Bioscience Entrepreneurship Program
BEP Presents: BioVenture 2009
BioVenture 2009 featured the final presentations of our Bioscience Entrepreneurship Program graduates. This year’s teams presented their own technologies:
- Guru Instruments, autopsy products
- I-Drop, an I-Phone application for diabetes management
- RxQuote, a pharmaceutical benefits comparison software
Congratulations to I-Drop! Led by Steven Kelly -a College of Business student, I-Drop's executive team included: Brianna Brei - pre-med, Samuel Swanberg - law, Maura McGlynn - occupational therapy, and Jordan Robertson - MBA student. Team I-Drop received the most votes from the audience as the "Business Plan Most Likely to Succeed."
Read the Omaha World Hearald article on Team I-Drop.
Creighton's Bioscience Entrepreneurship Program Winner of Prestigious USASBE Award!!
Congratulations to Creighton's Bioscience Entrepreneurship Program for being selected as a finalist for Outstanding Emerging Entrepreneurship Program by the U.S. Association of Small Business and Entrepreneurship!
United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship
A major focus of the USASBE mission is to recognize outstanding achievement in education, research and advancement of the entrepreneurship discipline and to promote the improvement of knowledge, practices, research, and understanding the phenomenon of entrepreneurship. This objective is fostered annually through the presentation of awards in the areas of:
- Entrepreneurship Achievement and Advocacy Excellence in Entrepreneurship Education
- Excellence in Entrepreneurship Research, Case Development and Workshop
- Development/Presentation The Bioscience Entrepreneurship Program is funded by National Science Foundation Partnerships for Innovation (PFI) program
The Bioscience Entrepreneurship Program is funded by National Science Foundation Partnerships for Innovation (PFI) program
NO LONGER ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS!
We would like to thank all of you who have applied. All applicants will be notified of their status by October 31st.
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR AI2V PITCH COMPETITION WINNERS!!
In conjunction with the National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance (NCIIA), Creighton Unviersity hosted an Advanced Invention2Venture Workshop at the Mike & Josie Harper Center May 28-30. Teams from all over the country came to Omaha to have an opportunity to conduct critical and strategic analysis about their business start-ups. Developing, licensing, and testing were but a few topics that were discussed at this intense 3 day workshop! Each team practiced pitching and interacting in professional settings with qualified coaches to develop and articulate a strategic plan for their venture.
Congratulations to Single Port Solutions who won the venture pitch presentation! Michael Wirtz, Kyle Faith, and Miao Wang, were the winning presenters at Creighton University's Advanced Invention2Venture Conference held May 28-May30.
This cross-functional team from the University of Cincinnati created a surgical instrument that will revolutionize laproscopic procedures. Single Port Solution's team is comprised of a surgeon, two Biomedical Engineers, and a product designer. Congratulations!
To read the Omaha World Herald article on the AI2V conference at Creighton University, see our Upcoming Events page, or click here.
About Creighton University's Bioscience Entrepreneurship Program:
Creighton’s interdisciplinary Bioscience Entrepreneurship Program (BEP) began in February of 2008 with a $536,000 grant fundend by the National Science Foundation Partnership for Innovation. Sixteen undergraduate and graduate students came together from business, health science, law, and natural science programs at Creighton University.
The program was created and is run by Dr. Anne York, associate professor of strategy and entrepreneurship and director of entrepreneurship programs at Creighton University.
One of a handful of programs in the country, the program trains students from these four key disciplines in the process of technology commercialization in bioscience. Creighton University has formed strong partnerships with the University of Nebraska Medical Center and the greater Omaha community to ensure the success of the program. Please view our BEP Curriculum for more details on our courses.