Wolff Center for Entrepreneurship

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Wolff Center for Entrepreneurship Agenda Item V-A: Recognition of Excellence 4/23/2015 Wolff Center for Entrepreneurship THECB Presentation April 23, 2015

Our mission and methods Agenda Item V-A: Recognition of Excellence 4/23/2015 Our mission and methods WCE has a student-centered mission to promote entrepreneurship for the benefit of our students and our communities We use experiential, real-world activities with mentoring and community interaction to develop personal as well as business skills

Why entrepreneurship matters Agenda Item V-A: Recognition of Excellence 4/23/2015 Why entrepreneurship matters “Over the last 25 years, almost all of the private sector jobs have been created by businesses less than five years old” (Forbes/US Census)

Agenda Item V-A: Recognition of Excellence 4/23/2015 What we do Intro courses to plant seed with widest possible audience Undergrad major to build potential entrepreneurs Grad courses to serve graduate students STEM/cross-campus outreach Wide range of extra-curriculars and mentoring programs

Experiential activities include Agenda Item V-A: Recognition of Excellence 4/23/2015 Experiential activities include Business plans for Industrial Design student products Business plans for UH IP Business plan competitions Term sheet negotiations Internships Wolffest 3 Day Startup RED Labs pre-accelerator and accelerator Bayou Startup Showcase Cougar Venture Fund (early stage investment fund) And more… All supported by >250 mentors from our community

Agenda Item V-A: Recognition of Excellence 4/23/2015 Evidence of success Rankings Princeton Review: #2, #1, #2, #1, #1, #3, #2, #2 BBA program Mashable.com: “15 Colleges with Powerhouse ENTR Programs” (Babson, BYU, Cal-Berkeley, Chicago, Harvard, UH, MIT, Michigan, UNC, Penn, Princeton, USC, Stanford, UT, Wash U) Business plan competitions 29 podiums in 13 years In 2014: 4 wins in first 4 competitions with 4 different teams 9 podiums, 6 wins in total Winner at DOE Clean Energy Competition

Agenda Item V-A: Recognition of Excellence 4/23/2015 Some winning teams