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Education: Building student awareness and participation in entrepreneurship opportunities Building new University-wide entrepreneurship programs and opportunities, including co-op |
More students will participate in entrepreneurship courses and programs More programs and Faculties will have entrepreneurship academic courses and opportunities More students will participate in a broader range of entrepreneurship awareness activities |
Waterloo students will participate in an improved and diversified range of entrepreneurship programming that promotes the formation of new ventures, entrepreneurial employees and social entrepreneurs |
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Support: Expanding infrastructure to support a broad range of discovery and incubation facilities Generating funding and bridge funding for startups and the entrepreneurship ecosystem |
Increased number of startup teams that apply and are accepted into incubation programs, e.g., Velocity, Conrad, Greenhouse, Velocity - Science More funding generated for startups More funding generated for entrepreneurship infrastructure, programs, chairs and personnel More students educated to be high-performing entrepreneurial employees |
Waterloo will have a strong and diverse entrepreneurship ecosystem that educates, engages and sustains more startups and innovative employees across a broad range of fields and activities |
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Research: Promoting and supporting entrepreneurship research at Waterloo |
More students pursuing entrepreneurship and innovation related programs More entrepreneurship-related research grants awarded to Waterloo faculty and graduate students |
Waterloo will be a leader in entrepreneurship and innovation research |
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Support: Maintaining Waterloo’s reputation for entrepreneurial innovation Continuing to expand economic impact |
More jobs in Waterloo Region as a result of the University’s entrepreneurial activities Increased dollars of spending impact on Ontario GDP attributable to Waterloo innovation system More student companies, backed by venture capital, trace their roots to Waterloo |
Waterloo’s innovation system will continue to fuel the regional economy Waterloo will retain Maclean’s ranking as most innovative university and will be one of the top 25 entrepreneurship universities in selected world rankings |