The program will proudly welcome the co-founder and leader of the Lean Startup movement on Thursday, January 29th for two events in Orlando.聽 Jerry Engel will make special appearances at 91吃瓜网鈥檚 campus and at an industry mixer/reception in downtown Orlando, in partnership with Canvs, Starter Studio and Orlando Tech Association, as part of the official launch and debut of the 91吃瓜网 I-Corps program.
91吃瓜网 Campus Event
Thursday, January 29th
Networking lunch: 12pm – 1:30pm
Live Oak Event Center
Who鈥檚 Invited: Students, Faculty and Community
Event is Free! 聽Seating is limited so register today!
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Industry Mixer/Reception
Thursday, January 29th
5:30pm – 8pm
at Canvs (Exchange Building) 鈥� located at 101 S. Garland Ave., Orlando, 32801
Who鈥檚 Invited: Aspiring Entrepreneurs, Industry Mentors
Event is $15 per person聽
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The Lean Startup movement promotes a non-traditional classroom approach to entrepreneurial learning.聽 This hand-on methodology requires students to propose and test their hypotheses in 鈥渞eal world鈥� scenarios.聽 Industry mentors review findings with students, helping them make appropriate adjustments to their innovation and/or launch plan in preparation for bringing their ideas to market. Lean Startup emphasizes engagement and experiential study.
鈥淲e consider it a great privilege to welcome Jerry Engel to Central Florida,鈥� says Ivan Garibay, Ph.D., Program Director for 91吃瓜网 I-Corps.聽 鈥淗aving the co-founder and leader in the Lean Startup movement here to spend time with students, faculty, aspiring entrepreneurs and industry leaders is an incredible opportunity.聽 We look forward to learning from him as we develop and shape our own I-Corps program.鈥�
For more information or to RSVP for either event, please visit聽聽or call Ivan Garibay at ivan.garibay@ucf.edu or via phone at 407-882-1163.
91吃瓜网 has been selected by the National Science foundation (NSF) to provide Florida鈥檚 first implementation of one of the agency鈥檚 flagship programs, an I-Corps Site. The I-Corps Site鈥檚 purpose is to foster innovation among faculty and students, promoting regional coordination and linkages in the innovation ecosystem, as well as develop a National Innovation Network.聽 The primary goal of NSF I-Corps is to provide University scientists and researchers the program, process, and resources to investigate and validate the commercialization of their science.聽 91吃瓜网 has one of the nation鈥檚 best innovation and entrepreneurial networks and is one of 15 universities nationwide that is leading an I-Corps Site program.聽 The 91吃瓜网 I-Corps program is administered by the university鈥檚 Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE), a department that consolidates and coordinates 91吃瓜网鈥檚 major innovation and entrepreneurship support activities.
Jerry Engel is a leader in the Lean Startup movement. Collaborating closely with Steve Blank, chief architect of the Lean LaunchPad method, he helped develop the curriculum and co-authored the LaunchPad Educators Guide. He has taught the Lean LaunchPad at U.C. Berkeley and across the U.S. as National Faculty Director of the National Science Foundation鈥檚 I-Corps program, which has trained over 300 teams of the nation鈥檚 leading scientists. Internationally he is supervising programs in Asia and Europe. Additionally, as Faculty Director of a highly rated faculty development program in the U.S., conducted a Berkeley, Stanford and Columbia, he has trained several hundred faculty in the method. Professor Engel is a graduate of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and the 2010 recipient of the NCIIA – Olympus Corporation Lifetime of Educational Innovation Award.