Capital, technology and alumni to help push the big business education

Feng Yuqing Yang Jingzhu "The Best of times, the worst of times, startups happen all the time." "Murray Low, a professor at Columbia University Business School (CBS), Moures Loh the first financial journal. Columbia University is located in the U.S. financial capital of New York City center, since the 2008 financial crisis, New York's economic situation has been poor, but this for the Columbia University's entrepreneurial education, not only the negative impact of financing difficulties, on the contrary, the decline in employment and financial sector saturation, so that the government to encourage entrepreneurship More students are willing to create and run their own companies. Pioneering Laboratory Columbia University Entrepreneurship Laboratory (Columbia Business Lab) is a newly established studio in 2012 by the Columbia University Business School Yukinrong Entrepreneurship Center (Eugene Lang Entrepreneurship Center), It is located in the Soho business district of New York Manhattan. The 100-square-metre office has more than 10 start-up teams of students or graduates. Ashley Zwick, executive director Zwick, said: "People always think that the Columbia University in New York should focus on entrepreneurship projects in the financial sector, but this is not the case, most of our entrepreneurial projects are focused on consumer goods, the Internet, education and health care industries." "Sportaneous is the only project in the entrepreneurial lab to get 50,000 dollars in the Yukinrong Venture Center, a website that provides information on all kinds of fitness and sports venues in the city, and has its own app phone application client." "Swimming, fencing and bowling, most of the New Yorkers have thought about where to go and who they love to play," said Omar, the founder of the newspaper. Then, you only need to log on to Sportaneous's website or mobile phone client, you can see the surrounding sports place and its price and rating on the map, you can also make an appointment directly from the website. "In fact, sportaneous can also log on with a Facebook account, so users can see clearly where their Facebook friends are going to the gym and what to play." Omar received a degree from Columbia University MBA and J.D., and he thanked the Center for his help. In addition to funding and site support, the school provided them with effective training. All the teams in the process of applying for support have to make thousands of short speeches, a small speech called pitch, which calls for the introduction of the company within 1 minutes to attract investors and the media. There is also the Mentor Network mentor, which refers to the school's strong alumni network, which covers successful professionals with a lot of entrepreneurial experience. Almost every week a mentor comes to the university to answer questions from the start-up team, give them guidance and help, and tell them how to pitch. Omar is this.Beneficiaries of educational methods. Technology is still a hot spot. The United States is the world's most technologically developed countries, science and technology almost affect the development of each industry products derived. In the past 5 years, New York's entrepreneurial market has developed rapidly, and now technology start-ups have gradually moved from California and Boston to New York. "Technology in finance, fashion, media and other industries in the use of the next hot spot, there is no doubt that such industries are located in New York." Integrate new technology into traditional industries and existing enterprises to form a local entrepreneurial ecosystem. The New York mayor, Bloomberg, clearly has such a forward-looking vision. Professor Moures Loh told the newspaper. In 2012, Bloomberg set up the New York Science Park on Roosevelt Island in New York, where he built an Ivy League school campus at Cornell University's Engineering school, which many say will become the "Silicon Valley" of New York. Science and Technology Entrepreneurship (Columbia Technology VENTURE,CTV) is another typical representative of entrepreneurship education in Columbia University. Orin Herskowitz, director of Hoskovitz, said to this newspaper: "We are not the so-called entrepreneurial center, we are more like Columbia University's Technology conversion office." Transform the invention of technology into a patent, into a product or service with a business model. "CTV receives more than 300 new inventions each year from university laboratories, which uses a diversified approach to assess these inventions, including 10 assessment teams of intellectual property officers with technology licences." 70% of inventions will have at least one patent application. CTV since its inception in 1983, the management of more than 4,000 inventions, more than 2000 patents, the creation of 149 companies, of which 27 successfully listed or listed companies to acquire, in the past 10 years is the top three of the U.S. Technology Transformation Office. Based on the strong academic strength of Columbia University's medical school, CTV's inventions focus on biology, medical equipment and chemical materials. The new experience of Chinese students ' entrepreneurship in the United States, Chinese students are facing greater employment pressure than local students because of their unfamiliar environment, culture and language. As the center of America's economy and Trade, New York has a large number of Chinese students, many of whom have the foresight to seize the business opportunities, and many projects are also close to the commercial needs between the two countries. As one of the most influential Chinese students in the United States, Columbia University Chinese Student Scholars Association has maintained good relations with the school, and now it has created the first Chinese-made entrepreneurial club. Xiahuanli, the founder and vice president of the University of Columbia, said to this newspaper: "Brother has its own venture capital fund, which is very helpful to us, we are now mainly facing the big brother of Chinese students and alumni, should be covered in the New York, the Chinese entrepreneurial enthusiasts." "Corponline Online" is a typical example of Chinese student entrepreneurship, an online platform that integrates multimedia interaction concepts into traditional financing activities, and facilitates the identification and communication of Chinese companies by global investors. It serves the Chinese state-owned enterprises that have overseas financing intentionsIndustry to help companies improve their visibility and match information with the right investors to help Chinese companies solve their financing problems. "Let the virtual world visualize, let invisible transactions tangible." Roven, an entrepreneur who has just graduated from college, uses the language to explain the broad online. The ensuing fiscal problems did not seem to weaken New York's entrepreneurial development. It is difficult for entrepreneurial education to come up with concrete measures to deal with the "fiscal cliff" policy that the U.S. government is wavering over. But this is not a problem, because entrepreneurship is the driving force behind economic development, and entrepreneurship is changing against the economic situation. When the economy booms, a lot of money is invested to encourage entrepreneurship, and when the economy is depressed, people need entrepreneurship to boost growth and create jobs. Professor Moures Loh, who is the head of the Yukinrong Venture Center, says that constantly looking for opportunities, understanding opportunities, and thinking about how opportunities can be translated into effective business models, is the thought of entrepreneurship education passing on to students, not just how to build a company.