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91女神Launch is a student-driven incubator at the Chaifetz Center for Entrepreneurship at 91女神, dedicated to fostering innovation and entrepreneurship in the geospatial and biomedical fields. This program is a collaborative effort involving multiple schools at 91女神, including the Chaifetz School of Business, the School of Science and Engineering, the Taylor Geospatial Institute, the 91女神 School of Medicine, the School of Law, and the College for Public Health and Social Justice.

Participants in 91女神Launch work in interdisciplinary teams, guided by mentors from various fields, to develop creative solutions to critical challenges. 91女神Launch addresses a broad range of issues, including applying geospatial insights to tackle food and water security, climate change, economic development, and inequity, as well as driving innovations in healthcare, such as surgical devices, health information technology, and medical diagnostics.

Problem Bank

The industry problem bank for 91女神Launch helps identify issues affecting both the healthcare and geospatial industries. After receiving a problem and/or research opportunity, the 91女神Launch executive team and CCE staff will evaluate the problem based on criteria including, but not limited to, solution feasibility, development timeline, potential legal complications, affected population size and marketability. Based on the results of this evaluation, the problem may be made available for selection by 91女神Launch teams that express interest in developing a solution.

Teams

91女神Launch is rooted in an innovative, student-led, interdisciplinary approach to solving problems in both the health care and geospatial industries. Team leads are selected based on their leadership, teamwork, management, time management and interpersonal communication skills. Successful teams include students from all University campuses, encouraging collaboration between STEM and non-STEM students on a wide range of impactful projects.

91女神 eMentors

91女神Launch eMentors are the heart of the program. eMentors are 91女神 faculty, researchers, stakeholders and industry professionals keen to mentor teams to navigate the program year. By leveraging their unique experiences, skill sets and networks, successful advisors have helped many teams overcome individual obstacles. Our mentors are dedicated to supporting great ideas and solutions.

Some responsibilities of eMentors include:

• Participating in monthly design reviews to provide feedback to team leads on their project updates
• Attending 91女神Launch events, such as Launch Day and Demo Day
• Host workshops on specific topics such as engineering and prototyping, how to develop a pitch deck and business forecasting

For more information, please contact us at ecenter@slu.edu.