"Zanthoxylum bungeanum Train Coffee": East China Jiaotong University Alumni crowdfunding Cafe

Pepper Train Entrepreneurship Coffee is an entrepreneurial culture-themed cafe jointly initiated by alumni and teachers and students of Jiaotong University to raise start-up funds in the form of crowdfunding. Photo by Xiao Xiaohong

There are four sections of train coffee, with a total area of 670 square meters. The car is divided into three functional areas, cafe, campus cultural boutique house, innovation and entrepreneurial activity area. Photo by Xiao Xiaohong

Chinanews.com, Nanchang, November 6 (Xiao Xiaohong reporter Wang Jian) "Dongfeng 4' train head, although the rust is mottled, it shows the heavy history and culture of the railway." "that's great. I'm going back to school to watch the train and drink coffee." I hope to have a chance to go back to my alma mater and experience it on the train. Recently, the train carriages placed on the campus of East China Jiaotong University have become a new sight on the campus.

The train carries the dream of starting a business, and innovative entrepreneurship also needs ideological guidance. Wan Ming, secretary of the party committee of the school, put forward: "create a heavy and elegant campus culture, innovate modern culture, build a campus culture brand with transportation as the theme, and carry out campus activities with local cultural connotations." to build a campus culture with profound traffic culture and distinctive characteristics of Ganzhou culture. "

New window: open the communication and entrepreneurship between alumni and students

Pepper Train Entrepreneurship Coffee is an entrepreneurial culture-themed cafe jointly sponsored by alumni and teachers and students of Jiaotong University to raise start-up funds in the form of crowdfunding. Crowdfunding began in July this year, construction began in mid-August, and trial operation began on September 1st. It is designed by the teachers of the school's art school according to the characteristics of the school.

"gathering rail transit elites, inheriting innovative and entrepreneurial culture, and serving the development of alma mater alumni" is the purpose of "Zanthoxylum bungeanum Coffee".

Although he has left school, he is in love with his alma mater, so there is a cafe founded by alumni of East China Jiaotong University and teachers and students with the theme of entrepreneurial culture.

Shi Huanping, vice principal of the school, who is in charge of alumni work, said that Zanthoxylum bungeanum Train Entrepreneurship Coffee will become a place for alumni to return to school, a window for students to communicate with foreign countries, and a window for alumni to start a business. it will also face the industry and society with an open mind, and provide excellent services for entrepreneurial elites in various industries.

The start-up capital of Zanthoxylum bungeanum Train Venture Cafe is to be raised through equity crowdfunding. The sponsoring members are responsible for the connection of various network resources, and the board of directors will be elected to set up a board of directors, which will employ CEO to be responsible for the operation and management of the specific start-up cafes.

"at first, I only started from the campus cultural boutique, and then I thought of national innovation, mass entrepreneurship and previously visited well-known entrepreneurial project garage coffee, combined with the railway characteristics of the orientation of our school and the core content of the track. produced themes and ideas related to train cafes." Luo Kan, director of the alumni work office of East China Jiaotong University, said of the idea of Zanthoxylum bungeanum Train Cafe.

New landscape: the total area of Zanthoxylum bungeanum train is 670 square meters.

There are four sections of train coffee, with a total area of 670 square meters. Except that the train head cannot be put into use, the usable area of each carriage is about 60 square meters, the indoor area is 180 square meters, and the outdoor platform is 490 square meters. The car is divided into three functional areas, cafe, campus cultural boutique house, innovation and entrepreneurial activity area.

The train car stopped into the school, such a novel landscape, the integration of innovation and entrepreneurship, not only communicate the relationship between alumni and students, build a bridge between alumni and alma mater, but also provide various services for teachers and students of East China Jiaotong University.

Undertake alumni return to school activities, provide joint office space and basic catering services, campus cultural souvenir retail. East China Jiaotong University turning waste into treasure has not only realized the reuse of resources, but also promoted the development of innovation and entrepreneurship.

It is understood that alumni of the school have now rented a site of 2000 square meters at the school gate as a business incubator. It is estimated that there will be 600 stations, raising 60 million yuan in and out of the province. This will provide entrepreneurial services such as industry exchange, entrepreneurial guidance, entrepreneurial roadshow, small team office and incubation, talent docking, cultural creativity, investment and financing docking, etc.

New Education: doing "homework" based on Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education

"the train runs fast, it all depends on the front of the train." if you want to innovate and start a business, the train runs fast, the front is particularly important. The policy guidance function of East China Jiaotong University is like a train engine. Under the guidance of the school's policy of innovation and entrepreneurship, it provides a broad platform for teachers and students and opens up a broader space for innovation and entrepreneurship.

Wang Lixia, deputy secretary of the party committee of East China Jiaotong University, believes that the growth of college students is inseparable from innovation and entrepreneurship, teachers play a leading role in innovation and entrepreneurship activities, college students' innovation and entrepreneurship need guidance and support, and the school should do a good job in training college students.

It is understood that since 2015, East China Jiaotong University has listed "entrepreneurship education" as a compulsory course for the whole school, and the enrollment and Employment Department has done detailed "homework" in terms of teachers and teaching materials to set up a team of teachers with entrepreneurial experience and experience. At the same time, in order to enrich the forms of entrepreneurial guidance, a "College students' Entrepreneurship guidance Consulting Room" is set up to provide college students with consulting services on entrepreneurship-related policies, processes and other matters.

The School of Economics and Management of East China Jiaotong University has established the "Zanthoxylum bungeanum Entrepreneurship guidance Studio", opened the "Zanthoxylum bungeanum Entrepreneurship" Wechat public platform, regularly held a business salon for college students, and invited entrepreneurial experts and alumni to give lectures on the campus. And continue to push business cases through Wechat. (end)