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the six biggest challenges faced by student entrepreneurs

We fund some of the nation’s top university students dedicating their time to inventing something new. Here are the top six challenges they typically face.

3 strategies to cultivate comprehensive entrepreneurship ecosystems

During our first virtualOPEN conference, we gathered expert panelists to discuss the best strategies for cultivating healthy and robust entrepreneurship ecosystems.

Entrepreneurship Activities on Campus: Helping Students Leverage the Power of an Ecosystem

Faculty play a key role in helping students identify campus entrepreneurship activities that most align with their personal and professional interests.

Bioengineering Capstone Programs: 5 Ways to Maximize Impact

Bioengineering capstone programs help prepare students for real-world challenges in a way that is different from any traditional lab course.

Mission 2025: Planning the Future of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education

Faculty Spotlight: Scott Shrake from Colorado State University

For Scott Shrake, teaching allows him to interact with students who believe that everything is possible and recognize that failure is temporary.

How Battery Entrepreneurs Learned the Power of Environmentally Responsible Business

With the right training and support, battery innovators can hold to their environmentally responsible values even in this super-charged competitive space.

Faculty Spotlight: Dustyn Roberts from Temple University

Professor Roberts strives to create classroom environments and session plans that enable a-ha moments for students.

Activities for Teaching Innovation: Game-Based Learning in the Classroom

Game-based learning is an excellent way to boost student engagement, and an opportunity to introduce difficult course content or teach new skills.

What We’re Reading: 6 Recommended Innovation and Entrepreneurship Books

Faculty grantees and VentureWell thought leaders shared their must-read innovation and entrepreneurship books that are worth adding to your library.

Faculty Spotlight: Robbie Nock

Robbie Nock of ArtCenter College of Design provides students with the necessary skills to grow new ventures and thrive in rapidly changing industries.

5 Keys to Unlocking Impactful Industry-University Collaborations

Promoting a Growth Mindset When Teaching Entrepreneurship

Sarah Zappe from Pennsylvania State University outlines ways faculty can promote a growth mindset in their innovation and entrepreneurship students.

Faculty Spotlight: Sophi Martin

Sophi Martin, Innovation Director at UC Berkeley Blum Center for Developing Economies, helps innovators solve complex problems in low-resource areas.

Energy Entrepreneurship: Helping Students Navigate the Obstacles and Opportunities

While energy entrepreneurship is challenging, faculty and entrepreneurial support organizations can prepare innovators for the complex journey.

Leveling the Playing Field in Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education

How can faculty help cultivate a diverse pipeline of science and technology innovators through entrepreneurship education?

Faculty Spotlight: Raja Schaar

Raja Schaar, Assistant Professor of Product Design at Drexel University, focuses her curriculum on health, well-being, social impact, and sustainability.

University Libraries: The Happening Hub of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education

University libraries are increasingly serving as hubs of innovation and entrepreneurship, providing a space for students to collaborate and innovate.

The New First-Year College Experience: Innovating from Day One

Learn how universities across the country are transforming the first-year student innovation and entrepreneurship education experience on their campuses.