What makes startup accelerator programs successful
New research from the University of Georgia links startup accelerator success with a few key program elements, such as mentorship and open discussion among participating startup founders. Recently published and forthcoming papers co-authored by Susan Cohen in Research Policy, Administrative Science Quarterly and Organization Science examined the variation among several accelerators. Accelerators are fixed-term, cohort-based educational programs for startups. There are about […]
Toronto Innovation Acceleration Partners (TIAP) adds novel KRAS oncology project to its LAB150 portfolio
The low survival rates of three of the four most lethal cancers in North America – pancreatic, colorectal and lung – are associated with KRAS mutations, a well-established cancer driver. Although there is an urgent need for KRAS-targeting therapeutics, so far there has been a lack of clinically available drugs as oncogenic KRAS is very […]
The case for growth centers: How to spread tech innovation across America
he future of America’s economy lies in its high-tech innovation sector, but it is now clear that same sector is widening the nation’s regional divides—a fact that became starkly apparent with the 2016 presidential election. Based on “winner-take-most” network economies, the innovation sector has generated significant technology gains and wealth but has also helped spawn […]
University of Houston receives historic $13M gift for its entrepreneurship program
University of Houston’s C.T. Bauer College of Business has received its second largest donation to benefit its entrepreneurship program. The Cyvia and Melvyn Wolff Center for Entrepreneurship, which was recently ranked the top undergraduate entrepreneurship program in the country, received the $13 million gift from its namesake foundation — The Cyvia and Melvyn Wolff Family Foundation — […]
They say it takes a village, and the village of investors in New Mexico would agree. New Mexico State University’s Arrowhead Innovation Fund has seeded investments across the state, and now one of its business investments, Osazda Energy LLC, has grown its own wings to receive more than $1.5 million in grants this year alone […]
Clemson, Prisma Health invest in medical innovation
Researchers at Clemson University and Prisma Health have received funding to collaborate on the development of new medical treatment and diagnostic technologies. Three Clemson-Prisma Health collaborations received investments from the recently created Innovation Maturation Fund, a joint effort between the Health Sciences Center (HSC) at Prisma Health and the Clemson University Division of Research. The […]
Student startups shine at Invent Penn State conference
Shortly after the recent 2019 Invent Penn State Venture & IP Conference kicked off, Penn State President Eric Barron welcomed eight Penn State student researchers and entrepreneurs to center stage for them to participate in the Student Startup Showcase – a forum for the University’s best and brightest student entrepreneurs to share with venture capitalists and other […]
Polsky Center expanding undergrad track of New Venture Challenge
he Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Chicago is expanding the undergraduate track of the nationally ranked Edward L. Kaplan, ’71, New Venture Challenge startup accelerator program by partnering with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The College New Venture Challenge will now serve the startup track of the University of Illinois’ City Scholars program, giving students […]
Harvard, MIT, GE, FujiFilm And Hospitals Partner To Launch New Biomedical Innovation And Manufacturing Center
Harvard and MIT are teaming up with G.E., Fujifilm, and five of the region’s research hospitals to build a new $50 million center for developing new genetic and cell therapies. The institutions will work together at the new center to make breakthroughs in immunotherapy, cell therapies, gene editing, and other technologies, and will manufacture new […]
How Innovation Springs Forth At The University Of Georgia
A freshwater spring percolates over a one-block, daylighted stretch as an open creek alongside Spring Street in Athens, Georgia. Historically known as the town spring and the founders’ spring, the natural watercourse was one of the most important ecological factors in locating the University of Georgia (UGA) here more than two centuries ago – the birthplace of public higher […]