When I graduated college and went to work as a software programmer at a large company in Silicon Valley, I remember how excited I was to be working with some of the best engineers in the industry. The creativity, intensity, and precision that everyone brought to their work was inspiring and I was amazed at…
12 new companies entered the techarb for the summer 2010 session. Mobile Blogging from here.</divo [Posted with iBlogger from my iPhone]
I was watching a presentation by some student entrepreneurs a few weeks ago and enjoying the creativity and unique approaches each student was presenting. It was about 5 minutes into a 20 minute presentation by one student team when it happened… the student had just explained the basic product offering and then immediately went on…
The CFE social venture creation class today delivered their final class presentations. Great job to everyone that presented and thanks to everyone that attended! Mobile Blogging from here. Congrats to the winner – Get Fresh Detroit! [Posted with iBlogger from my iPhone]
I often tell people that I’m not a fan of the word Entrepreneurship… it’s too hard to type, too hard to say and it means so many different things! So, at U-M and the Center for Entrepreneurship, we spend quite a bit of effort trying to break down that word into meaningful elements and help…
Dean Kamen presented last night at our Distinguished Innovator Speaker Series to a packed crowd of 400 students and guests. If you weren’t able to attend you have to check out his presentation on our website… Dean is truly an amazing individual who is helping change the world!
The students of engr 417 (490.001) are hard at work brainstorming about an entrepreneurial resort for startups. This creative activity is used for stimulating new ideas for identifying resources a startup needs in the first few weeks of formation. [Posted with iBlogger from my iPhone]
Today we honor Leprechaun Entrepreneurs. I’m constantly impressed with the leading innovation taking place in leprechaun green energy initiatives. These guys really seem to be lucky with their business model and there is no shortage of expertise. Sure, due to their size they have a distinct advantage on the energy conservation iniatives but who else…
A group of students walked into my office a few weeks ago. They had just completed their graduate research on some unique technology and wanted to learn how they would go about commercializing it. As I sat there in the meeting listening to them describe what they have built and how they want to take…
I remember sitting in a product launch meeting at a startup I co-founded discussing the launch plan for a product I had worked so hard to create over the previous six months. You see, as the co-founder, CTO and chief coder at this startup (prior to becoming the CEO) I had spent most of my…
Doug Neal 