Your 麻豆传媒在线 Student ID card can do a lot for you. You can use the Student Recreation Center to workout, print pages in the printing labs, rent a laptop, attend events and much more. But, did you know that your 麻豆传媒在线 ID card allows you to print 3D objects? It’s true! Located in room 014 (basement of the Feliciano School of Business), students of any major can learn about 3D printing and print their own design with assistance from our staff. There are some spots open for our course (ENTR 260_04) Tuesdays 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. for this spring semester.

The Feliciano Center for Entrepreneurship

Come visit our center in room 080 (basement of the Feliciano School of Business). Learn about our minor, concentration and events we hold throughout the semester.

Upcoming Events

Pitch Contest Info Session- February 13, 2:30-3:30 p.m., SBUS 140

Have a business idea or product? Enter our 2019 Pitch Contest!

The contest features a prize pool of $80,000 to be awarded as follows:

聽 聽聽聽 First prize:聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 $50,000

聽聽聽聽聽 Second prize:聽 聽 聽$20,000

聽聽聽聽聽 Third prize:聽 聽 聽 聽 聽$10,000

At each prize level, 20 percent of the award goes directly to the student team members and the remaining 80 percent must be invested in the startup venture under the coaching of the Feliciano Center for Entrepreneurship

During our information session, learn about our contest and how you can apply to be part of it.

2019 Pitch Contest- May 8, University 7th Floor

Cheer on fellow Red Hawks as they showcase their final live pitch. See which student teams are our top three winners.

Students on the winning team, Wheatpaste, celebrate as their name is called at the 2018 BulbHead pitch contest.

鈥淲e didn鈥檛 know what was going to happen next,鈥� said Tasnim Quayum, 14. 鈥淢ost of our (high school) classes are planned out, but here we were surprised about what was going to happen next.鈥�

Quayum, a sophomore, was one of 14 students at 麻豆传媒在线 High School who took the 3D printing course with professors Iain Kerr and Jason Frasca. The students met for two hours each day as part of 鈥渁n exploration to create new things, ideas, and novel paradigms the world has never seen before,鈥� said Kerr. While the course description would have contained phrases about 3D printing and design thinking, there were deeper lessons being taught.

鈥淭he most important thing this course teaches us it to think in a way we don鈥檛 usually,鈥� said Tegh Johar, 16, a junior, noting the instructors taught the students to 鈥渆xplore all the possibilities.鈥�

Maya Joyce, a sophomore, liked how the students got to 鈥渕ess around鈥� with stuff as they learned to be more creative.

鈥淐reativity didn鈥檛 come from ideas,鈥� said Joyce, 15, who said what she learned could be applied to her love of music. 鈥淚t鈥檚 more about doing, than thinking.鈥�

One of the things the students did was create soap dishes. Then they needed to transform those creations into furniture. 鈥淭o innovate you must start with something ordinary, such as a soap dish,鈥� said Frasca, explaining the approach used in the class. 鈥淭hen try to reveal all you can about the object. Think about why it was made, its purpose, aesthetics, etc. Then take what you learned about the object and block it. Ignore everything you learned about the object in order to create something new.鈥�

Catie Stanton, 15, said the class helped her to see things differently. 鈥淲e鈥檙e doing random, crazy stuff,鈥� the sophomore said.

Joshua Rapoport, a 16-year-old junior, said the course gave him a new perspective on a so-called 鈥済ood idea.鈥�

鈥淚 was very surprised we were not supposed to have good ideas,鈥� said Rapoport. 鈥淭hey鈥檙e irrelevant because they鈥檝e almost certainly been thought of before.鈥�

The students credited Kerr and Frasca with opening up their minds, as well as showing them how to design things with the 3D printers.

鈥�(They) really taught us a new way of thinking. We discovered new paradigms and stuff鈥攚e learned what a paradigm was,鈥� said Aneekah Uddin, 15, a sophomore. 鈥淚 really enjoyed it.鈥�

Greek universities represented included: Alexander Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki, Piraeus University of Applied Sciences, Technical University of Crete, Technological Educational Institute of Crete. The startup, Effect, based in Athens, was also represented.

The visitors enjoyed signing our whiteboard, writing messages in Greek such as “Who dares, wins” and “Be the change.” Those motivational mottos translate well in any language–they are mottos we embrace here at the Feliciano Center.

Thanks to Wendy Gilbert-Simon, global programs coordinator, at 麻豆传媒在线’s Global Education Center.

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The importance of customer validation is just one topic we teach in ENTR 201 “Entrepreneurial Mindset and Innovation.”

The Feliciano Center for Entrepreneurship has yet again given my peers and me the opportunity to walk in聽the shoes of an entrepreneur. Not only did we get the chance to network with startup experts and others who are striving聽to become one themselves, but we also had the chance to hear the stories and聽speak to the CEO of three awesome startups.

