The da Vinci Center is a collaboration of VCU’s School of Arts, Business and the Colleges of Engineering and Humanities and Sciences and VCU Health. The unique collegiate model advances innovation and entrepreneurship through cross-disciplinary collaboration.
Project involvement:
• The VCU Design Thinking Initiative
• Expansion of VCU Entrepreneurship Academy
• Graduate research “The Anatomy of Risk”
• Social Innovation partnership building
Shift Retail Lab:
FOR INNOVATORS. FOR EVERYONE.
The Shift Retail Lab provides a space for entrepreneurs to test their ideas through sales and customer feedback, developing ideas into successful products and services ready to go out to market.
VCU Annual Report
Advancing Innovation
When students have an idea, a product, and a business plan, VCU’s Shift Retail Lab gives them the marketplace.
Instructor for the VCU Entrepreneurship Academy
Teaching the following courses in-person, virtual, and in hybrid formats.
• Introduction to Business Model Canvas
• Introduction to Digital Literacy
• The Art of the Pitch
• Introduction to Design Thinking
SHIFT RETAIL LAB
Opening Event
FOR INNOVATORS. FOR EVERYONE.
Shift Retail Lab provides an important space for student entrepreneurs to test their ideas through sales and customer feedback.
VCU President Dr. Rao listens as Tyson Glover describes Shift Lab projects.
Coasters for a Cause
Tyson Glover’s project: Handmade wooden drink coasters with a percentage of sales supporting a specific RVA non-profit or charity.
