Entrepreneurship Story

Early in life I became exposed to entrepreneurship by my Uncle. He was a computer engineer at Cerebral Palsy-New York State Health Department. His job required technical skill for the IT department there, as well as being able to interact and effectively communicate with patients and aid workers. He began to integrate his knowledge of computers with medicine and created new medical devices for anesthesiologists. These devices enabled anesthesiologists to monitor their patient’s vitals in a clearer and more efficient manner, while also keeping track of other things like the patients history. This allowed physicians to access a multitude of information about their patients all on a quick and efficient system, rather than having to reference a number of sources.

My uncle was able to successfully sell these medical devices to companies and hospitals around the country, and recently expanded his business to India. He has an online presence as well, making these device accessible to people all around the world. He was able to quit his job and build his own business to help millions of people around the world. His hard-work and passion for the project really inspired me to get into entrepreneurship. Being able to one day help people in something they are lacking, or provide a service to the under-served is something that really motivated me to take this class. Although I have ideas for new innovations and ways to help people, learning about the ways in which this can be done and applying a holistic approach to a problem to considering potential solutions from different angles is something I can definitely learn from this class. I also feel like this class will expose me to cool new ideas and methodologies I’ve never heard of before that could potentially help me out in the future!