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Michael W. Fountain, Ph.D., MBA
Director, Center for Entrepreneurship,
John & Beverley
Grant Endowed Chair in Entrepreneurship Professor, Industrial & Management
Systems Engineering & Professor, Department of Psychiatry &
Behavioral Medicine
 "Dare to be exceptional, be unwilling to
accept mediocrity, strive for excellence and always be willing to give back
freely to others. By living these principles in our personal and professional
lives, I believe that each and every one of us can make a difference to enable
the Center for Entrepreneurship to operate as the program of excellence in
entrepreneurial education at USF."
Audio Clip from 2004 Interview with Dr.
Fountain after the Center received a national entrepreneurship award from USASBE
Center for Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneur In Residence
We
are very excited to have
Frank
Morsani
as the first Executive Entrepreneur in
Residence at the Center for Entrepreneurship. He
will play an ongoing role as a speaker in our classes,
providing input on our research agenda, and in evaluating
technology for commercialization. In addition, as a
successful entrepreneur, he will serve as a role model and
mentor to our students.
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Center Overview
The Center for Entrepreneurship is a
multi-disciplinary, campus-wide center focusing on entrepreneurial education,
training, and research. The vision of the USF Center for Entrepreneurship
is to create an internationally recognized Center of Excellence for educating
and training entrepreneurial leaders using innovative, interdisciplinary
approaches. The Center seeks to create unique learning opportunities through
partnerships among students, faculty and community entrepreneurial leaders.
These partnerships leverage the strengths of all participants to create a
nationally recognized program which enables students, faculty and
entrepreneurial leaders to develop the critical skills necessary to (1) identify
new opportunities (2) accelerate the commercialization of new technologies and
(3) create and grow successful new business ventures.
AWARDS
2007 -
USF Ranked #9
in the country by the Princeton Review as one of the 2007 Top Entrepreneurial
Graduate Programs
2006
- Innovative Pedagogy for
Entrepreneurship Education (Interdisciplinary Technology
Entrepreneurship)
2005 - National Outstanding Innovative
Entrepreneurship Education Course (The Strategic Market Assessment
for New Technologies)
2004
- National Outstanding Specialty
Entrepreneurship Program (Interdisciplinary Life Sciences
Entrepreneurship)
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Mission
To advance interdisciplinary
entrepreneurship through
EDUCATION, TRAINING, and RESEARCH
Vision
To create an internationally recognized center of
excellence for interdisciplinary entrepreneurship, fostering education,
training, and research to develop tomorrow’s leaders.
Values
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Entrepreneurship
is a life long quest
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Accelerating entrepreneurship through education, training and research
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Developing
diversity in skills enhancing positive outcomes
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Treating
individuals with honesty and integrity
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Giving
of your time, talent and resources develops the giver as well as the recipient
Objectives
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Create Synergistic Relationships with Students,
Faculty, and the Community
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Transfer
Research from the Laboratory to the Marketplace
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Educate
and Train the Next Generation of Entrepreneurial Leaders
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Build Sustainable Communities through Education, Research, and Training
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Promote successful clusters of
entrepreneurial businesses
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