Great news I-Corps Teams!

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Great news I-Corps Teams!  One of the goals we set out to accomplish with UCF’s NSF I-Corps program is to continue our work to develop a world-class innovation ecosystem in order to enhance the transition of university research into the marketplace.  This announcement of the Florida Angel Nexus (FAN) investment fund is a significant step in that direction!  The FAN fund offers each I-Corps Team completing our program an opportunity and path to capture the early investment capital that is critical for growing your venture.

http://www.bizjournals.com/orlando/news/2015/02/23/florida-angel-nexus-20-million-investment-fund-to.html

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http://www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/news/2015/02/20/dozens-of-angel-investors-scope-out-jacksonville.html?page=all

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Jerry Engel Events January 2015

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8 things in development at UCF’s tech accelerator

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NSF’s new budget reflects White House priorities on climate and environment

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Despite his advocacy and the backing of the Obama administration, they met a mixed fate in Congress. The biggest hit is Innovation Corps (I-Corps), a program that teaches academics how to commercialize the fruits of their research. It would get a 14% bump in 2016, to $30 million—a significant amount of money for a program whose core element is a 10-week training program for three-person teams.

The Innovator Newsletter, Winter 2014

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A newsletter showcasing news, highlights and partners involved in the innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem at the University of Central Florida.

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Orlando Business Journal: Silicon Valley entrepreneur: Orlando tech scene has all the Ingredients to be great

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When a guy from Silicon Valley who’s been a part of two multimillion-dollar startups and is co-owner of a venture capital firm talks, entrepreneurs need to take note.

And that’s just what more than 100 people did at downtown Orlando’s Church Street Exchange event on Jan. 29.

Jerry Engel visited Orlando to not only kick off National Science Foundation’s I-Corps program at the University of Central Florida, but to view Orlando’s tech scene and offer his insights.

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OrlandoSentinel.com: Entrepreneurial leader to visit Orlando

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A seasoned veteran of Silicon Valley will visit Orlando next month.

Venture capitalist Jerry Engel, an adjunct professor at University of California at Berkeley will appear in a question-and-answer session that will cover his career as an investor.

Engel founded Berkeley’s Lester Center for Entrepreneurship and teaches students about venture financing, innovation and private equity.

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OrlandoSentinel.com: Orlando must work to keep “recognizable icons” of city’s tech community, says Silicon Valley entrepreneur

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Jerry Engel had some advice for Orlando’s tech entrepreneurs Thursday: Determine the community’s leaders and make it easy to find them.

But, above all else, keep them here.

“You are building recognizable icons that represent your city,” said Engel, a veteran Silicon Valley entrepreneur. “Your job is to help convince those people (to stay). You cannot let them exit your community.”

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OrlandoSentinel.com: UCF embraces I-Corps to bring innovation to market faster

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There’s a new program at UCF to help get innovative research and startup companies into the marketplace faster.
Called I-Corps, the program is the first Florida location for an effort headed by the National Science Foundation. I-Corps used a ten-week program to help students and faculty test their ideas so they can launch a profitable business.

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