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Quick Calendar
 
Rolling Basis Apply ASAP The New Venture Challenge
Thursday 11/10 Make Your Pitch Perfect
Monday 11/14 Cummins Women of Color Business Grant Program
Tuesday 11/15 Linda Yates: The Unicorn Within
Tuesday 11/15 From the Metaverse to the Matrix
Next Week 11/16 Mayra Ceja: Sales for Startup
Next Week 11/17 Vincent Chang: Extreme User Research for Startups
Next Week 11/18 Devils Invent: Aerospace Sustainability
Next Week 11/21 RSVP for Hacking the Human
Coming Up 12/02 Hacking the Human
 


The New Venture Challenge

 
Who: All ASU Students, Staff, & Faculty who are seeking Venture Capital Investment for a new business.

What: The New Venture Challenge is an 8-week Spring-semester course, taught by 8-time entrepreneur and current investor Scott Wald. The course helps students to think through their business from value proposition, to financial modeling, and investor ‘pitching’ – and the classes culminate in participants competing for an unfair share of $50,000 in available SAFE note investment. Please reach out to jsbyrne2@asu.edu for more information.

When: Applications for access to the class are accepted on a rolling basis – so fill out the attached form and apply NOW. 

Why: Participants gain unprecedented access to a series of curated investment mentors, and graduate-level business designers, to help them create a viable business around their new innovations.
Apply as Soon as Possible

Make Your Pitch Perfect

Who: All of ASU's Aspiring Entrepreneurs

What: Come watch and learn, as one of Venture Devils’ exciting startups, Robust Diagnostics presents in front of three seasoned investors. Come see how Chris Diehnelt, founder of Robust Diagnostics hits all the key points as he presents to Xcellerant Ventures, Honor Health Innovations, and an angel network leader. You will see firsthand how a VC, a corporate strategic partner, and an angel investor evaluate and provide feedback in real time to a founder.

When: 11/10/2022, 4 pm-5 pm Arizona Time

Where: 850 PBC- 850 North 5th Street Suite 130 Phoenix, AZ 85004

Why: This is a fantastic opportunity to get invaluable insider knowledge that will help you make your pitch perfect to win that next investment in your startup.
Register Now

Cummins Women of Color Business Accelerator & Grant Program

 
Who: All Collegiate-level Women of Color, with U.S. Citizenship. 

What: WBENC and Cummins Inc. are excited to team up to provide business grants and educational opportunities to minority female student entrepreneurs and recent graduates. The program is designed to launch a business owner into success along with an opportunity to be awarded one of 5 financial grants.

When: Applications are Due 11/14/2022

 
Why: Generate exposure for your business among WBENC Corporate Members and the network, as well as gain experience presenting and sharing information about your business.
Register for Sessions and Apply Now
Who: All who are interested in Entrepreneurship and Innovation

What: In this session looking at THE UNICORN WITHIN: How Companies Can Create Game-Changing Ventures at Startup Speed, Mach49 founder and CEO Linda Yates will share how she empowers large companies to beat startups at their own game, to build a pipeline and portfolio of new ventures to drive meaningful growth. How? With a proven method for building ventures across the spectrum of venture creation—Ideate, Incubate, Accelerate, Scale—to disrupt industries and create new ones from the inside out.

When: November 15, 2022, at 12 pm PDT (1 pm Arizona Time).

Where: Online- Register for Link
Register

From the Metaverse to the Matrix

Who: All of ASU's Top Innovators and Entrepreneurs

What: 
Rizwan Virk is a computer scientist, venture capitalist, and video game pioneer. He was the founder of Play Labs @ MIT, is currently a doctoral student at Arizona State University’s College of Global Futures, and teaches at the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering. Virk is also a bestselling author with his books, The Simulation Hypothesis and The Simulated Multiverse. He will cover topics like, will be able to reach the Simulation Point, at which we can construct a virtual world indistinguishable from physical reality.  Consider the implications of such a technological singularity, which implies the head-spinning notion that we may already be inside such a realistic simulation and not be aware of it. Virk talks about the implications from the lens of technology, science, religion, and philosophy.

