Innovation Factory - A Student-Led Organization at Johns Hopkins University

Education. Entrepreneurship. Capital.

100 International Drive Baltimore, MD, 21202 United States

(410) 465-7891

Innovation Factory Leadership Applications Due Oct 6th!
Oct
6
5:00 pm17:00

Innovation Factory Leadership Applications Due Oct 6th!

To build and maintain a legacy of innovation and entrepreneurship at Hopkins, we need passionate student leaders to be involved and take ownership of our student-led organization.

We are looking for students interested taking on a leadership role, and helping to bring our collective Johns Hopkins Innovation Factory to the next level for 2014-2015 and beyond!

To apply to join our amazing multidisciplinary team, please fill out a statement of interest.

E-mail any questions to innovationfactory@jhu.edu

Y Combinator - How to Start a Startup - Peter Thiel - Business Strategy & Monopoly Theory
Oct
8
12:15 pm12:15

Y Combinator - How to Start a Startup - Peter Thiel - Business Strategy & Monopoly Theory

  • Carey Business School

To learn more and RSVP, visit our facebook event.

In Lecture 5, Peter Thiel, will be sharing insights regarding business strategy and monopoly theory.

Basic Background:
Peter has been involved with some of the most dynamic companies from the Silicon Valley.

Peter co- founded Paypal, established Clarium Capital Management, and helped launch Planatir Technologies.

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Sam Altman, President of Y Combinator, will be teaching a class at Stanford this fall on How to Start a Startup. Along with guest lecturers like Marissa Mayer, Peter Thiel, and Ben Horowitz, he will be covering the fundamentals: how to come up with ideas and evaluate them, how to get users and grow, how to do sales and marketing, how to hire, how to raise money, company culture, operations and management, business strategy, and more.

Johns Hopkins Innovation Factory will be organizing sessions to watch the lecture videos. We’ll brainstorm ideas, bounce them off each other, and refine them over the course of the semester. Feel free to join for the entire session, or just the parts your course schedule allows.

Don’t miss out on this one-of-a-kind opportunity!

Lunch will be provided.

Technology Transfer Conference 2014
Oct
23
Oct 25

Technology Transfer Conference 2014

  • Marriot Inner Harbor

What: Johns Hopkins University faculty and Ph.D. students are invited to attend and participate in the 2014 Technology Transfer Conference hosted by the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School and the Technology Transfer Society. 

When: October 23-25, 2014 

Where: The Marriott Inner Harbor, Baltimore, MD. 

The Technology Transfer Conference will explore the latest research in translational science by examining all aspects of the translation process. Seventy papers and 4 keynotes will discuss theoretical and empirical models to better understand the factors affecting organizational structures and processes, accounting and financial re-porting, macro-environmental, and policies and governance arrangements that in turn affect discovery transla-tion. The conference will result in two publications; a special issue of the Journal of Technology Transfer and a volume entitled, “Translational Science,” part of the Johns Hopkins Series on Entrepreneurship, published by Edward Elgar, UK. 

Discount for JHU Students and Faculty: $100 discount on registration fee for students and faculty who register online - use the code ‘student’) 

Registration: http://webapps.jhu.edu/carey_more_info/technology-transfer/

Y Combinator - How to Start A Startup Course - Lecture 2
Oct
3
12:15 pm12:15

Y Combinator - How to Start A Startup Course - Lecture 2

  • Carey Business School

For more information, visit our facebook event.

Sam Altman, President of Y Combinator, will be teaching a class at Stanford this fall on How to Start a Startup. Along with guest lecturers like Marissa Mayer, Peter Thiel, and Ben Horowitz, he will be covering the fundamentals: how to come up with ideas and evaluate them, how to get users and grow, how to do sales and marketing, how to hire, how to raise money, company culture, operations and management, business strategy, and more.

Johns Hopkins Innovation Factory will be organizing sessions on Wednesdays and Fridays at 12:15-2:30 to watch the lecture videos. We’ll brainstorm ideas, bounce them off each other, and refine them over the course of the semester. Feel free to join for the entire session, or just the parts your course schedule allows.

Don’t miss out on this one-of-a-kind opportunity!

Lunch will be provided.

DC TechDay 2014
Oct
2
10:00 am10:00

DC TechDay 2014

  • National Building Museum

For more information, visit our facebook event.

TechDay is a massive science fair for startups. Startups have the opportunity to show off their products to thousands of consumers, the highest caliber investors, hordes of press, the most sought after talent, and the greatest pool of tech enthusiasts looking to celebrate emerging venture.

Washington D.C. and it’s surrounding areas is the next great startup hub and we want to help foster the growth. So join Johns Hopkins Innovation Factory and the DC TechDay team for an action packed day that promises to be the best startup event D.C. has ever seen. It’s free to attend, but you must register using the link below….we hope to see you there!

Y Combinator - How to Start A Startup Course - Lecture 1
Oct
1
12:15 pm12:15

Y Combinator - How to Start A Startup Course - Lecture 1

  • Carey Business School

Sam Altman, President of Y Combinator, will be teaching a class at Stanford this fall on How to Start a Startup. Along with guest lecturers like Marissa Mayer, Peter Thiel, and Ben Horowitz, he will be covering the fundamentals: how to come up with ideas and evaluate them, how to get users and grow, how to do sales and marketing, how to hire, how to raise money, company culture, operations and management, business strategy, and more.

