Discover and Productize Yourself.
The Technology Entrepreneur Academy aims to inspire and prepare high school students for pursuing technology entrepreneurship.
It highlights several emerging technologies and covers the foundational steps necessary for individuals to commercialize their inventions based on proven processes used by successful entrepreneurs by addressing these fundamental questions:
- Does a business idea have the potential to become a successful business?
- How to discover potential customers’ needs and desires?
- How to start a new venture with limited resources?
- How to craft a successful business pitch?
The ultimate outcomes for this workshop are to increase the awareness, excitement, and confidence of participants about emerging technology and entrepreneurship.
Pre-College SummerThis program is not available for Summer 2024. |
What You Will Learn
During this week-long program, you will learn how to generate entrepreneurial opportunities, find customers, conduct a feasibility analysis, and develop financing strategies. In addition, you will learn about emerging technologies, such as AI, blockchain, genomics, robotics and sustainable technologies.
In this class you will:
- Learn about the entrepreneurial process via lectures and discussions.
- Work on experiential exercises to gain insights on the opportunity generating process and customer discovery phase.
- Become familiar with the key components of business pitches and financing strategies.
About The CenterStony Brook's Center of Entrepreneurial Finance strives to advance and disseminate research and practice on how entrepreneurial entities acquire, manage and transfer financial resources. Our three missions are to promote and facilitate research activities in entrepreneurial finance, create opportunities for students to participate in entrepreneurial finance research and start-up activities, and provide a platform connecting relevant stakeholders to support the building of the entrepreneurial ecosystem on Long Island, New York State, and beyond. |
COURSE INSTRUCTORS
- Richard ChanView Profile
Co-DirectorInnovation Center and Center of Entrepreneurial FinanceExpertiseRichard Chan’s research is broadly situated at the intersection of psychology and entrepreneurship. - Manoj Mahajan View Profile
Co-DirectorInnovation CenterExpertiseDr. Mahajan is an expert in defense research, military technology and equipment, satellite imagery, international affairs, technology assessment, computer vision, intelligence analysis, policy, venture capital, forecast modeling and aerospace. - Edward R. Fabian (Advisor) View Profile
ChairInnovation Center ExpertiseAs the President of American Eagle Systems, an Information Technology firm that provides data protection and audit compliance solutions for clients managing substantial amounts of data, Mr. Fabian has become a respected and trusted resource engaged to provide detailed and comprehensive data center specific forecasting towards business continuity, risk mitigation and disaster readiness. - Louis PeñaView Profile
DirectorLife Sciences Innovation & Entrepreneurship (LiSIE) programExpertiseDr. Peña’s career spans biomedical research, technology commercialization, management, and education. He has worked with biotechnology startups and early stage companies. Author of 8 patents, his inventions led to a startup that progressed through preclinical and clinical development to exit by acquisition. - James Henry DunneView Profile
PartnerInnovation CenterExpertiseJames Henry Dunne, J.D., M.A., B.A., A.A.S, fuses his vast and varied experiences in legal practice, entrepreneurial endeavors, management and operations, higher education, and peer-reviewed publication, to create a unique, engaging, and impactful classroom experience for his students. - Jungsoo Ahn View Profile
Assistant ProfessorStrategy and Entrepreneurship, College of BusinessExpertiseDr. Ahn's research focuses on the critical role of firm categorization in influencing investor evaluations and guiding their investment decisions, particularly within the corporate venture capital (CVC) landscape of fintech and blockchain startup crowdfunding. - Danling JiangView Profile
Co-DirectorCenter of Entrepreneurial Finance & Blockchain Business LabExpertiseDr. Jiang’s research involves studying equity and digital asset investments, corporate finance, and financial decision-making from behavioral and social finance approaches.
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