Items Tagged ‘Office of Entrepreneurship’
January 17, 2023
‘Walleye Tank’ competition reels in entrepreneurs and innovators
The recent “Walleye Tank: Ice Fishing Edition” brought together innovators and entrepreneurs from across Minnesota to pitch their ideas to win prizes to fund the continuing development of their projects. Innovators from Mayo Clinic and across Minnesota gathered on Dec. 2 to compete in “Walleye Tank: Ice Fishing Edition,” pitching their ideas to a panel […]
Tags: artificial intelligence, cancer, Center for Clinical and Translational Science, Diogo Moniz Garcia, entrepreneurship, Mayo Clinic Platform, Office of Entrepreneurship, Rena Hale
June 9, 2022
Biomedical innovators pitch ideas at Roadrunner Sprint competition
By Advancing the Science contributor 
Mayo Clinic innovations and innovators were highlighted during the second annual Roadrunner Sprint, which was held May 5 at the Arizona State University Health Futures Center Auditorium. The Roadrunner Sprint is organized and sponsored by the Mayo Clinic Office of Entrepreneurship. In this “Shark Tank”-like event, 10 teams of Mayo staff entrepreneurs pitched their solutions to […]
Tags: Ami Shah, Anu Sreedhar, Center for Clinical and Translational Science, Dharmendra Patel, entrepreneurship, Office of Entrepreneurship, Richard Gray
January 24, 2022
‘Walleye Tank: Ice Fishing Edition’ competition names biomedical innovation champions
Twelve teams from Mayo Clinic and across Minnesota cast their reels in “Walleye Tank: Ice Fishing Edition” competition in December 2021. Over 200 people gathered virtually to watch as teams in three divisions — Junior Angler, Midlevel Reeler and Professionals — pitched their biomedical innovation ideas before a panel of expert judges. Inspired by TV’s […]
Tags: Center for Clinical and Translational Science, Kari Snaza, Karla Frohmader Hilsaca, Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Ning Gao, Office of Entrepreneurship, Timonthy Nelson, Walleye Tank
November 4, 2021
By Advancing the Science contributor
Editor’s Note: This article is the third in the Young Innovators series, originally published in Mayo Clinic’s Alumni Magazine. Each article features Mayo Clinic trainee inventors and explores their journeys as biomedical entrepreneurs. All of these trainees say their goal was to improve health care for patients. When she was an orthopedics resident in her […]
Tags: Alligator Tank, Christine Mehner, entrepreneurship, Marion Turnbull, Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic Ventures, medical innovation, medical research, Office of Entrepreneurship, orthopedic surgery, Walleye Tank
October 21, 2021
By Advancing the Science contributor
Editor’s Note: This article is the first in the Young Innovators series, originally published in Mayo Clinic’s Alumni Magazine. Each article features a Mayo Clinic trainee inventor and explores their journeys as biomedical entrepreneurs. All of these trainees say their goal was to improve health care for patients. Allisa Song and her team are past […]
Tags: Allisa Song, biomedical engineering, biomedical research, Center for Clinical and Translational Science, entrepreneurship, glaucoma, Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, medical innovation, Office of Entrepreneurship, ophthalmology, Young Innovators
December 15, 2020
Competitive alligators chomp at the bit to showcase health care innovations
By Advancing the Science contributor
It was a spinoff of the popular “Shark Tank” television show — virtual style. The amended format of the 2020 Alligator Tank health care innovation competition at Mayo Clinic in Florida allowed teams two minutes to pitch their projects to a panel of judges during an event hosted online. More than 100 Mayo Clinic staff […]
Tags: Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa, Alligator Tank, Alvaro Moreno Aspitia, Aziza Nassar, Center for Clinical and Translational Science, Charles Bruce, Daniel Trifiletti, entrepreneurship, Ernest Bouras, Ian Makey, James Meschia, Johnny Sandhu
June 9, 2020
Fishing for solutions to COVID-19 challenges
Local innovators and members of the Minnesota entrepreneurial community gathered May 15, 2020, for a virtual Walleye Tank: COVID-19 Showcase. The event showcased how Minnesota innovators and community leaders are stepping up to conquer COVID-19 challenges. It was hosted by Mayo Clinic Office of Entrepreneurship and University of Minnesota. The event is typically held as an in-person pitch competition. […]
Tags: Center for Clinical and Translational Science, COVID-19, Office of Entrepreneurship, Stephen Ekker, Walleye Tank