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Startup Horror Stories: Scary Situations Entrepreneurs Can Avoid with Stress Tests

Frightened to fail? Face your fears! Use our free stress test to identify your startup’s vulnerabilities and brainstorm contingency plans.

13 Class Activities To Stimulate Inventor-Entrepreneurs

Inventor entrepreneurs are benefiting from cutting-edge I&E classroom exercises used by VentureWell’s Course & Program Grants recipients.

Inspiring Sustainable Design: Circular Economy—Design for a Lifetime

To help faculty engage students in green design methods, we spotlight key exercises from the Tools for Design and Sustainability course.

Cultivating Inclusivity: Why Mentorship Matters in Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Find out how to provide mentorship to students who may not feel like they belong in innovation and entrepreneurship.

Inspiring Sustainable Design: Green Materials—How To Build Better

Learn how to teach students to incorporate green materials into their inventions with exercises from the Tools for Design and Sustainability.

Cultivating Inclusivity: Engagement at Community Colleges and Beyond

Learn how community colleges welcome and encourage entrepreneurs from non-traditional backgrounds—and how you can, too.

Cultivating Inclusivity: Storytelling To Foster Belonging and Inclusion

Learn how to cultivate a sense of belonging through storytelling in your classroom by utilizing stories from mentors and teaching students how to tell their own.

How To Connect Design Students to Sustainability

Course & Program grantee Mateo Neri offers advice for faculty seeking ways to integrate sustainable principles into their courses.

Cultivating Inclusivity: How To Infuse Belonging in Your Classroom

We’re unpacking how the innovation and entrepreneurship community can bring a sense of belonging to higher education by starting in the classroom.

Screw Ideas: How To Fix the Flaws of Ideation-Focused I&E

Learn how the Screw Ideas manifesto’s radical approach to I&E education can help you redesign your curriculum.

Pitch Competitions: Tips for Success from Winning Teams

turning the tide: how Beall Applied Innovation champions educational equity

When leaders at UCI BAI discovered VentureWell’s Advancing Equity report, they used it as a blueprint to develop a DEI framework for their organization.

How a Faculty Grant Is Creating Global Citizens

Learn how a faculty grant allowed a multi-institution faculty team to launch a groundbreaking social entrepreneurship program to address global issues.

creating impact through collaborative design: q&a with Penny Herscovitch of ArtCenter College of Design

Penny Herscovitch of ArtCenter College of Design guides students in understanding the full dimensions of their collaborative design impact.

Empowering Underresourced Communities Through Waste Innovation: A Q&A With Dr. Caroline Baillie of the University of San Diego

Dr. Caroline Bailie of the University of San Diego teaches students to design waste innovation solutions.

reimagining chemical engineering education: q&a with Dr. Pedro Arce of Tennessee Tech University

Faculty grantee, Pedro Arce, designed courses that tasked chemical engineering students with developing innovative, nature-inspired solutions to societal challenges.

shooting for the stars: Cal Poly Pomona and NASA’s innovative approach to experiential learning

6 virtual classroom exercises to keep students engaged

Enterprising faculty are revamping their coursework to accommodate virtual classroom exercises. Here are six remote-friendly activities to keep students engaged and focused.

incorporating sustainable infrastructure into engineering: q&a with Dr. Andrew Grieshop of North Carolina State University

Andrew Grieshop of North Carolina State University works to help engineering students design new sustainable infrastructure solutions.