{"@context":"https://w3id.org/openbadges/v2","id":"https://milestone.campuslabs.com/api/v20/badge/138632592/","uid":"138632592","name":"From Science to Startup: The Entrepreneurial Journey for Scientists","description":"Offered by Hood College's Bioscience Research and Education Center (BREC), the Entrepreneurship for Scientists badge equips scientists with skills for bioscience and biotech entrepreneurship using a framework that guides learners through opportunity identification, business planning, funding, storytelling and commercialization. Through interactive lectures, case studies and exercises, participants will learn how to translate scientific discoveries into viable ventures.","type":"BadgeClass","image":"https://milestone.campuslabs.com/milestone/media/badge_image_uploads/2025/05/09/HC_SA_BREC_Entrepreneurship_NonCurric_I.png","criteria":{"id":"https://milestone.campuslabs.com/org/1323717515/badge/138632592","narrative":":multi: This INTERMEDIATE level badge is offered to career scientists exploring entrepreneurship. Learners will spend ~20 hours, equivalent to 2 CEUs. Participation in the two-day workshop and completion of all assigned exercises is required to earn this badge. -- 1.\tUnderstand the Laws of Entrepreneurship for biotech scientists.\n2.\tDevelop a scientific idea into a structured entrepreneurial plan.\n3.\tDifferentiate between a business plan and a business model and apply both effectively.\n4.\tCraft a compelling story to influence stakeholders about a biotech idea.\n5.\tIdentify and evaluate entrepreneurial opportunities based on scientific research.\n6.\tApply commercialization strategies to translate research into marketable products.. "},"issuer":"https://milestone.campuslabs.com/api/v20/issuer/1323717515/","tags":["entrepreneurship","Translational Research","Commercialization Strategies","Opportunity Assessment","Business Plan","Business Model","Scientific Research"],"alignment":[{"targetName":"Communication","targetUrl":"https://www.hood.edu/offices-services/institutional-assessment/institutional-learning-outcomes","targetDescription":"The badge earner will communicate clearly and effectively in oral, written and/or visual formats, consistent with the standards of their discipline.","targetCode":"GSO_Comm"},{"targetName":"Professionalism","targetUrl":"https://www.hood.edu/offices-services/institutional-assessment/institutional-learning-outcomes","targetDescription":"The badge earner will engage in legal, ethical and professional behaviors consistent with their discipline, including leadership, teamwork and/or other responsibilities to key stakeholders.","targetCode":"GSO_Prof"},{"targetName":"Critical Reasoning","targetUrl":"https://www.hood.edu/offices-services/institutional-assessment/institutional-learning-outcomes","targetDescription":"The badge earner will approach content and tasks with a critical awareness, framed by knowledge and skills appropriate to their discipline.","targetCode":"GSO_CriReas"},{"targetName":"Problem Solving","targetUrl":"https://www.hood.edu/offices-services/institutional-assessment/institutional-learning-outcomes","targetDescription":"The badge earner will apply advanced disciplinary content knowledge and strategies to understand and address problems and questions relevant to their discipline and to which they have not previously been introduced.","targetCode":"GSO_ProbSolv"},{"targetName":"Research","targetUrl":"https://www.hood.edu/offices-services/institutional-assessment/institutional-learning-outcomes","targetDescription":"The badge earner will identify and explore relevant questions and/or problems by accessing, evaluating, applying and/or conducting research using discipline-specific strategies.","targetCode":"GSO_Res"}]}