I&E Ecosystems

Faculty Spotlight: Joe Tranquillo

Joe Tranquillo incorporated entrepreneurship training to the Biomedical Engineering program at Bucknell University.

Eight Great I&E Class Exercises

Looking for inspiration for innovation & entrepreneurship exercises you can use in class? Here are eight great ones from faculty in the VentureWell network.

How Innovation & Entrepreneurship Will Change in 2017

As we kick off 2017, there is no doubt that entrepreneurship is flourishing. Here are five emerging areas that deserve deeper attention in the coming year.

The VentureWell List: 2016

2016 was a banner year at VentureWell, and 2017 is shaping up to be even more exciting. Here’s a quick summary of how we helped grow innovation and entrepreneurship in 2016.

Growing Your Institution’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship Ecosystem

What’s the secret behind developing an I&E ecosystem? We spoke with faculty and administrators on integrating I&E into engineering education on their campuses.

Three Things We Can Do to Make Entrepreneurship More Inclusive

Science- and technology-based innovation and entrepreneurship is rightly seen as a fundamental driver of American prosperity, but underrepresentation of women and people of color occurs along every step of the I&E process.

Faculty Spotlight: Mary Raber

Mary Raber highlights her impact on the Michigan Tech innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem and talks about what drives her work.

You Built It. Did They Come?

Do the innovation spaces being built on campuses around the country prepare better graduates? Here are some tips on assessing learning spaces.

What Does Beer Have to Do with Campus Change?

The Pathways to Innovation program is a community of faculty dedicated to transforming their institutions through innovation and entrepreneurship education.

Eight Things You Should Be Doing When Starting an Entrepreneurship Program

Tips from veteran entrepreneurship educators on what they wished they’d known when they started their entrepreneurship programs.

Lessons from 20 Years of Invention, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship

Birthdays are a good time to celebrate accomplishments and reflect on what you’ve learned. Read what we’ve discovered over the past 20 years.

Inspired by Xcelerator: Strategic Tools for Institutional Transformation

The resources and planning tools used in Xcelerator extend beyond application to specific projects, with the potential to transform how organizations function to bolster sustainable global change.

How to grow your institution’s innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem

We spoke with faculty and administrators from across the country with decades of experience integrating I&E into engineering education on their campuses.

Activities for Teaching Innovation: Download Your Games Toolkit

Download activities for teaching innovation developed at the Ideas at Play workshop at the 2015 VentureWell conference.