Director’s Note: Celebrate!
Here in Ithaca, we can feel spring right around the corner. And there is a lot to celebrate! The School of Human Ecology is celebrating its 100th anniversary and Cornell Tech is celebrating its 10th anniversary! Our eLab students are getting ready to travel to San Francisco for a student startup pitch night and our student business of the year competition is coming up soon. And of course, the time is right to register for our Celebration Ezra conference in April! Have a wonderful month.
-Zach Shulman ’87, JD’90
Director, Entrepreneurship at Cornell
Samsara co-founder named Cornell Entrepreneur of the Year
Entrepreneurship at Cornell has announced that John Bicket ’02, chief technology officer and co-founder of tech firm Samsara, has been named Cornell Entrepreneur of the Year 2025.
eLab Welcomes 13 Startups to Spring Cohort
24 startups were accepted for the eLab student startup accelerator fall cohort, and 13 will advance to the spring cohort. These startups have shown remarkable progress in validating their ideas and refining their business models. The eLab program has been an asset to many student businesses and many have gone on to raise capital, launch […]
Student startup pilots AI grading assistant, joins Y Combinator
GradeWiz, an artificial-intelligence teaching assistant founded by Cornell undergraduates Max Bohun ’25 and Aman Garg ’25, has been accepted into startup accelerator Y Combinator’s Winter 2025 Batch.
Eve Qian Sharpened Her Entrepreneurial Judgment with the Green Technology Innovation Fellows
Eve Qian, a Johnson Cornell Tech MBA student, joined the Green Technology Innovation Fellows Program (GTIF) to strengthen her entrepreneurial judgment and explore opportunities in the green tech space. Partnered with Henry Williams ‘26, a doctoral student at the Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, the team began working on the commercialization of Serida Inc.
Cornell Tech Announces The Bridge: A New Collaborative Workspace for Entrepreneurs and Innovators
Cornell Tech, the groundbreaking campus of Cornell University dedicated to developing leaders and technologies for the AI era, has announced the opening of The Bridge, a new state-of-the-art flexible workspace for entrepreneurs, early and mid-stage ventures, and more established companies.
Startup Cornell Episode #41: Heather Jiang MBA ’16
The newest episode of a podcast hosted by Entrepreneurship at Cornell, Startup Cornell, features Heather Jiang MBA ’16, founder of Allegorie, a small-batch accessory company that turns discarded fruits into wallets, bags and backpacks.
Andrew Schoen of NEA on How to Raise from U.S. Investors
Welcome to another episode of The Coral Capital Podcast, a show where we bring on guests from tech, business, politics, and culture to talk about all things Japan.
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