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Emory Faculty Member Trades Academia for Industry

Emory Faculty Member Trades Academia for Industry

Emory’s OTT recently interviewed former professor, Harriet Robinson, about her recent departure from the university to become the Chief Science Officer at GeoVax, an Emory startup developing HIV vaccines based on her previous lab work. We’ve listed some of our favorite excerpts from the interview below: * “At a

Bargain Blades: The Dollar Shave Club

Bargain Blades: The Dollar Shave Club

Michael Dubin, co-founder of The Dollar Shave Club, alongside Mark Levine, is funnier than your average razor-fanatic. Dubin’s YouTube videos have gone viral for their humor and have gained The Dollar Shave Company quite a loyal following, with more than 500,000 subscribers. The Emory-alum, who

Dorm Room Beginnings: Integrated Social Networks for Universities

Dorm Room Beginnings: Integrated Social Networks for Universities

Nuts & Bolts of Campus Bubble FOUNDERS Giovanni Hobbins, Nir Levy, Spencer Barkoff [Check out the whole team] NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES 7 VC OR ANGEL? Funded AMOUNT RAISED? Not Disclosed (Emory University, local angels, friends and family) YEAR FOUNDED March 1, 2010 ADDRESS 1204 Biltmore Rd. NE, Atlanta, GA What

Emmy-Nominated Documentary on Clarkston Entrepreneurs

Emmy-Nominated Documentary on Clarkston Entrepreneurs

"The New Entrepreneur: Odyssey for a Dream" examines the lives of several Clarkston, GA micro-entrepreneurs hoping to start their own businesses. Follow a few candidates through the Village Capital: Start Program, a training series providing selected business owners with the knowledge, tools and network to develop their

Tech & Emory Students Launch MedTech Incubator

Tech & Emory Students Launch MedTech Incubator

Georgia Tech students & engineers have teamed up with Emory students & clinicians to launch Forge, a technology incubator with a mission of developing medical entrepreneurs. The Scoop: * Forge's Medicine 2.0 event hosted engineering undergraduate and graduate students from Georgia Tech to brainstorm, network, and envision the

Emory Sophomores Have Monetized Online Q & A

Emory Sophomores Have Monetized Online Q & A

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