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Immersive Tech, Workplace Belonging & Psychological Safety: Highlights from the Inaugural SIER Research Workshop
Immersive Tech, Workplace Belonging & Psychological Safety: Highlights from the Inaugural SIER Research Workshop
At the first Stanford Initiative for Entrepreneurs’ Resilience & Well-Being (SIER) research workshop last month, researcher Fabian Tingelhoff kicked off a trio of presentations from STVP by sharing the World Health Organization’s definition of mental health: Mental health is a state of mental well-being that enables people to cope with the stresses of life, realize ...read more
Ashlea Wallington to Join STVP as New Executive Director
Ashlea Wallington to Join STVP as New Executive Director
The Stanford Technology Ventures Program (STVP), the entrepreneurship center in the Stanford School of Engineering, is delighted to announce that Ashlea Wallington will be its new executive director, starting this June. With a diverse background in entrepreneurship education, innovation leadership, and global program development, Wallington brings a range of experience and a passion for fostering ...read more
Refugee Entrepreneurship in Action: A Stanford Impact Labs Fellowship Update
Refugee Entrepreneurship in Action: A Stanford Impact Labs Fellowship Update
Over the past several months, I’ve been a part of the Stanford Impact Labs Faculty Design Fellowship, allowing me to expand on my refugee entrepreneurship work in Uganda. Here are some of my learnings.
STVP’s Byers and Seelig Honored with GCEC Legacy Award
STVP’s Byers and Seelig Honored with GCEC Legacy Award
Award recognizes pioneering work to advance entrepreneurship education in universities – and create a lasting impact on the field.
Stanford Engineering Xfund Ethics Fellows Program Prepares Students to Be Principled Entrepreneurs
Stanford Engineering Xfund Ethics Fellows Program Prepares Students to Be Principled Entrepreneurs
The student-run program teaches entrepreneurial students to develop and instill ethical principles in their personal and professional lives.
The Upsides of Bureaucracy
The Upsides of Bureaucracy
Bureaucracy gets a bad rap. Just the word conjures images of interminable meetings, endless lists of rules and annoying paperwork. But bureaucracy — or at least some aspects of it — may deserve a second look. Khonika Gope, a graduate student in Stanford University’s Department of Management Science & Engineering who is studying with STVP, ...read more
A Fresh Take on Revenue Models
A Fresh Take on Revenue Models
If you have a smartphone loaded with apps, you’ve probably observed that those apps can have wildly contrasting pricing schemes. Some products are free but stuffed with ads, while others charge a flat fee. Still others offer in-app purchases and upgrades. How would an entrepreneur building out an app decide which of these approaches to ...read more
The Double-Edged Sword of Government Funding
The Double-Edged Sword of Government Funding
Jason Rathje was an aeronautical engineer in the US Air Force when he began to notice something unusual. The Air Force regularly sought partnerships with private companies, but only a few were interested in applying—and those that were became regulars, seeking military contracts again and again. For certain projects, it wasn’t surprising to see the ...read more
What A Drone Industry Rivalry Teaches Us About Organizational Styles
What A Drone Industry Rivalry Teaches Us About Organizational Styles
Who would dominate the drone industry? It was an open question back in 2012, as two fierce rivals battled for market share: Berkeley, California–based 3D Robotics (3DR), and Dà-Jiāng Innovation Science and Technology Co. (DJI), of Shenzhen, China. Culturally and organizationally, the two ventures couldn’t have been more different. 3DR was flat and relied on ...read more
Entrepreneurial Artifacts: An Arch Major’s Perspective
Entrepreneurial Artifacts: An Arch Major’s Perspective
This project started as an idea for a scavenger hunt about the artifacts of entrepreneurship on Stanford University’s campus. I took this as an opportunity to introduce a variety of examples of entrepreneurship. In order to provide a well rounded perspective on entrepreneurship I made sure to include disciplines in the Humanities & Sciences. The ...read more
