Technologies site Calendar Continued from Page 1 Entrepreneurship Events for Spring 2011 Center for Entrepreneurship ness language in the patent write-up. To rem- Sign up to receive event notifications via email at www.rochester.edu/entrepreneurship/ 1-211 Carol Simon Hall edy this disconnect, Golini decided to form signup. Register for select events online at www.rochester.edu/entrepreneurship/registration. innovations P.O. Box 270360 a Rochester committee to create a new web- www.rochester.edu/entrepreneurship • VOLUME 3, ISSUE 2 • Spring 2011 Rochester, NY 14627-0360 based resource featuring the University’s high Saturday, March 26 Third Annual Celebration of potential technologies distilled into market BizKid$ SimBiz Event*: Undergrad and Entrepreneurship Luncheon*: Noon– 1:30 opportunity terms. Change Service Requested MBA volunteers work with high school p.m.; Hyatt Regency Hotel Rochester, Grand The Entrepreneur-Ready TechnologiesSM Duncan T. Moore students from the Rochester City School Ballroom; Fee of $45 per person; (Register website will house new two-page summa- Vice Provost District; 11:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m.; Gleason at www.htr.org, ) for Entrepreneurship ries, written in “plain English,” for each of the 119, 120, and 125 highlighted technologies. Additionally, busi- Saturday, April 16 ness and engineering graduate students will Tuesday, March 29 Fourth Annual ArtAwake*: Art and music New offerings for conduct research, posted in PowerPoint for- Mark Ain Business Model Workshop festival in a vacant urban space; festival mat and accompanied by photos and charts, 3: “Executive Coaching Sessions”; Rami founded by a KEY student group; 3 p.m.–1 students and accolades tions to further explain market potential and exist- Katz ’03S, Chief Operating Officer, Excell a.m.; Alliance Building, 183 East Main St., The University of Rochester has been busy ing competitors. Designed in a simple, user- Partners Inc.; Debora LaBudde, Managing Rochester; (Visit www.artawake.org) developing new opportunities in business and friendly format, the site is meant to be a one- General Partner, Envoi Ventures; and Bob entrepreneurship for students. The College Monday, April 18 stop shop for commercial-ready technologies. Tobin, Entrepreneur-in-Residence and and the Simon Graduate School of Business Charles and Janet Forbes Entrepreneurial The late Jack Fraser, who most recently Associate Director, CFE; 4:30 – 5:45 p.m.; recently announced a new undergraduate Competition Entries Due: 5 p.m.; spotlight served as the deputy director of the River Gleason 328, 329, and 330 major in business. The degree was approved Center for Entrepreneurship, Carol Simon B R A NDON V IC K, uni v ersity co mm unic a Campus Office of Technology Transfer, led University of Rochester by the New York State Department of Educa- Thursday, March 31 Hall 1-211; Submit electronic copy to the way in bringing this initiative to fruition. The current technical entrepreneurship and management (TEAM) tion last month, an effort spearheaded by Kalmbach Lecture Series at the Simon [email protected]; Open Dan Senor commemorates National Entrepreneurship Week Working with fellow case managers, he se- class with Vice Provost for Entrepreneurship Duncan Moore. Richard Feldman, dean of the College, and School*: David Koretz, Founder, President, to undergraduate engineering and applied lected the first 27 technologies—from hun- Dan Senor, author, geopolitical expert, and inves- He also cites Israel’s Ronald Hansen, senior associate dean for and CEO, BlueTie Inc.; 4:30–5:30 p.m.; sciences students only dreds of patents—to be displayed on the site. tor, commemorated National Entrepreneurship military, both its spending Cover Story program development at the Simon School. Schlegel 103 James Senall, president of High Tech Roch- Thursday, April 21 Week at the University of Rochester on February on technology develop- Currently, there are two tracks offered, the ester (HTR), also sat on the planning commit- Wednesday, April 13 Farash Lecture Series at the Simon 23. He delivered a keynote lecture based on his ment and its unique University to launch site first focuses on organizations and markets, tee. HTR’s mission is to catalyze the formation Center for Entrepreneurship Lecture School*: Lynn Sullivan ’91S (MBA), CEO, New York Times best seller, Start-Up Nation: The ideology. Comparing the the second on marketing. However, we hope and growth of local businesses and maintain Series*: Mary Walshok, Associate Vice Association for the Blind and Visually Story of Israel’s Economic Miracle, to a crowd of ratio of officers to sol- to add a track in entrepreneurship in the near a current repository of the best technologies Chancellor for Extended Studies and Public Impaired (ABVI)–Goodwill; 12:40–1:20 nearly 200 students, faculty, staff, alumni, and diers to a pyramid where showcasing ‘Entrepreneur- future, especially since three undergrads have available across the region to more efficiently Programs and Professor of Sociology, p.m.; Gleason 118 community members. officers occupy the tiny already declared an interdepartmental major assist in new business formation. The organi- University of California, San Diego; 4:30–6 After a sterling introduction delivered by tip, he said that Israeli Ready Technologies’ in the field. Monday, April 25 zation routinely tries to link experienced en- p.m.; Gleason 318/418 President Joel Seligman, Senor addressed how soldiers are each taught Applications for the technical entrepreneur- Mark Ain Business Model Competition trepreneurs with new opportunities. Israel—a country of 7.1 million people, only 60 leadership skills and ith a rich portfolio of intellectual property and a strong ship and management master’s program are Thursday, April 14 Entries Due: 4 p.m.; Center for “The ‘E-Ready’ website will make it easier years old, surrounded by enemies, in a constant learn—or are forced—to interest in technology transfer, the University of Roches- up 60 percent over last year. We recently Center for Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship, Carol Simon Hall 1-211; for High Tech Rochester and the community state of war since its founding, with no natural make decisions on their ter stands out as a place to turn to for innovative and cre- extended offers of admission to impressive Community Roundtable on Economic Submit electronic copy to maureen. W in general to find and easily understand some resources—produces more start-up companies own; the opposite peda- ative ideas. Recently, business leaders, Simon Graduate School of Busi- candidates representing 10 countries. Development*: Mary Walshok, Associate [email protected] of the most promising commercial opportuni- than large, peaceful, and stable nations like Ja- gogy of many developed ness faculty, and the University’s Offices of Technology Transfer have The Center is pleased to have a more active Vice Chancellor for Extended Studies and ties available at the University of Rochester,” Thursday, April 28 pan, China, India, Korea, Canada, and the United nations’ militaries. teamed up to work on a new resource to showcase the wide range of role in the Charles and Janet Forbes Entrepre- Public Programs and Professor of Sociology,
* Entrepreneurship said Senall. Hajim School Senior Design Day : Kingdom. He argues that the United States can This type of thinking, of Dan S enor Photo courtesy University commercialization opportunities available to entrepreneurs neurial Competition this year. The contest is UC San Diego; 9–11 a.m.; Alumni & Golini said the continued success in the area Goergen, Munnerlyn Atrium glean valuable lessons from Israel, which also one that contrasts with Dan Senor, author, geopolitical expert, and investor, delivered the in the community and beyond. open to undergraduates in the Hajim School Advancement Center, 300 East River Rd., of technology transfer and commercialization boasts more companies on the NASDAQ than standard principles, per- National Entrepreneurship Week Keynote Lecture in February. When Don Golini, lecturer in entrepreneurship at the Simon School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and is Board Room Friday, April 29 will have positive ramifications—differentiat- any other foreign country and receives the most meates the culture. Senor and founder of QED Technologies, left his company in 2010 to pursue made possible by the Forbes family. A record * Charles and Janet Forbes Entrepreneurial ing the University, assisting in attracting and F.I.R.E. Lecture Series LX : “Inequitable investments on a per capita basis from global points to the Israeli desire to reject conventional Senor’s appearance was made possible by the Entrepren other opportunities, it was natural for him to turn to the University of number of students submitted intent to Competition Presentations and for retaining top faculty, and benefitting inventors Conduct—Therasense Inc. v. Beckton, venture capitalists in the world. wisdom and resiliency in the face of adversity as University’s Ruth Leon Fund for Jewish Studies Rochester and its Offices of Technology Transfer for his next step. He compete statements this spring. Finalists are Judging*: 1–4 p.m.; Location TBA and the Rochester community as a whole. Dickinson & Co.”; J. Gibson Lanier, Senor offered colorful insights about the Israeli additional reasons behind the country’s economic and the collaboration of departments and student began with the simple question, “What are some exciting opportunities scheduled to present their technical business “When you commercialize intellectual associate attorney, Ballard Spahr Andrews Thursday, May 5 entrepreneurs featured in his book. He talked at success. Its citizens’ ability to be disruptive and organizations across campus. University spon- happening at the University right now?” plans, often accompanied by prototypes, at property from a university, the interests of all & Ingersoll, LLP; 9 –10 a.m.; Class of ‘62 Kalmbach Lecture Series at the Simon length about Shai Agassi, founder and CEO of search for alternative solutions has catapulted sors included the Office of the President; Deans’ Golini found it somewhat difficult to answer his question as an indi- the end of April on the River Campus. The parties are very well aligned,” he said. Auditorium (G-9425 and 1-9425), Medical School*: Susan Bulkeley Butler, Founder Better Place, a global leader in providing electric Israel into a great techno-nation. Office of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering; Office vidual looking into the University’s ivory towers. Outsiders seeking to University community is welcome to attend Center; RSVP to david_englert@urmc. and CEO, SBB Institute for Women’s vehicle services. Agassi is working to install an “I thought Dan Senor was charismatic, infor- of Advancement; Center for Entrepreneurship; license academic institutions’ technologies often face the challenge of this event. Contact the Center for details. The Entrepreneur-Ready Technologies website rochester.edu or 585.784.8856 Leadership; 12:40–1:20 p.m.; Schlegel 102 electric vehicle charging station infrastructure in mative, and energetic,” said Mariah Meyer ’14, Offices of Technology Transfer; Hillel of Rochester navigating through a daunting amount of information. At times, they In closing, I would like to recognize Brian will be publicly available on April 15, with an Israel and major cities in Asia, Europe, and the who attended the lecture and is currently enrolled Area Colleges; Chabad House; Center for Jewish must determine the technology’s practical applications on their own. MacMillin ’10 (BS), ’11 (MS), founder of Friday, April 15 Wednesday, May 11 unveiling during the third annual Celebration United States. Senor said that Agassi’s family is in the new undergraduate course, ENT 227, En- Studies; UR Israel Council; Simon Entrepreneurs “The University sits on hundreds of patents, and it’s really hard to ex- Outdoor Equipment Supplier LLC, who was Rochester Regional Business Plan Contest Mark Ain Business Model Competition of Entrepreneurship Luncheon at the Hyatt originally from Iran, transitioning into his theory trepreneurship in the Not-for-Profit Environment. Club; and the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity. Commu- tract the value if you are not articulating the value in terms that business selected as one of 30 finalists from nearly Finals*: 9 – 11 a.m.; Hyatt Regency Hotel Finalists’ Presentations and Judging: Regency in Rochester, N.Y. To learn more or that immigrants are “natural entrepreneurs” and This talk marked the University’s first celebra- nity partners included High Tech Rochester and people in the commercial world can understand,” he said. 2,000 nominees in the 2010 Global Student Rochester; Free and open to the public 4–5:45 p.m.; Schlegel, Eisenberg Rotunda register for the luncheon, visit www.htr.org. After Israel’s open immigration policy towards Jews has tion of National Entrepreneurship Week, an Excell Partners Inc. While the inventor has relevant knowledge about the technology, Entrepreneur Awards, hosted by the Kauffman
