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No boardroom strategy can prepare you for the raw reality of full-time caregiving. Close School Professor Damian Salas shares how core entrepreneurial skills—like rapid problem-solving and deep adaptability—become essential lifelines for surviving burnout and navigating crisis.
No boardroom strategy can prepare you for the raw reality of full-time caregiving. Close School Professor Damian Salas shares how core entrepreneurial skills—like rapid problem-solving and deep adaptability—become essential lifelines for surviving burnout and navigating crisis.
Non-invasive MedTech, AI sustainability, and proactive personal safety—see how our Impact Innovation Hub (IIH) alumni are scaling their ventures.
With phase one of the Dragon Launch Philly program complete, we’re looking back on the progress our participants have made so far.
Drexel’s Saphead Studios is bringing its new game, “PhillyBall,” to local sports bars just in time for the biggest soccer matches of the summer!
HER Lab is back. Through a partnership with the Global Give Back Circle, the Close School empowered 100 young women in Kenya with entrepreneurship training, pitching skills, and tools to launch sustainable ventures.
Drexel alumnus Evan Ehlers recently met with King Charles III, highlighting the remarkable growth of Sharing Excess and its mission to transform surplus food into community support.
In his latest article for Psychology Today, Damian Salas, Associate Dean for Academic Partnerships and Assistant Teaching Professor at the Close School of Entrepreneurship, explores how executive stress impacts leadership, decision-making, and team culture.
Is burnout really sudden? Damian Salas introduces “The Recovery Gap,” revealing how performance slows long before exhaustion sets in.