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CWRU Alumni Venture Fund Fellow Spotlight: Amos Langsner
Major: B.S. in Mechanical Engineering Minor: Entrepreneurship Graduating: December 2025 Meet CWRU Alumni Venture Fund Fellow Amos Langsner, a mechanical engineering student at CWRU who’s passionate about innovation, design, and real-world problem solving. Amos works as a research engineer in a…
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Veale Institute for Entrepreneurship announces winners of the 2025 Morgenthaler-Pavey Startup Competition
On April 8, the Veale Institute for Entrepreneurship hosted the 2025 Morgenthaler-Pavey Startup Competition at Sears think[box]. The competition challenged participants to share ideas across four areas: an idea track, research track, social impact track, and venture track. Krupa Venkatesan and…
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Apply for the Fowler Center’s 2025-26 ThinkImpact Fellowship
Interested in learning how entrepreneurship can be used to solve social and environmental problems or building your own social enterprise project? Consider applying for the 2025-26 ThinkImpact fellowship, which aims to develop and promote businesses that create positive impacts for communities,…
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CWRU Alumni Venture Fund Fellow Spotlight: Evelin Urbancsok
Major: Biomedical Engineering, BSE Graduating: May 2025 Meet Evelin Urbancsok, a driven biomedical engineering student graduating this May with a global perspective and a growing passion for venture capital. Originally from Hungary, Evelin has already built an impressive track record—working…
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Solving an ER Problem at Home: How a CWRU Entrepreneur Turned a Simple Idea into a Life-Changing Startup
Elizabeth Clayborne, PhD (MED '11) is the CEO and founder of NasaClip, a consumer health products startup focused on treating nosebleeds. NasaClip’s flagship product, the NasaClip, uses a miniature clamp and 2 sponges that can be medicated for an effective and easy to use at-home nosebleed…
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In Memory of Bob Sopko
If you were at the Morgenthaler-Pavey Startup Competition this week, you may have seen our video tribute honoring the memory of Bob Sopko. For those who couldn’t be there—or who want to remember him again—we’re sharing it here, too. Bob was the heart and soul of our entrepreneurial community: a…
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Announcing the Winners of the 2025 Morgenthaler-Pavey Startup Competition!
On April 8, the Veale Institute for Entrepreneurship hosted the 2025 Morgenthaler-Pavey Startup Competition at the Sears think[box]. As usual, this year's finalists were quite an impressive group. Thank you to all of our judges and participants, and to all of our attendees and cheerleaders. We were…
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Register for Entrepreneurship Courses in Fall 2025!
Registration for Fall 2025 is underway and we are excited to highlight a few opportunities to take courses in entrepreneurship topics from our colleagues around campus! Check out our full list of courses in entrepreneurship: Undergraduate Courses Graduate Courses Digital…
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Spartan Showcase: Dale Berkove
Dale Berkove didn’t step foot inside Sears think[box] for nearly two years as a student at Case Western Reserve, but he credits it as a major driving factor in his decision to attend the university. The mere knowledge the makerspace was there whenever he was ready to use it was enticing. Now a…
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Prince Ghosh on the Founder’s Journey: From NASA Engineer to Startup CEO
Prince Ghosh is the co-founder and CEO of Factored Quality, a digital quality control platform that helps over 100 consumer goods brands manage global supply chains. In this interview, Prince shares his journey from being an aerospace engineer at NASA to founding Factored Quality, discussing his…