Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Shifting Cycles and Modes of Entrepreneurship
Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Speakers

Michael A. Marasco
- Director and Clinical Professor, Farley Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
- Curriculum Vitae

William White
- Managerial Economics & Decision Sciences
- Professor of Industrial Engineering & Management Sciences
- Professor of Managerial Economics & Decisions Sciences (Courtesy)
Medical innovation: Drug Delivery and Devices
Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Speakers

Peter McNerney
- Adjunct Lecturer, Finance, Kellogg School of Management
- Faculty Fellow, Farley Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, McCormick School of Engineering

Jacob Babcock
- CEO, NuCurrent
- www.nucurrent.com
- NU Law School Alumni
- NUvention Medical Alumni
Resources
Suggested Readings
- Article - Repairing Obamacare Wreckage (Wall Street Journal)
- Article - Medtech companies prepare for an innovation makeover (PwC Health Research Institute)
- Article - At These Companies, It's Patent Before Product (Crain's)
- Article - Venture capitalist, brother of Boeing CEO heads to Northwestern (Crain's)
- Article - The Affordable Care Act at 5 (The Commonwealth Fund)
Medical Innovation: Compound Development
Wednesday, October 14, 2015
Speakers

Joseph Moskal
- Distinguished Research Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Joint appointment with Neurological Surgery (MED)
- Director of the Falk Center for Molecular Therapeutics
Suggested Readings
- Article - The Risky Business of drug development in neurology (The Lancet)
- Article - Medicines in Development for Neurological Disorders (PhRMA)
- Article - Depression treatments inspired by club drug (NPR)
- Article - Depression Drug That Works In One Day Passes Key Test (Forbes)
- Article - Northwestern's $560 million man (Crain's)
Ecosystems as accelerators – Visit to The Garage, Evanston Campus
Wednesday, October 21, 2015
Speakers




Resources
Suggested Readings
- Article - Northwestern University debuts space for student innovations, startups (USA Today)
- Article - Melissa Crounse Named Executive Director of The Garage (Northwestern)
- Article - Salud! Üllo’s Innovative Way to Revolutionize Wine (The Price Of Business)
- Article - Fewer sulfites to wine about (Blue Sky)
- Article - Ampy Brings Pocket-Sized Motion Charging To Smartphones (Forbes)
- Article - What do you really think of wearables? (The Next Web)
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Financing Entrepreneurship
Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Speakers

Robert E. Shaw
- Segal Affiliate, Segal Design Institute, Farley Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science

Lester B. Knight
- Founding Partner and Chairman, RoundTable Healthcare Partners
- Chairman of the Board, Aon Corporation

Resources
Women in Entrepreneurship
Wednesday, November 4, 2015
Speakers


Suggested Readings
- Article - Women Entrepreneurs are Key to Accelerating Growth (Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation)
- Article - How Can Healthier Entrepreneurial Ecosystems Help Women Succeed? (Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation)
- Article - Ellen Pao and the Sexism You Can’t Quite Prove (New York Magazine)
- Article - Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In Philosophy Doesn’t Just Ignore Disadvantaged Women. It Hurts Their Cause (New Republic)
- Article - New Report Says Chicago Has the Highest Percentage of Female Entrepreneurs (Chicago Inno)
- Case Study - Playing With Fire at Sittercity (Harvard Business School)
Leadership in Entrepreneurship
Wednesday, November 11, 2015
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Social Entrepreneurship and Discovering the Entrepreneur Within
Wednesday, November 18, 2015
Speakers

Linda Darragh
- Executive Director, Kellogg Innovation & Entrepreneurship Initiative
- Clinical Professor of Entrepreneurship

Liz Gerber
- Associate Professor of Design Innovation, School of Engineering and School of Communication
- Director, Research Cluster at Segal Design Institute
- Faculty Founder, Design for America, Northwestern University

Verinder Kumar Syal
- Founder, Thoughtful Simplicity
- Author, Discover the Entrepreneur Within – A Step-By-Step Guide to Getting It Done
- Adjunct Faculty, Northwestern University