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Are you a new business owner struggling with creating your business finances? Join CWRU LaunchNET for an informative workshop titled “Draft Your Business Financials” Friday, Oct. 27, from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the presentation area on the second floor of Sears think[box]. Phelan Spence, senior assoc...

Are you a student or recent graduate looking for financial support to test the market, build a website, or fund access to other resources needed to move your new innovations forward? Consider applying to the Student Entrepreneurship Fund with CWRU LaunchNET. This application is open to undergraduat...

Case Western Reserve adapts to all-online format, ‘sends’ 18 exhibitors to annual tech show—from music to COVID-19 trackers to ‘Human Fusions’ founder CES, the massive tech and innovation show that draws 175,000 visitors internationally to Las Vegas each January, will be significantly different thi...

From password protection entrepreneur to an Alexa hackathon champion, teams sponsored by university and LaunchNet programs are ready to demo From “tricked-out” robots to augmented and virtual reality to sound-warping software, the entrepreneurial and inventive best from Case Western Reserve Univers...

Join CWRU LaunchNET and Sears think[box] for their Coffee+Bagel=Entrepreneurship event Thursday, Sept. 12, from 9 to 10 a.m. on the sixth floor of Sears think[box]. During the event, CWRU alumna Batula Zaidi will share her journey about starting Science First Partnerships. Bagels from The Clevelan...

Members of the community are invited to stop by CWRU LaunchNET’s office in the Thwing Center atrium (next to FedEx) for an open house Tuesday, Sept. 3, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Guests can meet the staff, learn about upcoming programs, and enjoy coffee and treats. View information about the open house...

Student entrepreneur builds growing business with magnetic bottle openers It began as a simple gesture of thanks. Brian Tighe made a bottle opener for a friend’s grandfather to mount on the dock at his pond as a thank-you for letting him fish there. Except the man really didn’t care for the gift,...

Entrepreneurship, design and business-plan competitions produced and presented at CWRU provide firsthand experience in important facets of business creation and venture startups, including research, intellectual property, manufacturing, marketing and finance. Individuals and teams can participate i...

Nine teams made it through Launch CWRU Weekend, including more than 40 participants representing a range of academic pursuits, graduating classes, and all manners and forms of personal interests, professional pursuits and aspirations. In the end, the winner was ChromaSense, a lab safety application...