Listen to SSTI's Interview with Julie Lenzer Kirk of ACTiVATE®
Listen to Julie Lenzer Kirk's response to the following questions in this clip (approximately 15 minutes):
- How does the Path Forward Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship select and validate technologies for the ACTiVATE program?
- What makes the ACTiVATE program participants so successful at commercializing technologies?
- ACTiVATE has been recognized for its impressive results from a modest investment. How do you keep the overhead costs so low?
About ACTiVATE®
ACTiVATE® is a catalyst for economic and cultural transformation, helping mid-career women build businesses by leveraging their existing skill set to commercialize technology. Developed as a systematic model for training entrepreneurs and commercializing technology developed by universities and federal labs, the program has been expanded to more broadly focus on the underrepresentation of women in S&T fields by pairing them with promising technologies in order to grow new, high-growth businesses.
About the Excellence in TBED Awards
The SSTI Excellence in TBED Awards recognize
exceptional achievement in addressing elements that have been found in
successful tech-based economies. These include a research base that
generates new knowledge, mechanisms for transferring knowledge into the
marketplace, an entrepreneurial culture, sources of risk capital, and a technically skilled workforce.
For more information about the SSTI Excellence in TBED Awards, visit http://www.sstiawards.org.