Werth Innovators Leadership Development

Ambassadors for entrepreneurship

Werth Innovators are student ambassadors for entrepreneurship and innovation at UConn who play a central role in building interest and participation in our wide range of programs. They are selected annually from a pool of freshmen applicants and receive a $3,000 scholarship that includes mentoring and unique, transformative experience during their sophomore year. There are currently seventeen Werth Innovators for the 2020-2021 academic year who were selected based upon their innovative projects and interest in increasing student involvement in entrepreneurship and innovation at the university.

Upcoming Events

Jan 26 Get Seeded Pitch Night #36:00pm

Get Seeded Pitch Night #3

Tuesday, January 26th, 2021

06:00 PM - 08:00 PM

Other
virtual

Get Seeded provides seed funding, mentorship, networking, and next step resources to students that have ideas for a business, invention or innovation.

This event (and all other Get Seeded events) are open to the UConn community. Students are highly encouraged to attend, even if you don't have a business idea. Students in the audience vote on which teams are funded.

Do you have a business idea, invention, provide or service you have designed, apply to pitch at one of our pitch nights this year for the chance to be awarded up to $1,000. Applications are accepted throughout the academic year on a rolling basis.

For more information, to RSVP to attend a pitch night or to apply to pitch please visit: https://ccei.uconn.edu/getseeded/

Contact Information: Jennifer Murphy jennifer@uconn.edu
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Feb 5 Accelerate UConn Application Deadline12:00am

Accelerate UConn Application Deadline

Friday, February 5th, 2021

12:00 AM - 11:59 PM

Other
Virtual

Accelerate UConn is UConn’s National Science Foundation (NSF) Innovation Corps (I-Corps) Site and its mission is to catalyze the transition of new scientific discoveries and capabilities from the lab to the marketplace. Participating teams will receive an introduction to the most critical elements of the I-Corps Curriculum and Lean Launchpad methodology. Over the course of 7 weeks, teams will learn how to determine the market opportunity for their product or technology.

Participants will learn how to:

Develop new ways to communicate the value of their product or technology, understand the structure of the market they are entering, develop strategies for generating demand for their product or technology, identify next steps needed to launch their venture, and identify customers most likely to bring first revenue.

Teams will receive:

7 weeks of training on the Business Model Canvas and Customer Discovery Process
Coaching from industry experts and access to next step resources, $3,000 to support customer discovery and development of minimum viable product and help to identify team members.

Applications for the Spring 2021 cohort will close on Friday, February 5 at 11:59 p.m.

For more information and to apply please visit: https://accelerate.uconn.edu

Contact Information: Jennifer Murphy jennifer@uconn.edu
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Feb 8 Get Seeded Workshop #35:00pm

Get Seeded Workshop #3

Monday, February 8th, 2021

05:00 PM - 06:00 PM

Other
virtual

Get Seeded provides seed funding, mentorship, networking, and next step resources to students that have ideas for a business, invention or innovation.

The Get Seeded workshop series offers students insights into idea generation, pitching ideas, working through their business model, and entrepreneurial concepts. Join us for one of the 4 workshops offered this academic year.

This event (and all other Get Seeded events) are open to the UConn community. Students are highly encouraged to attend, even if you don't have a business idea.

Do you have a business idea, invention, provide or service you have designed, apply to pitch at one of our pitch nights this year for the chance to be awarded up to $1,000. Applications are accepted throughout the academic year on a rolling basis.

For more information and to RSVP to attend a workshop please visit: https://ccei.uconn.edu/getseeded/

Contact Information: Jennifer Murphy jennifer@uconn.edu
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Feb 22 Get Seeded Pitch Night #46:00pm

Get Seeded Pitch Night #4

Monday, February 22nd, 2021

06:00 PM - 08:00 PM

Other
virtual

Get Seeded provides seed funding, mentorship, networking, and next step resources to students that have ideas for a business, invention or innovation.

This event (and all other Get Seeded events) are open to the UConn community. Students are highly encouraged to attend, even if you don't have a business idea. Students in the audience vote on which teams are funded.

Do you have a business idea, invention, provide or service you have designed, apply to pitch at one of our pitch nights this year for the chance to be awarded up to $1,000. Applications are accepted throughout the academic year on a rolling basis.

For more information, to RSVP to attend a pitch night or to apply to pitch please visit: https://ccei.uconn.edu/getseeded/

Contact Information: Jennifer Murphy jennifer@uconn.edu
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Mar 2 Get Seeded Workshop #46:00pm

Get Seeded Workshop #4

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2021

06:00 PM - 07:00 PM

Other
virtual

Get Seeded provides seed funding, mentorship, networking, and next step resources to students that have ideas for a business, invention or innovation.

The Get Seeded workshop series offers students insights into idea generation, pitching ideas, working through their business model, and entrepreneurial concepts. Join us for one of the 4 workshops offered this academic year.

This event (and all other Get Seeded events) are open to the UConn community. Students are highly encouraged to attend, even if you don't have a business idea.

Do you have a business idea, invention, provide or service you have designed, apply to pitch at one of our pitch nights this year for the chance to be awarded up to $1,000. Applications are accepted throughout the academic year on a rolling basis.

For more information and to RSVP to attend a workshop please visit: https://ccei.uconn.edu/getseeded/

Contact Information: Jennifer Murphy jennifer@uconn.edu
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