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More Plastic, More Problems: How Innovation is Taking on an Ecological Crisis

VentureWell-supported innovators are tackling the growing plastic pollution crisis through invention and entrepreneurship.

Energy Entrepreneurship: Helping Students Navigate the Obstacles and Opportunities

While energy entrepreneurship is challenging, faculty and entrepreneurial support organizations can prepare innovators for the complex journey.

Innovator Spotlight: Katya Cherukumilli

Katya Cherukumilli is the founder of Global Water Labs, a nonprofit startup developing a scalable and affordable fluoride removable technology.

Why It’s Right to be Wrong: Successful Startups Challenge Assumptions

Startups that challenge assumptions early on are better able to develop solid strategies and lessen the chances of making costly missteps.

Innovator Spotlight: Haley Marie Keith

Haley Marie Keith of MITO Material Solutions found that a strong network helped her team wade through the unknown of starting a new venture.

Is it Time to Breakup With Your Venture?

All innovators and entrepreneurs face crucial moments when they have to decide if it’s time to breakup with their venture.

Innovator Insights Series: Maximize Support Networks

Innovators who maximize support networks are better able to navigate the complex innovation and entrepreneurship journey.

Innovator Insights Series: Preparing for the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Journey

Innovator Spotlight: Aidan Mouat

Aidan Mouat of Hazel Technologies found that startups must learn to make good decisions with limited information.

Innovator Spotlight: Ibrahim Mohedas

Ibrahim Mohedas of SubQ Assist found that absorbing information from diverse collaborators has been the most important aspect of the startup process.

How to Harness the Power of Startup Networks

Successful startups use three tactics to build and maintain a strong network.

Sustainability from the Start: Helping Early-Stage Inventors Think Green

Early stage inventors require access to resources and opportunities to explore what it means to integrate sustainability principles into their products.

Grox Industries: Energy Efficiency is a Window of Opportunity for Cleantech UP Winners

Grox Industries’ nanomaterial-based glass window coating reduces energy loss by 50%, saving consumers up to 70% on their heating and cooling costs.

Faculty Spotlight: Sundar Atre

Sundar Atre leveraged the lessons learned from Pathways in Innovation to launch the University of Louisville’s 3D Printing Business Incubator.

Five Models for Scaling Up a Global Health Venture

A new guide published by USAID offers a variety of approaches that global health innovators can use when scaling up their ventures.

Crowdfunding: What Startups Need to Know

Crowdfunding advice for startups that looks at the implications of the new SEC rules: Title II and Regulation Crowdfunding.

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