Office: WSTC E127 | Phone: (308) 865-8135 | Email: macyr@unk.edu
Robert Macy was previously a faculty member at Pennsylvania State University, New Mexico State University, and the University of Central Florida where he helped develop and launch programs in Corporate Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Entertainment Management. As an entrepreneur for over 30 years, he has founded companies ranging from tech and entertainment startups to professional service firms. He has contributed chapters to books; written negotiation cases; given presentations; been funded with grants; and written, edited, and peer reviewed journal articles. He has ample experience as an advisor and managing director for venture capital funds; as a startup attorney; member of the board of directors for startups; and as a producer of podcasts, YouTube series, television series, short films, a feature film, and several jazz albums. He is the Director of the Center of Entrepreneurship and Rural Development, which develops programs and assists students, faculty, and staff to undertake new business ventures and commercialize their intellectual property.
Innovation and Entrepreneurship goes beyond new products, new services, and startups; it is a way of thinking that transforms how we live. An innovative and entrepreneurial mindset is about improving the lives of others and allowing ourselves to live our passions.
I enjoy helping others live their best life. It is through teaching and mentoring that I feel I can make a real difference by helping my students transform problems into opportunities, mistakes into assets, and their dreams into reality.
