Penn State Engineering Entrepreneurship

Tuesday, March 21st: Come hangout with "That Group." They get together every Tuesday. Everyone from former entrepreneurship faculty to recent graduates who have started companies in the area meetup to socialize over food and drinks at The Liberty. It is even open to those under 21! 6:00 at Liberty.

Monday, March 20th: Learn the secret sauce of how to win any and every Penn State pitch contest. There will be a panel of students who have either won pitch contest, judged them, or were on the selection committees to answer all of your questions and give you insider tips and tricks. 6:30-8:30 at New Leaf! Please RSVP on Facebook!

Are you looking for an engineering, PR / Socila Media, sales/business, videography internship? Happy Valley's LaunchBox entrepreneur, Luke Yost, is looking for assistance for his new startup-Mod Zero starting immeditely.

"Mod Zero is a Penn State student-founded startup with a patent pending technology that revolutionizes the way sighting systems are "zeroed" on fi****ms. Our technology is a simple, durable system that allows users to quickly and easily swap sighting systems between fi****ms. This results in significant cost and time savings by removing the need to purchase duplicate sights and to frequently recalibrating sights. Furthermore, our technology provides enhanced range adjustment capabilities to the end user. Our customers include the military, law enforcement, and recreational fi****ms user segments.
Website: http://www.modzerodefense.com/ "

If you are interested please reach out to Luke Yost at [email protected] or 978.877.8667

If you want special access to an awesome guest speaker who started his own company, has stayed competitive in the market, despite the explosion of the Internet, and has 40+ years of entrepreneurial experience...you're in the right place. Being a member of Innoblue provides this.
Join us next Monday, 2/20, at New Leaf Initiative, for a free dinner with Geoff Brugler, founder of Appalachian Outdoors. Learn about his experience as a local entrepreneur and how his business scored the title "Retailer of the Year." Don't forget to RSVP!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/innoblue-speaker-series-geoff-brugler-founder-of-appalachian-outdoors-tickets-31900590525

Do you have an idea aimed at solving supply chain management industry problem or improving a product/process with possibility of developing a startup business?? Then 2017 Supply Chain Entrepreneurship 'Pitch' Contest open to all Penn State undergraduate students at all campuses might be a first step for you. Scholarship money will be awarded to first and second place winners along with the resources to move your idea to the next level. Please see attached information and click here for more information. Deadline to submit your application is February 28.
http://www.smeal.psu.edu/cscr/pitch

Supply Chain Entrepreneurship 'Pitch' Contest — Penn State Smeal College of Business “There are 3 things in life you need: Fortitude, Tenacity and Guts. Fortitude to stand no matter what, Tenacity to stick with it and Guts to deal with whatever is in front of you.”

Make It Happen!

Ag Springboard helps students make their ideas a reality. One student team will win $7,500 at the Ag Springboard business pitch contest to help launch their new venture.

Join us for dinner (free!) and to learn about Ag Springboard Wednesday, Jan. 25, 5-7 p.m., 6 Armsby.

RSVP https://goo.gl/forms/i19Vl47ufcpOwxYC3

Students who participate learn how to create and deliver a successful pitch — a skill-builder useful toward any career goals.

They will receive pitch coaching one-on-one, and at a Pitch Camp, Feb. 1, at 5 pm in 210 Ferguson.

Student teams must register by March 15 and submit a short video pitch by March 27. Finalist teams pitch live before judges April 13. Winners are announced that evening.

Ag Springboard Meet & Greet RSVP Tues- Jan 17

Penn State students listen up! With finals just around the corner finding a study spot is near impossible. Omega Notes is sponsoring a study space at Launch Box on December 11th from 6-10pm for students to have a place to get some work done. So come out to study and to eat some FREE FOOD!!! Yum!

Tonight's event at New Leaf for GEW will be DESIGNight! They will be discussing the pressing challenge in our community: How might we go about engaging men as allies in preventing sexual violence on college campuses? Come at 6:30 to check it out!

Didn't get to go to any GEW events yesterday? Not a problem! There will be tons of events today and throughout the week you can attend! Check them all out here: http://gew.psu.edu/

Global Entrepreneurship Week at Penn State: Start Something Here Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) is the annual celebration of Penn State's year-round commitment to innovation. Join students, faculty, staff, and community members.

