21Ventures supports entrepreneurs worldwide, providing us with access to strong deal flow and leading scientists that assist us in due diligence efforts. As educators, we travel to global innovation centers and offer customized programs to meet the specific demands of the burgeoning class of entrepreneurially-minded scientists. We teach scientists, engineers, and economic development specialists the fundamentals of building a high tech venture and how to successfully navigate the complexities of the technology ecosystem that is critical to their success. Our objective is to train the entrepreneurially-minded scientist as if we ourselves were going to invest in them.
From Idea to IPO: The Technology Venture
Spring 2010
Example Courses:
From Idea to IPO: The Technology Venture
Increasingly, science researchers are engaging in or starting entrepreneurial ventures. Unfortunately, traditional education in the sciences and technology does not include practical information about translating scientific research into viable commercial ventures. This 13 week course is specifically designed for graduate students, postdocs and science entrepreneurs who want to build businesses that commercialize university-owned intellectual property or have a deeper understanding of the issues involved in taking the right idea from the laboratory to the marketplace. Read More and register for the spring Semester...
 From Idea To IPO (example syllabus)
Foundations of Entrepreneurship
NYU Stern School of Business / Prof. Ari Ginsberg
This course offers a framework for understanding the entrepreneurial process and exposes the student to most problems and issues faced by entrepreneurs who start new ventures. Case study is the principal teaching method, supplemented by lectures, a venture planning exercise, and guest speakers. Major objectives are for students to learn how to identify and evaluate market opportunities; develop a venture concept and marketing plan; assess and obtain the required resources; and manage the launch of a new venture.
David Anthony will be a guest lecturer for this course
Art of Deal Summer 07 (example syllabus)
The Art of the Deal: Negotiating Technology Agreements
MBA 682 University of Alabama Birmingham, Summer '06
From Idea to IPO (Magazine Feature)
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Engineers and scientists must be able to see functionally beyond the boundaries of their disciplines. After all, nature knows no disciplinary boundaries. Today's engineering graduates must be capable of integrating knowledge from a variety of disciplines and working with industry partners to advance that knowledge into innovations.
If innovation is at the heart of progress, then we need to understand the skills that foster the capacity for risk taking, for imagination, and a tolerance for unfamiliar and uncertain territory. That in turn will mean that our institutions must evolve to engender these skills.
Innovation and competitive entrepreneurship will always remain an enduring quest, an on-going process. There is no peak that we can reach that will assure continuing success. It is not a matter of sticking to the task for the long haul. It is the "haul."
Joseph Bordogna
Deputy Director
Chief Operating Officer
National Science Foundation
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