Johns Hopkins Innovation Factory will be organizing sessions on Wednesdays and Fridays at 12:15-2:30 to watch the lecture videos. We’ll brainstorm ideas, bounce them off each other, and refine them over the course of the semester. Feel free to join for the entire session, or just the parts your course schedule allows.

Don’t miss out on this one-of-a-kind opportunity!

For more information visit our facebook event.

May
2
5:00 pm17:00

Entrepreneurship Week: A Call for Innovation (Pitch Day)

Hosted by Medical and Educational Perspectives (MEP), BME EDGE and Innovation Factory

RSVP Here

Location: Zayed 2117, Medical Campus
 

Young Innovators in Hopkins community Showcasing their ideas, prototypes and startups.

Judges will include:

  Henry Anh, Program Manager for TEDCO Technology Funding Programs

  Bob Storey, Managing Director, MVR Companies

  Deb Tillett, President and Executive Director of ETC, Emerging Technology Center

  Anti Korhonoen, CEO of Ekahau

  Dr.  Chuck Montague, Director of Business Development at JHU Dept. of Biomedical    Engineering

  Dr. Renu Gupta, CMO of Insmed

  Dr. Jim Kyung-Soo Liew (Carey Business School)

 

Description of Awards

Winners in the medical product/prototype categories are sponsored by MEP and will win up to $8000 funding which includes a  $1000 cash prize, a sponsored trip to India ($2000 prize in global category only), and  up to $5000 in materials/resources cost with the promise to commit to work with MEP for a minimum of a year in the development and commercialization of their ideas.

Winners in the medical idea categories are sponsored by MEP and will receive a $250 cash price as well as the opportunity to work with MEP to obtain greater funds throughout the year.

Winners in the general venture categories are sponsored by BME EDGE and Innovation Factory and will be eligible for the cash prizes.

May
1
5:00 pm17:00

Entrepreneurship Week: How to Go Forth with an Idea and Conquer the Market

Hosted by Medical and Educational Perspectives (MEP), BME EDGE and Innovation Factory

RSVP Here

Location: Zayed 2117, Medical Campus

5 – 6 pm Talk:  From Bench to the Marketplace:  Abba Polikoff (Chairman of the Gordon Feinblatts Securities Practice Group and Israel Practice Group)

6 - 7 pm Talk:  Deb Tillett, President and Executive Director of ETC, Emerging Technology Center

7 – 8 pm Talk: Business Models Made Easy, From Silly Cow to Your First Customer: Dr. Chuck Montague (Director of Business and Development at JHU BME) and Peter Ettinger (Marketing and Advertising Consultant and Professional, MEP Course Manager)

Apr
28
5:30 pm17:30

Entrepreneurship Week: The Road to Entrepreneurship workshop

Hosted by Medical and Educational Perspectives (MEP), BME EDGE and Innovation Factory

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Location: Armstrong 402, Medical Campus

5:30 - 6:30pm Talk: How to Know if You’re an Entrepreneur
Kunal Parikh (Executive Director, Social Innovation Lab)

6:30 - 7:30 pm Talk: Commercializing the Next Great Invention:
Toby Gordon, ScD (Carey Business School)
 

Toby Gordon, ScD (Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins University) joined the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School in 2010. She serves as the Faculty Director of the Healthcare and Life Sciences MBA Programs and is an Associate Professor in the practice track with expertise in the areas of healthcare policy, management of health systems, and technology commercialization. Toby has a joint appointment in the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (Health Policy and Management), as well as a part-time appointment with the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Surgery.

Honors and Distinctions

  • 2008-Present Co-editor, Medical Innovation and Business, Wolters Klower Health
  • 2007 Top 100 Minority and Women Business Entrepreneur (MBE)
  • 2006 Maryland's Top 100 Women - Circle of Excellence, The Daily Record
Apr
23
6:30 pm18:30

Entrepreneurship Week: Disruptive Trends in U.S. Health care

Hosted by Medical and Educational Perspectives (MEP), BME EDGE and Innovation Factory

RSVP Here

Location: Zayed 2119, Medical Campus

Panel Moderator:
Christy Wyskiel (Senior Adviser to President Daniels and co-founder of two Baltimore-based start-ups including GrayBug)

Panel Participants include: 
Dr. Renu Gupta (CMO of Insmed)
Dr. Sandeep Pulim (CMIO of Point of Care)
Malinda Peeples (VP Clinical Advocacy at WellDoc)
Steven Ferguson (Deputy Director, Licensing and Entrepreneurship at NIH)

Apr
21
3:00 pm15:00

Entrepreneurship Week: Identifying Global Trends and Gaps

Hosted by Medical and Educational Perspectives (MEP), BME EDGE and Innovation Factory

Feel free to come at any time...

RSVP Here

Location: Zayed 2117, Medical Campus

3 - 3:15pm Welcome and Introduction: Dr. Robert Bollinger, Director of Johns Hopkins Center for Clinical Global Health Education (CCGHE)

3:15 – 3:45 pm Talk: Tales of an International Entrepreneur: Dr. Sheila Khatri (JD, Founder of Moti International)

3:45 - 4:15 pm Talk:  Paving the International Road to Commercialization: Dr. James E. Bernstein (MD, CEO Eniware LLC)

4:15 – 5 pm Panel: Identifying Global Trends and Gaps

Panel Moderator: Dr. Nidhi Rumpal (Tech Transfer Professional and Lead, Project Innovate)

Panel participants include Maryland State Department of Economic Development (MD DBED), Dr. Amita Gupta (CCGHE)