April 15, visit the E-Ready site at www.rochester. helped create a large pool of talent. The small initiative supported by the U.S. Congress and the A video of Senor’s talk is available at www. Center many times the commercial viability does not get translated into busi- Foundation last November. edu/entrepreneurship/ereadytech. * Check www.rochester.edu/entrepreneurship/events for the latest information. country is home to more than 70 nationalities. Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education. rochester.edu/entrepreneurship/cfeseries. Continued on Page 5
CENTER FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP/Spring 2011 5 www.rochester.edu/entrepreneurship CENTER FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP/Spring 2011 6 www.rochester.edu/entrepreneurship Warner graduate school of education and human development Profile University-wide and community IN BRIEF ALUMNI Notes Alum works on energy KEY students launch University mourns the loss Cynthia Kocialski (BA), who has Warner professor develops Entrepreneurial University course Pre-Seed Workshop offers platform 1982 founded three companies and has been projects at Bright Power University dance festival, of Lawrence ‘Jack’ Fraser actively involved in more than 25 high technology Andrew Wall, assistant professor at the War- preneurial means, institutions can raise their Who wouldn’t want startups, completed a Virtual Book Tour in March ner Graduate School of Education, has dedi- stature in the services that they bring to the for starting, growing new businesses lessons in nonviolence University flags were for her latest work, Start Up from the Ground Up: to help someone save cated some time to studying the relationship economy. Universities participate in a number KEY Scholar Arielle Friedlander ’11 created lowered on March 11 Practical Insights for Entrepreneurs. Learn more at her money and become One of the best re- between higher education and society. Over of external activities, developing relationships the University’s first-ever, five-day dance in memory of Lawrence blog www.cynthiakocialski.com. environmentally sources that the Uni- the years, he has conducted research about en- with industries to make this possible. festival in February. The inspireDANCE Festival Jackson Fraser, known friendly? Andrew Mc- versity of Rochester ImmunoGen Inc., a Waltham, Mass.- trepreneurial leadership and entrepreneurial This dynamic class examines the challenges offered open classes featuring styles ranging to all as “Jack,” the Namara ’05 gradu- has to offer is the 1983 based biotechnology company that de- education. The contemporary issue and chal- that universities face. “It is an academic course from contemporary to Jamaican, workshops deputy director of the velops targeted antibody-based anticancer products ated Rochester well dedication of its fac- lenge of the emergence of the entrepreneurial for a student to examine the benefits, the po- with professional guest instructors, and per- River Campus Office using Targeted Antibody Payload technology, an- equipped to work in ulty to sharing their university is what sparked Wall to create a new tential pitfalls, and how we might think about formances by the Rochester Contemporary of Technology Transfer, nounced the appointment of Theresa Wingrove (MS), energy efficiency and solar energy. With extensive research ’86 (PhD) as vice president of regulatory affairs. course, EDE 491, Entrepreneurial University. moving forward,” said Wall. Dance Collective. This spring, Joseph Gardella who died suddenly March 7 at age 71. Fraser
tion the help of Reach Internship Funds from and ideas with the “I am trying to bridge entrepreneurial re- There are currently six master’s students and ’11 and Lorenzo Mendez ’12, volunteers with worked to commercialize inventions and the University’s Career Center, McNamara community and so- Xerox Corp. leaders recently presented search and thinking with institutional entre- one doctoral candidate enrolled in the course. the University’s M. K. Gandhi Institute for software from students and faculty. He also Robert Loce (MS), a principal scientist, interned at Big Apple Solar Installation ciety. Mark Wilson, 1987 preneurship and institutional theory, to exam- They will carefully examine the different Nonviolence, have been making weekly visits mentored student teams interested in high with the Anne Mulcahy Inventor Award for his Commitment (BASIC) where he met Jeffrey lecturer in entrepre- contributions to Xerox’s digital imaging patent ine how leaders in higher education are trying te S choo l o f E duc a viewpoints of the emerging entrepreneurial to the Wilson Foundation Academy, teaching technology entrepreneurship and taught a Perlman during the summer before his neurship at the Simon portfolio. He was one of only eight scientists and to transform their environments to respond university through course readings, reflective middle school students about nonviolence, Simon Graduate School of Business course in senior year. Perlman later moved on to Graduate School of engineers to win the award. to fiscal stress and changes and expectations,” writing, in-class discussion, and scholarly pa- Mohandas Gandhi, and the principles and ap- technology transfer and commercialization. found Bright Power (www.brightpower. Business and founder said Wall. pers. At the end of the semester, each student plications of Ahimsa, a Sanskrit term meaning Fraser joined the University in January 2000 Amit Goyal (MS), ’91 (PhD), a re-
com), a New York City–based solar energy of Initiatives Consult- o f M a r k W i l son photo courtesy Wall defines the concept of the entrepreneur- will write about a dimension of this idea from “to do no harm.” These visits are part of after a 30-year tenure at the Xerox Corpora- 1988 searcher at the U.S. Department of and energy efficiency company. ing LLC, viewed this Judy Albers, cofounder and facilitator for the Pre-Seed Workshop, ial university early in the course. Throughout his or her own perspective. Gardella’s KEY project, Teenage Entrepreneur- tion. At Xerox, he most recently directed Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) The pair kept in touch long after the in- resource as a solution. provides insights on funding and valuation to participants. in Tennessee, was named the “2010 Innovator of the history, higher education has passed through “No matter what administrative position ial Educators of Nonviolence (TEEN). patent management and held management
rner G r a du o f Wa P hoto courtesy ternship with BASIC ended. Reconnecting He had been brain- Year’’ by leading technology publication R&D Maga- different phases, from the colonial college to they take in higher education, they are going positions in research, engineering, and tech- Andrew Wall created a new course, Entre- after McNamara’s graduation, Perlman of- storming ways to stimulate business growth questions such as, “Do you have a proprietary zine. His work focuses on the practical use of high- the modern era post–World War II. Today, to be faced with these challenges, and their re- nology strategy. He led a number of start-up temperature superconducting materials and develop- preneurial University, at the Warner School. fered Andrew the opportunity to become that was scalable across small, mid-sized, and product?”; “To whom will you sell?”; and Student volunteers universities have moved towards a high tuition, sponses will determine institutional direction,” teams from product planning and technology ment and fabrication of wires that allow the materials Bright Power’s first full-time employee. large cities. He saw a great opportunity in cre- “How will you operate?” The multifaceted high aid policy phase during a period where have adapted a more “entrepreneurial” ap- said Wall. mentor Rochester Biz Kid$ selection to the hand-off of copier designs to be adopted in the marketplace. David Schlosser McNamara jumped at the chance to pur- ating a platform to connect academics with en- team approach allows for a thorough and (BA), ’04S (MBA) recently opened a microbrewery, government funding for higher education has proach to raising funds. The course aims for students to develop an The University of Rochester Center for for manufacture in Japan. He was involved in sue his interest in solar energy and energy trepreneurs and the business community. quick analysis of the ideas, which Wilson has Naked Dove Brewing Co., in Hopewell, N.Y. steadily decreased. Institutions are challenged Values of the institution have now funda- understanding of the forces that have brought Entrepreneurship and the Rochester Center business development, including the forma- efficiency at a start-up, beginning employ- The Pre-Seed Workshop was launched in named the Idea ThickeningSM methodology. to support their own research and initiatives in mentally shifted from what was once oriented rise to what is being called the entrepreneur- for Community Leadership have once again tion of the DXI (DuPont-Xerox Imaging) joint Broadwind Energy Inc., based in ment in early 2006. He is currently the 2004 to get faculty with an interest in innova- “The theory of idea thickening is that a lot an environment of ever-decreasing resources. towards the public to the private gain of the ial university, examine emerging teaching in teamed up with Biz Kid$ Rochester, a unique venture, a collaboration with Philips on image 1993 Naperville, Ill., named Peter C. Duprey vice president of New Construction and tion excited about translating their research of times people run down a certain pathway While behaving as a traditional university, in- institution for its self-survival. Universities higher education, explore research and service program for youth ages 10 to 18 offered by storage; a Xerox-Hewlett Packard-Novell net- (S, MBA) as president and chief executive officer. Renewable Energy. The company now has into commercially viable products and serv- extensively, completely ignoring any kind of The company provides technologically advanced stitutions find it difficult to acquire the finan- have always been called upon to contribute practices in the contemporary environment, the City of Rochester Bureau of Recreation working printing consortium; and special me- 25 full-time employees, including several ices. While working closely with High Tech work on market questions, organizational high-value products and services to the wind energy cial means necessary to meet its diverse set of positively to the health, welfare, and economic and examine the changing purpose and nature and Youth Services. MBA candidates and un- dia applications for ink-jet printing. He was graduates from the University of Rochester. Rochester (HTR), the University’s Offices of questions, and business sense questions. Idea industry in the United States. objectives. Under financial stress, institutions development of society. Now through entre- of the university in the knowledge economy. dergraduate student volunteers worked with awarded 14 patents for inventions at Xerox. There are two sides to McNamara’s work Technology Transfer, and several others, Wil- thickening says instead of going deeply into Biz Kid$ participants during the Sim Biz Game He held degrees from Hamilton College, Yale Mark Tolbert (S, MBA), CEO of Top- at Bright Power. In new construction, he son and Judy Albers, former chief operating one channel, just make sure you are touching Day held on March 26. The event immerses University, and Harvard Business School. 