Five WashU research teams win awards in LEAP Inventor Challenge
The challenge’s facilitators anticipate investing more than a quarter million dollars in this cycle’s winners.
Category: Lighting the Fuse
The Student Entrepreneurial Program (StEP): Innovating Student Entrepreneurship
It’s no secret that starting a business isn’t easy. Add that to being an undergrad and the mix gets even more difficult. Yet, somehow, student-run businesses seem surprisingly common at WashU. From Bear Bites to Bear Bikes, to U-Shuttle and UTrucking, the…
Washington University sets records in innovation, entrepreneurship
During the past fiscal year, the Washington University in St. Louis Office of Technology Management (OTM) reported a number of record figures as a result of the innovative technologies developed by university faculty. In fiscal year 2017, which concluded June 30, OTM…
WashU experts offer six tips for entrepreneurs
Read on as WashU experts across a range of disciplines offer six tips for entrepreneurs. It’s always the right time “The right time to start a business is the issue that almost always comes up when counseling students. Practically speaking, timing is…
Shaking up the Tech Transfer Office
WashU’s OTM is changing its mission, work and customer base.
Wear the student banner: advice for diving into entrepreneurship
Dedric Carter, associate provost and vice chancellor for operations and technology transfer, offers six tips for getting the most out of the WashU innovation and entrepreneurship community.
On compassion and the mentor in entrepreneurship
It’s common for entrepreneurial stories to shortchange compassion. WashU alum Suren Dutia recounts a time when a mentor’s compassion initiated his turning point.
Want to help the startup economy in your city? Work in a startup.
If you want to help St. Louis or Pittsburgh be the Silicon Valley of their region or field, the best way to do it is to pick a startup and make it hugely successful.
Day in the life of an entrepreneur: habits, advice and a free business idea
An active member of the St. Louis community, Blake Marggraff advises technology and biotechnology startups, working with founders of all ages and backgrounds to identify and optimize products and pitches.