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Assessing Entrepreneurship Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Akash Choudhary, University of Missouri; Donald Myers, University of Missouri; Halvard Nystrom, University of Missouri; Mihir Gokhale, University of Missouri

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

entrepreneurial decisions and interest in entrepreneurship of the engineeringstudents who took it. This compares with earlier studies that have focused on the impact ofentrepreneurship courses on career decisions of students with management or other non-engineering backgrounds. This research is based on a survey of 122 engineering students whotook an entrepreneurship class offered by the University during the last 25 years.Students were asked to provide their perspective on the impact this course had on their career.They were asked how the course impacted their understanding and interest in entrepreneurship, ifit raised their awareness of this career choice, if it impacted the career path they considered, if itaffected the career they chose, if they

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Engineering Entrepreneurship and K-12 Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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David M Feinauer, University of Kentucky; Bruce Walcott, University of Kentucky

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toward engineering by combating stereotypes and demonstrating its expansiverelevance. Demographic data on the program participants, their current academic pursuits, andprogram assessment results are presented.IntroductionThe primary objective of the Engineering Summer Program (ESP) is to apprise rising (to be)high school seniors of the importance of being innovative in a global economy through animmersive, one-week, residential program incorporating engineering and entrepreneurshipcurricula. Secondary objectives of the program include: educating students about engineering asan academic major, informing students of the numerous career and professional opportunitiesafforded to engineering graduates, acquainting students with the process of

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Entrepreneurial Leadership and Non-traditional Ways to Engage Students in Entrepreneurship and Innovation

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Russell Dinardi, Lafayette College; Sharon Jones, Lafayette College

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LafayetteCollege. The only form of entrepreneurship education is the CircleEntrepreneurship Society, which offers economics and business students theopportunity to gather and speak about entrepreneurial topics. In addition, thesociety occasionally invites speakers to their meetings. For students outside of theeconomics and business field, little opportunity for entrepreneurship educationexists. Already with a solid technological background, Lafayette’s engineeringstudents can have very successful careers in fields involving technical innovation.Lafayette engineering students are not fully aware of the possibilities that lie withinthe field of entrepreneurship because there are currently such few opportunities oncampus. Entrepreneurship education is

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Critical Success Factors for Technopolis Creation

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Lisa Zidek, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Cindy Orndoff; Susan Blanchard

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Entrepreneurship & Engineering Innovation

AC 2007-542: USING ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND SERVICE-LEARNING TOINCREASE ENGINEERING AWARENESS IN HIGH SCHOOLLisa Zidek, Milwaukee School of EngineeringCynthia Orndoff, University of MissouriSusan Blanchard, Florida Gulf Coast University Page 12.1546.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Using Entrepreneurship and Service Learning to Increase Engineering Awareness in High SchoolAcademic preparedness is a fundamental concern for every educational system; elementaryschools must prepare students for middle school, middle school for high school, high school forcollege, and college for graduate education or a career in a chosen field. There

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Systems Engineering and Entrepreneurship

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carmo D'Cruz, Florida Tech; Shoaib Shaikh, Northrop Grumman Corporation

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innovative idea generation have not been seen ascentral to the engineer’s role. However, to compete in a changing marketplace fraught withrapidly changing technology, shorter product life-cycles, downsizing and outsourcing, engineersneed to re-invent themselves as independent and entrepreneurial and market their creativity.31 Inmany large corporations, entrepreneurially thinking engineers have been observed to show more Page 12.1339.5entrepreneurial initiative and a higher level of productivity, efficiency and cost-consciousness. Itis a known fact that engineers who manage their engineering careers as entrepreneurs from thestart enjoy a higher

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Entrepreneurial Leadership and Non-traditional Ways to Engage Students in Entrepreneurship and Innovation

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Karen High, Oklahoma State University; Paul Rossler, Oklahoma State University; Martin High, Oklahoma State University

