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Building a startup means understanding your legal obligations as an employer from day one.
Join us for an Entrepreneurship Essentials workshop focused on worker’s compensation, where we’ll break down what founders need to know to protect their teams and their businesses. This session will cover when coverage is required, how policies work, common misconceptions, and what steps to take if a workplace injury occurs.
Whether you’re preparing to hire your first employee or already growing your team, this workshop will provide practical guidance to help you stay compliant, minimize risk, and build a strong operational foundation.
Why does health IT still frustrate so many healthcare stakeholders? Why were early systems designed with limited clinician input? Can AI help fix the problems created by legacy systems?
You’re invited to join us for a conversation with Dr. S. Yin Ho, author of Rushing Headlong: Health IT’s Legacy and the Road to Responsible AI.
During this webinar, we will explore the role of business development and partnering in helping advance life sciences innovation from the lab to the marketplace. Through a discussion with our seasoned panelists, we will compare the business development objectives and strategies across different ecosystem partners (venture capital, biotech and pharma) and the role (and goals) of academic partnerships.
Ready to bring your product idea to life? – Apply Now.
The final application deadline is midnight (ET) on March 22, 2026.
Over 10 weeks, Rev’s Prototyping Hardware Accelerator offers four tracks – Classic, AgTech, ClimateTech and MedTech - to guide product teams to determine if their ideas are commercially desirable, technologically feasible and economically viable. Upon completion of the program, participants are positioned to recruit team members, bring on partners, initiate work with contract manufacturers and pitch to investors. Teams will receive a stipend of up to $2,000 to advance their prototype.
Register for an upcoming information session to have your questions answered by program leadership:
Questions about the program can be directed to rev@revithaca.com.
Center for Technology Licensing (CTL) at Weill Cornell Medicine Office Hours are open to all who wish to gain more information about the advancement of their patent filings and to discuss their technology venture project in a one-on-one meeting with a business development and licensing professional. The March office hours will be hosted by Brian Kelly, Ph.D., CLP, director of business development and licensing.
Brian manages a portfolio of inventions focusing on oncology, gene therapy, metabolic diseases, the microbiome and endocrine disorders. Prior to joining CTL at Weill Cornell, he served as director of intellectual property for New York University’s tech transfer office. He has also held positions at the University of Minnesota as a licensing associate, Heide, Hyde & O’Donnell as an associate European patent attorney and Smith, Kline & French as a research chemist.
Register here for your 30-minute private session.
The BenDaniel Venture Challenge (BVC) is Big Red Venture’s Annual Pitch Competition. BRV will select five finalists to pitch their business ideas to a panel of investors during Entrepreneurship at Cornell Celebration on April 10. Winners will earn a cash prize totaling $25,000! Companies based in New York state or with a Cornell affiliation are eligible to apply. Big Red Ventures (BRV), Cornell’s early-stage venture capital fund, operated entirely by a team of MBA students, runs this competition each year, in partnership with Entrepreneurship at Cornell.
Application Deadline March 14th. Apply Here.
Biotech entrepreneurship sits at the intersection of science, innovation, and real-world impact. Join us for an engaging fireside chat with Sasank Vemulapati, co-founder of LoBio, to learn what it’s really like to build a company in this space.
You’ll hear firsthand insights on launching a startup, navigating early challenges, and turning an idea into a growing venture. Sasank will share his experience in biotech entrepreneurship, including lessons learned from founding a startup and advice for aspiring entrepreneurs.
Over 10 weeks, Rev’s Prototyping Hardware Accelerator offers four tracks – Classic, AgTech, ClimateTech and MedTech - to guide product teams to determine if their ideas are commercially desirable, technologically feasible and economically viable. Upon completion of the program, participants are positioned to recruit team members, bring on partners, initiate work with contract manufacturers and pitch to investors. Teams will receive a stipend of up to $2,000 to advance their prototype.
Register for an upcoming information session to have your questions answered by program leadership:
Ready to bring your product idea to life? – Apply Now. The final application deadline is midnight (ET) on March 22, 2026. Questions about the program can be directed to rev@revithaca.com.
You are invited to join an upcoming panel highlighting emerging innovations at the intersection of neurotechnology, rehabilitation, and data-driven surgery. Moderated by Philip Horner, PhD (Houston Methodist Research Institute / Weill Cornell Medicine), the discussion will explore how engineering, neuromodulation, and AI are converging to enable more precise and personalized treatments for neurological disorders.
Please register here.
Weill Cornell Medicine is partnering with Cornell Tech again this year for the fourth annual edition of Health Tech Summit. The event will deliver the same dynamic programming, engaging discussions, and innovative, multidisciplinary audience cultivated over the past three years. Visionary leaders will share their expertise on the potential of AI in healthcare.
Dr. Robert A. Harrington, the Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean, Weill Cornell Medicine, and Provost for Medical Affairs, Cornell University will deliver welcome remarks and moderate a fireside chat with Eric Horvitz, Chief Scientific Officer of Microsoft. Weill Cornell faculty members that are featured along with other luminaries include Dr. Robert Min, President and CEO of the Physician Organization and Chair of Radiology, Dr. Rahul Sharma, Chair of Emergency Medicine, and Dr. Fei Wang, Professor of Population Health Sciences.
Purchase your tickets here.
