Scaling Up Innovation – Page 10 – Innovative Ventures

‘Path to Commercialization:’ An IVI Master Class in Mentoring

I created this program as Part II in my Master Class series of ‘Scaling Up’ at the request of John Hoxmeier, Associate Dean, Graduate Studies at Colorado State University (CSU). John is managing CSU’s executive MBA program in Kazan, Russia with students holding senior positions in state owned enterprises, Ministries of ICT, Industry, Trade & Development, the Tatarstan Presidential Administration and Tatarstan’s sovereign wealth fund. This Master Class was conducted 3-5 November 2011 in Kazan, Russia. CSU earned the personal attention and congratulations from the President…

‘Scaling Up Entrepreneurship:’ A Master Class in Mentoring

The seed for this Master Class came about from a request of the US Embassy Moscow to me in May 2010. The Embassy was asked by the the Governor of Novosibirsk, Russia to organize a conference on solutions the region could implement to stimulate more innovation, venture capital and entrepreneurship. My 60 minute presentation generated numerous questions that demonstrated the audience’s lack of understanding of what entrepreneurship is, how it and venture capital works, and actions government can implement to spur more innovation, technology creation and investment. John Hoxmeier,…

Enabling the Globalization of Talent: Part II

There is a shortage of experienced entrepreneurs, project managers & CEOs to lead tech start-ups on the path to commercialization in emerging market countries. In my 1st post on this subject, I summarized the issues of attracting senior staff to start-ups in the emerging markets. Perhaps the path forward for emerging markets is to replicate the job bank solution that some American university technology transfer offices implemented to solve the problem they experience; how attract and retain talent when one is…