2000 tica Photonics Inc., said the company is works closely with building design teams, officer at Excell Partners Inc., came up with very thinly on all channels, and if it still looks ranked no. 84 in the Rochester Top 100, which annu- UNIVERSITY-WIDE the youths in a business environment, teach- His family requests that in lieu of flowers, including architects, engineers, developers, the idea of holding a two-day workshop. good, go back and spend more time on each ally honors fast-growing privately held companies. ing them topics such as filing DBAs, building donations may be made to the American Civil and owners, to adapt their building plans To date, 226 idea teams with 1,434 total question,” said Wilson. “That’s what the Pre- Inaugural Tech Development Fund awards go to vaccine, fuel cell projects customer relations, working with suppliers, Liberties Union or the Jack Fraser Memorial Jason Nordhaus (BA, BS), ’04 (MA), ’08 to include energy efficient and sustainable participants have gone through the Pre-Seed Seed Workshop forces [participants to do].” and keeping records. Scholarship Fund for the Arts. 2003 (PhD), a postdoctoral research fellow Research in vaccine development and fuel $60,000 to produce and test a novel catalyst for initial interest, he expects the number of appli- features. He is also involved in work on so- Workshop. The workshop currently has host Students in the new technical entrepreneur- at Princeton University, theorist Adam Burrows, and cell production are the first two projects to be fuel cells. The catalyst, which is a nanostruc- cants to increase this spring. lar energy systems ranging from feasibility cities across New York, including Buffalo, ship and management (TEAM) master’s pro- their colleagues at the Lawrence Berkeley National funded under the new University of Roches- tured material, has the potential to increase The Technology Development Fund solicits studies to system installation. He manages Rochester, Syracuse, Geneva, Ithaca, Albany, gram attended the fall 2010 workshop as part Laboratory in California have discovered a way to ter Technology Development Fund. The fund effectiveness and reduce cost of the hydrogen proposals twice a year. Qualified applicants in- a team that has worked on Building Inte- and Long Island. It also has two host cities in of their course, TEM 440, Screening Technical explore supernovae explosions in three-dimensional simulations. Their scientific research has appeared was created last year to provide grants to Uni- and methanol fuel cells. The project has gener- clude University of Rochester faculty, students, grated Photovoltaics projects in New York, Indiana. HTR coordinates the workshops in Opportunities, taught by Wilson. innovations Volume 3, Issue 2 • Spring 2011 in publications such as Nature magazine, TIME versity scientists to help them advance a tech- ated interest from local representatives in the or staff who have submitted an invention dis- megawatt scale projects in Abu Dhabi, and the Rochester and Finger Lakes region. “The core of the class is to give students a magazine, and NPR. nology closer to the stage where it can be trans- automotive industry. closure to one of the University’s Offices of a variety of others. Participants in the Pre-Seed Workshop are platform where they can quickly evaluate a Editor/Layout Supervisor Entrepreneurship Are you an entrepreneur? Natalie Yager Antal University-wide ferred to the market. “This award will give us the much needed Technology Transfer. Applicants are eligible to Through his summer internship experi- divided into teams primarily made up of in- technical idea, and the Pre-Seed Workshop is Stay connected. Key to School Abbreviations • Eastman School of Music Address correspondence to: Jacob Schlesinger, professor, and Xia Jin, support to establish protocols for quality con- reapply. Proposals are reviewed by a screening ences and extensive work within the field, dustry experts, legal experts, accountants, suc- one option,” he said. Contributors Maureen Konopka • Hajim School of Engineering The University of Rochester E Eastman School of Music associate professor, Department of Medicine, trol, to develop a high production yield proc- committee of external professionals, including McNamara was able to jump-start his ca- cessful entrepreneurs, academics, and MBA Both the workshop and the course warn as- Mark Michaud and Applied Sciences Center for Entrepreneurship M School of Medicine and Dentistry reer early. He explained that employers, at Innovations have been awarded $100,000 to continue to de- ess, and to test the durability of the electrocat- members of the commercial sector, entrepre- and master’s students. piring entrepreneurs against “falling in love” External Photo Credits • School of Arts and Sciences 1-211 Carol Simon Hall N School of Nursing sign and test a novel vaccine for dengue fever, alysts—all of which are key areas before the neurs, venture capitalists, scientists, and angel start-ups or otherwise, look for graduates “The power of this two-day event is that in- with one idea. Wilson says that pursuing a Andrew McNamara • School of Medicine and Dentistry P.O. Box 270360 S Simon Graduate School of Business Dan Senor a disease primarily found in the developing technology is developed to the next level for investors, who will identify scientific objec- who have a strong ability to work with a ventors are surrounded by a diverse team of single idea can be too limiting from the very • School of Nursing Rochester, NY 14627-0360 Mark Wilson W Warner Graduate School of Education world and one that has so far eluded efforts to commercialization,” said Yang. tives that, with supplementary support, have team and have a working knowledge of experts,” said James Senall, president of HTR. beginning. He also encourages workshop par- Center for Nursing Entrepreneurship Phone (585) 276-3500 Vice Provost for Entrepreneurship develop such an agent. Their research has re- According to Michael Rusnak, deputy di- a strong commercial potential. Additionally, the technology associated with the field. “All of the participants take away a methodol- ticipants and his students to accept failure. • Simon Graduate School Duncan T. Moore of Business Administration Email [email protected] Send us CLASS notes If you have an announce- ceived support from the Gates Foundation and rector of New Ventures & Technology De- the inaugural awardees’ projects each received “I would encourage students to get out ogy for assessment that they can use for other “Coming to the conclusion that an idea is not ment you’d like to share with your fellow alumni, please the Pediatric Dengue Vaccine Initiative. velopment at the Medical Center’s Office of third party validation. Awards range from there and get your feet wet with the tech- ideas and share with colleagues.” going to work is okay, and helpful in the long Entrepreneur-in-Residence • Warner Graduate School of Website Bob Tobin Education and Human Development www.rochester.edu/entrepreneurship submit your professional news to Innovations at 1-211 Hong Yang, professor in the Department Technology Transfer, there were 15 propos- $40,000 to $100,000. To learn more, visit www. nology,” he said. “Differentiate yourself The workshop was designed to prod team run,” he said. “Being able to move on quickly Carol Simon Hall, P . O . Box 270360, Rochester, NY of Chemical Engineering, has been awarded als submitted last fall. While pleased with the rochester.edu/TechnologyDevelopment. from other students.” members from each area to think about simple and weed out a bad idea are valuable skills.” To receive this publication on a regular basis, please submit your name, company, and address to Innovations via phone, email, or mail. 14627–0360 or email [email protected].
CENTER FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP/Spring 2011 2 www.rochester.edu/entrepreneurship CENTER FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP/Spring 2011 3 www.rochester.edu/entrepreneurship CENTER FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP/Spring 2011 4 www.rochester.edu/entrepreneurship Warner graduate school of education and human development Profile University-wide and community IN BRIEF ALUMNI Notes Alum works on energy KEY students launch University mourns the loss Cynthia Kocialski (BA), who has Warner professor develops Entrepreneurial University course Pre-Seed Workshop offers platform 1982 founded three companies and has been projects at Bright Power University dance festival, of Lawrence ‘Jack’ Fraser actively involved in more than 25 high technology Andrew Wall, assistant professor at the War- preneurial means, institutions can raise their Who wouldn’t want startups, completed a Virtual Book Tour in March ner Graduate School of Education, has dedi- stature in the services that they bring to the for starting, growing new businesses lessons in nonviolence University flags were for her latest work, Start Up from the Ground Up: to help someone save cated some time to studying the relationship economy. Universities participate in a number KEY Scholar Arielle Friedlander ’11 created lowered on March 11 Practical Insights for Entrepreneurs. Learn more at her money and become One of the best re- between higher education and society. Over of external activities, developing relationships the University’s first-ever, five-day dance in memory of Lawrence blog www.cynthiakocialski.com. environmentally sources that the Uni- the years, he has conducted research about en- with industries to make this possible. festival in February. The inspireDANCE Festival Jackson Fraser, known friendly? Andrew Mc- versity of Rochester ImmunoGen Inc., a Waltham, Mass.- trepreneurial leadership and entrepreneurial This dynamic class examines the challenges offered open classes featuring styles ranging to all as “Jack,” the Namara ’05 gradu- has to offer is the 1983 based biotechnology company that de- education. The contemporary issue and chal- that universities face. “It is an academic course from contemporary to Jamaican, workshops deputy director of the velops targeted antibody-based anticancer products ated Rochester well dedication of its fac- lenge of the emergence of the entrepreneurial for a student to examine the benefits, the po- with professional guest instructors, and per- River Campus Office using Targeted Antibody Payload technology, an- equipped to work in ulty to sharing their university is what sparked Wall to create a new tential pitfalls, and how we might think about formances by the Rochester Contemporary of Technology Transfer, nounced the appointment of Theresa Wingrove (MS), energy efficiency and solar energy. With extensive research ’86 (PhD) as vice president of regulatory affairs. course, EDE 491, Entrepreneurial University. moving forward,” said Wall. Dance Collective. This spring, Joseph Gardella who died suddenly March 7 at age 71. Fraser
tion the help of Reach Internship Funds from and ideas with the “I am trying to bridge entrepreneurial re- There are currently six master’s students and ’11 and Lorenzo Mendez ’12, volunteers with worked to commercialize inventions and the University’s Career Center, McNamara community and so- Xerox Corp. leaders recently presented search and thinking with institutional entre- one doctoral candidate enrolled in the course. the University’s M. K. Gandhi Institute for software from students and faculty. He also Robert Loce (MS), a principal scientist, interned at Big Apple Solar Installation ciety. Mark Wilson, 1987 preneurship and institutional theory, to exam- They will carefully examine the different Nonviolence, have been making weekly visits mentored student teams interested in high with the Anne Mulcahy Inventor Award for his Commitment (BASIC) where he met Jeffrey lecturer in entrepre- contributions to Xerox’s digital imaging patent ine how leaders in higher education are trying te S choo l o f E duc a viewpoints of the emerging entrepreneurial to the Wilson Foundation Academy, teaching technology entrepreneurship and taught a Perlman during the summer before his neurship at the Simon portfolio. He was one of only eight scientists and to transform their environments to respond university through course readings, reflective middle school students about nonviolence, Simon Graduate School of Business course in senior year. Perlman later moved on to Graduate School of engineers to win the award. to fiscal stress and changes and expectations,” writing, in-class discussion, and scholarly pa- Mohandas Gandhi, and the principles and ap- technology transfer and commercialization. found Bright Power (www.brightpower. Business and founder said Wall. pers. At the end of the semester, each student plications of Ahimsa, a Sanskrit term meaning Fraser joined the University in January 2000 Amit Goyal (MS), ’91 (PhD), a re-
com), a New York City–based solar energy of Initiatives Consult- o f M a r k W i l son photo courtesy Wall defines the concept of the entrepreneur- will write about a dimension of this idea from “to do no harm.” These visits are part of after a 30-year tenure at the Xerox Corpora- 1988 searcher at the U.S. Department of and energy efficiency company. ing LLC, viewed this Judy Albers, cofounder and facilitator for the Pre-Seed Workshop, ial university early in the course. Throughout his or her own perspective. Gardella’s KEY project, Teenage Entrepreneur- tion. At Xerox, he most recently directed Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) The pair kept in touch long after the in- resource as a solution. provides insights on funding and valuation to participants. in Tennessee, was named the “2010 Innovator of the history, higher education has passed through “No matter what administrative position ial Educators of Nonviolence (TEEN). patent management and held management
