Verizon Innovative Learning Design Thinking Program
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Verizon Innovative Learning Design Thinking Program
ASU and Verizon partnered to bring digital tools and hands-on learning opportunities to youth in underserved schools.
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Verizon Innovative Learning
Middle school students gained skills in emerging technology, design thinking and social innovation.
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Venture Devils
Edson E+I Venture Devils offers a full suite of services — from mentorship to access to ASU funding opportunities —to catalyze entrepreneurial success.
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The Resource Innovation and Solutions Network (RISN) Incubator
The RISN Incubator offered entrepreneurs in the early stages of waste-to-product innovation an opportunity to rapidly scale their startups for success.
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Startup Village
Join entrepreneurial-minded students to collaborate, innovate and connect in a vibrant residential environment.
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Risk Innovation Nexus
The Risk Innovation Nexus provided online education and training resources for individuals and organizations on how to think differently about risk.
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Prepping to Digitize Your Food Business
Edson E+I’s Prepping to Digitize Your Food Business program helped food entrepreneurs gain the digital skills they needed to pivot during the COVID pandemic.
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Prepped
Edson E+I’s Prepped program provides food entrepreneurs with free immersive training in the skills they need to succeed.
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Poder
Students learned how to use entrepreneurship skills to solve community issues, develop personal success strategies and use technology during the Poder program.
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Peoria Forward
Peoria Forward, a partnership between Edson E+I and the City of Peoria, fosters entrepreneurship in the community to create a thriving economy.