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curriculum.The two engineering entrepreneurship sections each met for 15 hours during thesemester, and extra time was provided for meetings with success coaches and peermentors. The six main areas covered in the sections are detailed below: • Academic Success- study skills, time management, finding help for classroom material, test-taking skills, and college survival skills. • Professional Success – career planning and effective presentations. • Engineering Information – career and advisement information and research presentations/laboratory tours. • Engineering Design and Problem Solving – creativity, effective teams, brainstorming, process design, and product design. • Societal Issues of Engineers – ethics

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Patenting & IP Issues for Commercializing University-Developed Technology and Launching Innovative Technical Entrepreneurship Ventures in Universities

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Ken Vickers, University of Arkansas; Elizabeth Kisenwether, Pennsylvania State University

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technology-based firms5,6.With engineering entrepreneurship being a relatively new phenomenon within undergraduate andgraduate engineering programs, thousands of working engineers who graduated prior to 2000 arebecoming interested in developing their invention, innovation and entrepreneurship skills toeither enhance their current career or explore starting a company. For many colleges anduniversities, providing entrepreneurship courses is viewed as a service they should provide tomeet both internal and external demand, a step to help keep U.S. engineers competitive andinnovation leaders, a way to support their alumni, and possibly a revenue source.For the authors of this paper, baseline data was needed to help their institutions (the Universityof

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Patenting & IP Issues for Commercializing University-Developed Technology and Launching Innovative Technical Entrepreneurship Ventures in Universities

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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James Baker, Michigan Technological University; Mary Raber, Michigan Technological University; Richard Berkey, Michigan Technological University

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. degree from the University of Michigan and an M.B.A. from Wayne State University.Richard Berkey, Michigan Technological University Rick Berkey works in Michigan Technological University’s Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies, as a Senior Research Engineer II/Project Manager. In this role, Rick acts as a primary point-of-contact for the identification, planning, and coordination of industrial-sponsored Senior Design and Enterprise projects. Prior to working for Michigan Tech, Rick spent twelve years in the automotive, commercial vehicle, and consumer products industries, working for Honeywell, Dana Corporation, and Applied Technologies, Inc. His career progressed through positions in

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Systems Engineering and Entrepreneurship

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Barbara Karanian, Wentworth Institute of Technology

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the understanding ofentrepreneurship, alone may not be the foundation for the entrepreneurial leader’s survival.Character and difficult to measure traits, like passion and vision are considered factors thatempower individuals who faced entrepreneur specific challenges 21.A revival of interest in understanding the entrepreneur’s personal characteristics 22, 23 may be asmuch about a search for modeling the relationship between traits and situational motivation toventure growth as it is a response to a growing societal need for defining career success inengineering and science.A focus on entrepreneurial leadership in this study contributes to the renewed interest in theeffects of the entrepreneurs’ personality and background characteristics

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Engineering Entrepreneurship and K-12 Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Donald Carpenter, Lawrence Technological University; Gregory Feierfeil, Lawrence Technological University

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students with hands-on one-year preparation forbusiness. The programs were created with new professionals in mind; many of whomwill select new careers in the service and non-manufacturing sectors, requiring moreinnovation and creative thinking skills. The courses that make up these programs werecreated to provide a multidisciplinary experience for student’s including interaction withstudents, faculty, and business leaders from across the region.KEEN NetworkThe Kern Entrepreneurship Education Network (KEEN) was organized by the NationalCollegiate Inventors and Innovators Association (NCIIA) with support from the KernFamily Foundation. The goal of KEEN is to make entrepreneurship educationopportunities widely available at institutions of higher

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Utilizing On-Line Technology in Entrepreneurship Education

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Larry Richards, University of Virginia

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creating a working prototype. They have also already madea major career decision. They are committed to doing research – usually academicallyoriented research. The folks working in industry are more receptive to entrepreneurshipthan graduate students, but they are often limited by the demands and restrictions of theirjobs.Moving forward – bring entrepreneurship into senior designOur capstone design course has also continued to evolve. As seen in Table 3, our seniorswant to learn to be entrepreneurs, and they recognize the need for business and financialskills. They are aware that the career paths of previous generations of engineers are nolonger as available and that their futures will depend on their ability to be innovative andentrepreneurial.We

