Transforming an idea into a viable business can be intimidating, even for the most ambitious students, faculty and community members.
Aiming to ease that process, Nebraska’s NUtech Ventures recently hosted From Idea to Startup, a two-day workshop designed to move ideas from the lab to consumers. The event, held at the Nebraska Innovation Campus, was co-hosted by NUtech Ventures, the Nebraska Center for Energy Sciences Research, the Nebraska Public Power District and Innosphere Ventures.
“We designed this workshop not only to train our university entrepreneurs on topics they need to learn in order to create a startup; we also wanted to immerse them in the incredibly supportive entrepreneurship ecosystem that we have here in Nebraska and the broader Midwest. I think we accomplished that,” said Joy Eakin, entrepreneurship program manager for NUtech Ventures.
Mark Riley, associate dean for research in the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s College of Engineering, said the workshop focused on key steps for evolving cutting-edge research into a business.
“Most faculty have minimal business experience, but Nebraska offers quite a number of support structures and facilitation which provide a great opportunity to explore entrepreneurship with guidance and safety nets,” Riley said. “Right now is a great time for researchers to tap into these resources available in Nebraska. And there are a lot of people willing and able to help give entrepreneurs a leg up.”
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