veale institute for entrepreneurship
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,…
July 26, 2019
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,…
June 06, 2019
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…
June 04, 2019
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 Case Western Reserve University, for a number of events aimed at a common priority of the business community in the two countries:…
May 22, 2019
xLab, a new Case Western Reserve University-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…