Cameron Gallad shares key takeaways gained at the TechChrunch Early Stage conference: Being an entrepreneur requires a new perspective—it changes how you think about business.
UC Davis student startup Cornische is developing a networking and payment platform that connects faculty leading funded studies with undergraduate research students. The goal: to promote and maintain student talent in academia.
The Graduate School of Management has received more than $1 million in grants from the National Science Foundation to expand research and undergraduate instruction at Hispanic Serving Institutions and Minority Serving Institutions, including a three-day Innovation & Entrepreneurship Immersion on the UC Davis campus. Read the article >
Watching fellow students pitch at the LaunchPad Propel conference was an incredibly inspiring experience. As a student entrepreneur myself, I understand how much work and time goes into making a startup successful.
Because of the nature of English Khadavu, my nonprofit organization based in India, its progress can sometimes move very slowly.
Professor Andrew Hargadon, champion of the Building the Entrepreneurial Mindset Big Idea, shares why this program is important for students. The UC Davis initiative is about helping students learn what they want to do and how they can explore and test their ideas—while learning from others and building things that have never been built before.
Venita Sivamani earned both her undergraduate degree and MBA at UC Davis. Her passions for education and improving healthcare led her to co-found Dermveda, a startup she describes as “WebMD meets Consumer Reports.” She is also the founder and CEO of LearnSkin, a portal that provides high-quality integrative medical and dermatology education for healthcare and skincare professionals. Read the article >
Institute Executive Director Joe DiNunzio has a passion for teaching. ”It’s not just a way to give back. It’s really rewarding to shape where these students are going to be”. Read the article >
UC Davis Biomedical Engineering Associate Professor Marc Facciotti is featured in this series highlighting educators who are catalyzing change in higher education and inspiring students to impact the world through invention. Facciotti continues to contribute to growing the innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem on campus. Read the article >
UC Davis Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship founder and faculty director Professor Andrew Hargadon reflects on our early years–and our path today and into the future. Read the article >
Joe DiNunzio, a senior executive with three decades of creative, technical and business leadership, has joined the Mike and Renee Child Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship as executive director, effective July 1, 2018. He will lead the institute’s strategic direction, program development, fundraising and relations with relevant academic programs at UC Davis as well as its network of partners, donors and sponsors.
