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…
I’m not sure if you saw Robert Wolfe’s presentation last Friday at our Distinguished Innovator Speaker Series but if you didn’t, you missed an informative and entertaining 45 minute lecture on one of the most overlooked aspects to entrepreneurship… having fun! As Robert spoke of his goals in starting his company, Moosejaw, shortly after graduating…
On the first day of Christmas, My startup gave to me An idea that was really crazy. On the second day of Christmas, My startup gave to me Two friends to help me And an idea that was really crazy. On the third day of Christmas, My startup gave to me Three lines of credit,…
If you ever have been becalmed on the water on a sailboat you know what it’s like to lack momentum. Your boat simply sits there without any forward movement wallowing in the seas as each wave tosses you back and forth and despite all your effort in tuning the rigging, adjusting the helm and cursing…
The answer is simple – all 2,165 of them! That was the number of individual video elevator pitches of ideas collected by MPowered this year in their second annual 1000 Pitches competition. This annual competition (again, only in its second year) has built tremendous momentum at the University of Michigan and has quickly achieved a…
I was explaining to someone on Friday the difference between how we approach Entrepreneurship activities vs. how others approach it. I explained that other entities are “Market Driven” where there is an intense focus on existing markets and how to create solutions to better meet those market needs. I was just starting to explain how…
Doug Neal 