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To help business leaders navigate this uncertainty, Ideas to Action spoke with University of Virginia Darden School of Business Professor Saras Sarasvathy, an expert on high-performance entrepreneurship. As Sarasvathy has found, entrepreneurs become experts at navigating the extreme uncertainty inherent in starting a new venture.

Looking for work or a fresh start? Omar Garriott, executive director of The Batten Institute for Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Technology, shares three practical job-seeking strategies grounded in how entrepreneurs see the world.

UVA engineering professor Jeff Saucerman and his team’s research identifying seven drugs with the potential to reduce detrimental cardiac growth is featured in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Alumni Renna Nouwairi and Rachelle Turiello credit UVA’s entrepreneurial ecosystem for helping them commercialize their invention that contributes to the blood-based cancer detection process.

Ryan Hurley’s pillow company Lagoon uses data to match athletes with the pillow best fit for them.

Several founders with Darden and i.Lab ties took the stage to pitch their ventures during the E-Cup event. Danny Holloway (pictured) took third place, while Darden's Custis Coleman won first place and a $20,000 prize for his venture Land Credit.

UVA E-Cup, Founders Forum, Galant Challenge & Tom Tom Festival headline April