The risk of failure of an innovation – whether an embryonic concept or an advanced working prototype – can be contained with rigorous screening. This session will introduce proven tools for assessing and improving innovations, and crafting the plan for launching the innovation. Participants will get hands-on experience applying these tools to the case of a medical device start-up, and learn from best-practice applications
Innovation Clinic
In Search of Solutions for Clinical Needs
The Mack Institute’s Innovation Clinic workshops aim to empower a community of innovators at the intersection of medicine, engineering, and business.…Read More
Innovation Clinic: Strategic Disruption in Going to Market: Taking on Established Players
In this interactive workshop, we explored how entrepreneurs can take their ideas to market and compete (or collaborate) with established players. We considered technological disruption, crafting a competitive strategy, appropriate market entry timing, and effective organization for innovation.
Innovation Clinic Day 1: Innovation Tournaments
One key piece of the Mack Institute’s mission is to enable innovation across the Penn community. To that end, on November 7th the institute hosted the first of its Innovation Clinics, a workshop series aimed at the intersection of medicine, engineering, and business.…Read More
Innovation Clinic: Innovation Tournaments: Creating and Selecting Exceptional Opportunities
Ideas for new research, venture opportunities, or musical compositions — all of them get created via creative problem solving. The objective of this one-day clinic was to expose participants to a rigorous method of managing this process.