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Entrepreneurial Programs at Kansas State University. Ike Ehie, Ph.D. Associate Dean College of Business Kansas State University Manhattan, Kansas. Entrepreneurial Programs. College-Wide Programs University-Wide Programs. Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Courses. Entrepreneurship
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Entrepreneurial Programs at Kansas State University Ike Ehie, Ph.D. Associate Dean College of Business Kansas State University Manhattan, Kansas
Entrepreneurial Programs • College-Wide Programs • University-Wide Programs
Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Courses • Entrepreneurship • Provides students with broad understanding of the fields of entrepreneurship and new venture creation • Project-oriented course where students explore all phases of new venture creation process from idea conception to start-up to planning to assessment • Course facilitates networking with entrepreneurs and small business owners through guest speaking and company tours
Undergraduate EP Courses • Small Business Consulting • Course offers students an opportunity to work in teams with real small businesses in the local communities to learn more about small business management and new venture start-ups • Course covers both operational and strategic issues of small business • Students embark on starting up a new business venture in partnership with a local business
Graduate EP Courses • Advanced Entrepreneurship • Course is designed as an in-depth examination of the nature of entrepreaurship, especially the factors that contribute to the success and failure of new venture planning and implementation • Topics covered include: • Business planning and analysis process • Financial and market analysis • Management structure • Marketing and selling • Learning culminate with the preparation of a comprehensive business plan for the development and marketing of a new product or service
Graduate EP Courses • Technology Entrepreneurship and Strategy • The course brings together technology creation, protection and commercialization in a highly synergistic and creative experience for graduate students • Covers technology from information to telecommunication, and from biotechnology to agro-economics • Covers the “ins” and “outs’ of intellectual property acquisitions, business creations and protection, and unique issues related to high technology start-ups
Graduate EP Courses • MBA Entrepreneurship Interns • Business interns rotated among the three KSU research triangle (KSU, KSURF, and MACC) • Provides students with real-life experience on technology start-ups.
Entrepreneurial UniversitiesFueling Economic Development • University Roles in Creating Economic Opportunity • Pivotal for technology-based initiatives • Regional: Research Triangle Park, Silicon Valley, etc. • Local: San Diego, Pittsburgh, Boston, etc. • Provides new technologies for economic exploitation • Provides the requisite human resources • Faculty: scientific, technical, and business expertise • Students, graduates, and trainees: skilled employees • Expanded Role in the New Economy • Small technology-based companies – more important • Fortune 500 companies – less important
Partnerships for InnovationComprehensive Intellectual Property Services KSU KSURF MACC Graduate Interns TADAC Protection and Licensing Established Companies Discovery/Creation (Research/Scholarly Activity) Commercialization (Management and Licensing) Start-up Companies
Partnerships for InnovationComprehensive Intellectual Property Services KSU KSURF MACC COB Business Faculty Graduate Research Assistants
Fostering Outreach to the Private Sector • Building Alliances with Relevant Industries • Sponsored projects and cooperative agreements • Licensing university intellectual property • Acquiring private-sector intellectual property • Responding to advanced education needs • Consulting, research exchanges, internships, etc. • Engaging in Technology Development • Facilitating SBIR and STTR initiatives • Pursuing local start-ups; independently/cooperatively
K-State Entrepreneurial Efforts Evolving Start-up Companies • NanoScale Materials, Inc. • Proprietary reactive nanoparticle technologies • Destructive adsorption of hazardous agents • AgRenew, Inc. • Environmentally superior ag value-added products • Biodegradable/edible barrels and de-icing materials • Nacelle Therapeutics, Inc. • Breakthrough treatment for cystic fibrosis • Proprietary ion channel-forming peptide technology • Kansas Advanced Technologies (KATS), LLC • A general technology development company • NutriJoy, Inc. • Cal-C – a calcium and vitamin C beverage available in 4 flavors
Cal-C • A calcium-rich, vitamin C supplemented beverage available in 4 flavors • Determine to have good bone intensity for pre- and post- menopausal women
NanoScale Materials, Inc • Technology developed by KSU Chemistry Professor • Produces reactive nonparticles with broad applications in environmental remediation and detoxification of hazardous chemical and biological agents