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Mission
The Neat Ideas Fair is an annual forum to promote creativity and entrepreneurship at SJSU by generating and highlighting Neat Business Ideas.
Competition open to anyone affiliated with SJSU (students, alumni, faculty, and staff)
A chance for students from different disciplines to interact and build entrepreneurial teams
An opportunity for participants to get feedback from many sources on their ideas
A venue for participants to explain and market their ideas to industry professionals
Competition areas: Best Neat Idea, Best Elevator Pitch, Best Executive Summary & People’s choice
Goal
The goal of the NIF is to promote creativity and entrepreneurship at SJSU and to strengthen the connective fabric of innovation and entrepreneurship within SJSU and between the University and the local community.
To provide the following benefits to key constituents:Benefits for Competitors:
Discovering the entrepreneurial value of their talents and ideas
Providing opportunities for interdisciplinary feedback from many sources
Creating interdisciplinary relationships with other participants
Showcasing and promoting their talents and ideas
Learning to sell their ideas and become entrepreneurs
Networking with industry professionals who are interested in entrepreneurial ideas
Possibility of winning accolades and prizes
Potentially meeting course requirements
Engaging in an activity that can enhance their resumes
Benefits for Faculty:
Broadening curriculum to include practical applications of concepts
Providing venue to showcase student projects
Increasing marketability of degree programs
Motivating students to follow-through with ideas
Demonstrating the impact of subject-specific knowledge within a societal context
Increasing opportunities for interdisciplinary relationships
Improving prestige of SJSU in the community
Attracting companies to hire our students
Benefits for Community Partners:
Increasing exposure and building relationship with SJSU and its 30,000 students
Enhancing public image and promoting name recognition
Creating a better entrepreneurial infrastructure for the Silicon Valley
Finding talented students and good ideas to help fill their “talent pipeline”
Tapping into the entrepreneurship expertise at SJSU
Identifying potential interns, employees and business partners
Benefiting from enriched education process at SJSU
Participating in the growth of the Silicon Valley entrepreneurial community
