Gregory Ray
Gregory Ray
Cornell CREA & Johnson School
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I am an entrepreneurship program leader, teacher, and mentor at Cornell University, with nearly 7 years of experience in fostering deep-technology startup leaders. I’ve led innovation programs at esteemed institutions like UToronto, Georgia Tech, and NYU. Notable initiatives at Cornell include the Life Science Innovation Fellowship, Green Technology Innovation Fellowship, and the CREA Entrepreneurial Sprint program. I co-direct the Johnson Summer Startup Accelerator. I teach courses on entrepreneurship, strategy, and innovation at Cornell’s business school and instruct in the NSF I-Corps program. My background combines a PhD in Molecular Biology from Cornell with an MBA from the University of Toronto. Previously, I played a pivotal role in the growth and expansion of Creative Destruction Lab, a program for high-growth science-based startups.
Briefly describe your work with agtech and explain what motivates you to invest your time in this work.
I am particularly interested in the suggestions for incubators and accelerators that may result from this work. I previously worked at an agricultural commodity arbitrage startup based out of Dubai, UAE.
Briefly explain any commitments to sustainability that you or your organization bring to your work on agtech innovation. Be as specific as possible regarding what kinds of social and environmental impacts you aim to produce, and the relevant strategies you are pursuing.
Cornell hopes that I help generate the next generation of startup c-suite leaders who will play a role in the translation of Cornell research via entrepreneurship.
Briefly describe the way(s) in which you assess/measure social and environmental impact in your work on agtech innovation.
We measure the number of participants who choose to launch a venture.
Please share something you would like to take away from the workshop.
Frameworks for balancing competing objectives as a leader of acceleration programs