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Greetings! 

The Fall 2015 semester is off to a wonderful start here at Wake Forest's Center for Innovation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship, and we have several great stories to share with you.

This year, the ICE Program is thrilled to welcome Dan Cohen who joined our team from Cornell University where he founded and ran the E-Lab. Dan joins Wake Forest as Professor of Practice in business and entrepreneurship and will be leading an initiative to develop the curriculum and support for our center's advanced entrepreneurs.

We hope you enjoy reading the stories featured in this newsletter. These stories showcase not only the activities and opportunities offered by the ICE Program, but the ways in which these activities contribute to the entrepreneurial culture of Wake Forest.

Polly Black
John C. Whitaker, Jr. Executive Director 
Center for Innovation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship 
Professor of Practice, Business and Entrepreneurship 
Wake Forest 2015-2016 Entrepreneur-in-Residence 
  
Greg Pool
Greg Pool, a self-proclaimed "serial entrepreneur" and our 2015-2016 Entrepreneur-in-Residence, has been involved with many start-ups and emerging organizations since he was a student. When asked what one piece of advice he would give to Wake Forest's student entrepreneurs, Pool explained: "Plan on succeeding, but be willing to fail quickly if needed." Read more.  
Wake Forest Senior Uses Artistic Talent to Support Children's Home in Kenya

Senior Katita Miller sold 14 works of art this summer through her art show, "Patchwork Places." Miller raised over $6,500 for the Amazing Grace Children's Home, a children's home currently serving 72 girls in Awasi, Kenya. See photos of Miller's artwork and read more about her show here
Summer Entrepreneurial Fellows Put their Classroom Skills into Action

  

"Building a successful start-up company requires creativity, innovation, and determination," explained Megan Miller, a 2015 Summer Entrepreneurial Fellow who interned with Slender Seven, a food start-up in Washington, DC developed by Nikki Azzara ('14), a Wake Forest alumna. Read more about the experiences of other Summer Entrepreneurial Fellows here
Discovery Forum Sparks Innovation in the Triad

Wake Forest students and other young social entrepreneurs were recently given the chance to pitch ideas for community or economic improvement. Three Winston-Salem teams were invited to a Leadership Symposium in Raleigh in Spring 2016 to compete for a $10,000 venture prize. Learn more here.
Students Learn to Jumpstart their Own Ventures in Start-Up Boot Camp Blast 
 
During this semester's workshop, Polly Black, Director of the Center for Innovation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship, emphasized the importance of finding the niche in which your business will be successful, and determining how to market what you're selling to those individuals. Read more
Fall 2015 Seed Grant Winners Announced

Seven venture proposals were selected to receive funding to hel p students with marketing and product development. Read m ore about the selected projects here. Congra tulations to these seed grant recipients! 


October 2015    
In This Issue
Student Leaders Contribute to Entrepreneurial Culture of Wake Forest 

Our student leaders are driven, passionate, and involved in their communities. Read more about five of this year's Center for Innovation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship's student leaders here


Keshav Daga, 
Innovation Fellow
Orton Scholar



Austin Evers,
Executive Director, TEDxWakeForestU



Kelly Guin,
Executive Director, Do Something Challenge


Adrienne Henderson, 
Riley Scholar



Hayden Lineberger,
Farr Scholar
Swizzler and Slender Seven Return to Wake Forest 
 

Swizzler alums Jesse Konig ('14), Ben Johnson ('14), and Jack Zimmermann ('14) and Slender Seven alum Nikki Azzara ('14) returned to campus for 10 days of food events over Homecoming and Family Weekend. 
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