Hi, I'm Brent

Here's an introductory video highlighting my work in the classroom at Arizona State University.  Relatedly, I have been recognized as a 2022 Top 5% Teacher in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering.

Entrepreneurship + Innovation @ the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering

I am the founding director of E+I @ Fulton at Arizona State University.

Hool Coury Law Professor of Entrepreneurship

I am the Hool Coury Law Professor of Entrepreneurship at Arizona State University. Michael Hool, principal of Hool Coury Law, and I discuss the aim of this professorship in a six-part video series.

How We Innovate

I am the founder and co-host of How We Innovate at Arizona State University, a video and podcast series, powered by Hool Coury Law, that features a wide array of ASU-affiliated startup founders, executive innovators, and faculty co-hosts.

ASU Tech Devils

I am the  founding director of the Tech Devils program (formally known as the Prescott Fellowship) at Arizona State University, which is powered by the Prescott Student Venture Fund.

Master of Science of Innovation and Venture Development

I was a co-founding program designer and interim program director of ASU's ground-breaking MSIVD program.

MSIVD Masterclass Model

I was a co-founding program designer and interim program director of ASU's MSIVD program, which features an innovative Masterclass teaching and learning model.

Venture Based Learning Model

I am a leading designer and practitioner of Venture Based Learning pedagogies. 

Microlearning XR Media Assets

I was the lead executive producer of the Engineering Uplink portfolio of microlearning assets, sponsored by KEEN, to help engineers get unstuck in common first-year, capstone-level, and professional development quandaries. 

Make It Happen with AirGarage

I'm very proud of my relationship with the co-founders of AirGarage, an ASU-born venture-backed student startup, who were featured on my Make It Happen video series.

Mentoring is Teaching

I am the co-designer of the mentoring is teaching model at ASU, which manifests in many courses and programs via the integration of para-professional Venture Mentors and ProTAs.

College Checklist

I was honored to serve as a featured guest on the College Checklist, where I discussed the importance of an entrepreneurial mindset at work.

Ignite Sparky Design Challenge

I was the director and co-designer of the Ignite Sparky challenge. Go Devils!

ASU Innovation Open

I was the co-founding competition designer and director of the ASUio and the affiliated Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering Funding Awards.

Venture Development in Higher Education

I designed, launched, and scaled an innovative "league-style" model of enterprise-wide venture development at Arizona State University. I captured the impetus, experiments, and outcomes of this work in a four-part video series.

Entrepreneurial Mindset 101

I co-led the efforts to institutionalize entrepreneurial mindset development within the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University. I captured the genesis and goals for this work in a two-part video series.

Marketplace Conversation Pedagogy

I built upon Steve Blank's ground-breaking customer discovery and development pedagogies, which were popularized by the lean startup movement, via a more accessible marketplace conversation model. I captured the genesis of this evolution in a five-part video series.

ASU I-Corps 

I was a co-founding member of ASU's  NSF-funded I-Corps technology commercialization program.

ASU Global Sport Institute

I was an inaugural faculty member in the GSI's Global Sport Scholars collective.

ASU Venture Devils

I was the co-founding program designer and executive director of the ASU Venture Devils program.

ASU Venture Funding Network Model

I was the co-founding program designer and executive director of the ASU Venture Devils bi-annual Pitch Playoffs and Demo Day funding network model.

ASU Venture Mentoring Model

I was the co-founding program designer and executive director of the ASU Venture Devils full-scale venture mentoring model.