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Art Center College of Design • $50 Challenge

October 5, 2011/0 Comments/in Art Center College of Design, Los Angeles, NCIIA /by uifellows

The $50 Challenge at the Art Center College of Design was an event created to bring designers together to be entrepreneurs by combining their skills and creativity to build a small business in 24 hours. The challenge began with an inspirational talk about the spirit of entrepreneurship by Errol Gerson and an introduction to creative strategies by Fridolin Beisert . The joint forces of these two motivational instructors paved the way for teams of students to go out and experience fast and spontaneous entrepreneurship.

Teams were given $50 and asked to go out and make as much money as they could in 24 hours. The rules were simple: make as much as you can, return the $50 investment and keep the profit or cover the losses. 24 hours later teams reunited for story telling, pizza and prizes.

Well, but what did the teams do? There was a lucrative bookbinding course, making sandwiches, distributing sodas, making a music video, creating “provocative” water, drawing portraits, selling smiles and even selling wishes. This last group called “Popwish” sold wishes and popsicles for a dollar. This idea turned out to be a great success and they are now in the process of continuing the project beyond the challenge.

The Art Center College of Design is a school full of genuine curiosity, sparking creativity and directed passion, which makes it an incubator for potential young entrepreneurial spirits. The $50 Challenge was an event created to highlight these qualities and inspire the entrepreneurs of tomorrow.

This event was organized by Impact • Design for Social Change and sponsored by NCIIA (National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance)

— Mariana Prieto • NCIIA Student Ambassador for Art Center College of Design

Art Center College of Design – Design and Social Entrepreneurship

August 31, 2011/0 Comments/in Art Center College of Design /by uifellows

Art Center College of Design has partnered with the non-profit organization Un Techo Para Mi Pais to develop socially driven products/systems that act as change agents for people living without running water. The class was first focused on slums in Chile and now it is being repeated in Peru.

I am in Peru right now with the team of Un Techo Para mi Pais and 11 other students soaking up the beautiful culture and learning as much as we can before we come back to Los Angeles to develop projects that will hopefully have an impact on communities living without running water.

The following link goes deeper into the NGO Un Techo Para Mi Pais and the projects done in the past:

http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/proj/safe-agua/

http://www.designmattersatartcenter.org/proj/safe-agua-exhibitions/

— Mariana Prieto, Student ambassador for Art Center College of Design

Technology Entrepreneurship Across the Nation!

August 2, 2011/0 Comments/in Art Center College of Design, Boston University, Columbia University, Harvard University, Los Angeles, NCIIA, New York University, Oregon State University, Student Ambassador Training, University of California Berkeley, University of Southern California, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, University of Texas Austin, Wake Forest University, Washington State University /by uifellows

Welcome!

Congratulations to each of the thirteen new NCIIA Student Ambassadors from across the nation for the 2011 – 2012 school year. These Student Ambassadors will serve as advocates for NCIIA, driving the mission of the organization. For more information on NCIIA, view the website at www.nciia.org.

This blog will serve as an opportunity for Student Ambassadors to highlight entrepreneurial activities on campuses and provide insight to resources that students can leverage. Increased collaboration between campuses will lead to a greater impact in furthering the NCIIA mission.

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