CIE Sponsored Co-Curricular Workshops and Seminars
A minimum of 5 co-curricular workshops will be offered each academic year. The workshops will have a limited number of participants and be open to the entire 5C community, however, priority will be given to members of the Fellows Program. Each workshop will be led by a practicing entrepreneur and/or investor and each session will include a networking opportunity between the students and guest expert(s). Workshop content will focus on the following categories:
- Product Ideation, Design and Development
- Customer Validation Methods
- Business Model Creation
- Sales and Marketing Go-To-Market Strategies
- Data Collection, Use and Security
- Financial Planning and Management
- Management and Leadership
- Fundraising
CIE Sponsored Professional Development Sessions
Co-curricular Professional Development Sessions will be offered throughout the academic year. These events will provide supplemental information and insight in three categories:
- Entry Level Jobs
- Sessions will examine roles available for recent graduates, common responsibilities, required skills, etc.
- Toolkit Items
- CRM (Salesforce.com)
- Project Management (JIRA)
- Collaboration (Smartsheets)
- Baseline Technologies
- Blockchain
- Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning