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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Gad J. Selig

Proceedings of 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE Zone 1) Critical Success Factors for Winning Entrepreneurs and the Role of an Incubator in Accelerating the Growth of Start-ups and Early Stage Companies Dr. Gad Selig, PMP, COP Abstract—This paper will focus on successful entrepreneurship business]; special purpose [technology]; independent; part ofand what it takes to win as well as how incubators facilitate the an organization like a university) [3] [4].process of growing start-up and early stage companies or II. STARTING A NEW BUSINESS VENTUREventures. An incubator case study

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2014 ASEE Zone 1 Conference

Authors

Carolyn Jean Sher-DeCusatis; Casimer DeCusatis

%) reported a household income of less thanpractitioner’s education program for cloud computing and $30,000. Eighty percent (80%) of incoming first-year studentsSDN. While a number of leading academic institutions have and 65% of returning students received need-based financialrecently begun to offer courses on SDN [12], it has so far beenaid. Sixty-seven percent (67%) are the first in their families to networking class. Skills such as critical thinking,attend college. The student body reported 138 different troubleshooting, and system analysis are incorporated as partcountries of origin; countries of