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The Courage To Invent

Rob Schneider, executive director of The Lemelson Foundation, and Phil Weilerstein, president and CEO of VentureWell, reflect on 30 years of inventing a sustainable and equitable world.

From Vision to Velocity: Fellows Accelerate Their Impact in Atlanta

The inaugural Ecosystem Futures Fellowship cohort gathered in Atlanta for an On-Campus Immersive Experience in which bold ideas became action plans.

The Challenges of Bringing a Revolutionary Innovation to Market—And Some Solutions

ReBlood Rx, founded by Carlos Munoz and Christopher Caballero, has developed a revolutionary hemoglobin-based oxygen delivery system—essentially a blood alternative.

From Strategy to Action: Reflections From the Ecosystem Futures Fellowship New Orleans Gathering

VentureWell’s higher education team convened 26 Ecosystem Futures Fellows from across the country for their first On-Campus Immersive Experience (OCIE).

From End Zone to Market: Reaction Technologies Tackles ‘Heads Up’ Concussion Safety

Brandon Martin, CEO of Reaction Technologies, shares his unique path to entrepreneurship with the support of the Aspire program.

COVID-19 can’t stop us: behind-the-scenes of virtualOPEN 2020

Due to the rapidly changing situation regarding COVID-19, we transformed our annual in-person conference into our first-ever virtualOPEN live event. Take a look behind-the-scenes.

integrating the customer discovery process into prototyping: q&a with Jin Montclare from New York University

This month’s faculty spotlight is Jin Montclare, Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering in the Tardon School of Engineering at NYU.

the role universities play in startup ecosystem development

We explore the role universities play in regional ecosystem development, and how they can help level the playing field for all entrepreneurs.

closing the gender gap in STEM entrepreneurship

closing the gender gap in STEM entrepreneurship

Access to Low-Cost Tools for Scientific Discovery: A Conversation with Schmidt Futures’ Tom Kalil

What if everyone had access to low-cost, high-quality, and easy-to-use tools for scientific discovery? Tom Kalil from Schmidt Futures is trying to find out.

Shattering the Glass Ceiling in the I&E Ecosystem

Women are having a profound influence in I&E, but much work remains for women to have the opportunities to make an impact.

Faculty Spotlight: Grant Warner

Howard University’s Grant Warner helped deploy campus-wide programming in innovation, guiding students through the process of founding technology startups.

Fishing in a Dry Pond: Ecosystem Development and Inclusive Entrepreneurship

Fishing in a Dry Pond: Ecosystem Development and Inclusive Entrepreneurship

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.

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.

Want to Integrate I&E on Campus? Adopt a “Principle of Inclusiveness”

Two veterans of campus change offer some tips on working I&E into the fabric of the university.

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