So what is the idea with the SEC? What is behind this newly proposed concept? The truth is change, and not just change that reaches our University, but change that impacts our community and the world we live in. We as fellow students at the University of Texas San Antonio hope that the UTSA SEC is a place where students from across the university can submit an idea for a new business concept, process, or technology, and then have it feasibility tested by faculty and professionals. If this idea holds water, then the student will receive free professional counseling on the planning, resource gathering, and launching of their innovative idea. We believe that the current degree focus of Small Business and Entrepreneurship is effective at educating students on concepts, but not enough to get them to step out of their comfort zones and begin new ventures. A center that helps students from any school in the university to launch such ventures, is what we hope to create. This will, in theory, help to begin businesses that will draw jobs, capital, and creative people to our city and university. Some examples of this happening are Silicon Valley mainly started and supported by Stanford entrepreneurs, as well as Austin's multi-billion dollar, semi-conductor and technology industry supported by the University of Texas - Austin. However, we not only hope for large potential financial providers to be launched, but also socially responsible businesses that focus on finding solutions to today's social problems. Please feel free to comment with any ideas or suggestions you might have.

Thursday, October 21, 2010

Stats

This is the current report on the interest of students in the Student Entrepreneurship Center.  We are finding that many students are asking how soon would it be open.  We have had 116 responses in only 2 survey sessions with a goal of 400 plus with at least 5 more sessions to go.  Needless to say, it's looking like the SEC is a very popular idea among the students and is in the works of landing an article in the school newspaper. We have some good responses from people that have suggestions for what they would like to see other than the ones listed below.  The chart is missing some X axis titles, which from left to right are: forming a business, resource gathering, financial gathering.  As you can see, the Business Plan is leading the way, closely followed by legal framework and resource gathering.  Some of the other suggestions were collaborations on businesses, human resourcing, business organization, pro forma financial startup assistance, general advice, seminars, guest speakers, and training sessions.


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