European Innovation Academy Where people, talent success leads to implementation Who is the Hub for?
It’s for everyone! The innovation, social enterprise and entrepren communities including: students, student clubs, faculty mem staff, alumni, Calgary and beyond.
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of North American sister program How can the Hub help you?
What is the Hunter Hub for Entrepreneurial Thinking?
The Hunter Hub is a safe place to try out your entrepreneurial Do you want to learn what entrepreneurial thinking is? Do you an idea for a business? We can connect you with information aspects of starting a business or side hustle.
Students win top honors in international accelerator program The Hunter Hub is the University of Calgary’s new initiative to engage and immerse students, faculty, staff, alumni and the in a culture of entrepreneurial thinking, challenging with a new and bold approach to teaching, Hunter Hub forthem Entrepreneurial Thinking learning, discovery and knowledge-sharing.
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We’re always on the lookout for entrepreneurs to share experiences and expertise with our students and gr EIA isentrepreneurial an intensive 15-day accelerator uly 2019 saw 19 students from the community. Want to join a panel, present a wor The Hunter Hub for Entrepreneurial Thinking was created in 2017 or share your entrepreneurial journey? We’re also looking to program designed to take an idea to startup University of from Calgary travel to Foundation, Cascais, as an with a generous gift the Hunter Family entrepreneurs-in-residence and mentors to help guide em interdisciplinary nucleus for activities that will support entrepreneurs. If thisprogram, is you, let uswhile know! creating over the course of the Portugal for the European Innovation entrepreneurial student experiences, enable faculty to lead in (403) 220 connections across disciplines, post-secondary Academy Thea growing University of Calgary innovation,(EIA). and expand community of entrepreneurial hunterhub@ucalg and innovative thinkers. institutions, and countries. Students from overUcalgary M has been sending students to EIA for 5 years,
spearheaded by professor Sharaz Khan from the Events Haskayne School of Business. With the & Programs Innovation Reactor Program added involvement of the Hunter Hub for Summer Incubator TENET I2C Entrepreneurial Thinking over the past two Energy New Venture Competition European Innovation Academy years, program Week has seen tremendous Globalthe Entrepreneurship growth in engagement from UCalgary APPLICATIONS OPEN Falling Walls Lab UCalgary students. This year saw students take part in North American Innovation Academy our website for further details) the (see program, from the faculties of arts, science, engineering, business, computer science, and nursing. “This year was the best so far,” says Khan, “It is attributed to the diversity of our students from various faculties and the strong support of the Hunter Hub.” 26 // Community Now!
75 countries come from around the world to participate in this rigorous program.
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“The European Innovation Academy was @hunterhu an amazing experience,” says Harsh Shah, a student in the Mechanical Engineering program at UCalgary, “It taught me how to start a business from an idea, in just 15 days. Through this program, I met some amazing ucalgary.ca/hunter-h friends, mentors, and investors, who I will stay in touch with for the rest of my life. EIA has changed my life.”
