I-Corps Node (Track 2): Promoting Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Southern California Region

这个I-Corps节点项目更广泛的影响/商业潜力是支持美国第二大经济体洛杉矶的技术商业化。活动将包括分享新的框架，课程和方法，用于招募和培养历史上代表性不足的工程创业群体，特别是通过创新的招聘实践和有效的榜样发展。活动将在大学社区和周围的硅海滩创业生态系统之间形成强大的联系，为商业市场提供有意义的技术，并为大学提供经验丰富的专家。 这个I-Corps节点项目将在加速商业化进程和成果方面引领尖端计划。 节点培训（1级）的贡献包括加快虚拟/远程创业培训的参与，并创建新的课程，以确定有意义的机会，探索客户发现，有效地创建一个课程之前，I-Corps。节点基础设施（2级）的贡献包括扩展I-Corps教育，以促进企业参与，并将这种教育嵌入到从大一工程专业到研究生的各个层次。 第3级该节点将提高我们对以下问题的理解：商业模式教育如何以及为什么能提高企业家的教育和经济成果;政府赠款政策如何单独支持发明（在科学研究的基础上创造新的产品和服务）和创新（确保这些产品和服务提供价值）;以及公共和私营市场在技术商业化方面的互动。

The broader impact/commercial potential of this I-Corps Node project is to support technology commercialization in Los Angeles, the nation's second largest economy. Activities will include sharing new frameworks, courses, and methods for recruiting and nurturing historically underrepresented groups in engineering entrepreneurship, particularly through innovative recruiting practices and development of effective role models. Activities will form strong linkages between the university community and that of the surrounding Silicon Beach entrepreneurial ecosystem to provide a flow of meaningful technologies to the commercial market and experienced experts back to the university. This I-Corps Node project will lead cutting-edge programs in accelerating commercialization processes and outcomes. Node Training (Level 1) contributions include accelerating engagement in virtual /remote entrepreneurship training and creating novel courses that identify meaningful opportunities to explore in customer discovery, effectively creating a curriculum to precede I-Corps. Node Infrastructure (Level 2) contributions include scaling I-Corps education for corporate engagement and embedding this education at all levels, from freshman engineering majors to graduate students. In Level 3 (Research) activities, the Node will improve our understanding of: how and why business model education enhances both educational and economic outcomes for entrepreneurs; how policies regarding government grants separately support invention (creating new products and services based on scientific research) and innovation (ensuring that these products and services offer value); and the interactions between public and private markets in commercializing technologies.