This session, taught by entrepreneur Steve Derezinski, was added as a one-time optional supplement to the Nuts and Bolts course, but serves as an excellent resource on securing funding through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program through the U.S. government.
About the Instructor
Steve Derezinski, entrepreneur, senior executive and senior advisor for technology-based ventures
Steve has over 15 years of experience as an entrepreneur, senior executive and senior advisor for technology-based ventures. Most recently, Steve worked with professors at Georgia Tech to create eight early-stage ventures from breakthrough research. These companies raised a total of $43M in series-A financing. Steve has been a senior executive in venture-backed software and semiconductor companies, working in strategic marketing roles to place breakthrough semiconductor, MEMS, nanotechnology, and software innovations into the right early market segments. Steve is also active in the entrepreneurial community, helping to found an MIT Enterprise Forum Chapter and mentoring student teams for business plan competitions. He is a past-president of the MIT Alumni Club of Atlanta and has served on MIT’s National Alumni Association Board of Directors. Steve holds a BS degree in mechanical engineering from MIT and an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management, where his research focused on university-based startups.
