This news item is about: What does cash flow and commercialization have to do with caring for cats or cows? Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) believes the answer is, quite simply, everything. This April, CVM launched the Center for Veterinary Business and Entrepreneurship (CVBE), a new inter-disciplinary program intended to spur research, training and outreach in veterinary business to improve animal healthcare. Businesses are the vehicle for delivering veterinary medical services and developing new life-saving products. Yet, veterinary academia has largely ignored the business of veterinary medicine as a focus of research and scholarship. The college is taking a new approach with this unique program that unites expertise from the Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine and the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business.