veale institute for entrepreneurship

Fehmida Kapadia (GRS '12, biology) has held many roles at Case Western Reserve: graduate student, postdoctoral researcher, adjunct professor in the Master of Engineering Management (MEM) program and, now, strategy and business consultant with the Human Fusions Institute. As we approach E-Week 2020,...

Undergraduate women in STEM are encouraged to apply for the Program Rewarding Innovation in STEM Entrepreneurship (PRISE), a project-based learning cohort of STEM students who receive coaching and financial support to launch a STEM venture of their choosing. The program is an initiative of the Flor...

President Barbara R. Snyder and Provost Ben Vinson III today announced the appointment of the Weatherhead School of Management’s Michael Goldberg as the inaugural executive director of the university’s Veale Institute for Entrepreneurship. “Michael’s international experience as a business leader an...

Started by alums of Case Western Reserve University in 2014, Scout RFP—offering online tools and services to streamline sourcing and an array of business dealings—was sold for $540 million in cash, the San Francisco-based company announced Monday. The purchase marks the second significant entrepre...

Deadline to enter the third annual Morgenthaler-Pavey Startup Competition is Nov. 22 Startup companies grow. So do startup contests. This year, the Morgenthaler-Pavey Startup Competition (MPSC)—Case Western Reserve University’s marquee pitch contest—has added a generous new facet for finalists: e...

Michael Goldberg, associate professor of design and innovation, wrote a piece describing the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Guatemala for Forbes. His piece, titled “What’s happening in Guatemala—it’s not just migration,” explained how two individuals he met through his massive open online course Beyo...

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 Case Western Reserve University, the brains of potential investors ar...

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...

Faculty, staff members, and invited guests supporting research administration from all four of our partner institutions convened on Wednesday, August 14, 2019 for the CTSC Regulatory Steering Group Meeting. This gathering of over 20 individuals from Case Western Reserve University, the Cleveland Cli...

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...