Interested in entrepreneurship, venture capital (VC), or startups? Explore the following resources to learn more about these career paths after a Ph.D. in STEM!
Learn from GSAS Alums
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Colleen Cuffaro |
Colleen’s Recommended Resources
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| Natalie Ma Entrepreneur, Synthetic Biologist, and World Traveler PhD ’16, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology |
Anna Barry Venture Partner at Deerfield Management PhD ’98, Biophysical Chemistry |
Margaret Cartiera Innovation Director at Yale University PhD ’07, Biomedical Engineering |
Gain Relevant Experience
- Participate in Tsai CITY programs
- Take a venture support role with the Office of Cooperative Research
- Attend Greenlight ideation workshops with the Yale Center for Business and the Environment
- Participate in the Yale CBIT Healthcare Hackathon
- Take advantage of free online learning resources such as Kauffman Entrepreneurs and LinkedIn Learning
- Center for Biomedical Innovation and Technology: sign up for their newsletter here!
Click here for a full list of Innovation Centers at Yale!
Additional Resources
- Entrepreneurship Career Exploration, Networking, and Skill-Building Resources – ImaginePhD
- Non-Academic Careers for STEM: Entrepreneurship and consulting at VersatilePhD (free to Yale students and postdocs)
- Start-ups create career opportunities for scientists
- Universities and start-up creation by Ph.D. graduates: the role of scientific and social capital of academic laboratories
- Exploring Scientific Entrepreneurship
- A PhD’s Path to Entrepreneurship, Chronicle of Higher Education
- Pharmacology PhD gets funding for startup – Versatile PhD
