Entrepreneurial News from Cornell Community
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Global Entrepreneurship Week events kick off Nov. 16 Cornell will celebrate Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW), Nov. 16-22, with entrepreneurs from around the world. 11/16/2009 Chronicle Feature |
| Seminar series aims to motivate entrepreneurs, stimulate local business development Have a business idea you're interested in making a reality? A Nov. 20 seminar in the new Entrepreneurship Seminar Series in the East Hill Office Building will focus on tips and strategies for getting an idea ready for market. 11/09/2009 Chronicle Feature |
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Virtual tour app for iPhones and an appliance that makes tea bags win 'elevator pitch' contest An iPhone application that would provide a virtual tour guide for travelers took top honors Oct. 28 at the Cornell Entrepreneur Organization (CEO) Elevator Pitch Competition. 11/02/2009 Chronicle Feature |
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Rob Ryan gives Cornell entrepreneurs tips for success Entrepreneurs have the most success when they work in an area they already know well, said Rob Ryan '69, founder of Ascend Communications and Cornell Entrepreneur of the Year 2002. 11/02/2009 Chronicle Feature |
| Pinstrup-Andersen named No. 1 Dane for fighting poverty Per Pinstrup-Andersen has been named "the most important Dane in the world" in combating poverty in developing countries by an independent panel for Udvikling (Development), Denmark's leading development magazine. 10/27/2009 Chronicle feature |
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'Big Idea' contest encourages business brainstorming The next generation of successful entrepreneurs, including the founder of the next Google or Doctors Without Borders, could be undergrads at Cornell right now. "The Big Idea" competition was created for them. 10/13/2009 Chronicle Feature |
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Recent grad takes his hospitality training to Cambodia When Ben Justus '08 visited Cambodia for the first time in 2006, he was struck by the warmth and hospitality of the country's people -- especially its children. 09/21/2009 Chronicle feature |
| Winner Of DFJ $250K East Coast Venture Challenge: Digiceipt Cornell's Digiceipt wins $250,000 in East Coast Business Competition 05/28/09 DFJ News Release |
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| Cornell's Widetronix wins regional new-business competition For the third time in as many years, an Ithaca company has won a 12-county contest for the most promising emerging business. 05/21/09 Ithaca Journal Feature |
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Senior profile: Joseph Duva Entrepreneur Joseph Duva, in the Johnson School atrium, has been managing his ServiceAuction.com business while developing a voice-activated, industry-specific encyclopedia. 05/18/2009 Chronicle Feature |
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Medical devices for damaged corneas crowned as top Venture Challenge business idea Medical devices that are a low-cost alternative to corneal transplants won the Johnson School's Venture Challenge competition, held April 16. 04/23/09 Chronicle Feature |
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Use the Internet -- world's biggest 'megaphone'-- to help solve world's problems, says Jay Walker '77 "If you want to be an entrepreneur, we need you. The world needs you," Walker told the packed crowd in Statler Auditorium, as he described the "Org Dot Com" as the business of the future. 4/23/09 Chronicle feature |
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Innovative bike design, rape alert system take top awards in Big Idea Competition This year's competition, sponsored by Entrepreneurship@Cornell, Student Agencies Inc. and the eLab undergraduate business accelerator, drew more than 250 people to the final presentations, as part of Entrepreneurship@Cornell's Celebration 2009. 4/23/09 Chronicle feature |
| Entrepreneurs Seek Next Big Idea in Competition Ezra Cornell?s development of the telegraph made him a leading entrepreneur of his time. Following in Cornell?s spirit of entrepreneurship, this year?s Big Idea competition celebrated ingenuity of students in the fields of business and social enterprise. 4/20/2009 Daily Sun feature |
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Priceline Founder Named Entrepreneur of the Year The University will recognize Jay Walker, the founder of priceline.com, as Cornell?s Entrepreneur of the Year. 4/17/2009 Daily Sun feature |
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eLab helps nurture nine undergraduate student businesses Student Agencies eLab, the nonprofit accelerator for undergraduate businesses, is helping nine student groups this semester develop and grow their business ideas. 4/15/2009 Chronicle feature |
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Cornell is an academic 'feast,' says Jay Walker '77, Entrepreneur of the Year Solace, perhaps, for ILR School students struggling with their required statistics course: Jay Walker, ILR '77, didn't like it, either. 4/14/2009 Chronicle feature |
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'Big Idea' finalists fine-tune business ideas -- from glowing pillows to Peruvian clothes For Josh Groleau '11, his "big idea" came to him while he was in high school, taking apart a snowmobile with his dad. 4/13/2009 Chronicle feature |
| Entrepreneurship@Cornell Celebration slated for April 16-17 3/30/2009 Chronicle feature |
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| Johnson School at Cornell University Seeks New Business Ideas in BR Ventures' Cornell Venture Challenge Reformatted competition offers finalists coaching from expert judges 2/5/2009 Johnson School Release |
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Jay Walker named 2009 Cornell Entrepreneur of the Year Jay Walker '77, chairman of Walker Digital and founder of Priceline.com, has been named the 2009 Cornell Entrepreneur of the Year. He will be honored on campus during the Entrepreneurship@Cornell Celebration April 16-17. 1/26/2009 Chronicle feature |
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Alumni survey concludes that entrepreneurship classes shape attitudes Does taking even one class in entrepreneurship have an impact on one's future career? 12/16/2008 Chronicle feature |
