Initiatives
- Policy & Strategy Entrepreneurship Lab
- Frontiers in Science and Innovation Policy
- Big Pixel Initiative
- SDG Policy Initiative
Policy & Strategy Entrepreneurship Lab
With support from the center, associate professor Liz Lyons has launched a new lab designed to develop and support early-stage ventures with high-impact potential in the school’s areas of expertise and to complement the entrepreneurship and innovation management training offered at GPS and across campus.
The Policy & Strategy Entrepreneurship Lab (PSE-Lab) brings together San Diego’s strengths in technology and entrepreneurship, GPS’ robust network of successful entrepreneurs and early-stage investors and its globally recognized expertise in energy and environmental policy, China, emerging markets, national security, governance and sustainability.
Mission and Activities
The PSE-Lab’s mission is to improve the speed and impact of technology commercialization in high-priority areas.
Over the medium term, the lab will build out educational experiences and support an entrepreneurship certificate for GPS students.
During the first two years, the lab will focus on rolling out its venture program, a seven-month program designed for startups based primarily in the San Diego region. The program will offer:
- Mentorship from the PSE-Lab’s council
- Access to scientific and industry experts
- Use of legal and financial advice
- Guest lectures and online courses on startup fundamentals
- Access to a pool of potential co-founders for startups that need to grow their teams
To participate in the program, ventures will need to apply, and selection will be based on potential for success and fit with the lab’s priority areas.
To learn more about the PSE-Lab, please contact Liz Lyons.
Meet Liz Lyons
Inspired by her experience at the Creative Destruction Lab at the University of Toronto and by teaching an early-stage startups course at the school, Lyons said she is excited about working with CCGT to bring together GPS’s intellectual horsepower and the vibrancy of the San Diego startup environment.
She is confident that over the next decade, the lab will have a reputation for developing some of California’s most transformational companies and entrepreneurs and that GPS will be known as a national leader in policy-oriented entrepreneurship training.
