Patricia A. Turner, Vice Provost and Dean, Undergraduate Education Jaime Balboa, Executive Director, Academic Planning, External Partnerships, and Communications; and, Nonprofit Venture Consultant

BeforeAfter

 Increasing need for an educational space for student entrepreneurs  Use opportunity of students starting ventures as an educational inroad with students  Academic mission as a complement to the intellectual property efforts on campus  Resources needed to develop UCLA entrepreneurs

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Our Mission Startup UCLA advances the culture of startup thinking on campus, connects students with alumni who are successful in the startup world and within the rapidly growing Southern California startup community, gives students opportunities to learn the basics of startup thinking and to consider entrepreneurship as a viable career option. We provide a community in which students can develop and launch their early-stage ideas.

 Enables UCLA to continue year-round services supporting student and alumni entrepreneurs  Supports and strengthens entrepreneurship ecosystem  Provides an educational space on “the hill” near student housing  Develops student and alumni entrepreneurs

 UCLA partners with UCI, USC, and LAEDC for a Blackstone LaunchPad grant proposal

 The number of ventures served increases with dedicated space and programming

 The number of students served increases with dedicated space and programming

 Founded by Ann Wang & Jessica Willison, UCLA Class of 2013  Idea created during undergraduate studies  Summer Accelerator 2014  Won Forbes Under 30 Pitch Competition with $400,000 Prize, October 2014  Worked in Blackstone LaunchPad Covel  Awarded UCLA Recent Graduate Achievement Award, 2015  Accepted into SMASHD/labs, Troy Carter’s new accelerator, 2015

 Undergraduate Research Week  Entrepreneurship Minor  Social Enterprise Academy  CNSI  I-Corps ZAP Workshop  UCLA Extension  Anderson School  New Worlds Emerge (Summer HS Entrepreneurship Program)

 Venture Consultant Meetings  Co-working Space  Student Group Meetings  Mentor Office Hours  3D4E Club (3D printers for use)  Workshops  Fireside Chats  International Visitors & Other Tours  3 Day Startup Weekend  Summer Accelerator  Entrepreneurship Minor Information Session

 Deanna Evans, Executive Director of Entrepreneurial Programs, Startup UCLA, Undergraduate Education ◦ ◦ 310/ ◦ Startupucla.com ◦ BlackstoneLaunchPad.org Jaime Balboa, Executive Director of Communications, Academic Planning, External Partnerships ◦ ◦ 310/ ◦ Startupucla.com ◦ BlackstoneLaunchPad.org