Seeding Start-Ups Event Invites College Entrepreneurs To Practice Their Pitching

The UF College of Medicine Office of Research hosted its first Seeding Start-Ups event on May 17th. On a sunny, sultry day at Frog Song Organics, an organic farm in north central Florida, college investigators networked with entrepreneurs and pitched start-up company concepts.  

Launched by Assistant Dean for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, May Khanna, Ph.D., and Assistant Director of Strategic Research Initiatives, Katie Blackburn, MSPH, the event is the first in a new series aiming to develop researchers’ entrepreneurial skills. 

Khanna invited UF Innovate I Ventures Director Jackson Streeter, M.D., and UF Innovate I Pathways Program Director Anita Rao, M.S., M.B.A., to explain how they can help researchers with the nuts and bolts of entrepreneurship, such as technology licensing, venture support, education, and business incubation. 

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