Attendee Tes­ti­mo­ni­als

“Par­tic­i­pa­tion in MI-GTEA was a tremen­dous edu­ca­tional oppor­tu­nity and a trans­for­ma­tional expe­ri­ence for our par­tic­i­pants.  In addi­tion to devel­op­ment of fun­da­men­tal tech­nol­ogy com­mer­cial­iza­tion skills, the pro­gram pro­vides busi­ness strat­egy and devel­op­ment knowl­edge that apply to their advance­ment of their aca­d­e­mic research careers in gen­eral.“
Jim Baker, Direc­tor, Tech­nol­ogy and Eco­nomic Devel­op­ment, Michi­gan Tech

“It truly exceeded my expec­ta­tions.  For an aca­d­e­mic sci­en­tist it was an incred­i­bly pro­duc­tive use of my time.  Within one short week, MI-GTEA taught me the cru­cial steps to take my tech­nol­ogy from lab project to start-up and most impor­tantly con­nected me with the peo­ple and resources I will need to be suc­cess­ful. “
Ruby Ghosh, Research Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor, Depart­ment of Physics and Astron­omy, Michi­gan State University

“It was a very prac­ti­cal pro­gram.  The men­tor­ing ses­sions were ter­rific and what I was able to take away from the expe­ri­ence went far beyond what I expected.”
Chris Mi, Uni­ver­sity of Michigan-Dearborn, Depart­ment of Elec­tri­cal and Com­puter Engi­neer­ing, Direc­tor,  DOE GATE Cen­ter for Elec­tric Drive Transportation

“One of the most impor­tant things I learned at MI-GTEA is that you don’t have to sac­ri­fice research and become a busi­nessper­son to com­mer­cial­ize your idea.  MI-GTEA teaches you the frame­work that you need to find a good staff, under­stand their roles, and sup­port the team that can be respon­si­ble for the busi­ness side.”
Anja Mueller, Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor, Depart­ment of Chem­istry, Cen­tral Michi­gan Uni­ver­sity

“MI-GTEA is the best time invest­ment I have made in the last sev­eral years.  The pro­gram pro­vides an invalu­able source of course mate­ri­als, lec­tures and exer­cises on build­ing a busi­ness. The breadth of top­ics was excel­lent and helped to change my per­spec­tive in many pos­i­tive ways.  We were intro­duced to an awe­some set of resources and men­tors who showed that they were will­ing to help and empower me to suc­ceed.“
Dr. John Pat­ten, Direc­tor of the Man­u­fac­tur­ing Research Cen­ter, Chair and pro­fes­sor of Man­u­fac­tur­ing Engi­neer­ing West­ern Michi­gan University

“MI-GTEA helped me a great deal to clar­ify and artic­u­late my technology’s value propo­si­tion.  And the men­tors that I met were top-notch.”
Hwai-Chung Wu, Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor, Col­lege of Engi­neer­ing, Wayne State University