Venture Practicum: Why? Get real insight into the startup life Work along side founders and senior managers Apply classroom principles to real business problems Interact with Dingman Center Angels investors Compelling resume builder for any job role A taste of StartupLand…

Venture Practicum: What is it? 3 Credit SmithX class in Spring 2015 semester Consulting project with high growth startups Mission critical projects Majority of work in the field, few class sessions Variety – finance, marketing, sales, technology…

Venture Practicum: Structure Startup fundamentals Project team 2-3 people Peer advisory meet every other week EIR assigned to each group Faculty TBD – likely Clinical Professor/Adjunct faculty

Venture Practicum: Project proposals ThreatSim – Marketing Communications / Customer Engagement for cybersecurity SortIQ- Go-to-market strategy for recruiting platform Otomagnetics – market sizing study for novel drug delivery using magnetic forces Dasdak – Market entry strategy for sports venue mobile ordering system OneUpSports – Develop internal processes for products team for perennial VP company SoapBoxSoaps – Develop database and processes for social venture Activity Rocket – Customer acquisition strategy Artichoke - Customer research on product enhancements YumVy – Market research and pricing for recipe platform

Sample Projects Social media marketing efficacy project Market assessment and expansion strategy Sales generation and technology architecture

Next Steps Applications open October 24 th Applications due by October 31 st Interviews November 4 rd - 7 th Acceptance into class November 10 th Questions?