Vinit Nijhawan is Managing Director of MassVentures, the first public venture capital fund in the U.S., funding early stage, high growth Massachusetts companies for more than 40 years.

In this episode, Mark and Vinit discuss a range of topics related to innovation and entrepreneurship, including:

The skills that have been central contributors to Vinit's success

Capabilities startup founders often need to further develop to advance their companies and their own professional careers

The flagship conference - MALSI+ 2020 - to be held virtually on August 20, 2020 by the Massachusetts Technology Transfer Center (MTTC), connecting scientific innovators, entrepreneurs, business leaders, and innovators 

The success stories that have come out of the MALSI conference in the past

The lessons Vinit has you learned that could help someone just starting out as an entrepreneur or thinking about starting a company