Mountaintop International’s Post

🚀 Exciting announcement for all impact entrepreneurs! Applications are officially open for the Flagship Fellowship, powered by Watson Institute! 🌟 This fellowship is tailored for impact-driven entrepreneurs eager to achieve product-market fit and scale their ventures. 🌍 Over a transformative 16-week journey, participants will experience an in-person Immersive in Boulder, Colorado, followed by virtual programming packed with award-winning training, committed mentorship, and a global community of peers and changemakers. 💼💡 Entrepreneurs will also have the opportunity to lead a Basecamp session in their local community and showcase their progress at a culminating Summit event. 💰 Venture development stipends will be awarded to select Flagship Fellows based on their impact and progress throughout the Fellowship. 🌟 Apply now and shape the future: https://lnkd.in/dE9-wK7c   Priority Deadline: June 1st. Preference will be given to entrepreneurs in the USA, China, Mexico, East Africa, Brazil and Johor Bahru, Malaysia. #Entrepreneurship #Impact #GlobalNetwork #Mentorship #FlagshipFellowship 🌍

🔍 𝐈𝐧 𝐚 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐝𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐬, 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐞? 🎓 𝙄𝙨 𝙃𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙀𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙎𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙝 𝙄𝙩? 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘼𝙣𝙨𝙬𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙨 𝙉𝙪𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙙. 🎓 𝗟𝗲𝘁'𝘀 𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝗻! ➡️ 𝗦𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗗𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲: Focus on acquiring skills that are in demand. Tech giants like Google and Apple now hire for specific skills rather than just degrees. 🧑💻 ➡️ 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴: Embrace continuous learning and adaptability. Elon Musk, for example, advocates for constant self-education to stay ahead in an ever-changing job market. 📚 ➡️ 𝗘𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗲𝘁: Cultivate an entrepreneurial mindset. Sara Blakely, the founder of Spanx, turned her innovative idea into a billion-dollar business without an MBA. 🚀 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝗱𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝘀𝘂𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘀? 🤔 ✅ 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴: Degrees provide structured learning environments that help build foundational knowledge. Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates may be college dropouts, but they both attended prestigious universities that shaped their thinking. ✅ 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀: College can offer invaluable networking opportunities. Sheryl Sandberg met influential mentors at Harvard, which played a crucial role in her career. ✅ 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲: In many fields, degrees are still essential. For example, medicine and law require formal education and certification. Dr. Sanjay Gupta, a renowned neurosurgeon, combines his medical degree with media presence to educate the public. Higher education can still be valuable, but it’s essential to align it with market needs and personal career goals. 🎯 Let’s bridge the gap between academia and the real world, ensuring our education systems evolve to meet today’s demands. 🌟 #HigherEducation #SkillOverDegree #LifelongLearning #Entrepreneurship

🚀 Exciting Update: Embarking on a Journey with Researchpreneurs! 🌟 We're delighted to share more about our interns from Reichman University "I'm Ido Yaacov , a passionate student of entrepreneurship and business administration. My journey has been shaped by experiences as a military company commander, some different positions in Israeli startups and architect of a robust CRM system for a major real estate player in Israel. 🔍 Why #Researchpreneurs? Choosing Researchpreneurs for my internship was a no-brainer. Their commitment to enabling innovations for startups, coupled with my fervor for entrepreneurship, made it the perfect fit. Plus, the opportunity to connect with brilliant minds across the world sealed the deal. 🌍 The Impact of Researchpreneurs: Researchpreneurs embodies a future where science-driven innovators steer global progress. Their vision aligns with my own aspiration to create positive change through entrepreneurial endeavors. By fostering collaborations and guidance, Researchpreneurs is set to drive transformative shifts in the Tech landscape. Exciting times ahead! Feel free to connect with me on LinkedIn for insightful discussions and collaborations. Let's dive into a world of innovation and growth together! 🚀🌱" #Entrepreneurship #InnovationJourney #Researchpreneurs

🎉 Get ready for some major updates from RESEARCHPRENEURS in a few weeks! We're on the brink of unveiling a game-changing announcement that's set to empower applied researchers and uplift small and medium enterprises! ✨ We continue sharing stories about our amazing interns from Reichman University who are helping us making waves in the world of innovation 🌍Welcome to the team, Ido, our automation tech guru! 📢 Don't miss out! Make sure to follow our company page to stay updated on all the latest developments! 👉 RESEARCHPRENEURS #researchpreneurs #InnovationUnleashed #ResearchAndDevelopment #EmpoweringSMEs

