Dr. Jyotishman Pathak is a researcher who jokingly says that he’s “still learning to fake business” after launching a new company just six months ago. Though new to the business world, by any measure, he’s already a success.
The event, sponsored by the institution’s BioVenture eLab, is the culmination of a nine-week mentoring program that is designed to improve the ability of Weill Cornell Medicine clinicians and researchers to commercialize their concepts.
![The company Iris takes first prize in the $100,000 Biomedical Business Plan Challenge. Team members from left to right: Drs. Rochelle Joly, Alison Herman, Meghan Reading Turchioe, Jyotishman Pathak, and graduate student Andrea Cohen. [Not pictured:Dr. Yiye Zhang]. All photos: Ashley Jones.](https://news.weill.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_story_featured_image/public/story_featured_images/wcm_biomed_business_challenge_2019_156.png?itok=Tjhm1htz&c=7f335e93d1589899f01ad9bc2c8c1401)
