UBMC’s ACTiVATE was featured in Bmore Media as a program that recruits mid-career women with about five to ten years of experience to start a business (but who perhaps lack the knowledge and support to do so.) Unlike some university-based tech transfer programs, ACTiVATE targets mid-career professionals, rather than degree-seeking students, said Stephen Auvil, assistant vice president for research. “Our objective was to start companies, and we have been successful doing that,” he said, adding that although not every technology venture pursued will be successful, the participants will have the introduction and foundation to commercializing a product.
The article, “ACTiVATING Success,” ran Tuesday, December 15.
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