Episode summary introduction: Prof Raghupathy Sivakumar is the Founding Director of CREATE-X at Georgia Tech.

Prof Sivakumar joins us on our podcast today to share Why CREATE-X was born , the structure, instruction and opportunities it offers, startups it helps launch and how students and faculty benefit from it.

In particular, we discuss the following with him:

• Prof. Sivakumar’s Professional Background
• Origins of CREATE-X
• The Entrepreneurial Confidence Program
• Benefits for Students and Faculty

Topics discussed in this episode:

• Introducing Prof Sivakumar, Georgia Tech [0:51]
• Professional Background [2:49]
• Joining Academia [6:22]
• Startup Experiences [7:36]
• Innovation - Siva’s Take [11:14]
• What is CREATE-X? [13:57]
• Origins of CREATE-X [16:14]
• Structure [17:39]
• Student Stats  [21:29]
• Faculty Involvement [22:39]
• Cross Disciplinary [26:11]
• Success Stories [28:07]
• Measuring Success [33:17]
• Dealing with Failure [35:51]
• What’s Ahead for CREATE-X [38:38]
• Culture Change at Georgia Tech [40:46]
• Advice for Tomorrow’s Innovators [43:02]
• Wrap Up [46:14]

Our Guest: Raghupathy Sivakumar is Wayne J. Holman Chair Professor with the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Tech. He is also the Founding Director of CREATE-X at Georgia Tech. Prof. Sivakumar has a Bachelor’s in Computer Science from College of Engineering, Guindy, India, and a Masters and PhD in Computer Science from University of Illinois Urbana Champaign.

Memorable Quote: “...creating a network of people that you can tap into when you're ready to take the entrepreneurial plunge, right, because entrepreneurship by nature, you are always going to be limited by the resources that you have, right?” Prof Sivakumar advice to tomorrow's innovators & entrepreneurs.

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