{"id":999,"date":"2017-01-25T15:18:14","date_gmt":"2017-01-25T15:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/?p=999"},"modified":"2017-01-25T15:18:14","modified_gmt":"2017-01-25T15:18:14","slug":"2017-idea-challenge-kick-off-and-idea-hack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/2017\/01\/25\/2017-idea-challenge-kick-off-and-idea-hack\/","title":{"rendered":"2017 Idea Challenge Kick-Off and Idea Hack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The DifferenceMaker semester has officially begun! We kicked off the semester last night at our Spring 2017 Kick-Off and Idea Hack event at the Saab ETIC Atrium. Over 50 students, varying from freshman year through graduate school, attended. Attendees included students, faculty and staff, from various\u00a0UMass Lowell colleges. <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/01\/16174789_1401974719848407_8331833293423487928_n.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1001\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1001\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/01\/16174789_1401974719848407_8331833293423487928_n-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"16174789_1401974719848407_8331833293423487928_n\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/01\/16174789_1401974719848407_8331833293423487928_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/01\/16174789_1401974719848407_8331833293423487928_n-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/01\/16174789_1401974719848407_8331833293423487928_n-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/01\/16174789_1401974719848407_8331833293423487928_n.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Steven Tello, Associate Vice Chancellor for Entrepreneurship and Economic Development and Founder of the DifferenceMaker Program, and Chancellor Jacqueline Moloney, kicked the night off with a brief introduction to the Program and the Spring 2017 Idea Challenge. Then, Holly Butler, Entrepreneurial Initiative Project Director, interviewed the DifferenceMaker teams, e-Nable and InvisaWear, to share with attendees the opportunities that come with winning the Idea Challenge. Afterword, attendees spent time discussing problems they want to solve, and shared some tentative solutions and strategies.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/01\/16195888_1401976203181592_8532111422124717623_n.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1000\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1000\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/01\/16195888_1401976203181592_8532111422124717623_n-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"16195888_1401976203181592_8532111422124717623_n\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/01\/16195888_1401976203181592_8532111422124717623_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/01\/16195888_1401976203181592_8532111422124717623_n-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/01\/16195888_1401976203181592_8532111422124717623_n-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/differencemaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/01\/16195888_1401976203181592_8532111422124717623_n.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Refreshments were served, entrepreneurial ideas were brainstormed, and teams were built. This is just the start of an eventful, creative, and innovative Spring 2017 semester!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The DifferenceMaker semester has officially begun! We kicked off the semester last night at our Spring 2017 Kick-Off and Idea Hack event at the Saab ETIC Atrium. Over 50 students, varying from freshman year through graduate school, attended. 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