Career Options: Entrepreneurship

The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) is offering two week-long courses this summer to help them transition to careers in biotech. Of 130 participants from 2014-2016, 70% now have nonacademic jobs in industry, regulatory affairs, or tech transfer; the remainder… Read More

PhD Career Connections: Entrepreneurship Margaret Read, PhD General Manager, Corporate Alliances, Vanderbilt Center for Technology Transfer and Commercialization Margaret joined CTTC in Jun of 2018 as General Manager, Corporate Alliances and manages the collaboration with… Read More

Join us for Project Healthcare Portfolio Startup Showcase! Thu, January 31, 2019 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM CST For the past 7 months, fourteen hand-picked startups from our Project Healthcare Portfolio program have been working intensively with the EC team, advisors, industry experts, and… Read More

Health Velocity Capital is one of the nation’s leading healthcare software and services venture capital and growth equity investment firms. Working in close partnership with some of the nation’s largest and most influential healthcare organizations, our mission is to generate outstanding financial returns while being the preferred innovation partner of entrepreneurs… Read More

Launch Tennessee’s internship program is looking for qualified candidates to work with one of several startups in their network. LaunchTN started the Summer Internship Program in May 2014, providing undergraduate and graduate students the opportunity to engage in Tennessee’s startup communities. LaunchTN’s Internship Program boasts 120+ talented,… Read More

  Do you want experience in science entrepreneurship/commercialization?   Join the TechVenture Challenge! Work in cross-disciplinary teams Develop mock commercialization plans Pitch plans for a cash prize to industry experts   An interest meeting for participants and volunteers will be January 10th at 5:00 pm Light Hall 512.   This… Read More

Health:Further August 27-29, 2018 Music City Center| Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum Nashville, TN The Health:Further team is seeking volunteers to join them at the 2018 Festival.  As a volunteer, you'll have free access to the three day event which includes: exciting keynotes, a startup pitch competition, panel discussions,… Read More

The second speaker in Vanderbilt School of Medicine's eI2 seminar series will be featured on  Friday February 2, 3:00 PM, in 214 Light Hall Dr. David L. Black, Ph.D., F-ABFT, FAIC Founder, Aegis Sciences Corporation Founder and CEO, The Phoenix Sciences Group, LLC Clinical Associate Professor, Immunology,… Read More

The eI2 (Enabling Innovation Initiative) program is being launched by Basic Sciences at Vanderbilt School of Medicine to lower barriers to commercializing basic science discoveries. The initiative will feature a new speaker seminar series. The first in this series features Dr. Chase Spurlock (CEO of iQuity) and Dr. Thomas Aune… Read More

Last month, eI2 was introduced, a new program launched by Rob Carnahan, Chuck Sanders, and Alan Bentley to promote a culture of innovation and the dissemination of new knowledge and discoveries through entrepreneurial pathways. You can now learn more about eI2 from its new website. There, among other things, you’ll… Read More