10/29/2021
By Patricia Morena
Join GE2 and the IUCEE for the next free entrepreneurship webinar.
Webinar Title: Unlearning Academia and Embracing Entrepreneurship
Location: Remote
Date: Nov. 18, 2021
Time: 9 a.m. EST
Presenter: Sridhar Iyengar, CEO, Elemental Machines
Once an avid academic, Elemental Machines CEO Sridhar Iyengar learned the norms of entrepreneurship by fire. In this discussion, Srid will discuss how to commercialize the fruits of an academic lab and recount the lessons he had to unlearn when transitioning from academia to entrepreneurship, including:
- The concept of selling something that doesn’t yet exist
- Why people buy cars for their cupholders
- The reality that tech isn’t everything
- Why innovation can be as simple as a new name
- How fairy tales can be more valuable than business books
Register online. For more information, email Tricia Morena.