UNH Entrepreneurship Center Annual Impact Report 2019-2020

We're thrilled so many ECenter
supporters could join us for the
Showcase and we plan to make it
an annual event!
START-UP CAREER FAIR
Prior to the COVID-19
closing of campus, the UNH
Entrepreneurship Club (E-Club)
hosted the 2nd annual Start-
Up & High-Growth Company
Career Fair on Monday, March
9th, in partnership with the
UNH Entrepreneurship Center
(ECenter) and UNH Career and
Professional Success (CaPS).
All UNH students and all
regional start-up or high-growth
companies were invited to
participate!
Students who engage in
innovation, entrepreneurship,
and problem solving mingled
with start-ups and high-growth
companies in a traditional career
fair setting, but there was a
twist. Just as we did last year, all
companies went on stage to give
their "1-minute elevator pitch."
Students then voted on their
favorite pitch. Congrats to the
winner: Tanosteel!
Throughout the evening, students
chatted about full-time, part-time,
and paid internship positions.
They also got to hear the unique
stories about how the companies,
many of them started by UNH
alumni, got off the ground.
FAT Mongoose, JobGet, JOBTALK,
LLC, Loftware, Inc, NextStep
HealthTech, Nobl Coffee LLC,
NOCA Beverages Inc., Shtudy,
SMARTwheel Inc, and Tanosteel
Weapon Security LLC.
It was a fun evening with great
campus partners, inspiring
companies, and passionate
students. We're excited to see
what's in store for next year!
MAKEYOURSPACE
The Makerspace at the
ECenter hosted the second
annual MakeYOURspace open
house in our Makerspace in
the fall. The purpose of the
MakeYOURspace event was
to welcome women and nonbinary
UNH students, faculty,
and staff to the Makerspace to
share with them all the unique
resources available. Such
resources include 3D printers,
a laser cutter/engraver, a vinyl
cutter, an industrial sewing
machine, and the DATRON
Neo CNC milling machine. This
year, MakeYOURspace was
held in celebration of Women
Entrepreneurship Week. Every
student who attended the open
house received an acrylic laser
cut coaster with a quote from a
famous woman.
The Makerspace has always
been open to every student on
campus, regardless of college,
major, or gender.
WILDCAT TANK
The ECenter was happy to again
help sponsor E-Club’s Wildcat
Tank event, a UNH riff on the
legendary Shark Tank show. The
ECenter was able to offer funding
support thanks to the generosity
of Alfred P. Maurice and the
Maurice Prize for Innovation.
Wildcat Tank was an opportunity
for students to pitch their startup
ideas to a panel of judges,
with a chance to win cash prizes!
Thank you to participating
companies 128 Technology,
addapptation, Anderson Welding
LLC, Bedroom Kandi Boutique
Parties, Bottomline Technologies,
Students connect with start-up and high growth companies at the career fair
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