1. UNIVERSITY AS ENTREPRENEUR: IDEAS THAT FLY Arizona Board of Regents January 25, 2007

2. 2 A New American University 01. Leveraging Place 02. Societal Transformation 03. Knowledge Entrepreneur 04. Use-Inspired Research 05. A Focus on the Individual 06. Intellectual Fusion 07. Social Embeddedness 08. Global Engagement ASU has a culture of academic enterprise

3. 3 University as Entrepreneur For ASU, entrepreneurship is: the spirit of creative risk-taking and innovation that leverages university knowledge to spur social development and economic competitiveness

4. 4 Graduate entrepreneurial students Stimulate faculty entrepreneurship Strengthen Phoenix’s economic infrastructure Ensure university-wide implementation Become a leader for entrepreneurship Goals of University as Entrepreneur:

5. 5 Entrepreneurship at ASU Arizona Technology Enterprises (AzTE)* Arts, Media and Engineering Program ASU Technopolis* Advanced Technology Innovation Collaboratory* Center for Healthcare Innovation & Clinical Trials* Center for New Media Entrepreneurship* Center for Nonprofit Leadership and Management Edson Student Entrepreneur Initiative* Entrepreneurial Programs Office (Engineering)* Global Resolve* Innovation Space* Leadership for Educational Entrepreneurs* National Center of Excellence for SMART Innovations* Performing Arts Venture Experience* Spirit of Enterprise Center Technology Venture Clinic * *Indicates programs that are new or that have been in operation for 5 years or less.

6. 6 Strategies: –My Life Venture course –Knowledge Entrepreneur certificate –Entrepreneurship ambassadors –Student entrepreneurship advisor –Student ventures Goal 1: Graduate entrepreneurial students

7. 7 Strategies: –Curriculum development –Interdisciplinary collaboration –New research opportunities and publications Goal 2: Stimulate faculty entrepreneurship

8. 8 Strategies: –Phoenix innovation study –Community access through online resource center –ASU Technopolis –SkySong, partnerships with corporate tenants –Arizona Technology Enterprises (AzTE) –Technology Venture Clinic Goal 3: Strengthen Phoenix’s economic development infrastructure

9. 9 Strategies: –Enrollment management –Creating university-wide courses & certificate –Marketing coordinator Goal 4: Ensure university-wide implementation

10. 10 Strategies: –Annual conference –New knowledge, academic publications, policy reports –High rankings for entrepreneurial programs –Partnerships with peer national and international universities –Student recruitment Goal 5: A leader for entrepreneurship

11. Please visit: http://entrepreneurship.asu.edu