About the Fellowship
The fellowship provides personalized mentorship, hands-on learning opportunities, financial support, and access to a robust network, empowering students to develop entrepreneurial skills and launch ventures.
Key Components
Mentorship and Coaching
Personalized guidance throughout the entrepreneurial journey
- Intensive mentorship from Dyer staff, faculty, and peer mentors
- Support in finding external mentors aligned with students’ interests
Cohort Meetings, Workshops, and Bootcamps
Building entrepreneurial skills, mindset, and peer connections
- Engage in self-discovery and develop an entrepreneurial mindset
- Build lasting relationships with fellow cohort members through collaborative activities
- Participate in hands-on workshops and intensive bootcamps
Taking Action
Turning ideas into tangible results
- Fellows have the opportunity to test, develop, and launch ventures while still on campus
- Emphasis on learning by doing and solving real-world problems
Networking
Developing robust connections for entrepreneurial success
- Direct access to a network of innovators, entrepreneurs, and executives
- Build and grow an “ecosystem” on campus and beyond
Financial Support
Empowering ventures and growth through funding
- $2,500 per year to supplement financial aid and compensate for time spent on Fellowship activities
- Access to a $4,000 Development Fund for venture and professional growth
Year-to-Year
Over the course of four years, Fellows discover what it means to think and act like entrepreneurs through workshops, exercises, self-directed projects, and mentorship.
Year 1:
- Learn to build the networks and ecosystems of support that entrepreneurs rely upon
- Explore how organizations are built and sustained by collaborating with a local non-profit
- Begin to develop problem-solving, opportunity-creation, and communication skills of an entrepreneur
Year 2:
- Embrace the attitude of “Just Start!”, taking incremental steps on your entrepreneurial journey
- Further develop the mindset and strategies used by entrepreneurs to create sustainable value
- Continue bolstering support networks and personal skill sets
Year 3:
- Catapult ideas and ventures forward with guidance from both the Dyer Center and external connections
- Build new skills through Dyer workshops and self-directed learning activities
- Pay it forward by mentoring newer Fellows
Year 4:
- Grow and evolve your personal entrepreneurial pursuits
- Deepen your knowledge base as a lifelong learner
- Prepare to take the next steps of your life journey with an entrepreneurial mindset