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The Courage To Invent

A joint perspective by Rob Schneider, executive director of The Lemelson Foundation, and Phil Weilerstein, president and CEO of VentureWell, on 30 years of inventing…

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).

Why We Flipped the Model: A New Era for Higher Ed Innovation

VentureWell launched the Ecosystem Futures Fellowship to further broaden and deepen our support, focusing on institution-wide transformation, cross-campus collaboration, and leadership engagement.

Measuring What Matters: Weaving Science, Service, and Systems Into Data and Evaluation Practice

As a learning organization, VentureWell is dedicated to continuously improving how we innovate by using data to generate insights, measure impact, and refine our strategies.

Empathy in Entrepreneurship Education: Five Ways To Bring Empathy Into the Classroom

Through the Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE) workshop series, social scientists and entrepreneurship educators offer research-based insights and classroom techniques.

Four Ways To Foster Creative Thinking in Student Entrepreneurs While Developing Their Problem-Solving Skills

With the Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE) workshop series, educators offer classroom techniques to develop problem-solving skills.

Bringing Critical Thinking Into the Entrepreneurship Classroom: Six Techniques

Through the Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE) workshop series, social scientists offer research-based insights and classroom techniques to improve critical thinking.

Increasing Student Engagement In Entrepreneurship: Four Key Motivational Tactics

These research-based tactics can help you motivate student entrepreneurs to get engaged and make a real-world difference.

Successful Startup Teamwork Relies on Three Communication Strategies

Teaching communication is part of teaching teamwork is part of teaching entrepreneurship. These techniques are based in academic research.