Research, ventures, and the people moving Duke innovation forward.
Research, ventures, and the people moving Duke innovation forward.
Ventures
Startups, spinouts, licensing, and commercialization from the Duke ecosystem.
Ventures
Startups, spinouts, licensing, and commercialization from the Duke ecosystem.
Ventures
Startups, spinouts, licensing, and commercialization from the Duke ecosystem.
Ventures
Duke alum trains next generation of founders to learn from failure
Upswing co-founder and CEO Melvin Hines, a Duke JD/MBA alum, returned to campus to let Executive MBA students dissect a case study of his edtech startup's toughest choices, sharing lessons on funding, hiring, and building a company without personal wealth.
Ventures
Duke engineer prototyped a no-remove menstrual cup on a used 3D printer for 10,000 women in Uganda
Hannah Wilen (Pratt '20, Fuqua '22) co-founded Capd Period and bootstrapped a menstrual cup designed to be emptied without removal, winning the 2023 Westly Prize's $40,000 award earmarked for distributing 10,000 cups in Uganda.
Ventures
Duke alum trains next generation of founders to learn from failure
Upswing co-founder and CEO Melvin Hines, a Duke JD/MBA alum, returned to campus to let Executive MBA students dissect a case study of his edtech startup's toughest choices, sharing lessons on funding, hiring, and building a company without personal wealth.
Ventures
Duke alum trains next generation of founders to learn from failure
Upswing co-founder and CEO Melvin Hines, a Duke JD/MBA alum, returned to campus to let Executive MBA students dissect a case study of his edtech startup's toughest choices, sharing lessons on funding, hiring, and building a company without personal wealth.
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