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Best Practices in Interdisciplinary Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Karen Thornton, University of Maryland; Jacqueline Rogers, University of Maryland (Retired); Kristen Waters; Nathan Myers, University of Maryland; Lisa Rawlings, Prince George's Prince Community College

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residence at the St. Petersburg Conservatory.Jacqueline Rogers, University of Maryland (Retired) Jacqueline Rogers was a Senior Fellow for the Maryland School of Public Policy from 1994 until her retirement in 2006. In her role, she taught in the Management, Finance and Leadership concentration and was lead instructor in a variety of Executive Education Programs for mid-career professionals including Housing and Community Development, Managing Social Services, Military Housing Privatization and Asset Management for Privatized Military Housing. Previous to joining the University of Maryland, Jacqueline was Secretary, Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development from 1987-94 for

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Entrepreneurial Leadership and Non-traditional Ways to Engage Students in Entrepreneurship and Innovation

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Edward Coyle, Purdue University; Nancy Clement, Purdue University; Joy Krueger, Purdue University

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career, Nancy owned several businesses Page 12.1438.1 including a wholesale/retail business, rental property business, and a direct marketing business. As an independent contractor she has worked for the Department of Education, the US Census Bureau, and was a teacher for a private mental health institution. Nancy was awarded the Frank Murphy Outstanding Faculty Fellow of the Year for 2006 Windsor Halls. She was also recognized by the Residence Hall Association as the 2006 Fredrick L. Hovde© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Outstanding Faculty Fellow for all of

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The Challenges of Tech Transfer

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bruce Mutter, Bluefield State College; Frank Hart, Bluefield State College

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’ applied research experience for faculty and students and helps them visualize thelimitless potential for their future careers in engineering technology.Our other successes with BSC student teams consisting of engineering technology and computerscience students, working under the direction of Professor Robert Riggins have developedprojects that yield concepts and data that can be used in this year’s DARPA “Urban” Challenge.This time around, our Elise Fox is built around the Lotus platform by a team composed ofCollege faculty, research associates, local industry engineers, students and alumni, andconsultant expertise from the automotive and image processing communities.DARPA will awardprizes for the top threeautonomous groundvehicles that compete

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Assessing Entrepreneurship Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Denny Davis, Washington State University; Jerman Rose, Washington State University

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th th • One team produced a prototype teaching kit and tested it in 4 and 7 grade science classes, and received acclaim from students and teachers • All teams were complimented by WSU business plan judges for their strong Page 12.679.10 performances among university-wide competition • Student’s reflective essays as part of course assessment have documented significant personal growth and new insights related to course outcomes • Individual students were transformed by their experiences in this capstone design course: attitudes about business relevance to engineering, discoveries about new career paths

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Entrepreneurship Tuesday Poster Session

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joseph Morgan, Texas A&M University; Jay Porter, Texas A&M University; Marc Lockard, Lockard and White, Inc

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mistakes and his successes.Now over a year after the student team hosted the seminar, each of the graduates continues tostay in contact with their guest. His impact on their lives and careers has far exceeded theexpectations set by the EET/TET faculty. With the mentorship that has being provided, each ofthe team members has undergone an unprecedented learning experience.As depicted in Figure 2, another interesting example was when Dr. Robert Gates was invited tothe lead the roundtable discussion. He immediately captured the attention of all students with hisopening remark, “You are probably wondering what a person can tell you about ethical behaviorwhose former job was to lie to everyone outside the organization.” Little did these studentsknow

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Creating a Technology Incubator and Creating a Seed Fund

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Scott Laughlin, University of Maryland; Scott Magids, University of Maryland; David Barbe, University of Maryland

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AC 2007-1609: UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND'S VENTUREACCELERATORScott Laughlin, University of Maryland Scott Laughlin is Director of the VentureAccelerator at the Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute (MTECH). Mr. Laughlin is a former Partner in IDG Ventures, a $600M family of private funds invested in early stage technology companies. Prior to his career in venture capital, Mr. Laughlin was a successful senior executive in Silicon Valley-based start-up companies, including a company sold to Microsoft. Mr. Laughlin received his B.A. from Princeton University (’90).Scott Magids, University of Maryland Scott Magids is Director of MTECH Ventures, one of the two main branches of the Maryland

