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4 The Economic Necessity of the Entrepreneurial Mindset 6 The Need for KEEN 8 Engineering Skills from Opportunity to Business 10 KEEN Student Outcomes 12 Fostering a Mindset in the Classroom 14 Creating Value by Connecting Students With Customers 16 Businesses Value the Entrepreneurial Mindset 18 Identifying Business Opportunities as an Intern 20 A Lifetime of Entrepreneurial Engineering KEEN’zine is a publication of The Kern Family Foundation and the Kern Entrepreneurship Education Network (KEEN). The mission of KEEN is to graduate engineers who will contribute to business success, and in doing so, transform the U.S. workforce. KEEN is a share-group of educators who believe that engineering education should foster an entrepreneurial mindset in addition to technical skills. The KEEN program enables individuals to live a high-impact life through entrepreneurially minded engineering. Issue One CONTENTS