rner G r a du o f Wa P hoto courtesy ternship with BASIC ended. Reconnecting He had been brain- Year’’ by leading technology publication R&D Maga- different phases, from the colonial college to they take in higher education, they are going positions in research, engineering, and tech- Andrew Wall created a new course, Entre- after McNamara’s graduation, Perlman of- storming ways to stimulate business growth questions such as, “Do you have a proprietary zine. His work focuses on the practical use of high- the modern era post–World War II. Today, to be faced with these challenges, and their re- nology strategy. He led a number of start-up temperature superconducting materials and develop- preneurial University, at the Warner School. fered Andrew the opportunity to become that was scalable across small, mid-sized, and product?”; “To whom will you sell?”; and Student volunteers universities have moved towards a high tuition, sponses will determine institutional direction,” teams from product planning and technology ment and fabrication of wires that allow the materials Bright Power’s first full-time employee. large cities. He saw a great opportunity in cre- “How will you operate?” The multifaceted high aid policy phase during a period where have adapted a more “entrepreneurial” ap- said Wall. mentor Rochester Biz Kid$ selection to the hand-off of copier designs to be adopted in the marketplace. David Schlosser McNamara jumped at the chance to pur- ating a platform to connect academics with en- team approach allows for a thorough and (BA), ’04S (MBA) recently opened a microbrewery, government funding for higher education has proach to raising funds. The course aims for students to develop an The University of Rochester Center for for manufacture in Japan. He was involved in sue his interest in solar energy and energy trepreneurs and the business community. quick analysis of the ideas, which Wilson has Naked Dove Brewing Co., in Hopewell, N.Y. steadily decreased. Institutions are challenged Values of the institution have now funda- understanding of the forces that have brought Entrepreneurship and the Rochester Center business development, including the forma- efficiency at a start-up, beginning employ- The Pre-Seed Workshop was launched in named the Idea ThickeningSM methodology. to support their own research and initiatives in mentally shifted from what was once oriented rise to what is being called the entrepreneur- for Community Leadership have once again tion of the DXI (DuPont-Xerox Imaging) joint Broadwind Energy Inc., based in ment in early 2006. He is currently the 2004 to get faculty with an interest in innova- “The theory of idea thickening is that a lot an environment of ever-decreasing resources. towards the public to the private gain of the ial university, examine emerging teaching in teamed up with Biz Kid$ Rochester, a unique venture, a collaboration with Philips on image 1993 Naperville, Ill., named Peter C. Duprey vice president of New Construction and tion excited about translating their research of times people run down a certain pathway While behaving as a traditional university, in- institution for its self-survival. Universities higher education, explore research and service program for youth ages 10 to 18 offered by storage; a Xerox-Hewlett Packard-Novell net- (S, MBA) as president and chief executive officer. Renewable Energy. The company now has into commercially viable products and serv- extensively, completely ignoring any kind of The company provides technologically advanced stitutions find it difficult to acquire the finan- have always been called upon to contribute practices in the contemporary environment, the City of Rochester Bureau of Recreation working printing consortium; and special me- 25 full-time employees, including several ices. While working closely with High Tech work on market questions, organizational high-value products and services to the wind energy cial means necessary to meet its diverse set of positively to the health, welfare, and economic and examine the changing purpose and nature and Youth Services. MBA candidates and un- dia applications for ink-jet printing. He was graduates from the University of Rochester. Rochester (HTR), the University’s Offices of questions, and business sense questions. Idea industry in the United States. objectives. Under financial stress, institutions development of society. Now through entre- of the university in the knowledge economy. dergraduate student volunteers worked with awarded 14 patents for inventions at Xerox. There are two sides to McNamara’s work Technology Transfer, and several others, Wil- thickening says instead of going deeply into Biz Kid$ participants during the Sim Biz Game He held degrees from Hamilton College, Yale Mark Tolbert (S, MBA), CEO of Top- at Bright Power. In new construction, he son and Judy Albers, former chief operating one channel, just make sure you are touching Day held on March 26. The event immerses University, and Harvard Business School. 2000 tica Photonics Inc., said the company is works closely with building design teams, officer at Excell Partners Inc., came up with very thinly on all channels, and if it still looks ranked no. 84 in the Rochester Top 100, which annu- UNIVERSITY-WIDE the youths in a business environment, teach- His family requests that in lieu of flowers, including architects, engineers, developers, the idea of holding a two-day workshop. good, go back and spend more time on each ally honors fast-growing privately held companies. ing them topics such as filing DBAs, building donations may be made to the American Civil and owners, to adapt their building plans To date, 226 idea teams with 1,434 total question,” said Wilson. “That’s what the Pre- Inaugural Tech Development Fund awards go to vaccine, fuel cell projects customer relations, working with suppliers, Liberties Union or the Jack Fraser Memorial Jason Nordhaus (BA, BS), ’04 (MA), ’08 to include energy efficient and sustainable participants have gone through the Pre-Seed Seed Workshop forces [participants to do].” and keeping records. Scholarship Fund for the Arts. 2003 (PhD), a postdoctoral research fellow Research in vaccine development and fuel $60,000 to produce and test a novel catalyst for initial interest, he expects the number of appli- features. He is also involved in work on so- Workshop. The workshop currently has host Students in the new technical entrepreneur- at Princeton University, theorist Adam Burrows, and cell production are the first two projects to be fuel cells. The catalyst, which is a nanostruc- cants to increase this spring. lar energy systems ranging from feasibility cities across New York, including Buffalo, ship and management (TEAM) master’s pro- their colleagues at the Lawrence Berkeley National funded under the new University of Roches- tured material, has the potential to increase The Technology Development Fund solicits studies to system installation. He manages Rochester, Syracuse, Geneva, Ithaca, Albany, gram attended the fall 2010 workshop as part Laboratory in California have discovered a way to ter Technology Development Fund. The fund effectiveness and reduce cost of the hydrogen proposals twice a year. Qualified applicants in- a team that has worked on Building Inte- and Long Island. It also has two host cities in of their course, TEM 440, Screening Technical explore supernovae explosions in three-dimensional simulations. Their scientific research has appeared was created last year to provide grants to Uni- and methanol fuel cells. The project has gener- clude University of Rochester faculty, students, grated Photovoltaics projects in New York, Indiana. HTR coordinates the workshops in Opportunities, taught by Wilson. innovations Volume 3, Issue 2 • Spring 2011 in publications such as Nature magazine, TIME versity scientists to help them advance a tech- ated interest from local representatives in the or staff who have submitted an invention dis- megawatt scale projects in Abu Dhabi, and the Rochester and Finger Lakes region. “The core of the class is to give students a magazine, and NPR. nology closer to the stage where it can be trans- automotive industry. closure to one of the University’s Offices of a variety of others. Participants in the Pre-Seed Workshop are platform where they can quickly evaluate a Editor/Layout Supervisor Entrepreneurship Are you an entrepreneur? Natalie Yager Antal University-wide ferred to the market. “This award will give us the much needed Technology Transfer. Applicants are eligible to Through his summer internship experi- divided into teams primarily made up of in- technical idea, and the Pre-Seed Workshop is Stay connected. Key to School Abbreviations • Eastman School of Music Address correspondence to: Jacob Schlesinger, professor, and Xia Jin, support to establish protocols for quality con- reapply. Proposals are reviewed by a screening ences and extensive work within the field, dustry experts, legal experts, accountants, suc- one option,” he said. Contributors Maureen Konopka • Hajim School of Engineering The University of Rochester E Eastman School of Music associate professor, Department of Medicine, trol, to develop a high production yield proc- committee of external professionals, including McNamara was able to jump-start his ca- cessful entrepreneurs, academics, and MBA Both the workshop and the course warn as- Mark Michaud and Applied Sciences Center for Entrepreneurship M School of Medicine and Dentistry reer early. He explained that employers, at Innovations have been awarded $100,000 to continue to de- ess, and to test the durability of the electrocat- members of the commercial sector, entrepre- and master’s students. piring entrepreneurs against “falling in love” External Photo Credits • School of Arts and Sciences 1-211 Carol Simon Hall N School of Nursing sign and test a novel vaccine for dengue fever, alysts—all of which are key areas before the neurs, venture capitalists, scientists, and angel start-ups or otherwise, look for graduates “The power of this two-day event is that in- with one idea. Wilson says that pursuing a Andrew McNamara • School of Medicine and Dentistry P.O. Box 270360 S Simon Graduate School of Business Dan Senor a disease primarily found in the developing technology is developed to the next level for investors, who will identify scientific objec- who have a strong ability to work with a ventors are surrounded by a diverse team of single idea can be too limiting from the very • School of Nursing Rochester, NY 14627-0360 Mark Wilson W Warner Graduate School of Education world and one that has so far eluded efforts to commercialization,” said Yang. tives that, with supplementary support, have team and have a working knowledge of experts,” said James Senall, president of HTR. beginning. He also encourages workshop par- Center for Nursing Entrepreneurship Phone (585) 276-3500 Vice Provost for Entrepreneurship develop such an agent. Their research has re- According to Michael Rusnak, deputy di- a strong commercial potential. Additionally, the technology associated with the field. “All of the participants take away a methodol- ticipants and his students to accept failure. • Simon Graduate School Duncan T. Moore of Business Administration Email [email protected] Send us CLASS notes If you have an announce- ceived support from the Gates Foundation and rector of New Ventures & Technology De- the inaugural awardees’ projects each received “I would encourage students to get out ogy for assessment that they can use for other “Coming to the conclusion that an idea is not ment you’d like to share with your fellow alumni, please the Pediatric Dengue Vaccine Initiative. velopment at the Medical Center’s Office of third party validation. Awards range from there and get your feet wet with the tech- ideas and share with colleagues.” going to work is okay, and helpful in the long Entrepreneur-in-Residence • Warner Graduate School of Website Bob Tobin Education and Human Development www.rochester.edu/entrepreneurship submit your professional news to Innovations at 1-211 Hong Yang, professor in the Department Technology Transfer, there were 15 propos- $40,000 to $100,000. To learn more, visit www. nology,” he said. “Differentiate yourself The workshop was designed to prod team run,” he said. “Being able to move on quickly Carol Simon Hall, P . O . Box 270360, Rochester, NY of Chemical Engineering, has been awarded als submitted last fall. While pleased with the rochester.edu/TechnologyDevelopment. from other students.” members from each area to think about simple and weed out a bad idea are valuable skills.” To receive this publication on a regular basis, please submit your name, company, and address to Innovations via phone, email, or mail. 14627–0360 or email [email protected].
