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Deadline approaches to register for Innovation Competition

by MaryAlice Bitts-Jackson

Calling all trailblazers! The heat is on, as the countdown to the Innovation Competition at Dickinson (IC@D) begins. A year in the making, IC@D is led by Eddie Finocchiaro 鈥�15, Alex Torelli 鈥�16 and Philip Velez 鈥�15, who wanted to help spark and support student-led businesses, processes, services and initiatives. Monday, Feb. 9, marks the official start鈥攁nd the final day you may to join the action, if you have ideas and/or talents to share.

If you register your team by Monday, you鈥檒l have a chance to work with students from different majors to develop an idea and submit it digitally to the judges; you also can tap campus experts through groups such as the and the Student Investment Group. If your team鈥檚 plan and progress make it to the second round, you鈥檒l have the luxury of honing your idea with an alumni mentor who鈥檚 an expert in venture capital and/or entrepreneurism. Teams that advance to the third round vie for a $2,000 prize.

IC@D organizers held a pre-kickoff mixer in the Rector Atrium Thursday night, where contestants could register online and introduce themselves to potential teammates. (Interested students who could not attend may still register through Monday; those who have not yet found teammates may discover like minds through the event鈥檚 .)

Noah Thompson 鈥�17 and Abbey Fisler 鈥�17 both arrived with ideas at the ready. Thompson, who majors in English and art & art history, hopes to create an executive board to run Project Storytime while he studies abroad next year, while Fisler (Italian studies, international studies and environmental studies) is searching for a business-savvy student to help her strategize her as-yet top-secret idea.

Other students, like Allison Roberto 鈥�18, an undeclared major with Peddler experience, and Abigail Hsieh 鈥�17, a computer-science major, hope to contribute skills that could help bring someone else鈥檚 stellar idea to life. 鈥淚 have a lot of ideas, but I really like helping to cultivate brilliance鈥擨鈥檝e been brilliance-adjacent my whole life,鈥� Roberto explained with a laugh, adding that the inventive projects brewing at the Idea Fund played an important role in her decision to attend Dickinson. 鈥淚t鈥檚 always good to help make something happen, to be part of a brilliant team.鈥�

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• "Entrepreneurial Advice"
• "Nearing the Finish Line"
• 鈥淐alling All Entrepreneurs鈥�
• IC@DC rules and deadlines
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Published February 6, 2015