Top 10 ways to kill a university startup
Recently, I was asked to be on a panel for the National Council on Entrepreneurship and Technology Transfer (NCET2) conference that was in DC January 18-20). I was on the panel with Murali Nair, from the National Science...
How to kill a university spin out
There are lots of ways to screw up in entrepreneurship. There are particular challenges in commercializing university technologies. Getting from the lab to the marketplace, from benchtop to bedside, is fraught with many valleys...
2012 New Venturist kickoff
New Venturist has a lot in store for 2012. We will be featuring series on robotics and entrepreneurship, immigrant entrepreneurs, and social entrepreneurs. We will also publish an article about how the new US patent laws will...
Thoughts on entrepreneurship: The Seven Deadly Sins
Musing on the Seven Deadly Sins and their transposition to the world of entrepreneurship. These sins, also known as Capital Vices or Cardinal Sins, comprise a classification of the most objectionable vices that has been used...
Thoughts on When to Form the Company
First time entrepreneurs often ask me “when should I form the company?” What does form the company mean? Does it mean come up with the idea for the core product/service for the company? Does it mean making a decision with a...
Michael Morneault in the arena with Odor Gladiator
It’s a family affair, pure and simple. As an entrepreneur you sometimes get to solve the problems that you have personally. Such an entrepreneur is Mike Morneault. He started searching for a solution to persistent problem that he...
Seema Patel, Fusing robotics and games with Interbots
Seema never had any plans to go into business and never in a million years thought she’d start a company. But the opportunity fell into her lap and she couldn’t resist taking the plunge. Seema was always into robots. She...
Entrepreneurial current events: the state of the venture industry
No surprise, but 2010 wasn’t a great year for venture capital. In November, the NVCA (National Venture Capital Association) came out with its 2011 report. The report summarizes the state of the industry last year. Capital under...
Student Entrepreneurs Speak Out: #6 in a series
Redefining book publishing by Carnegie Mellon Computer Science senior, Aayush Kumar I remember – I was in 7th grade – around that time in my life when I was beginning to think independently and try out different things to...
Steve Martocci: from idea to exit in 15 months with GroupMe
Steve knows how to execute on an idea to get it to where it is real – real product, real users, real value. In the social media hype space where lots of new ideas percolate to the surface, GroupMe stands out as a simple solution...