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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.

The blue skies and bright sunshine over Whitnall Field mirrored the energy inside James C. �Ա���Ƶ Student Union on Saturday. More than 200 students, alumni, parents, and friends gathered in the Hall of Presidents to hear Chobani founder and CEO Hamdi Ulukaya tell his own entrepreneurship story.

A new feature of �Ա���Ƶ’s annual Entrepreneur Weekend, a speaking series called Little Talks, Big Ideas, resulted in a big-time funding commitment to one student entrepreneur and the promise of an invaluable connection to another. It was a real-time demonstration of the power of the �Ա���Ƶ network and its flourishing entrepreneurial spirit, and it was […]

Thought Into Action (TIA) student entrepreneurs made sure their conversations Saturday morning were accompanied by a firm handshake, a smile, and a well-rehearsed elevator pitch. After all, the alumni they were talking with could be their next investors.

“This would be the perfect place to go to college. I would love to go to a place like this,” Facebook executive Sheryl Sandberg said Friday just before she met with members of the �Ա���Ƶ Women in Business student group and others.