Techstars Startup Week West Slope

Why do university innovation centers lack student engagement and how do we ignite it? Veda, an entrepreneurship/marketing student and founder of the Maverick I.D.E.A. Society, explains why innovation centers focus too much on… innovation. She shares insights from rebranding CMU’s entrepreneurship club, identifies the overlooked problems hindering student engagement, and proposes a new model for innovation centers. With support of the Colorado Universities Innovation Council (CUIC), she hopes to engage everyone with an interest in supporting student entrepreneurship and strengthening campus-community relationships in an actionable way.