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Academic Incubator Start-upsInitiative for 21st -century teaching and learning.
Ibahrine, Spring 2016
Inspiration HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum
“We are building a new reality for our people, a new future for our children, and a new model of development”
“We are building a new reality for our people, a new future for our children, a new model of development”
InspirationHH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Startup
A COMPANY working to solve a problem and success is not guaranteed
A CULTURE of innovating on existing ideas
Business Incubator A facility to nurture startups
affordable spaceshared offices and serviceshand-on trainingmarketing support access to financing
Academic Incubators Start-ups
A university spin-off is a new company founded to exploit a piece of intellectual property created in an academic institution (Shane, 2005: 4-5).
AIS is not an academic spin-off
VisionAUS official vision❖ American University of Sharjah (AUS) will be
the region's leader in higher education, known for excellence and innovation in teaching, learning, research and service.
The National InnovationStrategy
The Year of Innovation
Sharjah EntrepreneurshipCenter (Sheraa) 2016
2014
2015
Idea It is not a cluster of classrooms.
❖ Exchanges disruptive ideas
❖ Translates concepts into a business project
❖ Turns the campus into a living incubator
Objectives
1. To refine an action learning approach to creativity
2. To inspire students to improve networking skills
3. To raise awareness of disruptive technologies and their business models
BenchmarksThese are the benchmarks of success for the Academic Start-up Incubator:
❖ 1. Creativity: ➢ The quantity and quality of disruptive ideas
❖ 2. Innovation: ➢ The application of projects, content and patents.
❖ 3. Participatory culture:➢ The quantity and quality of user-generated content
1. CREATIVITY: ➢ The quantity and quality of new ideas and concepts
2. INNOVATION: ➢ The application of projects, content and patents
3. PARTICIPATORY CULTURE: ➢ The quantity and quality of user-generated content
Benchmarksof success
Makes students aware of the close relationship between university and the job market.
Makes the transition period from university to the business world shorter
Academic IncubatorStart-ups
Helps the university to achieve its primary mission of creation and dissemination of knowledge through research and teaching
Academic Incubator Start-ups
Reorient the university toward business goals
Are students well preparedin the age of disruption?
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