As an individual who is taking pursuing the Certificate of Entrepreneurship at 麻豆传媒在线, my team and I are creating a product along with a聽smartphone聽application, and guess what? None of us have a clue on how to build a working application, manufacture a hardware, work overseas, and how to legally start a technological business. Nonetheless, I went to a Feliciano Center for Entrepreneurship and I was honored to hear a聽story about聽a successful application being run by聽a programmer who barely knows聽anything about coding! As he encouraged my team and me to proceed, he offered聽me many聽useful tips, sources, and tactics on how to do so. Sure, words can only take you so far… But with action, you are limitless;聽the same week, I went home and聽built聽my own prototype for my team and my聽mobile application software!

On top of delicious food and wonderful individuals at the event, I was able to leave with phone numbers, business cards, and even better, a foundation for聽our startup. Also, to add a cherry on top, our mentor聽Professor Frasca, was able to pass down his technological resources to our class to help聽our startup stay alive outside of the program as well.

The entrepreneurship program here at 麻豆传媒在线 has been such a realistic walk in the life of an entrepreneur, and I am grateful to take part. As our May 6 approaches, with a prize of $10,000 for the winning student team, our weekly pitches are being critiqued by several individuals, and our opportunities to reach and seek聽advice and opinion are broadening. I deeply thank the Feliciano Center of聽Entrepreneurship for the opportunity to understand what a true startup consists of, and for preparing my peers and me for life after college. All of the networks I have built through the Feliciano Center meetups held will build a strong foundation for becoming an entrepreneur myself.

is a sophomore Economics major.

We are ! A group of three like-minded college students who share the same passion and vision for entrepreneurship.

Our Entrepreneurship classes, ENTR 301 “Creating Your Startup Business Model” and ENTR 302 鈥淧itch and Launch Your Business,鈥� were taught by Ross Malaga and Jason Frasca. They both challenged us to think creatively and step outside of our comfort zones. We began as an idea and transitioned to reality. This journey through entrepreneurship has been more than rewarding. With the help of the Feliciano Center for Entrepreneurship, we were able to learn the necessary skills and steps to launch our own business through hands on experience.

This is our story.

Find a problem and create a solution! Each person in class was challenged to come up with a problem in less than five minutes and think of a creative solution. We each pitched our idea, which was then voted off/on by our classmates. After we all voted for the best ideas, groups began to form.

All-Star Tailgates first began as Dunk It, a creative utensil used to dunk cookies in milk.

Our next steps were to validate our idea. We interviewed different age groups and came up with a conclusion that there was a market for cookie dunkers. It was an awesome idea indeed! However, later on in the semester we were taught about patent law and the importance of protecting your idea. After performing a more in-depth search, we soon found out a similar product like Dunk It was already created.

As a group we were facing major obstacles because we were forced to pivot ideas in the middle of the semester. We learned a valuable lesson in entrepreneurship. In fact, it was a blessing in disguise. We quickly used our entrepreneurial mindset which was taught to us in our previous Entrepreneurship class, ENTR 201 “Entrepreneurial Mindset and Innovation,”聽and came up with a new idea. We even changed our market target!

We quickly came up with a new idea, Pull Out Pong! The first-ever cooler with a pull out beer pong table. Though this is a niched product, it caters to the tailgating community which has a $12 billion聽market. After introducing our product to our professors and classmates, we then had to validate our idea. We spoke to potential customers, and asked them if they鈥檇 be interested in purchasing our product and how much would they be willing to pay.

Each week in class, every group was able to pitch their product/service for positive criticism and feedback from our peers and professors. Our entrepreneurship class provided us with the ultimate hands on experience. Our professors loved our idea and encouraged us to become the ultimate tailgating company as opposed to creating one product. We took their advice and came up with the name All-Star Tailgates.

We were fortunate to meet聽David Postolski, a patent attorney at ,聽who came to speak to our class about patent law. He went into depth about the importance of protecting your idea and the two different patents you can purchase, Utility and Design. We were encouraged to meet with him outside of class to discuss the possibility of getting a patent.

Our classes have聽prepared us for our big pitch competition, ,聽on May 6. Each group will be competing for $10,000. We will be pitching our idea in front of hundreds of people. As an introverted person, this scares me. However, with the practice I鈥檝e had each week pitching my idea to my class, I鈥檝e become a much better public speaker.

Our Entrepreneurship courses provided us with the hands on experience we need to begin a startup company, and the skills we need to become successful. I鈥檝e flourished tremendously and I鈥檝e learned more in these three courses then I have through my college experience. Hopefully in the near future there will be a major for Entrepreneurship.

After our three, 3-credit courses, we each received a Certificate of Entrepreneurship聽from the Feliciano Center of Entrepreneurship. I encourage all students of all majors to take these courses 鈥� it聽changed my life for the better, and gave me the tools I needed to start my own business.

Our professors became our mentors, we built a trust relationship and they鈥檝e been extremely supportive during this process.聽I am extremely thankful to have had this opportunity and be surrounded by like-minded individuals.

Jessica Weinberg is a 麻豆传媒在线 student with a major in Women Studies. Jessica has completed聽a Certificate of Entrepreneurship at the聽university’s Feliciano Center for Entrepreneurship. During聽the spring 2015 semester, she is helping the Feliciano Center with聽its social media presence and events, including Women Entrepreneurship Week.

