University Center Videos
View a minimum of 7 of the videos below from the NM Rainforest University Center and complete their associated quizzes in order to earn your Entrepreneurial Capabilities Certificate.
Email Cecilia Pacheco at cpacheco@innovations.unm.edu if you have any questions about earning your certificate or about the University Center Program.
Getting Started
Business Idea Generation
Click the image above to watch How to Generate a Business Idea presented by Sandra Begay on March 20, 2019.
Pathways to Success - Small Business Ownership
Click the image above to watch Pathways to Sucess - Small Business Ownership presented by Marvin Lozano on August 28, 2019 at the Lobo Rainforest Building in Albuquerque, NM.
View presentation slides here.
Taxes and Business Startups
Click the image above to watch Taxes and Business Startups presented by Craig White on November 21, 2019.
How Start and File an LLC
Click the image above to watch How to Start and File and LLC presented by Stacy Sacco on April 21, 2020.
Networking and Pitching Your Idea
Networking and Business Development
Presented by Stacy Sacco and John Chavez on July 16, 2019 at Old Martina's Hall in Taos, NM.
View presentation slides and handouts here.
TED Talk - Simon Sinek, How great leaders inspire action
The 9 Whys, Dr. Gary Sanchez, Albuquerque, NM
Pitching and Presenting Your Idea!
Click the image above to watch Pitching and Presenting Your Idea presented by Gavin Leach on March 29, 2019.
How to Write, Practice and Record Your Pitch
Click the image above to watch How to Write, Practice and Record Your Pitch presented by Bill Szaroletta on October 3, 2019.
Strategic Networking: Maximizing Your Connections to Grow Your New Business
Presented by Stacy Sacco on December 9, 2019.
Virtual Start-up Boot Camp #2 - Pitch Deck Magic!
Click the image above to watch Virtual Start-up Boot Camp #2 - Pitch Deck Magic! presented by Susan Cornelius on April 15, 2020.
How to Network Virtually
Click the image above to watch "How to Network Virtually" presented by Stacy Sacco on September 9, 2020
Virtual Boot Camp #1 Fall 2020 - The Pitch
Click the image above to watch Virtual Start-up Boot Camp #1 Fall 2020 - The Pitch, presented by Susan Cornelius on September 16, 2020
Customer Discovery & Product Development
Business Model Canvas
The Business Model Canvas is a working plan that is framed and reframed as a start-up focuses on its Value Proposition for a product and/or service. Learn more about the canvas presented by Susan Cornelius on May 2, 2019.
Market Analysis
Click the image above to learn about the importance of market research presented by Susan Cornelius on April 17, 2019.
Go-to Market Strategies for Entrepreneurs
Presented by John Rizzo on February 3, 2020.
Collaborative Problem Solving through Design Thinking
Click the image above to watch Collaborative Problem Solving through Design Thinking presented by Nancy Lewis on June 26, 2019.
View presentation slides and handouts here.
What is Design Thinking; Fail Forward - "Not Everything Makes the Cut - Amazon Super Bowl LIII Commercial
Virtual Start-up Boot Camp #1 - What? So What? Therefore!
Click the image above to watch Virtual Start-up Boot Camp #1 - What? So What? Therefore! presented by Susan Cornelius on March 25, 2020.
Success by Design: The First 5 Steps to Launching a Successful Business
Click the image above to watch Success by Design: 5 Steps to Launching a Successful business presented by Susan Cornelius on April 7, 2020.
Sustainable Business Practices to Achieve Business Longevity
Click the image above to watch Sustainable Business Practices to Achieve Business Longevity presented by Stacy Sacco on May 8, 2020.
Strategies for Designing, Creating, or Renovating Your Business Model
Click the image above to watch Strategies for Designing, Creating, or Renovating Your Business Model presented by Susan Cornelius on September 2, 2020.
Carrying Out Customer Discovery in a Virtual World
Click the image above to watch Carrying Out Customer Discovery in a Virtual World presented by Susan Cornelius on October 15, 2020.
eCommerce
Selling Without a Store
Click the image above to watch Selling Without a Store presented by Christopher Garcia on October 29, 2019.
Sustainable eCommerce Business for Students
Click the image above to watch Sustainable eCommerce Business for Students presented by Kyle Guin on September 23, 2019.
Financing
Drinking Beer at the Bar - Finding Deal Flow
Click the image above to watch Drinking Beer at the Bar - Finding Deal Flow presented by John Chavez on July 16, 2020.
Intellectual Property
Intellectual Property 101
Click the image above to watch Intellectual Property 101 by Anna Kuuttila.
Covid-19 Resources
COVID-19 Business Relief Provisions
Click the image above to watch COVID-19 Business Relief Provisions presented by Craig White on April 23, 2020.
Tapping Into Native Business Resilience Moving Forward
Click the image above to watch Tapping Into Native Business Resilience Moving Forward by Vanessa Roanhorse, Liz Gamboa and Jake Foreman on June 22, 2020.
Other Videos
What is the NM Rainforest EDA University Center Program?
Click the image above to watch What is the NM Rainforest University Center Program presented by Cecilia Pacheco, Bill Szaroletta, P.E. and Larry Sklar, PhD on August 26, 2020.
The Next Level Navigator ®
Click the image above to watch The Next Level Navigator® presented by Stephen E. Takach on January 30, 2020.
UNM-Gallup University Center Info Session and Meet a Mentor
Click the image above to watch UNM-Gallup University Center Info Session and Meet a Mentor presented by Vanessa Roanhorse on September, 5 2019 at UNM-Gallup Campus in Gallup, NM.
View presentation slides here.
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