CENTER FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP/Spring 2011 2 www.rochester.edu/entrepreneurship CENTER FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP/Spring 2011 3 www.rochester.edu/entrepreneurship CENTER FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP/Spring 2011 4 www.rochester.edu/entrepreneurship Warner graduate school of education and human development Profile University-wide and community IN BRIEF ALUMNI Notes Alum works on energy KEY students launch University mourns the loss Cynthia Kocialski (BA), who has Warner professor develops Entrepreneurial University course Pre-Seed Workshop offers platform 1982 founded three companies and has been projects at Bright Power University dance festival, of Lawrence ‘Jack’ Fraser actively involved in more than 25 high technology Andrew Wall, assistant professor at the War- preneurial means, institutions can raise their Who wouldn’t want startups, completed a Virtual Book Tour in March ner Graduate School of Education, has dedi- stature in the services that they bring to the for starting, growing new businesses lessons in nonviolence University flags were for her latest work, Start Up from the Ground Up: to help someone save cated some time to studying the relationship economy. Universities participate in a number KEY Scholar Arielle Friedlander ’11 created lowered on March 11 Practical Insights for Entrepreneurs. Learn more at her money and become One of the best re- between higher education and society. Over of external activities, developing relationships the University’s first-ever, five-day dance in memory of Lawrence blog www.cynthiakocialski.com. environmentally sources that the Uni- the years, he has conducted research about en- with industries to make this possible. festival in February. The inspireDANCE Festival Jackson Fraser, known friendly? Andrew Mc- versity of Rochester ImmunoGen Inc., a Waltham, Mass.- trepreneurial leadership and entrepreneurial This dynamic class examines the challenges offered open classes featuring styles ranging to all as “Jack,” the Namara ’05 gradu- has to offer is the 1983 based biotechnology company that de- education. The contemporary issue and chal- that universities face. “It is an academic course from contemporary to Jamaican, workshops deputy director of the velops targeted antibody-based anticancer products ated Rochester well dedication of its fac- lenge of the emergence of the entrepreneurial for a student to examine the benefits, the po- with professional guest instructors, and per- River Campus Office using Targeted Antibody Payload technology, an- equipped to work in ulty to sharing their university is what sparked Wall to create a new tential pitfalls, and how we might think about formances by the Rochester Contemporary of Technology Transfer, nounced the appointment of Theresa Wingrove (MS), energy efficiency and solar energy. With extensive research ’86 (PhD) as vice president of regulatory affairs. course, EDE 491, Entrepreneurial University. moving forward,” said Wall. Dance Collective. This spring, Joseph Gardella who died suddenly March 7 at age 71. Fraser
tion the help of Reach Internship Funds from and ideas with the “I am trying to bridge entrepreneurial re- There are currently six master’s students and ’11 and Lorenzo Mendez ’12, volunteers with worked to commercialize inventions and the University’s Career Center, McNamara community and so- Xerox Corp. leaders recently presented search and thinking with institutional entre- one doctoral candidate enrolled in the course. the University’s M. K. Gandhi Institute for software from students and faculty. He also Robert Loce (MS), a principal scientist, interned at Big Apple Solar Installation ciety. Mark Wilson, 1987 preneurship and institutional theory, to exam- They will carefully examine the different Nonviolence, have been making weekly visits mentored student teams interested in high with the Anne Mulcahy Inventor Award for his Commitment (BASIC) where he met Jeffrey lecturer in entrepre- contributions to Xerox’s digital imaging patent ine how leaders in higher education are trying te S choo l o f E duc a viewpoints of the emerging entrepreneurial to the Wilson Foundation Academy, teaching technology entrepreneurship and taught a Perlman during the summer before his neurship at the Simon portfolio. He was one of only eight scientists and to transform their environments to respond university through course readings, reflective middle school students about nonviolence, Simon Graduate School of Business course in senior year. Perlman later moved on to Graduate School of engineers to win the award. to fiscal stress and changes and expectations,” writing, in-class discussion, and scholarly pa- Mohandas Gandhi, and the principles and ap- technology transfer and commercialization. found Bright Power (www.brightpower. Business and founder said Wall. pers. At the end of the semester, each student plications of Ahimsa, a Sanskrit term meaning Fraser joined the University in January 2000 Amit Goyal (MS), ’91 (PhD), a re-
com), a New York City–based solar energy of Initiatives Consult- o f M a r k W i l son photo courtesy Wall defines the concept of the entrepreneur- will write about a dimension of this idea from “to do no harm.” These visits are part of after a 30-year tenure at the Xerox Corpora- 1988 searcher at the U.S. Department of and energy efficiency company. ing LLC, viewed this Judy Albers, cofounder and facilitator for the Pre-Seed Workshop, ial university early in the course. Throughout his or her own perspective. Gardella’s KEY project, Teenage Entrepreneur- tion. At Xerox, he most recently directed Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) The pair kept in touch long after the in- resource as a solution. provides insights on funding and valuation to participants. in Tennessee, was named the “2010 Innovator of the history, higher education has passed through “No matter what administrative position ial Educators of Nonviolence (TEEN). patent management and held management
rner G r a du o f Wa P hoto courtesy ternship with BASIC ended. Reconnecting He had been brain- Year’’ by leading technology publication R&D Maga- different phases, from the colonial college to they take in higher education, they are going positions in research, engineering, and tech- Andrew Wall created a new course, Entre- after McNamara’s graduation, Perlman of- storming ways to stimulate business growth questions such as, “Do you have a proprietary zine. His work focuses on the practical use of high- the modern era post–World War II. Today, to be faced with these challenges, and their re- nology strategy. He led a number of start-up temperature superconducting materials and develop- preneurial University, at the Warner School. fered Andrew the opportunity to become that was scalable across small, mid-sized, and product?”; “To whom will you sell?”; and Student volunteers universities have moved towards a high tuition, sponses will determine institutional direction,” teams from product planning and technology ment and fabrication of wires that allow the materials Bright Power’s first full-time employee. large cities. He saw a great opportunity in cre- “How will you operate?” The multifaceted high aid policy phase during a period where have adapted a more “entrepreneurial” ap- said Wall. mentor Rochester Biz Kid$ selection to the hand-off of copier designs to be adopted in the marketplace. David Schlosser McNamara jumped at the chance to pur- ating a platform to connect academics with en- team approach allows for a thorough and (BA), ’04S (MBA) recently opened a microbrewery, government funding for higher education has proach to raising funds. The course aims for students to develop an The University of Rochester Center for for manufacture in Japan. He was involved in sue his interest in solar energy and energy trepreneurs and the business community. quick analysis of the ideas, which Wilson has Naked Dove Brewing Co., in Hopewell, N.Y. steadily decreased. Institutions are challenged Values of the institution have now funda- understanding of the forces that have brought Entrepreneurship and the Rochester Center business development, including the forma- efficiency at a start-up, beginning employ- The Pre-Seed Workshop was launched in named the Idea ThickeningSM methodology. to support their own research and initiatives in mentally shifted from what was once oriented rise to what is being called the entrepreneur- for Community Leadership have once again tion of the DXI (DuPont-Xerox Imaging) joint Broadwind Energy Inc., based in ment in early 2006. He is currently the 2004 to get faculty with an interest in innova- “The theory of idea thickening is that a lot an environment of ever-decreasing resources. towards the public to the private gain of the ial university, examine emerging teaching in teamed up with Biz Kid$ Rochester, a unique venture, a collaboration with Philips on image 1993 Naperville, Ill., named Peter C. Duprey vice president of New Construction and tion excited about translating their research of times people run down a certain pathway While behaving as a traditional university, in- institution for its self-survival. Universities higher education, explore research and service program for youth ages 10 to 18 offered by storage; a Xerox-Hewlett Packard-Novell net- (S, MBA) as president and chief executive officer. Renewable Energy. The company now has into commercially viable products and serv- extensively, completely ignoring any kind of The company provides technologically advanced stitutions find it difficult to acquire the finan- have always been called upon to contribute practices in the contemporary environment, the City of Rochester Bureau of Recreation working printing consortium; and special me- 25 full-time employees, including several ices. While working closely with High Tech work on market questions, organizational high-value products and services to the wind energy cial means necessary to meet its diverse set of positively to the health, welfare, and economic and examine the changing purpose and nature and Youth Services. MBA candidates and un- dia applications for ink-jet printing. He was graduates from the University of Rochester. Rochester (HTR), the University’s Offices of questions, and business sense questions. Idea industry in the United States. objectives. Under financial stress, institutions development of society. Now through entre- of the university in the knowledge economy. dergraduate student volunteers worked with awarded 14 patents for inventions at Xerox. There are two sides to McNamara’s work Technology Transfer, and several others, Wil- thickening says instead of going deeply into Biz Kid$ participants during the Sim Biz Game He held degrees from Hamilton College, Yale Mark Tolbert (S, MBA), CEO of Top- at Bright Power. In new construction, he son and Judy Albers, former chief operating one channel, just make sure you are touching Day held on March 26. The event immerses University, and Harvard Business School. 