The class got off to a fun start with Schuffman and Zhang throwing candy to students who answered questions. Talk about a sweet class–that’s one way to reward class participation, huh? Although free candy won’t happen聽every class, it was still a nice touch for the first class.

One feature of ENTR 201 is that聽entrepreneurs visit the class to tell students about their journey, including overcoming failures. But last night, there were already entrepreneurs in the room: the students themselves. A quick survey of the room revealed at least five students who聽already have a business, including聽website design, fragrance sales, photography, fitness training, T-shirt design and healthier coffee sales.

But ENTR 201 is not just for students who want to own a business someday. Far from it. In fact, many of our ENTR students聽won’t, or don’t want to, own a business.聽“Entrepreneur”聽has a much, much wider definition than simply owning聽a business.聽That’s why ENTR 201 is called “Entrepreneurial Mindset and Innovation” — it teaches students how to develop the mindset of an entrepreneur, a valuable skill and talent that can be used in any career, whether you are working in a company with thousands of employees or a small accounting firm, or–yes–owning your own business. With so many industries–really, all industries–changing at such a fast pace, employees need to be innovative, creative and able to pivot. The same-old, same-old doesn’t work anymore. ENTR 201 teaches students how to be those desirable employees that companies want today.

Enrollment for ENTR 201 is full right now, and we have a waiting list for the course in case anyone needs to drop during the drop/add period. If you’d like to get on the waiting list or find out how to take ENTR 201 in spring 2015, please contact Sharon Waters at sharon.waters@montclair.edu or 973-655-6803.

Myla Ramirez, a senior molecular biology major, said she wanted to be in an “environment of a fast-moving entrepreneurship culture that I find interesting,” and she wants to learn “what it takes to start a business鈥nd also, just be inspired.”

Freshman Altarik Banks is participating to “surround myself with like-minded people” and to network.

Sophomore English major Tim Kiss signed up “mostly to observe, for when I’m ready” to start a business.

Organizers had to turn people away for Startup Weekend, which drew 120 people with another 30 people on the waiting list. One man on the waiting list showed up, hoping to be allowed in (he was).

The event runs 6:30-10 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday, which doesn’t leave a lot of time for homework.

“I have not figured that out yet, to be honest,” Ramirez said.

I will check back in on the three students, and their teams’ progress, on Sunday.

Last night,聽students in our intro entrepreneurship course, “Entrepreneurial Mindset and Innovation,” started the three-class creativity boot camp, which is a highlight of the course聽for many students. The boot camp is taught by 麻豆传媒在线 adjunct professor Iain Kerr. The course’s regular professors, Ross Malaga and Larry Schuffman, are also there to assist.

Iain Kerr

Each student must bring 10 items to class, including “3 large things that are about your size (that can be destroyed/transformed).” No doubt, some, if not all, students are thinking “WT…H” (yeah, let’s go with “H”) when they get this list. I won’t give away what happens during the boot camp–you’ll need to enroll in the course next semester to find out (look for the ENTR course code when registering later this spring)–but the students do seem to have a fun time while learning all the different shapes and sizes, literally, that creativity can take. How could you not when someone is standing in the classroom, wearing this?

If you want to do something different with your class schedule in spring 2014, check out our introductory 鈥淓ntrepreneurial Mindset and Innovation鈥� course. The course is highly interactive and hands on; you won鈥檛 see a professor lecturing in front of the room for two hours. For a big chunk of each class, students work in teams on an entrepreneurial project throughout the semester. Also, a successful entrepreneur visits each class to have a dialogue with students about how to develop the mindset of an entrepreneur.

Then there鈥檚 the crazy creativity bootcamp, which is part of the course:

The course is a great fit for students of any major. In fall 2013, majors represented in the course ranged from Anthropology and Math to Fine Arts Studio and Psychology. The only pre-requisite is freshman English.

Creativity is a major theme of the course, and students learn how to apply an innovative mindset to whatever they pursue: starting a business or nonprofit, or standing out as an entrepreneurial employee inside a company. With every industry changing so rapidly, employers want to hire people who can think creatively and be innovative; this course can show you how to be that employee.

鈥淔or the first time in a long time, I am actually taking what I learned from a course and applying it in real life,鈥� said one student in the fall 2013 class.

鈥淓ntrepreneurial Mindset and Innovation鈥� can also help you learn how to launch your own venture someday, whether it’s opening a dance studio, commercializing that app idea, running a tutoring business, turning your design concept into the next must-have gadget, or creating a social service nonprofit.

鈥淚t鈥檚 totally different than anything that 麻豆传媒在线 offers … it really challenges your way of thinking,鈥� is how another student summed up the course.

Don鈥檛 miss out! If you鈥檇 like to take “Entrepreneurial Mindset and Innovation (MGMT 492-04)鈥� on Wednesdays, 5:30-8:15 p.m., email your CWID number to me at sharon.waters@montclair.edu and I will enter the required permit in the system.