New Leaf will be hosting Networking Nights every night this week from 6:30-8:00 PM for GEW. Make sure to stop by to take advantage of all the awesome networking opportunities! Tonight will be " Centre Soup". It's an event all about social entrepreneurship and how to make the State College community a better place! Did I mention there will be soup, salad and bread? How could you not come now!

IT'S FINALLY HERE!!! HAPPY GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP WEEK EVERYBODY!!!

Check out the keynote speakers for Global Entrepreneurship Week and get pumped!

Volunteer Gain valuable experience and interact with some of the best and brightest students, faculty, and staff that Penn State has to offer.

Don't forget about Innoblue's meeting tonight at 7 at The New Leaf Initiative!!!

Do you love Penn State Global Entrepreneurship Week? Then apply for their endowed internship! This internship is paid and open to a third semester or higher student in any major. It is a two semester opportunity beginning in the spring and culminating in the fall. You will get the opportunity to plan during the spring semester and then execute and lead a GEW event in the fall! Here is the link to apply!! https://psu.jobs/job/66727

Penn State University - Jobs Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) http://gew.psu.edu at Penn State is one of the largest celebrations of entrepreneurship and innovation in the nation. The PSECU GEW Endowed Internship (paid) is open to a third semester or higher student in any major and is a two semester opportunity beginning in s...

Tonight is the night!!! Dr. Barry Shoop will be giving his speech on "The Changing Face of Leadership" at the Cybertorium in the IST building tonight at 7:30! Don't miss out on this incredible opportunity!

Don't forget about the awesome opportunity to hear Dr. Barry Shoop talk about "The Changing Face of Leadership" tomorrow at 7:30 PM at the Cybertorium in the IST building!!!

Get pumped because Dr. Barry Shoop, the President for the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, is coming to Penn State!!! We are so lucky to have him as a Penn State Alum! He will be talking about "The Changing Face of Leadership" September 15th at 7:30 PM at the Cybertorium in the IST building on the PSU campus. Make sure to come out to enjoy what is sure to be an incredible event!

How cool is it that State College was ranked “15 Best U.S. Cities for Entrepreneurs to Live and Launch” by Entrepreneur magazine!! They mentioned that State College has "promising unemployment rate and business growth rate."

The Ability to Understand People Is Business at its Core

One of Penn State's finest professors, Bob Beaury, had the opportunity to make a presentation at the VentureWell Conference this past March! For those of you who don't know, the VentureWell Conference is a national symposium that focuses on collegiate entrepreneurship and innovation. In 2017 the conference will be held on March 24-25 in Washington D.C.

Penn State students have an opportunity to participate in a LaunchBox accelerator this upcoming fall! What is that you may ask? Well, it's a no-cost program designed to help early-stage entrepreneurs accelerate their business concepts and advance to the point where they win their first customer or are ready to seek their first investment. So submit your application today before it's too late! Applications are due by September 1st. http://launchbox.psu.edu/application

Apply | launchbox.psu.edu Supporting entrepreneurs of all kinds. LaunchBox runs three accelerator programs each year - spring, summer, and fall. Applications are open year round so you can apply any time and specify the program you are interested in. We accept between 5 and 7 businesses in each session. Businesses may be mad...

This past spring, Robinson Laventure, a current engineering student enrolled in the E-SHIP Minor, was offered an internship at a start-up company in CHILE!! Unfortunately, due to expenses Rob believed that he wouldn’t be able to pursue this incredible opportunity. However, the E-SHIP Minor was ecstatic to reveal that they were able to work with other programs at Penn State to allow Rob to embark on his Chilean adventure! Our goal is to help young, ambitious entrepreneurs just like Rob seize every opportunity that comes their way.

WOW! The 2016 Shark Tank Competition winner at Columbia University was none other than a Penn State student who founded their very own food processing and packaging company! The company, L&L Foods, focuses primarily on the Nigerian Market. The money they received from the competition was used to buy machines in order to automate their process.

Did you know this past spring the E-SHIP program was directly involved in delivering ten classes that impacted more than 250 students AND they delivered their first on-line entrepreneurship class?! !

New Leaf Initiative Your destination to do good work.

Arts entrepreneurship classes give student confidence to pursue her dreams Thanks to the Global Entrepreneurship Week and the College of Arts and Architecture's arts entrepreneurship minor, Olivia Jones is preparing herself as both a singer/songwriter and an entrepreneur.

"Let everyone else call your idea crazy. Just keep going."
-Phil Knight

Innovation is Not Creativity “Innovation is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration.” Reflect on how much time your organization spends on inspiration versus perspiration.