Upcoming EventsCompete in Stanford’s Global Innovation Tournament via YouTube Video submissions due by Do you have an entrepreneurial streak and an interest in solving global problems? Then get a team together and enter the 2009 Global Innovation Tournament, a fast-paced competition that challenges student teams to solve a common, world problem in about eight days, creating as much value as possible. Teams must show their results in a short video posted to YouTube. The mystery problem will be revealed on November 4 and submission will be due on November 13. Podcast SeriesITEC in the News
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The Institute for Technology Entrepreneurship and Commercialization (ITEC) is a new model for entrepreneurship education, research and training that uniquely cross-channels resources from a large number of schools and departments throughout Boston University. No other program provides the new entrepreneur with such a variety of opportunities for developing new technologies, products and services that meet global needs in healthcare, life sciences, alternative energy, information technologies, and other sectors.
ITEC, centered at the Boston University School of Management, is an educational resource for the entire University as well as the local, national, and international communities, providing a full range of education, training, mentoring, and networking programs and opportunities that support new entrepreneurs.
Congratulations to $50K Business Plan Competition Winner Novophage
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1st Place Winner of the 2009 ITEC $50K Business Plan Competition: NovoPhage |
Launching New Ventures in a Global Economy
“ The new entrepreneurs are entrepreneurs without borders. They reach across industries, markets, and communities and cross language, cultural, geographic, political, and economic barriers to launch new businesses on new platforms to serve global markets. In doing so, they go above and beyond human imagination – empowering people, engaging socieities, and breaking political and geographical boundaries to build sustainable, socially responsible enterprises that solve big problems. ”
The NBIA awards Boston University a soft landings designation
The Boston University International Incubator Program is only one of 12 NBIA soft landings incubators worldwide. The award recognizes our capability to create new businesses by working with technologies, entrepreneurs and companies originating from overseas.