2000 tica Photonics Inc., said the company is works closely with building design teams, officer at Excell Partners Inc., came up with very thinly on all channels, and if it still looks ranked no. 84 in the Rochester Top 100, which annu- UNIVERSITY-WIDE the youths in a business environment, teach- His family requests that in lieu of flowers, including architects, engineers, developers, the idea of holding a two-day workshop. good, go back and spend more time on each ally honors fast-growing privately held companies. ing them topics such as filing DBAs, building donations may be made to the American Civil and owners, to adapt their building plans To date, 226 idea teams with 1,434 total question,” said Wilson. “That’s what the Pre- Inaugural Tech Development Fund awards go to vaccine, fuel cell projects customer relations, working with suppliers, Liberties Union or the Jack Fraser Memorial Jason Nordhaus (BA, BS), ’04 (MA), ’08 to include energy efficient and sustainable participants have gone through the Pre-Seed Seed Workshop forces [participants to do].” and keeping records. Scholarship Fund for the Arts. 2003 (PhD), a postdoctoral research fellow Research in vaccine development and fuel $60,000 to produce and test a novel catalyst for initial interest, he expects the number of appli- features. He is also involved in work on so- Workshop. The workshop currently has host Students in the new technical entrepreneur- at Princeton University, theorist Adam Burrows, and cell production are the first two projects to be fuel cells. The catalyst, which is a nanostruc- cants to increase this spring. lar energy systems ranging from feasibility cities across New York, including Buffalo, ship and management (TEAM) master’s pro- their colleagues at the Lawrence Berkeley National funded under the new University of Roches- tured material, has the potential to increase The Technology Development Fund solicits studies to system installation. He manages Rochester, Syracuse, Geneva, Ithaca, Albany, gram attended the fall 2010 workshop as part Laboratory in California have discovered a way to ter Technology Development Fund. The fund effectiveness and reduce cost of the hydrogen proposals twice a year. Qualified applicants in- a team that has worked on Building Inte- and Long Island. It also has two host cities in of their course, TEM 440, Screening Technical explore supernovae explosions in three-dimensional simulations. Their scientific research has appeared was created last year to provide grants to Uni- and methanol fuel cells. The project has gener- clude University of Rochester faculty, students, grated Photovoltaics projects in New York, Indiana. HTR coordinates the workshops in Opportunities, taught by Wilson. innovations Volume 3, Issue 2 • Spring 2011 in publications such as Nature magazine, TIME versity scientists to help them advance a tech- ated interest from local representatives in the or staff who have submitted an invention dis- megawatt scale projects in Abu Dhabi, and the Rochester and Finger Lakes region. “The core of the class is to give students a magazine, and NPR. nology closer to the stage where it can be trans- automotive industry. closure to one of the University’s Offices of a variety of others. Participants in the Pre-Seed Workshop are platform where they can quickly evaluate a Editor/Layout Supervisor Entrepreneurship Are you an entrepreneur? Natalie Yager Antal University-wide ferred to the market. “This award will give us the much needed Technology Transfer. Applicants are eligible to Through his summer internship experi- divided into teams primarily made up of in- technical idea, and the Pre-Seed Workshop is Stay connected. Key to School Abbreviations • Eastman School of Music Address correspondence to: Jacob Schlesinger, professor, and Xia Jin, support to establish protocols for quality con- reapply. Proposals are reviewed by a screening ences and extensive work within the field, dustry experts, legal experts, accountants, suc- one option,” he said. Contributors Maureen Konopka • Hajim School of Engineering The University of Rochester E Eastman School of Music associate professor, Department of Medicine, trol, to develop a high production yield proc- committee of external professionals, including McNamara was able to jump-start his ca- cessful entrepreneurs, academics, and MBA Both the workshop and the course warn as- Mark Michaud and Applied Sciences Center for Entrepreneurship M School of Medicine and Dentistry reer early. He explained that employers, at Innovations have been awarded $100,000 to continue to de- ess, and to test the durability of the electrocat- members of the commercial sector, entrepre- and master’s students. piring entrepreneurs against “falling in love” External Photo Credits • School of Arts and Sciences 1-211 Carol Simon Hall N School of Nursing sign and test a novel vaccine for dengue fever, alysts—all of which are key areas before the neurs, venture capitalists, scientists, and angel start-ups or otherwise, look for graduates “The power of this two-day event is that in- with one idea. Wilson says that pursuing a Andrew McNamara • School of Medicine and Dentistry P.O. Box 270360 S Simon Graduate School of Business Dan Senor a disease primarily found in the developing technology is developed to the next level for investors, who will identify scientific objec- who have a strong ability to work with a ventors are surrounded by a diverse team of single idea can be too limiting from the very • School of Nursing Rochester, NY 14627-0360 Mark Wilson W Warner Graduate School of Education world and one that has so far eluded efforts to commercialization,” said Yang. tives that, with supplementary support, have team and have a working knowledge of experts,” said James Senall, president of HTR. beginning. He also encourages workshop par- Center for Nursing Entrepreneurship Phone (585) 276-3500 Vice Provost for Entrepreneurship develop such an agent. Their research has re- According to Michael Rusnak, deputy di- a strong commercial potential. Additionally, the technology associated with the field. “All of the participants take away a methodol- ticipants and his students to accept failure. • Simon Graduate School Duncan T. Moore of Business Administration Email [email protected] Send us CLASS notes If you have an announce- ceived support from the Gates Foundation and rector of New Ventures & Technology De- the inaugural awardees’ projects each received “I would encourage students to get out ogy for assessment that they can use for other “Coming to the conclusion that an idea is not ment you’d like to share with your fellow alumni, please the Pediatric Dengue Vaccine Initiative. velopment at the Medical Center’s Office of third party validation. Awards range from there and get your feet wet with the tech- ideas and share with colleagues.” going to work is okay, and helpful in the long Entrepreneur-in-Residence • Warner Graduate School of Website Bob Tobin Education and Human Development www.rochester.edu/entrepreneurship submit your professional news to Innovations at 1-211 Hong Yang, professor in the Department Technology Transfer, there were 15 propos- $40,000 to $100,000. To learn more, visit www. nology,” he said. “Differentiate yourself The workshop was designed to prod team run,” he said. “Being able to move on quickly Carol Simon Hall, P . O . Box 270360, Rochester, NY of Chemical Engineering, has been awarded als submitted last fall. While pleased with the rochester.edu/TechnologyDevelopment. from other students.” members from each area to think about simple and weed out a bad idea are valuable skills.” To receive this publication on a regular basis, please submit your name, company, and address to Innovations via phone, email, or mail. 14627–0360 or email [email protected].
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Box 270360 a Rochester committee to create a new web- www.rochester.edu/entrepreneurship • VOLUME 3, ISSUE 2 • Spring 2011 Rochester, NY 14627-0360 based resource featuring the University’s high Saturday, March 26 Third Annual Celebration of potential technologies distilled into market BizKid$ SimBiz Event*: Undergrad and Entrepreneurship Luncheon*: Noon– 1:30 opportunity terms. Change Service Requested MBA volunteers work with high school p.m.; Hyatt Regency Hotel Rochester, Grand The Entrepreneur-Ready TechnologiesSM Duncan T. Moore students from the Rochester City School Ballroom; Fee of $45 per person; (Register website will house new two-page summa- Vice Provost District; 11:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m.; Gleason at www.htr.org, ) for Entrepreneurship ries, written in “plain English,” for each of the 119, 120, and 125 highlighted technologies. Additionally, busi- Saturday, April 16 ness and engineering graduate students will Tuesday, March 29 Fourth Annual ArtAwake*: Art and music New offerings for conduct research, posted in PowerPoint for- Mark Ain Business Model Workshop festival in a vacant urban space; festival mat and accompanied by photos and charts, 3: “Executive Coaching Sessions”; Rami founded by a KEY student group; 3 p.m.–1 students and accolades tions to further explain market potential and exist- Katz ’03S, Chief Operating Officer, Excell a.m.; Alliance Building, 183 East Main St., The University of Rochester has been busy ing competitors. Designed in a simple, user- Partners Inc.; Debora LaBudde, Managing Rochester; (Visit www.artawake.org) developing new opportunities in business and friendly format, the site is meant to be a one- General Partner, Envoi Ventures; and Bob entrepreneurship for students. The College Monday, April 18 stop shop for commercial-ready technologies. Tobin, Entrepreneur-in-Residence and and the Simon Graduate School of Business Charles and Janet Forbes Entrepreneurial The late Jack Fraser, who most recently Associate Director, CFE; 4:30 – 5:45 p.m.; recently announced a new undergraduate Competition Entries Due: 5 p.m.; spotlight served as the deputy director of the River Gleason 328, 329, and 330 major in business. The degree was approved Center for Entrepreneurship, Carol Simon B R A NDON V IC K, uni v ersity co mm unic a Campus Office of Technology Transfer, led University of Rochester by the New York State Department of Educa- Thursday, March 31 Hall 1-211; Submit electronic copy to the way in bringing this initiative to fruition. The current technical entrepreneurship and management (TEAM) tion last month, an effort spearheaded by Kalmbach Lecture Series at the Simon [email protected]; Open Dan Senor commemorates National Entrepreneurship Week Working with fellow case managers, he se- class with Vice Provost for Entrepreneurship Duncan Moore. Richard Feldman, dean of the College, and School*: David Koretz, Founder, President, to undergraduate engineering and applied lected the first 27 technologies—from hun- Dan Senor, author, geopolitical expert, and inves- He also cites Israel’s Ronald Hansen, senior associate dean for and CEO, BlueTie Inc.; 4:30–5:30 p.m.; sciences students only dreds of patents—to be displayed on the site. tor, commemorated National Entrepreneurship military, both its spending Cover Story program development at the Simon School. Schlegel 103 James Senall, president of High Tech Roch- Thursday, April 21 Week at the University of Rochester on February on technology develop- Currently, there are two tracks offered, the ester (HTR), also sat on the planning commit- Wednesday, April 13 Farash Lecture Series at the Simon 23. He delivered a keynote lecture based on his ment and its unique University to launch site first focuses on organizations and markets, tee. HTR’s mission is to catalyze the formation Center for Entrepreneurship Lecture School*: Lynn Sullivan ’91S (MBA), CEO, New York Times best seller, Start-Up Nation: The ideology. Comparing the the second on marketing. However, we hope and growth of local businesses and maintain Series*: Mary Walshok, Associate Vice Association for the Blind and Visually Story of Israel’s Economic Miracle, to a crowd