Entrepreneurial Entrepreneurial Programs at Kansas Programs at Kansas

State UniversityState University

Ike Ehie, Ph.D.Ike Ehie, Ph.D.Associate DeanAssociate Dean

College of BusinessCollege of BusinessKansas State UniversityKansas State University

Manhattan, KansasManhattan, Kansas

Entrepreneurial ProgramsEntrepreneurial Programs

•College-Wide Programs•University-Wide Programs

Undergraduate Undergraduate Entrepreneurship CoursesEntrepreneurship Courses

• Entrepreneurship– Provides students with broad understanding of

the fields of entrepreneurship and new venture creation

– Project-oriented course where students explore all phases of new venture creation process from idea conception to start-up to planning to assessment

– Course facilitates networking with entrepreneurs and small business owners through guest speaking and company tours

Undergraduate EP CoursesUndergraduate EP Courses• Small Business Consulting

– Course offers students an opportunity to work in teams with real small businesses in the local communities to learn more about small business management and new venture start-ups

– Course covers both operational and strategic issues of small business

– Students embark on starting up a new business venture in partnership with a local business

Graduate EP CoursesGraduate EP Courses• Advanced Entrepreneurship

– Course is designed as an in-depth examination of the nature of entrepreaurship, especially the factors that contribute to the success and failure of new venture planning and implementation

– Topics covered include:• Business planning and analysis process• Financial and market analysis• Management structure• Marketing and selling

– Learning culminate with the preparation of a comprehensive business plan for the development and marketing of a new product or service

Graduate EP CoursesGraduate EP Courses• Technology Entrepreneurship and Strategy

– The course brings together technology creation, protection and commercialization in a highly synergistic and creative experience for graduate students

– Covers technology from information to telecommunication, and from biotechnology to agro-economics

– Covers the “ins” and “outs’ of intellectual property acquisitions, business creations and protection, and unique issues related to high technology start-ups

Graduate EP CoursesGraduate EP Courses• MBA Entrepreneurship Interns

– Business interns rotated among the three KSU research triangle (KSU, KSURF, and MACC)

– Provides students with real-life experience on technology start-ups.

Entrepreneurial UniversitiesEntrepreneurial UniversitiesFueling Economic DevelopmentFueling Economic Development

• University Roles in Creating Economic Opportunity– Pivotal for technology-based initiatives

• Regional: Research Triangle Park, Silicon Valley, etc.• Local: San Diego, Pittsburgh, Boston, etc.

– Provides new technologies for economic exploitation – Provides the requisite human resources

• Faculty: scientific, technical, and business expertise• Students, graduates, and trainees: skilled employees

• Expanded Role in the New Economy– Small technology-based companies – more important– Fortune 500 companies – less important

Partnerships for InnovationPartnerships for InnovationComprehensive Intellectual Property Comprehensive Intellectual Property

ServicesServices

KSU KSURF MACC

Discovery/Creation(Research/Scholarly Activity)

Protectionand

Licensing

EstablishedCompanies

Commercialization(Management and Licensing)

Start-upCompanies

TADACGraduate Interns

Partnerships for InnovationPartnerships for InnovationComprehensive Intellectual Property Comprehensive Intellectual Property

ServicesServices

KSU KSURF MACC

COB

Business Faculty

Graduate Research Assistants

Fostering Outreach to the Private Fostering Outreach to the Private SectorSector

• Building Alliances with Relevant Industries – Sponsored projects and cooperative agreements– Licensing university intellectual property– Acquiring private-sector intellectual property– Responding to advanced education needs – Consulting, research exchanges, internships, etc.

• Engaging in Technology Development– Facilitating SBIR and STTR initiatives– Pursuing local start-ups;

independently/cooperatively

K-State Entrepreneurial Efforts K-State Entrepreneurial Efforts Evolving Start-up CompaniesEvolving Start-up Companies

• NanoScale Materials, Inc.– Proprietary reactive nanoparticle technologies

• Destructive adsorption of hazardous agents• AgRenew, Inc.

– Environmentally superior ag value-added products• Biodegradable/edible barrels and de-icing materials

• Nacelle Therapeutics, Inc.– Breakthrough treatment for cystic fibrosis

• Proprietary ion channel-forming peptide technology• Kansas Advanced Technologies (KATS), LLC

– A general technology development company • NutriJoy, Inc.

– Cal-C – a calcium and vitamin C beverage available in 4 flavors

Kansas Entrepreneurial Kansas Entrepreneurial CenterCenter

Cal-CCal-C• A calcium-rich, vitamin

C supplemented beverage available in 4 flavors

• Determine to have good bone intensity for pre- and post- menopausal women

NanoScale Materials, IncNanoScale Materials, Inc• Technology developed

by KSU Chemistry Professor

• Produces reactive nonparticles with broad applications in environmental remediation and detoxification of hazardous chemical and biological agents