Joshua Botkin

Lecturer in Entrepreneurship & EIR, University of Michigan

Joshua Botkin teaches Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Michigan, where he serves as a Lecturer of Entrepreneurial Studies at Michigan Ross and an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the Zell Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurship. When he's not on campus, Josh advises startups, established companies, and nonprofits on strategy, innovation, lean startup methods, and more. Recent clients include: HistoSonics, a venture-backed medical device startup whose novel focused-ultrasound technology destroys tumors non-invasively, without heat or ionizing radiation; and Vergent Bioscience, a venture-backed biotech startup commercializing a molecular agent that binds to tumors and fluoresces under near-infrared light, to improve intraoperative visualization. Josh holds an MBA from the University of Michigan and a BA from Columbia University.