of ratio of officers to sol- to add a track in entrepreneurship in the near a current repository of the best technologies Chancellor for Extended Studies and Public Impaired (ABVI)–Goodwill; 12:40–1:20 nearly 200 students, faculty, staff, alumni, and diers to a pyramid where showcasing ‘Entrepreneur- future, especially since three undergrads have available across the region to more efficiently Programs and Professor of Sociology, p.m.; Gleason 118 community members. officers occupy the tiny already declared an interdepartmental major assist in new business formation. The organi- University of California, San Diego; 4:30–6 After a sterling introduction delivered by tip, he said that Israeli Ready Technologies’ in the field. Monday, April 25 zation routinely tries to link experienced en- p.m.; Gleason 318/418 President Joel Seligman, Senor addressed how soldiers are each taught Applications for the technical entrepreneur- Mark Ain Business Model Competition trepreneurs with new opportunities. Israel—a country of 7.1 million people, only 60 leadership skills and ith a rich portfolio of intellectual property and a strong ship and management master’s program are Thursday, April 14 Entries Due: 4 p.m.; Center for “The ‘E-Ready’ website will make it easier years old, surrounded by enemies, in a constant learn—or are forced—to interest in technology transfer, the University of Roches- up 60 percent over last year. We recently Center for Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship, Carol Simon Hall 1-211; for High Tech Rochester and the community state of war since its founding, with no natural make decisions on their ter stands out as a place to turn to for innovative and cre- extended offers of admission to impressive Community Roundtable on Economic Submit electronic copy to maureen. W in general to find and easily understand some resources—produces more start-up companies own; the opposite peda- ative ideas. Recently, business leaders, Simon Graduate School of Busi- candidates representing 10 countries. Development*: Mary Walshok, Associate [email protected] of the most promising commercial opportuni- than large, peaceful, and stable nations like Ja- gogy of many developed ness faculty, and the University’s Offices of Technology Transfer have The Center is pleased to have a more active Vice Chancellor for Extended Studies and ties available at the University of Rochester,” Thursday, April 28 pan, China, India, Korea, Canada, and the United nations’ militaries. teamed up to work on a new resource to showcase the wide range of role in the Charles and Janet Forbes Entrepre- Public Programs and Professor of Sociology,
* Entrepreneurship said Senall. Hajim School Senior Design Day : Kingdom. He argues that the United States can This type of thinking, of Dan S enor Photo courtesy University commercialization opportunities available to entrepreneurs neurial Competition this year. The contest is UC San Diego; 9–11 a.m.; Alumni & Golini said the continued success in the area Goergen, Munnerlyn Atrium glean valuable lessons from Israel, which also one that contrasts with Dan Senor, author, geopolitical expert, and investor, delivered the in the community and beyond. open to undergraduates in the Hajim School Advancement Center, 300 East River Rd., of technology transfer and commercialization boasts more companies on the NASDAQ than standard principles, per- National Entrepreneurship Week Keynote Lecture in February. When Don Golini, lecturer in entrepreneurship at the Simon School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and is Board Room Friday, April 29 will have positive ramifications—differentiat- any other foreign country and receives the most meates the culture. Senor and founder of QED Technologies, left his company in 2010 to pursue made possible by the Forbes family. A record * Charles and Janet Forbes Entrepreneurial ing the University, assisting in attracting and F.I.R.E. Lecture Series LX : “Inequitable investments on a per capita basis from global points to the Israeli desire to reject conventional Senor’s appearance was made possible by the Entrepren other opportunities, it was natural for him to turn to the University of number of students submitted intent to Competition Presentations and for retaining top faculty, and benefitting inventors Conduct—Therasense Inc. v. Beckton, venture capitalists in the world. wisdom and resiliency in the face of adversity as University’s Ruth Leon Fund for Jewish Studies Rochester and its Offices of Technology Transfer for his next step. He compete statements this spring. Finalists are Judging*: 1–4 p.m.; Location TBA and the Rochester community as a whole. Dickinson & Co.”; J. Gibson Lanier, Senor offered colorful insights about the Israeli additional reasons behind the country’s economic and the collaboration of departments and student began with the simple question, “What are some exciting opportunities scheduled to present their technical business “When you commercialize intellectual associate attorney, Ballard Spahr Andrews Thursday, May 5 entrepreneurs featured in his book. He talked at success. Its citizens’ ability to be disruptive and organizations across campus. University spon- happening at the University right now?” plans, often accompanied by prototypes, at property from a university, the interests of all & Ingersoll, LLP; 9 –10 a.m.; Class of ‘62 Kalmbach Lecture Series at the Simon length about Shai Agassi, founder and CEO of search for alternative solutions has catapulted sors included the Office of the President; Deans’ Golini found it somewhat difficult to answer his question as an indi- the end of April on the River Campus. The parties are very well aligned,” he said. Auditorium (G-9425 and 1-9425), Medical School*: Susan Bulkeley Butler, Founder Better Place, a global leader in providing electric Israel into a great techno-nation. Office of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering; Office vidual looking into the University’s ivory towers. Outsiders seeking to University community is welcome to attend Center; RSVP to david_englert@urmc. and CEO, SBB Institute for Women’s vehicle services. Agassi is working to install an “I thought Dan Senor was charismatic, infor- of Advancement; Center for Entrepreneurship; license academic institutions’ technologies often face the challenge of this event. Contact the Center for details. The Entrepreneur-Ready Technologies website rochester.edu or 585.784.8856 Leadership; 12:40–1:20 p.m.; Schlegel 102 electric vehicle charging station infrastructure in mative, and energetic,” said Mariah Meyer ’14, Offices of Technology Transfer; Hillel of Rochester navigating through a daunting amount of information. At times, they In closing, I would like to recognize Brian will be publicly available on April 15, with an Israel and major cities in Asia, Europe, and the who attended the lecture and is currently enrolled Area Colleges; Chabad House; Center for Jewish must determine the technology’s practical applications on their own. MacMillin ’10 (BS), ’11 (MS), founder of Friday, April 15 Wednesday, May 11 unveiling during the third annual Celebration United States. Senor said that Agassi’s family is in the new undergraduate course, ENT 227, En- Studies; UR Israel Council; Simon Entrepreneurs “The University sits on hundreds of patents, and it’s really hard to ex- Outdoor Equipment Supplier LLC, who was Rochester Regional Business Plan Contest Mark Ain Business Model Competition of Entrepreneurship Luncheon at the Hyatt originally from Iran, transitioning into his theory trepreneurship in the Not-for-Profit Environment. Club; and the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity. Commu- tract the value if you are not articulating the value in terms that business selected as one of 30 finalists from nearly Finals*: 9 – 11 a.m.; Hyatt Regency Hotel Finalists’ Presentations and Judging: Regency in Rochester, N.Y. To learn more or that immigrants are “natural entrepreneurs” and This talk marked the University’s first celebra- nity partners included High Tech Rochester and people in the commercial world can understand,” he said. 2,000 nominees in the 2010 Global Student Rochester; Free and open to the public 4–5:45 p.m.; Schlegel, Eisenberg Rotunda register for the luncheon, visit www.htr.org. After Israel’s open immigration policy towards Jews has tion of National Entrepreneurship Week, an Excell Partners Inc. While the inventor has relevant knowledge about the technology, Entrepreneur Awards, hosted by the Kauffman
April 15, visit the E-Ready site at www.rochester. helped create a large pool of talent. The small initiative supported by the U.S. Congress and the A video of Senor’s talk is available at www. Center many times the commercial viability does not get translated into busi- Foundation last November. edu/entrepreneurship/ereadytech. * Check www.rochester.edu/entrepreneurship/events for the latest information. country is home to more than 70 nationalities. Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education. rochester.edu/entrepreneurship/cfeseries. Continued on Page 5
CENTER FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP/Spring 2011 5 www.rochester.edu/entrepreneurship CENTER FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP/Spring 2011 6 www.rochester.edu/entrepreneurship Technologies site Calendar Continued from Page 1 Entrepreneurship Events for Spring 2011 Center for Entrepreneurship ness language in the patent write-up. To rem- Sign up to receive event notifications via email at www.rochester.edu/entrepreneurship/ 1-211 Carol Simon Hall edy this disconnect, Golini decided to form signup. Register for select events online at www.rochester.edu/entrepreneurship/registration. innovations P.O. Box 270360 a Rochester committee to create a new web- www.rochester.edu/entrepreneurship • VOLUME 3, ISSUE 2 • Spring 2011 Rochester, NY 14627-0360 based resource featuring the University’s high Saturday, March 26 Third Annual Celebration of potential technologies distilled into market BizKid$ SimBiz Event*: Undergrad and Entrepreneurship Luncheon*: Noon– 1:30 opportunity terms. Change Service Requested MBA volunteers work with high school p.m.; Hyatt Regency Hotel Rochester, Grand The Entrepreneur-Ready TechnologiesSM Duncan T. Moore students from the Rochester City School Ballroom; Fee of $45 per person; (Register website will house new two-page summa- Vice Provost District; 11:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m.; Gleason at www.htr.org, ) for Entrepreneurship ries, written in “plain English,” for each of the 119, 120, and 125 highlighted technologies. Additionally, busi- Saturday, April 16 ness and engineering graduate students will Tuesday, March 29 Fourth Annual ArtAwake*: Art and music New offerings for conduct research, posted in PowerPoint for- Mark Ain Business Model Workshop festival in a vacant urban space; festival mat and accompanied by photos and charts, 3: “Executive Coaching Sessions”; Rami founded by a KEY student group; 3 p.m.