Is There a There, There? featuring Andrew Ackerman, James DeLattre, and Daren Coudriet
Channel: Center for Online Innovation in Learning
Date: 12/10/2016

You’ve got an idea, now what? Find out during this fast-paced conversation with representatives from Dreamit, Invent Penn State, and the Penn State EdTech Network.

During this Fischer Speaker Series event, representatives from these groups give an overview of the place of entrepreneurship in the Higher Education context before providing specific examples of where to go, what to do, and what to consider as you act to bring your idea to reality.

James DeLattre, Asst. VP for Penn State Research & Industrial Partnerships, and Daren Coudriet, Entrepreneur-in-Residence for the Penn State Ed Tech Network, provide the latest “lay of the land” at Penn State and how to best leverage the Invent Penn State and Penn State Ed Tech Network initiatives to support your work, especially if you don’t find the idea of forming and leading a startup company particularly appealing.

Next, Andrew Ackerman, Managing Director Dreamit EdTech,  provides insight into the value of forming a startup company around your idea and what to do first in that process. He provides tricks of the trade that help turn your assumptions into knowledge and inform your decisions as to whether to proceed, pivot, or abandon your idea.

Dreamit is a top ten global accelerator and early stage venture fund and Penn State, a leader in public online Higher Ed, have partnered to create a leading Ed Tech accelerator program that leverages the extensive industry strengths, experience and leadership of both.

The Penn State EdTech Network promotes active collaboration among companies, students, faculty, staff, and alumni to foster transformational education technology. It supports Penn State World Campus’ continuous growth, the educational technology work going on throughout Penn State, and the global online learning community.

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