Started a podcast on the personal stories of #medtech #innovators and other #entrepreneurs during my gap year in Boston. Have a listen and let me know your thoughts! :)

Diary of a PhD: Week 15 After Academia Why I believe PhDs are a great addition to every company, especially startups This week, Angela Priest and I interviewed candidates for an intern position at Alma.Me in market research. All candidates were PhD students. What did my favorite candidates have in common? The pool of PhD candidates likely has never really worked market research before. So, how do we choose? For me personally, it’s the motivation and willingness to learn. I'm learning every day myself, and I can see the potential and rapid learning pace for those who are eager. The strongest candidates shared some common traits: 1. Preparedness: They knew about Alma.Me and why they wanted to work with us. 2. Personability: They were able to connect on a personal level. 3. Attitude: They exhibited the right mindset for a startup – motivated by challenges and driven to get things done. I personally believe this is the most crucial trait for someone who wants to work in a small startup. Whether the person has experience in market research or not is secondary for us as a startup. Skills and knowledge can be trained, but you can't train for passion and fit. So why can PhDs be a valuable asset to every startup? PhDs bring a unique set of qualities to the table, often sharing traits such as resilience, creative problem-solving, resourcefulness, a thirst for learning, curiosity and being used with a wide scope of work. The list goes on. I feel fortunate to learn from Angela, who has implemented hiring processes and built high-performance teams in startup to enterprise. Have you considered working in a startup after your PhD? #phd #academia

*Business or academia?? Isn’t it time now for the 2 to walk better together in the #UK?* As someone having seen the view from both sides of the mountaintop as a The Royal Society Resrarch fellowship holder, securing professoriate route in academia and then choosing to transition to the startup & spinout commercialisation, business world, industry engagement and having founded companies and supported Spinouts as Board chair- with first-hand experience & knowledge- I believe there are opportunities, challenges, barriers & excellent solutions that are available in the commercialisation potential for Early Career #Researchers (#ECRs) from #HigherEducationInstitutions (#HEIs) with #spinout, #startup & #investments ecosystem. 1. Researchers - Early or established are the cornerstone of new scholarly knowledge generation and inventions that come out of #academic #Institutions. Gap in uncertainty and security of jobs becomes broader for ECRs as they depend upon another senior academic colleague securing grant funding for their role. * So, moving to #innovation and #commercialisation route from invention, from the intellectual property that exists in the #universities already will help develop real-world solutions as well as addressing that challenge of dependency. * Anyone in #academia can take this path but in practical terms- It is always going to be easier for ECRs to step into a new position Vs established academics, who would have to mull and make a decision to leave their well-earned seniority and established research & teaching love and position behind altogether. * Dr Olga Kozlova, FRSE : Yes, close working relationship between the two stages of career path can turn out to ge the best of both worlds path -to solve real world challenges with ideas generated and related to discoveries from academia and #Research group. 2. To enable that transition and to make this path of #entrepreneurship and #business formation - Prestige and career progression associated with certain roles and not with other and culture and mindset towards the value of business in the world today lought to be changed. A new culture and proposition in the #impact of these businesses in society need to be described. Association of ‘busienss’ and ‘profit’ being a dirty word mindet ought to be transformed with education and awareness. 3. #Commercialisation support with well established #investment to back up and fuel the growth of the spinning out and starting teams and matched with commercial and business leading experience, when done well with practioners and qualified experienced professional can streamlined and prove game changing for the sector and global #society and fuel the #economy, wellbeing of communities and generate new #jobs. . #NoOnePath 4 #Career #Science & #Tech University of Strathclyde| Strathclyde Inspire | Universities Scotland | Scottish Funding Council | Royal Society of Edinburgh | Scottish Enterprise | Glasgow City of Science and Innovation |

Do you have a technology idea that you want to turn into a product? The Activate Fellowship might be for you. The two-year fellowship helps aspiring innovators and entrepreneurs take technology ideas and turn them into real-world products. Applications for the 2023 Cohort have closed, but Activate provides plenty of opportunities to learn about the fellowship. #technology #ProductDevelopment #fellowship