17. Featured Resources
Phoenix NS Coders group
https://groups.google.com/group/nscoders-phoenix?pli=1
Phoenix iOS Developer Group
http://www.phoenix-iphone.org/
CocoaHeads Programming group
http://www.random-ideas.net
Ruby Programming group
http://www.rubyaz.org
Cofounders Lab (Launching in PHX this summer!)
http://www.cofounderslab.com/
Entrepreneurship is across the whole four campuses and in ASU SkySongKnowledge/Research centers like Lodestar Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Innovation; Center for Science and the Imagination No one center for entrepreneurship – traditionally these lie in the Business or Engineering Schools – but instead a dozen centers of activity Over 80 modules in entrepreneurship – at least one in each school in ASU
Core activity of ASU Venture CatalystGLC (Great Little Companies) Network is yet to be announced but is aimed at student startups that aren’t in the elite Edson programEOH held in SkySong and across the Changemaker campuses to give early advice to aspiring entrepreneurs Strong relationship with the tech transfer office – share space with them in ASU SkySong Furnace is the first tech transfer accelerator in the world
IDEATION supports and competitions: 10,000 Solutions is ideation based on short videos for a range of issues http://10000solutions.org/PAVE is the Program in Arts Entrepreneurship based in the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts http://theatrefilm.asu.edu/initiatives/pave/IAP is an innovative program at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law that pairs inventors, technology entrepreneurs, tech transfer professionals, and emerging technology companies with some of ASU’s brightest students in law, business, engineering, and the sciences http://law.asu.edu/tvg/InnovationAdvancementProgram.aspxChangemaker – we are an Ashoka Changemaker campus (one CM space on each of the four campuses) as well as a Kauffman Campus (funding now expired) http://changemaker.asu.edu/Obesity Solutions – partnership between Mayo Clinic and ASU – the competition part provides ASU teams from all disciplines with an opportunity to design and develop their ideas and make a difference in the health of their communities with $10,000 prize and support from ASU Venture Catalyst https://obesitysolutions.asu.edu/Innovation Challenge is an ideation competition university-wide for students http://innovationchallenge.asu.edu/
Education Innovation Network and Summit – now the biggest Ed Tech summit in the world held in April each year: http://edinnovation.gsvadvisors.com/
