The Johns Hopkins Entrepreneurship Blog

Mr. Johns Hopkins, a True Entrepreneur

shuleatt1 — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:35:07 +0000

The following is from an article titled: 25 Billionaires and Millionaires

A wealthy entrepreneur and abolitionist from 19th century Baltimore, Hopkins is famous for the philanthropic creation of institutions that carry his name. Johns Hopkins died on Christmas Eve of 1873 leaving no heirs and $7 million, most of it in Baltimore & Ohio Railroad stock to setup his institutions. At the time this was the biggest single contribution made to educational institutions ever.

As per his request, the Johns Hopkins Colored Children Orphan Asylum was setup first in 1895 followed by Johns Hopkins University, the Johns Hopkins Press (longest running American academic press), Johns Hopkins Hospital and the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing in 1889, and the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1893.

Workshop to Discuss the Medical Device Startup Process

shuleatt1 — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:28:01 +0000

Date: Friday November 7th, 2008

Time: 8:30AM to 4:30PM (reception to follow)

Location: Room G01, Broadway Research Building, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Register Here!

Johns Hopkins University is proud to host a one-day Invention to Venture Workshop on the basics of medical device entrepreneurship. I2V Johns Hopkins University 2008 is a fast-paced day of practical information and networking opportunities that can help take your ideas to commercialization. The workshop will consist of seven critical-to-success sessions led by real-world entrepreneurial speakers, practitioners, and panelists.

Professor Phillip Phan Talks Entrepreneurship in Singapore

shuleatt1 — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:05:02 +0000

Carey Business School Professor, Phillip Phan, recently addressed a crowd at Singapore Management University on the topic of entrepreneurship. According to Professor Phan, anyone has the potential to develop ideas. However, an entrepreneurial-minded person will go one step further to evaluate whether there is an economic opportunity in that idea.

“An entrepreneur knows he or she has to risk something in the process to determine if there is a market for that particular idea, be it for a product or a service,” he said. “But an entrepreneur is not a gambler. At the preliminary stage, the goal of an entrepreneur is not to bet the whole farm or risk everything on the idea. The goal should be to limit losses and maximise the human and financial capital utilisation so that the entrepreneur can recover quickly to fine-tune the idea or work on a new one.”

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Johns Hopkins Alumni in Venture Capital

shuleatt1 — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:01:31 +0000

List of Johns Hopkins Alumni in the Venture Capital Industry

***Updated 10.06.2008

Jeff Andrews: Atlas Ventures
Jeffery Barber: TA Associates
Taj Bayless: GRP Partners
John Dills: GTCR Golder Rauner
Michael Griffin: In-Q-Tel
Sam Huleatt: Heights Media Group
Sung-Jin Hwang: Warburg Pincus
Catharine Johnson: Atlas Ventures
Andrea Kauffman: Novak Biddle
Rob Marshal: Boston Millennia Partners
Dave McClure: Angel Investor
Chris Pacitti: Austin Ventures
Abhay Parekh: Accel Partners
William H Taylor II: Mounatineer Capital
Dan Ono: Vimac Ventures
Nimesh Shah: Cutlass Capital
Tim Weglicki: ABS Capital
Clarence Wooten: Venturepreneur Partners
Hao Zhou: Sprout Group

Undoubtedly this list contains a few errors and will need continuous updating. To suggest an addition or correction, please send an email to: hopkinsentrepreneurship@gmail.com