Fostering Student Innovation

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The YEI Summer Fellowship program promotes the creation, growth and long-term success of viable, scalable new ventures stemming from Yale students' business ideas. As a hybrid effort bringing together faculty, students, administrators, alumni and established entrepreneurs, it seeks to advance the best of these ideas by:

• Creating a community of entrepreneurial fellows that share ideas, experiences and know-how;
• Sharing important practices and fundamentals through a rigorous business "bootcamp";
• Challenging fellows to develop a vision of where they want their companies to be in the future, and to communicate these plans clearly to prospective mentors, investors and partners;
• Supporting the early needs of successful venture teams that demonstrate persistence and passion in bringing new products and services to market;
• Exposing fellows to an ever-growing network of local entrepreneurs, corporate partners, and Yale alumni for guidance, critical feedback, and mentorship.

Summer Fellowship supported in part by the generosity of Jarrod Yuster, Class of '93.