–1 students and accolades tions to further explain market potential and exist- Katz ’03S, Chief Operating Officer, Excell a.m.; Alliance Building, 183 East Main St., The University of Rochester has been busy ing competitors. Designed in a simple, user- Partners Inc.; Debora LaBudde, Managing Rochester; (Visit www.artawake.org) developing new opportunities in business and friendly format, the site is meant to be a one- General Partner, Envoi Ventures; and Bob entrepreneurship for students. The College Monday, April 18 stop shop for commercial-ready technologies. Tobin, Entrepreneur-in-Residence and and the Simon Graduate School of Business Charles and Janet Forbes Entrepreneurial The late Jack Fraser, who most recently Associate Director, CFE; 4:30 – 5:45 p.m.; recently announced a new undergraduate Competition Entries Due: 5 p.m.; spotlight served as the deputy director of the River Gleason 328, 329, and 330 major in business. The degree was approved Center for Entrepreneurship, Carol Simon B R A NDON V IC K, uni v ersity co mm unic a Campus Office of Technology Transfer, led University of Rochester by the New York State Department of Educa- Thursday, March 31 Hall 1-211; Submit electronic copy to the way in bringing this initiative to fruition. The current technical entrepreneurship and management (TEAM) tion last month, an effort spearheaded by Kalmbach Lecture Series at the Simon [email protected]; Open Dan Senor commemorates National Entrepreneurship Week Working with fellow case managers, he se- class with Vice Provost for Entrepreneurship Duncan Moore. Richard Feldman, dean of the College, and School*: David Koretz, Founder, President, to undergraduate engineering and applied lected the first 27 technologies—from hun- Dan Senor, author, geopolitical expert, and inves- He also cites Israel’s Ronald Hansen, senior associate dean for and CEO, BlueTie Inc.; 4:30–5:30 p.m.; sciences students only dreds of patents—to be displayed on the site. tor, commemorated National Entrepreneurship military, both its spending Cover Story program development at the Simon School. Schlegel 103 James Senall, president of High Tech Roch- Thursday, April 21 Week at the University of Rochester on February on technology develop- Currently, there are two tracks offered, the ester (HTR), also sat on the planning commit- Wednesday, April 13 Farash Lecture Series at the Simon 23. He delivered a keynote lecture based on his ment and its unique University to launch site first focuses on organizations and markets, tee. HTR’s mission is to catalyze the formation Center for Entrepreneurship Lecture School*: Lynn Sullivan ’91S (MBA), CEO, New York Times best seller, Start-Up Nation: The ideology. Comparing the the second on marketing. However, we hope and growth of local businesses and maintain Series*: Mary Walshok, Associate Vice Association for the Blind and Visually Story of Israel’s Economic Miracle, to a crowd of ratio of officers to sol- to add a track in entrepreneurship in the near a current repository of the best technologies Chancellor for Extended Studies and Public Impaired (ABVI)–Goodwill; 12:40–1:20 nearly 200 students, faculty, staff, alumni, and diers to a pyramid where showcasing ‘Entrepreneur- future, especially since three undergrads have available across the region to more efficiently Programs and Professor of Sociology, p.m.; Gleason 118 community members. officers occupy the tiny already declared an interdepartmental major assist in new business formation. The organi- University of California, San Diego; 4:30–6 After a sterling introduction delivered by tip, he said that Israeli Ready Technologies’ in the field. Monday, April 25 zation routinely tries to link experienced en- p.m.; Gleason 318/418 President Joel Seligman, Senor addressed how soldiers are each taught Applications for the technical entrepreneur- Mark Ain Business Model Competition trepreneurs with new opportunities. Israel—a country of 7.1 million people, only 60 leadership skills and ith a rich portfolio of intellectual property and a strong ship and management master’s program are Thursday, April 14 Entries Due: 4 p.m.; Center for “The ‘E-Ready’ website will make it easier years old, surrounded by enemies, in a constant learn—or are forced—to interest in technology transfer, the University of Roches- up 60 percent over last year. We recently Center for Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship, Carol Simon Hall 1-211; for High Tech Rochester and the community state of war since its founding, with no natural make decisions on their ter stands out as a place to turn to for innovative and cre- extended offers of admission to impressive Community Roundtable on Economic Submit electronic copy to maureen. W in general to find and easily understand some resources—produces more start-up companies own; the opposite peda- ative ideas. Recently, business leaders, Simon Graduate School of Busi- candidates representing 10 countries. Development*: Mary Walshok, Associate [email protected] of the most promising commercial opportuni- than large, peaceful, and stable nations like Ja- gogy of many developed ness faculty, and the University’s Offices of Technology Transfer have The Center is pleased to have a more active Vice Chancellor for Extended Studies and ties available at the University of Rochester,” Thursday, April 28 pan, China, India, Korea, Canada, and the United nations’ militaries. teamed up to work on a new resource to showcase the wide range of role in the Charles and Janet Forbes Entrepre- Public Programs and Professor of Sociology,
* Entrepreneurship said Senall. Hajim School Senior Design Day : Kingdom. He argues that the United States can This type of thinking, of Dan S enor Photo courtesy University commercialization opportunities available to entrepreneurs neurial Competition this year. The contest is UC San Diego; 9–11 a.m.; Alumni & Golini said the continued success in the area Goergen, Munnerlyn Atrium glean valuable lessons from Israel, which also one that contrasts with Dan Senor, author, geopolitical expert, and investor, delivered the in the community and beyond. open to undergraduates in the Hajim School Advancement Center, 300 East River Rd., of technology transfer and commercialization boasts more companies on the NASDAQ than standard principles, per- National Entrepreneurship Week Keynote Lecture in February. When Don Golini, lecturer in entrepreneurship at the Simon School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and is Board Room Friday, April 29 will have positive ramifications—differentiat- any other foreign country and receives the most meates the culture. Senor and founder of QED Technologies, left his company in 2010 to pursue made possible by the Forbes family. A record * Charles and Janet Forbes Entrepreneurial ing the University, assisting in attracting and F.I.R.E. Lecture Series LX : “Inequitable investments on a per capita basis from global points to the Israeli desire to reject conventional Senor’s appearance was made possible by the Entrepren other opportunities, it was natural for him to turn to the University of number of students submitted intent to Competition Presentations and for retaining top faculty, and benefitting inventors Conduct—Therasense Inc. v. Beckton, venture capitalists in the world. wisdom and resiliency in the face of adversity as University’s Ruth Leon Fund for Jewish Studies Rochester and its Offices of Technology Transfer for his next step. He compete statements this spring. Finalists are Judging*: 1–4 p.m.; Location TBA and the Rochester community as a whole. Dickinson & Co.”; J. Gibson Lanier, Senor offered colorful insights about the Israeli additional reasons behind the country’s economic and the collaboration of departments and student began with the simple question, “What are some exciting opportunities scheduled to present their technical business “When you commercialize intellectual associate attorney, Ballard Spahr Andrews Thursday, May 5 entrepreneurs featured in his book. He talked at success. Its citizens’ ability to be disruptive and organizations across campus. University spon- happening at the University right now?” plans, often accompanied by prototypes, at property from a university, the interests of all & Ingersoll, LLP; 9 –10 a.m.; Class of ‘62 Kalmbach Lecture Series at the Simon length about Shai Agassi, founder and CEO of search for alternative solutions has catapulted sors included the Office of the President; Deans’ Golini found it somewhat difficult to answer his question as an indi- the end of April on the River Campus. The parties are very well aligned,” he said. Auditorium (G-9425 and 1-9425), Medical School*: Susan Bulkeley Butler, Founder Better Place, a global leader in providing electric Israel into a great techno-nation. Office of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering; Office vidual looking into the University’s ivory towers. Outsiders seeking to University community is welcome to attend Center; RSVP to david_englert@urmc. and CEO, SBB Institute for Women’s vehicle services. Agassi is working to install an “I thought Dan Senor was charismatic, infor- of Advancement; Center for Entrepreneurship; license academic institutions’ technologies often face the challenge of this event. Contact the Center for details. The Entrepreneur-Ready Technologies website rochester.edu or 585.784.8856 Leadership; 12:40–1:20 p.m.; Schlegel 102 electric vehicle charging station infrastructure in mative, and energetic,” said Mariah Meyer ’14, Offices of Technology Transfer; Hillel of Rochester navigating through a daunting amount of information. At times, they In closing, I would like to recognize Brian will be publicly available on April 15, with an Israel and major cities in Asia, Europe, and the who attended the lecture and is currently enrolled Area Colleges; Chabad House; Center for Jewish must determine the technology’s practical applications on their own. MacMillin ’10 (BS), ’11 (MS), founder of Friday, April 15 Wednesday, May 11 unveiling during the third annual Celebration United States. Senor said that Agassi’s family is in the new undergraduate course, ENT 227, En- Studies; UR Israel Council; Simon Entrepreneurs “The University sits on hundreds of patents, and it’s really hard to ex- Outdoor Equipment Supplier LLC, who was Rochester Regional Business Plan Contest Mark Ain Business Model Competition of Entrepreneurship Luncheon at the Hyatt originally from Iran, transitioning into his theory trepreneurship in the Not-for-Profit Environment. Club; and the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity. Commu- tract the value if you are not articulating the value in terms that business selected as one of 30 finalists from nearly Finals*: 9 – 11 a.m.; Hyatt Regency Hotel Finalists’ Presentations and Judging: Regency in Rochester, N.Y. To learn more or that immigrants are “natural entrepreneurs” and This talk marked the University’s first celebra- nity partners included High Tech Rochester and people in the commercial world can understand,” he said. 2,000 nominees in the 2010 Global Student Rochester; Free and open to the public 4–5:45 p.m.; Schlegel, Eisenberg Rotunda register for the luncheon, visit www.htr.org. After Israel’s open immigration policy towards Jews has tion of National Entrepreneurship Week, an Excell Partners Inc. While the inventor has relevant knowledge about the technology, Entrepreneur Awards, hosted by the Kauffman
April 15, visit the E-Ready site at www.rochester. helped create a large pool of talent. The small initiative supported by the U.S. Congress and the A video of Senor’s talk is available at www. Center many times the commercial viability does not get translated into busi- Foundation last November. edu/entrepreneurship/ereadytech. * Check www.rochester.edu/entrepreneurship/events for the latest information. country is home to more than 70 nationalities. Consortium for Entrepreneurship Education. rochester.edu/entrepreneurship/cfeseries. Continued on Page 5
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