Presentation to RPI Alumni Association on Entrepreneurship Ecosystem

Jason KuruzovichDirector of the Severino Center for

Technological Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship Programing as a Search Process

Chemical Engineer

Information Technology

Professor and

Academic

Community Creator

Best Job on Campus

Kelly Reardon

Matt Cusack

Jason Kuruzovich

SEVERINOCENTER

EVE

CONTESTS

OUTREACH

FOUNDRY

FAB5

CONTESTS

OUTREACH

FOUNDRY

FAB5

OUTREACH

Entepreneurs’ Breakfast

Startup Tech ValleyPanels

Startup Tech Valley5 Minute Pitch x 4 companies

SPONSORSSP

CONTESTS

OUTREACH

FOUNDRY

FAB5

Business Plan Competition

Business Model Competition

BEING AN ENTREPRENEUR

PLANNING TO BE AN ENTREPRENEUR

Change the World Challenge

OUTREACH

FOUNDRY

FAB5

CONTESTS

Get Student Entrepreneurs

Together

Structured MOKR/MR

Unstructured Meetings

2 Presentations + Food + Feedback + Tracking + Coaching

CONTESTS

OUTREACH

FOUNDRY

FAB5

FAB 5(ACTUALLY 7)

Opportunities

Inspire a culture of entrepreneurship...

Change the world…from

contest to program

More summer experiences as

entrepreneurs...

Help more companies get over

the valley of death…

RPI Alumni are Awesome

{Clint Ballinger Chris Kelly Matt Cusack ‘02

Jim Giordano ’09 Christine Tate ‘95 John A. Cococcia BSME ’94, MBA ‘99

David Wood ‘87, MBA ‘96

THANK YOU!