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Assessing Entrepreneurship Programs

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey Blessing, Milwaukee School of Engineering; John D. Gassert, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Lawrence J. Schmedeman, Milwaukee School of Engineering; Larry Fennigkoh, Milwaukee School of Engineering

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University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee in 1981. He is a member of the American Society of Engineering Educators (Entrepreneurship Division), the Association for Computing Machinery, and the IEEE Computer Society. Dr. Blessing has served as a consultant to major corporations and is the author of many publications in the areas of algorithms, artificial intelligence, networks and computer systems. Prior to his academic career, has worked for three Fortune 500 companies and has owned and operated two small businesses.John D. Gassert, Milwaukee School of Engineering JOHN D. GASSERT, Ph.D., P.E. John D. Gassert is currently a Professor and Biomedical Engineering Program Director at

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Product Innovation and Entrepreneurship

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Bradley Kramer, Kansas State University; Jeffrey Tucker, Kansas State University; Bret Lanz, Kansas State University; Dale Wunderlich, Kansas State University; Jeffrey Katz, Kansas State University

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-State graduate students interested in careers involving the creation andcommercialization of innovation have taken part in a track of the MBA program that encouragesspecialization in Technology Entrepreneurship. In addition, a limited number of two-yeargraduate internships were created focusing on providing hands-on exposure to each stage of theinnovation value chain: extramural grant creation and management, intellectual propertydisclosure and protection, intellectual property licensing and commercialization, and newproduct design and development1. The overarching objective of the academic and experientialprograms has been fostering a culture of technology-based entrepreneurship designed to have apositive impact on the local and regional

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Critical Success Factors for Technopolis Creation

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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William Nunnally, University of Missouri - Columbia; James Thompson, University of Missouri; Steve Wyatt, University of Missouri - Columbia

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for University of Missouri Extension and College of Engineering. He provides leadership for the Missouri Small Business Development Centers, Missouri Procurement Technical Assistance© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 Missouri Small Business Development Centers, Missouri Procurement Technical Assistance Centers, University Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Missouri Federal and State Technical program, Career Options, Missouri Market Development, Missouri Film Commission, and various environmental programs. Last year the programs served more than 20,000 participants and had nearly a half-billion dollars in economic impact. Since 2002, Steve has

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Critical Success Factors for Technopolis Creation

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Carmo D'Cruz, Florida Tech; Frank Kinney, Florida Tech; Vaidy Vaidyanathan; Tom O'Neal, University of Central Florida; Clifford Bragdon, Florida Tech; Dennis Kulonda, Florida Tech; Grisselle Centeno, University of South Florida; Jose Zayas-Castro, University of South Florida; Lynda Weatherman, Space Caost EDC

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)is to retrain and redeploy these skilled resources into careers in high tech entrepreneurship.Research indicates that teaming researchers and engineers from private industry and universitiescan help overcome the problem of the “Valley of Death” a dangerous portion of the innovationcycle where technological advances are established, but never put to productive use or brought tomarket.17 The conclusions from the 2002 AUTM Licensing Survey support this by showing thatthe academic and industrial technology transfer field is an integral part of the innovationeconomy. However, a key finding was that as federal research funding continued to climb, theindustrial funding grew at only one-third the rate, and that research funding linked to licensesand

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Entrepreneurial Leadership and Non-traditional Ways to Engage Students in Entrepreneurship and Innovation

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2007 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wilburn Clouse, Vanderbilt University

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means though which to support himself or herself? This case deals with theopportunities associated with creating your own music career. In addition to teaching creativityand entrepreneurship, this case also investigates copyright issues and other related legal matters.We expect to be able to test this case out at Tennessee Wesleyan, Francis Marion University andVanderbilt University during the spring semester of 2005.Case 6 – Talking to the Air – This is a wireless technology case. This case was writtenspecifically for Tennessee Wesleyan College and proposes the opportunity for students todevelop a business that would bring wireless technology to the Tennessee Wesleyan Collegecampus. It also includes assisting the downtown area in rejuvenating