Startup Factory

Build the mindset that helps you make things happen.

You study hard. You get involved. You build your résumé. But what gives you an advantage when everyone around you is doing the same things?

How you think.

Startup Factory is the Center for Entrepreneurship’s fall experience designed to help you develop an entrepreneurial mindset—a way of thinking that helps you recognize opportunities, solve problems, use the resources around you, and turn ideas into action.

Give us one hour a week, and we’ll challenge you to see yourself and the world differently.

And you don’t need to want to start a business.

An entrepreneurial mindset is useful anywhere you’re trying to create something, solve something, change something—or simply figure out what comes next.

Your Startup Factory Experience

START HERE | Meet the CFE

The Center for Entrepreneurship helps students develop an entrepreneurial mindset and provides the community, resources, and mentorship to help them pursue their goals. Find out what’s here for you.

IDEATION | Find Problems Worth Solving

Where do good ideas come from? Learn to notice problems, uncover opportunities, and identify the ones you may be uniquely positioned to solve.

CHOICE | Own What Happens Next

Your choices shape your direction. Explore the power of taking ownership of your decisions, your actions, and what you do next.

OPPORTUNITY | See What Others Miss

One person’s problem can be another person’s opportunity. Learn to observe, question, experiment, and look at familiar situations differently.

ACTION | Make Something Happen

Ideas don’t create results until someone acts on them. Learn to move from thinking and talking to experimenting, doing, and learning.

KNOWLEDGE | Learn What You Need

You don’t need to know everything. You need to know what you need to know next. Identify the gaps between where you are and where you want to go—and learn how to close them.

RESOURCEFULNESS | Find a Way

You won’t always have everything you need. Learn to use what you have, find what you don’t, ask better questions, and create possibilities.

RELIABILITY | Become Someone People Count On

Your reputation is built one commitment at a time. Learn why showing up, following through, and doing what you say you’ll do can become a powerful competitive advantage.

COMMUNITY | Don’t Do It Alone

Relationships create possibilities. Learn how to build a community of people you can learn from, contribute to, and call on when you need help.

TENACITY | Keep Going

Things won’t always work. Learn when to persist, when to pivot, and how to adapt without giving up on what you’re trying to accomplish.