{"id":11351,"date":"2015-09-18T12:11:08","date_gmt":"2015-09-18T17:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/college.unc.edu\/?p=11351"},"modified":"2024-07-02T16:07:59","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T16:07:59","slug":"deshpande","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/?p=11351","title":{"rendered":"Entrepreneur Deshpande talks universities, innovation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Entrepreneur Deshpande talks universities, innovation\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LL0p-_L-Mc0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Gururaj \u201cDesh\u201d Deshpande, co-founder of the Deshpande Foundation, president and chairman of Sparta Group, LLC, chairman of Tejas Networks and serial entrepreneur, visited Carolina in early September to speak with students in the College of Arts and Science\u2019s\u00a0Introduction to Entrepreneurship class. While he was on campus, Deshpande shared his thoughts on how universities fit into the entrepreneurial economy of today.<\/p>\n<p>He also discussed the recent honor his foundation recently gave Carolina.<\/p>\n<p>In June, the University and Judith Cone,\u00a0the special assistant to the chancellor for innovation and entrepreneurship and vice chancellor of commercialization and economic development, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unc.edu\/spotlight\/cone-carolina-recognized-by-deshpande-foundation-for-excellence-in-entrepreneurship\/\">earned Entrepreneurship honors during the Deshpande Foundation\u2019s Deshpande Symposium Awards.<\/a>\u00a0The Introduction to Entrepreneurship course is part of the Minor in Entrepreneurship, which is offered by the College of Arts and Sciences and designed to teach entrepreneurial skills to non-business majors.<\/p>\n<p><em>Video by Rob Holliday, Office of Communications and Public Affairs<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gururaj \u201cDesh\u201d Deshpande, co-founder of the Deshpande Foundation, president and chairman of Sparta Group, LLC, chairman of Tejas Networks and serial entrepreneur, visited Carolina in early September to speak with students in the College of Arts and Science\u2019s\u00a0Introduction to Entrepreneurship class. 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