by william.brah | Jan 31, 2019 | General, Incubators, Innovation, R & D
With all of the technical resources available in the Kendall Square area, why do Cambridge-based Platelet BioGenesis scientists travel to the UMass Boston campus one day per week to use the animal facility and confocal microscope? According to Lea Beaulieu, Platelet’s...
by william.brah | Jan 24, 2019 | GEIR program, General
One of the global entrepreneurs-in-residence at the UMass Boston Venture Development Center quite unexpectedly received an invitation from Michael Bloomberg to attend Bloomberg’s inaugural New Economy Forum (NEF) in Singapore on November 6-7 2018. Her name is Fanyu...
by aijanisakova | May 22, 2018 | General
By Haim Nigri Throughout my academic experience and powered by my entrepreneurial mindset, I’ve always enjoyed the practical aspect of academia. I was always thinking how I could apply all the theory and knowledge I was gathering to other aspects of my life...
by aijanisakova | Apr 21, 2017 | Focus On Founders, GEIR program, General
Chetan Manikantan, our very own Global EIR at the VDC, UMass Boston, and a Serial Entrepreneur, Design Thinker and a Polymath writes about the latest technological revolution taking over the world – in his simple yet powerful article titled “Mahatma...
by william.brah | Feb 5, 2016 | General, Hiring, Mentoring, Startups, Women Rising In Tech
According to a study by Catalyst about the gender divide in technology-intensive industries, “Women coming out of business schools, looking to advance their careers, are looking elsewhere.” Anna Beninger, the report’s author, says women see these...
by christianvialva | Nov 10, 2015 | General
Guest post by Arnav Dalmia, Co-Founder, FitnessCubed* (Michael Gaiss, the VDC’s EIR and Founder of ThinkB1G, scours the nation for top startup talent. When he met Arnav Dalmia at the University of Chicago, he immediately thought he would be a good fit for the...
