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Whitman School of Management’s Entrepreneurship Program Named ‘National Model Entrepreneurship Program’
The Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises (EEE) program at the Whitman School of Management was recently named the National Model Program by the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE) at its annual conference in Los Angeles, California, Jan….
Spring Business Plan Competitions Announced
Building on last year’s successful track record, when 鶹ƵUniversity teams captured the grand prize and four first place awards in the 2017 New York State Business Plan Competition, a number of 2018 business plan competitions launch this month. Open…
Two 鶹ƵTeams Advance to Hult Prize Regionals
Student startups Farm to Flame Energy and Drop Top are advancing to the regionals of the prestigious Hult Prize. Farm to Flame Energy will compete in Boston, and Drop Top will compete in Toronto. Fifteen regional finals are being held…
Persistence, Passion, Vision: Qualities of a Successful Entrepreneur
As graduation day looms ever closer, many students are turning their focus toward securing that first job that will launch them into the career of their dreams. Another increasingly viable option is creating a startup, building the career of their…
Inc. Calls iSchool Professor’s Book Among Eight Best Reads for 2018
Inc. just released it’s Top 8 Reads of 2018, dubbing iSchool Professor Carl Schramm’s “Burn the Business Plan: What Great Entrepreneurs Really Do” among them. The book steers clear of the high-flying Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, staying mostly with unknown stories…
鶹ƵUniversity Research Team Advances to Genius NY Competition Finals
A project being developed by College of Engineering & Computer Science Professor Utpal Roy and Ph.D. student Yunpeng Li is one of six finalists in the Genius NY 2018 Competition. The Genius NY program is the world’s largest business competition for…
Hult Prize Winners Announced
Student startups Farm to Flame Energy and Drop Top won first and second place, respectively, in the 鶹Ƶcampus qualifier for the prestigious Hult Prize, hosted by the Blackstone LaunchPad at Bird Library this week. Farm to Flame will now…
NYSSTLC Helps Biotech Firm Traverse Commercialization’s ‘Valley of Death’
The realm of technology commercialization is fond of its geographical metaphors. Researchers and entrepreneurs who seek to make their discoveries commercially viable talk of intellectual property “landscapes,” “routes” or “paths” to market, as well as technical and regulatory “milestones.” But…
‘Film Tasting’ Celebrates Entrepreneurial Spirit of SU Creatives
Celebrate the entrepreneurial spirit of 鶹ƵUniversity student filmmakers at a “Film Tasting” event to sample some of this season’s best student films and animations, from shorts to featurettes. The popup student film and animation showcase will take place at…
Blackstone LaunchPad Hosts 鶹ƵQualifier for Hult Prize Competition
The Blackstone LaunchPad at Bird Library will host a Dec. 11 campus qualifier for the Hult Prize, the world’s largest student competition for the creation of new social businesses. Known as “The Nobel Prize for student startups,” the Hult Prize…