The Biomedical Entrepreneurship Skills Development Program for the Advancement of Research Translation: Foundations of Biomedical Startups course, metrics, and impact.

Background/objective: A growing number of biomedical doctoral graduates are entering the biotechnology and industry workforce, though most lack training in business practice. Entrepreneurs can benefit from venture creation and commercialization training that is largely absent from standard biomedical educational curricula. The NYU Biomedical Entrepreneurship Educational Program (BEEP) seeks to fill this training gap to prepare and motivate biomedical entrepreneurs to develop an entrepreneurial skill set, thus accelerating the pace of innovation in technology and business ventures.

Longitudinal data support university-based biomedical entrepreneurship education programs.

Increasing numbers of biomedical doctoral graduates enter the biotechnology and industry workforce, though most lack training in business concepts and entrepreneurship. Early-stage researchers can greatly benefit from education and skills development in venture creation and commercialization of discoveries. With support from NIDDK and NCATS, the Biomedical Entrepreneurship Educational Program (BEEP) was developed to fill the science of translation and innovation knowledge gap.