The Social Mechanism of Supporting Entrepreneurial Projects Beyond the Classroom

Alexander Zorychta, Elizabeth Pyle
2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition Proceedings   unpublished
Alex Zorychta finds, guides, connects, and builds community for student entrepreneurs. He has been guiding and building community for student entrepreneurs for the past four years. A student entrepreneur himself, he was triggered by winning the grand prize of the UVA Entrepreneurship Cup. While pursuing this startup post-graduation for two years near the University, he helped to guide other student entrepreneurial projects. He joined the staff of the Technology Entrepreneurship program at the
more » ... iversity of Virginia in 2015 where he helped co-founded the Works in Progress program to develop the community and culture necessary to support early student innovators and student entrepreneurs past the initial stages of their projects.
doi:10.18260/1-2--29012 fatcat:xfqt4h2mure4to3sn7atdo5skq