Global Entrepreneurship Week Penn State, presented by the Penn State Small Business Development Center (SBDC), hosted a total of 52 events across Penn State campus communities from Nov. 8-12.
Eligible Penn State student teams can apply for up to $500 in funding
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Sean Yoder
February 23, 2021
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. Teams of entrepreneurial undergraduate Penn State students can apply for microgrants of up to $500 in seed money to help get their ideas off the ground.
The microgrants are provided through Lion LaunchPad and in cooperation with the Penn State College of Engineering and its School of Engineering Design, Technology, and Professional Programs’ (SEDTAPP) engineering entrepreneurship (E-SHIP) program. The funding can help student teams during the very early stages of their idea development and help prepare them to later compete in business competitions at Penn State, as well as enter programs such as the Happy Valley Launchbox FastTrack Accelerator, Summer Founder Program from Invent Penn State and TechCelerator through Ben Franklin Technology Partners.
ENtern program provides startup experience to entrepreneurship students
Created through a partnership between the engineering entrepreneurship program (E-SHIP) and Happy Valley LaunchBox powered by PNC Bank, the entrepreneurship internship (ENtern) program pairs technology-based cluster students with startup companies currently participating in Happy Valley LaunchBox’s FastTrack Accelerator or Invent Penn State’s Summer Founders program.
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ENtern program provides startup experience to entrepreneurship students
Samantha Chavanic
December 08, 2020
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. Though businesses differ in product and service offerings, structure, missions and goals, behind every startup is an entrepreneur with the drive and determination to create a solution to a problem. A new entrepreneurship internship program will provide students in the technology-based cluster of the intercollege minor in entrepreneurship and innovation (ENTI)