Department of Management,
College of Business,
Florida State University

"The Muddy Waters Of The Sciences Of Artificial: The Struggles Of Software Development As An Academic Entrepreneur"

Feb 16, 2022 Schedule:

Tea Time - Virtual ( Zoom)

 

03:00 to 03:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Colloquium - F2F ( 499 DSL) / Virtual ( Zoom)

 

03:30 to 04:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Abstract:

Herbert Simon once envisioned the “Sciences of the Artificial,” an area of research in which scientific findings are not treated as artifacts that do not change and are “contingent-not with how things are but with how they might be (Simon, 1981: ix).” As an academic, I discuss my journey into “Sciences of the Artificial” by creating the editing and writing platform, r3ciprocity.com. I discuss the challenges, pitfalls, and struggles of creating a private enterprise that is geared towards helping out academics, PhDs, and researchers within an academic environment. Participants in the seminar will develop particular and theoretical insights into academic entrepreneurship. I will discuss getting traction, tenure considerations, scaling, and possible institutional changes that would encourage academic entrepreneurship.

Keywords: Academia, Entrepreneurship, Building Software Platforms