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Study: Want more investors for your startup? Better make an impassioned pitch
One would expect that entrepreneurs who pitch their startup ideas with passion are more apt to entice investors. Now there’s scientific proof the two are connected: enthusiasm and financial backing. According to new research from ӰƵ, the brains of potential investors ar...
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Roundtable Discussion with Rex Tibbens
Rex Tibbens, president and CEO of Frontdoor, will join the IDEA Club for a roundtable discussion Monday, Oct. 14, at noon in Sears think[box] in the sixth-floor main area. Students will have the opportunity to hear from Tibbens, former chief operating officer of Lyft and vice president at Amazon, a...
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Weatherhead School’s Michael Goldberg writes about entrepreneurship in Mozambique in article for Forbes
Michael Goldberg, associate professor of design and innovation, recently had his first article published as a Forbes.com contributor. His piece was titled “Expanding rural access to public entrepreneurship funds in Mozambique: how one person can catalyze a community.” In his inaugural piece, Goldbe...
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Startups win $70,000 at university's flagship pitch contest
Everykey takes top prize at 2019 Morgenthaler-Pavey Startup Competition, with Nexus AI runner-up and YeuPatch and Boundary Labs tying for third Everykey, a Cleveland-based creator of apps and devices to replace passwords for mobile and network security, won the $25,000 top prize at the second annua...
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With grant from U.S. Embassy, Michael Goldberg to exchange ideas on entrepreneurship in Austria
In early June, the United States Embassy in Vienna will host Michael Goldberg, assistant professor of design and innovation at the Weatherhead School of Management at ӰƵ, for a number of events aimed at a common priority of the business community in the two countries: ho...
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Introducing xLab—where ӰƵ students help shape digital strategies for established companies
xLab, a new ӰƵ-based initiative, aims to pair tech-savvy student talent with some of Northeast Ohio’s largest corporations to help the businesses understand and implement new digital-first strategies and opportunities for growth. “We’re creating a pipeline of talent fo...
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Apply to participate in Entrepreneurship Immersion Week 2019
Students can join a ӰƵ team to create a business contest for Entrepreneurship Immersion Week 2019, which will be held at Kent State University July 28–Aug. 1. Teams will compete against 10 other regional schools in a Shark Tank-style pitch competition for a chance to w...
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Apply to Northeast Ohio Student Venture Fund program for startup funding experience
The Northeast Ohio Student Venture Fund gives students from higher education institutions an opportunity to better understand new ventures through experiential learning opportunities relating to entrepreneurship, venture capital, technology commercialization and economic development. Students can ap...
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Meet the six finalists for the university’s $50,000 startup contest
More than 50 student- and alumni-led companies entered the second Morgenthaler-Pavey Startup Competition (MPSC)—nearly double the number from the contest’s first year. Now, ahead of the competition’s final round on May 29, its six finalists are working with an array of professional firms offering b...
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The 2018 Weatherhead 100 recognizes the fastest-growing companies in Northeast Ohio
The ӰƵ-based awards include companies in a variety of sectors, including consulting, financial services, medical devices, real estate and digital media Roger Zona, founder of TPI Efficiency Cleveland-based budget-consulting firm TPI Efficiency—with sales growth topping...