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Entrepreneurial News from the Cornell Community

  • Cultivating Entrepreneurship at Cornell Through Startups
    Being smart, hardworking and affable may get you a job and even an early promotion. But it takes more to become a startup entrepreneur, according to John P. Jaquette, Jr., executive director of Entrepreneurship@Cornell.
  • Student entrepreneurs showcase their companies
    Ever discover that you’re out of milk right as you sit down to eat a bowl of cereal?
  • Food for seniors, vaccine delivery are the Big Ideas
    Kiersten Frenchu ’13 wanted tastier food for her grandmother, who was living in a care facility, while Erica Barnell ’13 and Stephanie Ball ’13 thought they could find a way to increase hepatitis B vaccinations among children in developing countries. They were all named winners April 19 in the Big Idea competition, sponsored by Entrepreneurship@Cornell.
  • Big Idea finalists deliver public pitches April 19
    From a new delivery method for vaccines to an energy bar for “nerdy” college students to a better way to market new mobile apps, finalists in the undergraduate Big Idea competition are prepping their pitches for the April 19 finals.
  • Student startup snags $200,000 accelerator award
    Rosie Applications Inc., a student startup business at Cornell, received the $200,000 grand prize in the CenterState CEO Startup Labs Syracuse competition April 8.
  • Professors train to use in-class apps to engage students
    Deborah Streeter, Cornell's Bruce F. Failing Sr. Professor of Entrepreneurship in the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, is leading workshops around the country helping educators engage students in classrooms through technology.
  • The Tech Hub with Rob Taub at Cornell Entrepreneurship Summit NYC '12
    Host Rob Taub broadcasts from the Cornell University Entrepreneurial Summit and speaks with John Balen of Canaan Partners (canaan.com), writer and hedge fund manager Andy Kessler, Global Head of Google's Product Search Jennifer Dulski, and Wayfair founder Nirij Shah.
  • Skorton, Tata headline NYC Entrepreneurship Summit
    A dialogue between Cornell President David Skorton and industrialist Ratan N. Tata '59, B.Arch. '62, headlined Cornell's first annual Entrepreneurship Summit in New York City Oct. 12.
  • New York City Startups Recruit at Tech Career Fair
    Cornell University and the New York City Economic Development Corporation hosted a career fair Friday as part of the city’s ongoing “Tech Talent Draft” initiative, which seeks to give students career advice and exposure to NYC’s tech startup community.
  • eLab fast tracks student businesses
    eLab, a nonprofit Cornell-sponsored student-business accelerator located in Collegetown, is adopting a new model to quickly launch student businesses or raise outside investment in them.