This article is a part of the series “Where are they now?” After a Spin In experience, what lessons carry over? 
This article shows how Spin In can contribute to meeting educational goals and future career opportunities.

Somewhere between just finishing his MS in entrepreneurship and design in 2016 and about to start his MBA in healthcare administration, data analytics, and strategic leadership, Alex Brooks found himself in the right place at the right time. He was among classmates and friends at the Horn Entrepreneurship Venture Development Center. “I bluntly just jumped into the middle of a conversation and asked, ‘What is this all about? I want in!’” That is how he became a part of the Spin In Program. Brooks's classmate was graduating and was happy to introduce Brooks to the opportunity. For the next two years, Brooks worked with five Spin In teams and then took that experience to Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, as the Senior Administrative Director for OB/GYN.

Michael Loveless, co-founder of RAAD360

Creating a company started with an innovative idea and an interdisciplinary Spin In® student product development team.  

This article is a part of the series “Where are they now?” After a Spin In experience, what lessons carry over?  This article shows how the team starts with an idea and creates a product with career-launching opportunities.

When asked about his entrepreneurial mindset, Michael Loveless reflected on his college graduation. “I was eager to get working when I graduated from Cornell University in ‘92, but the recession was in full swing. I was under-employed and not in a good-fit position.”  Loveless filled his thoughts with self-employment by thinking of software ideas relating to banks and fairness in lending laws. 

RAIStogether was a conceptional idea that University of Delaware alumni and RAIStogether Founder, Don Ainsworth introduced as a potential 2022 student senior project for the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College. Ainsworth served as an adjunct instructor at there at the time. So, it all started with four Dartmouth College students who created an application prototype based on Ainsworth’s idea.

This article is a part of the series “Where are they now?” This article begins with a government mandate for wind energy, a necessary contribution to achieving net zero carbon emissions.  The entrepreneurial approach puts a spin on “how” we get there. Nonetheless, the interdisciplinary team defined parameters for laying the groundwork along the east coast of the U.S. 

In September of 1962, President Kennedy set a goal for the United States to put a man on the moon, not because it was easy but because it was hard. In a turbulent time, it was for the nation, and he needed to move the country forward. The results were scientific advances reaching beyond NASA while also achieving and uniting the nation under the goal. President Kennedy’s words are especially significant even today.   

A new goal set by President Biden is to achieve his goal to reach 100% carbon-free emissions by 2035; President Biden set a goal of harvesting 30 gigawatts of offshore wind energy from the east coast waters of the U.S. by 2030. It would bring energy independence, scientific advances, reduced CO2 emissions, and thousands of jobs throughout the new industry’s supply chain.

Darius Browne, Center with members of Spin In Product Development teams DelaWEAR and RAIStogether

Photos provided by Brian Pryor and Amy LaLime.

Brian Pryor, CEO of mTRIGGER® is an example of an entrepreneur’s journey that involves improvising, uncertainty, and obstacles that all lead to actualizing a potential new venture. The Spin In® experience aligns University students that learn this firsthand while working under the guidance of an entrepreneur and their early startup idea. 

Creating a company started with an innovative idea and an interdisciplinary Spin In® student product development team  

Spin In® offered two learning experiences for James Massaquoi and Suryansh Gupta, first as part of a student development team in part one of the story and now in part two as Entrepreneurs in Spin In’s first student-led start-up to enter the program. This article is a part of the series “Where are they now?” This article is part two following James Massaquoi’s and Sury Gupta’s story as student entrepreneurs leading a student development team in launching their startup. Every Spin In experience brings with it unexpected outcomes. 

Spin In® offers two views for Massaquoi and Gupta first as part of a student development team and then as Entrepreneurs in Spin In’s first student-led start-up to enter the program.

This article is a part of the series “Where are they now?” This article is part one following James Massaquoi’s story and looks at how Spin In provides enduring outcomes for students. A follow-up article will serve as part two of this story, where Massaquoi and Sury Gupta student co-founders, enter Spin In with a new entrepreneur perspective.