Entrepreneurship + Innovation Partners J. Orin Edson Entrepreneurship + Innovation Institute Since the inception of our innovation programming, J. Orin Edson Entrepreneurship + Innovation Institute at ASU has partnered with us on our efforts to support ventures that are providing new solutions in the world of sport. Each spring and fall we co-host the Global Sport Venture Challenge at ASU Demo Day. We jointly seek out partners like the Global Sports Innovation Center and the Arizona Coyotes to expand our programming even further. Together, our partnership has enabled us to provide resources and education to early startups, our previously funded ventures and ASU’s collegiate athletes seeking more information on entrepreneurial pathways.
“The collaboration between the Global Sport Institute and the J. Orin Edson Entrepreneurship + Innovation Institute has been instrumental in advancing the development of scholar-athleteentrepreneurs through Sun Devil Athletics at ASU, and more broadly harnessing the synergy and kinetic energy between high performance sport and the arena of entrepreneurship. J I M I CHOI VICE PR ESI DE NT, ASU KNOWLE DG E E NTE R PR ISE, FOU N DI NG EXECUTIVE DI R ECTOR, E DSON E NTR E PR E N E U R SH I P + I N NOVATION I NSTITUTE
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We’ve increased access to resources, rewarded ideas and solutions to a broad range of problems and markets, and fostered additional partnerships with like-minded organizations thus even further increasing support for entrepreneurs and new venture development, particularly in the world of global sport.”
