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Innovators upend traditional routines. �Ա���Ƶ is celebrating and invoking that spirit during its third annual Thought Into Action Entrepreneur Weekend, April 11–12. The result promises to be an exciting and informative experience for the university’s community of entrepreneurial students, parents, alumni, and faculty. Entrepreneur Weekend begins at 6.p.m. on Friday in Cotterell Court with a […]

Just like last year, �Ա���Ƶ student and alumni entrepreneurs are invited to apply for the �Ա���Ƶ Entrepreneurs Fund. Applications are now being accepted for the first round of awards. The fund was established to grow and advance for-profit and not-for-profit ventures that “have the potential to solve big problems.” The fund’s mission is also to […]

Shane Emmett ’00, CEO of Health Warrior, which makes chia seed “superfood” bars, was on NPR this morning talking about crowdfunding. The piece is titled “Small Firms May Soon Turn To Crowdfunding To Sell Shares” and reports on how smaller firms might raise money using crowdfunding. Emmet was featured in an article called “Feel-Good Food” […]

Feel-good food: It can be defined in different ways, depending on the creator and the consumer. �Ա���Ƶ Scene associate editor Aleta Mayne recently talked to six young alumni who have created their own definitions of feel-good food, whether it’s workout fuel or gourmet sweet treats made from fresh ingredients. These entrepreneurs have filled us up […]

This past summer six different companies that had been awarded incubator funding through the university’s Entrepreneurs of New York Fund (ENY) were hard at work, taking advantage of shared office space at a downtown incubator and receiving invaluable mentorship from �Ա���Ƶ’s Thought Into Action Institute (TIA). Here is an update on what the companies, launched by […]

Over the past four years, scores of successful alumni entrepreneurs have shared their knowledge and experience with �Ա���Ƶ students who aspire to start their own businesses or not-for-profit organizations. One Saturday a month, alumni and students have worked side by side, teaching and learning about how to take an idea to reality —  from how […]

This post is by Harry Raymond ’11, a winner of the ENY Fund at �Ա���Ƶ, and founder of ShinDig. Read more about the ENY Fund and entrepreneurship at �Ա���Ƶ.  This summer, I returned to Hamilton and took my tech startup Shindig to the next level. I moved out of my Seventh Avenue office, subletting my East Village apartment to […]

�Ա���Ƶ students, interning this summer at companies such as NBCUniversal, Hukkster, Nike, and Facebook, are sharing their experiences. This post is written by Hillary Kupferberg ’15, an intern at Hukkster. As a rising �Ա���Ƶ junior, I am spending the summer working at Hukkster, along with three other interns, two of whom — Elaina Atallah-Yunes ’16 […]

The nearly nonstop activity behind the window of 20 Utica Street in the village of Hamilton might give the impression that something exciting is afoot at the former Parry’s Hardware store. That impression would be correct. Thanks to the Entrepreneurs of New York Fund (ENY), six fledgling small businesses launched by �Ա���Ƶ students and alumni […]

The university’s Thought Into Action (TIA) Institute is looking to attract even more entrepreneurial students as it builds on the success of its first four years and the heightened interest created by the recent Entrepreneur Weekend.