1) breaking the silence that surrounds injustice
(2) building an inclusive movement based on empathy and understanding that can bridge differences and transform adversaries into allies
(3) articulating an inspiring, proactive, and practical vision for change.

“Social entrepreneurship”: describes innovative, solutions-focused initiatives for expanding social justice, peace, and environmental sustainability. Initiatives aim to catalyze systemic change that ultimately transforms the economy so it works for everyone. Less about creating new ventures or ‘going to scale’ and more about partnering with others across sectors and differences in new ways to create an equitable, just, and ecologically sound economy.

Social Enterprise at Cornell:
David M. Einhorn Center for Community Engagement: The Einhorn Center offers programs, workshops, consultations and funding, and we serve as a hub that can help connect you with other community-engaged opportunities, resources and peers

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Center for transformative action:
Provide undergraduate courses in social entrepreneurship at Cornell, organize the Finger Lakes Social Entrepreneurship Institute, a 3-day program that takes place on campus and in our community, and regularly offer workshops in compassionate communication, nonprofit management, social entrepreneurship, and transformative action.

FINGER LAKES SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP INSTITUTE:
The institute features tools essential to the success of a social venture, keynote talks, presentations by inspiring and innovative social entrepreneurs, one-on-one coaching, and field trips to local social ventures. The institute supports new and experienced social entrepreneurs with valuable knowledge, training, and a community of like-minded individuals who are committed to creating economies that are ecologically sound and socially just.

Featured Models and Tools:
Worker-Owned Cooperatives +  Community Based Systems Dynamics
Theory of Change: The theory of change model focuses on the social change you intend to achieve. This model maps out the activities that will help you reach your impact goals, the ways to measure success, and how to strengthen what is working and reconsider what isn’t.

COMPASSIONATE COMMUNICATION:
Strengthens our ability to listen and speak in ways that increase understanding, trust, and connection. It shows us how to translate criticism, judgment, and blame into life serving messages. It gives us concrete skills for resolving conflicts and healing relationships. While fostering empathy and respect, Compassionate Communication creates a desire to have everyone’s needs matter, moving us away from patterns of domination to partnership.

We offer classes, workshops, and coaching in which you learn to:

Speak authentically and in a way that can be easily heard and understood by others

Increase your understanding and compassion for yourself and others

Use practical skills to communicate without criticism, blame, or painful misunderstandings while sharing what matters to you

Experience the power of empathy to liberate natural compassion

Defuse heated situations before they lead to conversations that may be regretted

Prevent and resolve conflicts by increasing understanding, trust, and mutual respect

Promote both inner and world peace

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A platform for university entrepreneurship that compiles startup companies, events, and a mentorship portal.
Operate on Global and Cornell scales
Events: provide a comprehensive schedule for all entrepreneurial events, competitions, and applications. Students can register instantly on the website
Internships: Students can choose internships by typing in their desired jobs, and can choose based on four main filters: type, relevant roles, commitment, compensation. Students can apply with their resume on startuptree.
Forums: students can join in groups according to their interests (ex: Student Founders, Partner Up, Women Founders, etc.). On the whole, this feature is for users to brainstorm together, ask questions, and seek employees.
Mentorship: Students can connect with their mentors based on roles and skills in their field of interest. They can also book office hours with mentors in Blackstone Launchpad

MATCHES:
1. Select 3 out of 9 objectives presented
For startups:
- Meet, brainstorm with peers
- Find a co-founder or partner
- Receive startup or career advice
- Recruit or expand team
- Raise or complete funding
- Test, develop business
For investors, mentors:
- Mentor, advise others
- Invest or fund startups
Other: Get a job or internship
* Note: There will be specific questions for each objective so that the algorithm can best suit users' needs.
2. Sync calendar
On Google, Outlook, iCloud, etc.
3. Find Matches
There is a list of potential users that most fit the objectives chosen in the first step. Students can directly message them on Startup Tree.

DEALS:
This feature is aimed at helping and assisting students or startups in finding the most cost-effective solution to their problems. There are attractive deals across all 23 areas, coming from individuals or subscription package with special discounts (Google Trends, Slack, etc)

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Blackstone LaunchPad:

1-1 mentorship and venture creation support for students, alumni, faculty, and staff at any stage of their entrepreneurial journey: learning more about the entrepreneurship community, having an idea, or needing help with later-stage startup challenges

Cornell StartupTree:

A platform compiled with updated opportunities, resources, forums for network connection, ventures, projects for startup

Pillsbury Institute Entrepreneurs in Residence:

The entrepreneurs-in-residence meet one-on-one with students to help them with business development, networking, and career planning.

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