Vision
Become the global leader in successful
campus-inspired entrepreneurial ventures
Mission
Inspire and prepare students to be
world-class leaders in entrepreneurship and technology, foster
interaction with successful role models, and facilitate supporting
faculty research
The Rollins Center for Entrepreneurship and
Technology creates a supportive, nurturing environment for all the
students of Brigham Young University who are capable of starting and
growing tech and scalable ventures. We inspire confidence, courage, and
the will to take the entrepreneurial first step. We create an
environment that unleashes creativity, cultivates vision and innovation,
and teaches the governing principles that are the foundation of every
successful enterprise. We provide mentors who guide students as they
navigate these new waters. We establish courses, lecture series,
competitions, conferences, workshops, and other activities that nourish
and sustain the entrepreneurial spirit in students. The ultimate test of
whether we’re doing a great job is measured by the number of
long-term successful ventures that come from students within our sphere
of influence. Intermediate measures include such metrics as the number
of students who hold equity in a tech or scalable start-up by the time
they graduate, and—more immediately—the number of students
participating in the learning and practice opportunities we offer.
Outcomes and Success
Metrics
| We Want Students To... |
Success Is Measured By... |
| Learn about leadership, innovation, technology
and entrepreneurship |
...the number of learning experiences in which students
participate (courses, lectures, conferences, mentoring) |
| Practice leadership, innovation, technology and
entrepreneurship skills |
...the number of students participating in practice experiences
(such as competitions, events, internships, workshops) |
| Establish actual ventures, especially
tech-oriented and scalable ventures |
...the number of students who hold equity in a tech or scalable
start-up by graduation |
Values
- The creation of scalable ventures that make a
difference in the world and reward their founders so that they can be
more influential
- Technology fluency that leads to inherently
scalable high-tech entrepreneurship
- Creativity and innovation–a
“pioneering spirit” that pervades the BYU culture
- Ethical behavior and work/life balance that is
consistent with the culture of BYU
- The larger community of entrepreneurship that
surrounds and supports the core of scalable ventures
Distinctive Competencies
- Innovative, bright, tech-minded, and ethical students
who have great student role models in entrepreneurship and technology
based on strong traditions in these programs
- World-class entrepreneur founders who comprise a
large community of committed, supportive, experienced, successful, and
willing entrepreneurs with an affinity for BYU and who love to give
back
- Entrepreneurial and tech-savvy faculty who
understand theory, research, and managerial practice
- Surrounding tech environment: Utah County is a
nationally-recognized hotbed for entrepreneurship in general and tech
startups in particular
- Ethical entrepreneurial leadership: our founders
and faculty prize innovation, creativity, and strong ethical leadership
- Global experience: most of our
students/faculty/founders have lived abroad and are fluent in diverse
foreign languages & cultures
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