Planning a fall term at VeloCity
Starting in September is the first full term that Virginia and I will be able to guide how things work at VeloCity. I am really excited to change things up a little and offer some events that I think are more inline with what the outside-the-uni startup community is use to seeing.
Some things we are keeping:
- Startup conference on the first Saturday of the term. We are calling it VeloCity 101.
- Bringing in speakers when they are available to offer some insights on experiences.
- Working with community partners to help enhance the overall experience and resources available to students at VeloCity.
Some things that are sort of new:
- More things that involve whiteboards and building ideas into products.
- A regular schedule: Alternating Monday nights with Tuesday mornings and offering a brainstorming/social/discussion on the Monday night and a breakfast networking/talk event on Tuesday.
- The first Saturday conference will try and reduce the lectures and engage in conversation.
- Invite the larger community to participate and getting the students in VeloCity to participate in the community events.
- This means demos, talks, etc.
…and so far that is all we have. We will need to react to the needs of the group but my goal this term is to have 100% of the students in the residence actively engaged in the discussion and over 66% building something… even if it is simply a lemonade stand in the SLC.
I had some fun with the Spring term even though we were still trying to find our bearings jumping into a program that is moving so quickly but I am really looking forward to the fall term.
