The recurring question I hear from so many people in business is: “Why aren’t more startups generated by the university system?” It’s not an easy question, certainly not one to be solved in a single blog post. As I considered the many facets of academia that influence the actions of its researchers such as government … Continue reading “No Time for the Academic Entrepreneur”
Author: Anthony Rodriguez
Anthony Rodriguez is a PhD candidate in bioengineering at the the University of Washington, and the president emeritus of the Student Engineering Business Association at UW. He is also co-founder of nPostBio.
It Takes a Village to Raise an Entrepreneur: Cultivating the Emerging Seattle Talent Pool
It can be argued that among talent, cash and technology, no factor is more critical to a start up than talent. The talent drives innovation, attracts the venture capital and makes the critical life or death choices of the company. No matter how groundbreaking the technology or the amount of money invested, it is the … Continue reading “It Takes a Village to Raise an Entrepreneur: Cultivating the Emerging Seattle Talent Pool”
UW Business Plan Competition Kick-Starts Companies to Action
The University of Washington Business Plan Competition hosted by the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) came to a close Thursday night, handing out $60,000 in prize money to an impressive field of technologies. It brought a bittersweet end for my team’s company, Shockmetrics. We did not take the $25K grand prize award that we … Continue reading “UW Business Plan Competition Kick-Starts Companies to Action”