Veale Institute for Entrepreneurship
February 18, 2020
Curtis Merriweather Jr. was at the bank when his phone
buzzed with an email that he’d been nominated to attend a White House summit on
minority government-contract opportunities. Curtis Merriweather Jr. “I read the letter and said, ‘Is this a joke?’” said
Merriweather, a Case Western…
February 17, 2020
Join Case Western Reserve and the Veale Institute for Entrepreneurship for the next installation of the CWRU Entrepreneurship Alumni Series on Thursday, Feb. 20, from 5:30-7 p.m. at the Larry Sears and Sally Zlotnick Sears think[box]. This roundtable discussion will feature Joe Mandato (MGT ’04),…
February 07, 2020
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…
January 27, 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…
January 21, 2020
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…
November 06, 2019
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…
October 29, 2019
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:…
October 04, 2019
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…
October 02, 2019
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…
September 25, 2019
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,…