When: 11/15/2022, 5 pm Arizona Time

Where: Online via Zoom

Why: This is a great opportunity to learn about the metaverse and the implications it can have on our futures. 
RSVP Today
What: It is a track of crash courses in Social Entrepreneurship with hands-on incubator-style classes in partnership with tech companies, like Intel and NXP. During the semester, we run 12 fantastic labs with industry experts, professionals, faculty, and mentors that will advance your social or sustainable startup or community project. At the end of the courses, the final pitch presentations compete for eSeed grant Social Impact Challenge Funding from Tom Prescott Student Venture Fund.

Courses: 
TEM 450 Design for Developing World + TEM 498 Capstone Project
This course is focused on tangible products for social and sustainable needs. Ventures focus on B2C models, such as design for extreme affordability, prosthetics, personal mobility, child safety, and more. The students advance the work on their own venture, or students can work on a problem-solution challenge that a non-profit faces.
When + Where: Poly Campus, Fridays, 8:30 am - 12:00 pm.

TEM 598 Systemic Design and Social Innovation + TEM 494
It is focused on intangible products/services, informational and platform-based business models, and software-as-a-service (SaaS). It deals with social and sustainable complex and systemic issues. Ventures focus on B2B public/private models at the national and international levels, including complex stakeholder networks of policymakers, NGOs, and private enterprises. Discusses ethics of technology and human-technology interaction. The students advance the work on their ventures.
When + Where: Tempe @ Novus, Thursdays, 9:30 am -12:00 pm.
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Stay Up To Date on All the Innovation Happening at ASU

Check out the new and improved Entrepreneurship + Innovation websites for the Fulton Schools of Engineering and the Edson Institute.  
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Looking For More on Innovation and Entrepreneurship?

Check out the Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Fulton Schools Youtube Channel. If you are into podcasts, then we recommend checking out the How We Innovate Podcast presented by the Master's in Innovation and Venture Development (MSIVD).
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Video Spotlight: 
When to Trust Your Gut
From Make It Happen: Webinar Series by the Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Fulton Schools Channel.
Who: All who are interested in Entrepreneurship and Innovation

What: Join us and special guest, Mayra Ceja of the Business Development and Partnerships team at Hubspot, to learn about the dos and don'ts of selling and how you can implement these ideas into your own sales strategy for your business. In this session, you will learn how to find promising sales opportunities, the most important things to avoid during sales dealings, and how to ultimately close the deal.

When: November 16, 2022, at 11 am PT (12 pm Arizona Time).

Where: Online- Register for Link
Register

Who: All who are interested in Entrepreneurship and Innovation

What: What is extreme user testing, and how can entrepreneurs employ it to gain a unique advantage? Special guest Vincent Chang, Head of Culture at SmartNews, Inc. and Center Advisory Board Member, will share his journey of extreme user testing and how these insights lead to winning product features for SmartNews and its millions of users.

When: November 17, 2022, at 11 am PT (12 pm Arizona Time).

Where: Online- Register for Link
Register
Who: All of ASU's Top Innovators and Entrepreneurs

What: Devils Invent is a weekend-long engineering design challenge. On Friday night, teams of 4-6 students are given a problem statement and have until Sunday afternoon to design the best solution. Mentors will be available to help teams develop their innovative solutions. This event is sponsored by Honeywell and will focus on identifying solutions to make the aerospace field more sustainable.

When: The event starts at 5 pm on 11/28 to 2 pm on 11/20

Where: Engineering Center G (ECG) 101, Tempe campus

Why: This is a fantastic opportunity to get some hands-on engineering experience and practice your pitch.
RSVP Today

Hacking the Human: Innovative Approaches to Wellness


Who: All of ASU's Top Innovators and Entrepreneurs

What: Join industry experts and community innovators at the Health Entrepreneurship Accelerator Lab (HEALab) as they discuss current and evolving solutions for improving wellness. A light lunch will be served. Space is limited so be sure to RSVP soon if interested. 

When: 12/2/2022, 10:30 am - 3 pm

Where: 
850 PBC- 850 North 5th Street Suite 130 Phoenix, AZ 85004

Why: Learn about some of the innovations that are being developed to improve wellness. 
RSVP Soon

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