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The Journey to Impact: Extending Care and Therapy for Stroke Patients

January 25, 2022

As part of our series of discussions with faculty innovators, I speak with Professor Swathi Kiran, James and Cecilia Tse Ying Professor of Neurorehabilitation, Sargent College. Professor Kiraan has led a successful journey from research to the creation of a company that helps people build back cognitive, speech, and language abilities after having a stroke. Rana […]

The Journey to Impact: Faculty Entrepreneurship Case Study, Passport Systems

April 3, 2022

Following is a brief case study on Passport Systems, an MIT spinout which had to shut its doors in 2020 after a nearly 20 years’ effort and $100M invested. I wrote this case study with the assistance of Dr. Gordon Baty, a former colleague who was Chairman and Co-Founder of Passport, with the hope that […]

The Journey to Impact: Funding to Consider: SBIR Grants

January 31, 2022

As part of our ongoing work to inform this community about potential pathways to commercialize ideas and inventions, today I’m writing about SBIR grants. SBIR stands for Small Business Innovation Research. This program is government-sponsored and supports the research and development of inventions and future products across the United States.The reason to consider this funding […]

The Journey to Impact: Gene Therapy for Parkinson’s Disease

February 16, 2022

Many of our researchers and faculty at BU are doing work to make real change in the world. As part of our series of discussions with faculty innovators, I speak with Professor Victoria Bolotina at the School of Medicine, who is working to halt the progression of Parkinson’s Disease, the progressive neurodegenerative disease that currently […]

The Journey to Impact: How to Filter “Expert” Advice

August 4, 2021

We are surrounded by the media, startup challenges, business competitions, presentations from “experts,” panels, business books, articles with advice and so on—all determined to help us bring our ideas to market, start a company, make money and MORE.

The Journey to Impact: People Over Ideas

July 15, 2021

We have an over-tendency to talk about ideas—cool ideas, and then prematurely label them innovative or disruptive. But when you think about change and impact, think about the people behind the ideas.

The Journey to Impact: Researching the Power of Molecules to Drive Life

March 28, 2022

Many of our researchers and faculty at BU are doing work to make real change in the world. As part of our series of discussions with faculty innovators, I speak with Professor Ji-Xin Cheng, Moustakas Chair Professor in Photonics and Optoelectronics and Professor of Biomedical Engineering (ENG). Professor Cheng's research pursues a wide range of topics, including […]

The Journey to Impact: SRAs and Commercialization have a Misrepresented Relationship

November 29, 2021

Rana K. Gupta formerly served as director of faculty entrepreneurship at Boston University. He helped BU researchers bring technology and other research breakthroughs to the marketplace to increase their impact through programs and workshops, one-on-one consulting with faculty, educational resources, and community building among BU innovators.Conventional thought is that once a researcher has engaged in […]

The Journey to Impact: Watch Your Language

May 17, 2022

Are you working on an idea to impact a customer, audience, or market? (Since we have policy people in the audience whose “market” is the government, let’s define “market" as the audience you wish to adopt your idea.)Whether you plan to start a company, license to a third party, or collaborate with the government or […]

The Kilachand Fund’s Impact on Science’s Biggest Challenges

September 26, 2022

In the five years since its launch, $100 million interdisciplinary research fund has propelled work on the world’s toughest problems, from heart disease to cancer