Entrepreneurship Programming
Sparking and cultivating entrepreneurial talent is critical for Alaska’s economic future. Our work helps grow entrepreneurs and builds a diverse social network to drive innovation. UA CED works with partners across the state and country to move forward projects and initiatives that support the entrepreneurial ecosystem and broad-based economic development in Alaska.
Catalytic Events
Catalyzers are events that spur change, build networks, and incubate new solutions. Events range from sprints, problem-mapping sessions, and customer discovery to pitch competitions, hackathons, and innovation challenges. Each Catalyzer is built to suit the needs of our clients, partners, and the overall entrepreneurial ecosystem.
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University of Alaska President's Innovation Challenge (2018)
Rapid Ideation Sessions
Strategic Doing Implementation: Strategic Doing teaches people how to form collaborations quickly, move them toward measurable outcomes, and make adjustments along the way.
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Nuclear Microreactor Customer Discovery Analysis. With support by the U.S. Department of Energy and Idaho National Laboratory, UA CED conducted an analysis designed to identify markets, applications, and economic development potential for small, nuclear-powered micro-reactors in Alaska.
Hack-a-thon (coming soon)!
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Non-profit sprint processes:
Growspace: Seeds of Change (2018)
Industry-specific sprint processes:
VOLT49 Renewable Energy Design Thinking Sprint (2018)
Ocean Technology Innovation Sprint (2017-2018)
Community sprints:
Upstart Alpha Entrepreneur Accelerator
Upstart Alpha is led by UA CED and provides participants with the resources to turn ideas into startups, within the span of a school year. Following the Lean Launch philosophy, participants learn how to test ideas, engage in customer discovery, meet investors, and more!
Upstart Interns/UAA Student-Focused Work
Upstart Interns connects students to startups! Students learn about entrepreneurship and what it means to be a founder, while startup founders get to work with the University’s best and brightest as they grow their companies.
Alaska Business Plan Competition (2017-2019)
UAA Student Business Advising
Alaska Startup Ecosystem Building
The Quarterly Alaska All Call has been redesigned for higher engagement - mentors and ecosystem builders from every corner of Alaska for idea-sharing, co-investing, and strategy alignment.
If you are passionate about growing entrepreneurship statewide, then attend to help identify opportunities, forge collaborative relationships, and inspire each other's work to transform Alaska.
Alaska Startups promotes the entrepreneurship ecosystem in Alaska through various platforms. Managed by UA CED as a statewide initiative, community members are invited to collaborate and contribute. Alaska Startups platforms include AlaskaStartups.com, an e-newsletter, Facebook, and Instagram.
