Student Regional Innovation Contest

Contest Overview

Students requested we provide more but shorter podcasts so they could learn quickly about a particular topic. Accordingly, we have recorded a number of short podcasts that touch on the major elements of the contest. If you still have questions, contact Coach London. An overview is on the left and specific topics are on the right.

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Mr London also recorded a podcast last year on entrepreneurship which is one of his most requested presentations given at universities, patent and tech transfer societies, Department of Energy Grant winners and more. See podcast below on this page.

A Look Back at 2019

Selecting a Good Topic

Elevator Pitch

Scoring Criteria and Judging Stages

Submission Process

Contest Coach Roger London

Our podcast speaker, Roger London is the Contest Director and Student Coach of the 2020 ASCE Innovation Contest. Mr. London has worked with startups and F500 companies as a principal, investor or strategic/business planning advisor in almost a one billion dollars of transactions and awards. He has over 30 years of experience as a successful entrepreneur, corporate venture capitalist, angel investor, merchant banker, security incubator manager, defense and intelligence community technology scout, and entrepreneur mentor. See LinkedIn bio for more background.

Podcast:

Tips for Entrepreneurs & Those That Want to Become Entrepreneurs in the Civil Engineering Space

(see speaker bio above)

Go to Entreprneurship Primer Podcast

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What did these Entrepreneurship Primer podcast attendees have to say afterwards?

100% of attendee survey responders found value in the podcast...100%!

The most frequently request follow on podcasts topic requests were Capital Sources and Expectations, Presentation Strategies and Commercialization Business Model. ASCE has heard the requests loud and clear and approved these podcasts for Q1 2019. Stay tuned for specific dates.

"Excellent speaker"

"Good information, good pace, overall very helpful"

"Very useful and important insights"

"It was an excellent opportunity to learn about items that I may not have considered or high valued when thinking about startups. I would like more seminars like this in learning about the various aspects and steps of starting a business."

"Packed in some good info considering the webinar duration was only one hour"

"Very good overview. I look forward to others in the series"

"It provided a good overview of what it takes to start a new business..

"This was a good overview of what is needed. As CE's this is not discussed or taught very well so it is nice to get some information from someone who knows this space."

"Thank you for providing this service. It is very helpful, especially in light of the ASCE commitment to overcoming the barriers to innovation that plague the engineering industry.

"Personally, I find lots of motivation in that to talk to start planning my own start-up. It is a nice beginning that I wish to join further in-depth webinars regarding the commercialization process of novel technologies or similar topics."

BONUS- learn more about Patents directly from the US Patent and Trademark Office. This embedded presentation provides valuable information and links to incredible resources available at no charge!!!