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Apply to participate in Entrepreneurship Immersion Week; deadline today
Blackstone Launchpad is recruiting a Case Western Reserve University team to compete in the 2015 Entrepreneurship Immersion Week, which will be held Aug. 2-7 at Lake Erie College. The third annual Entrepreneurship Immersion Week is an intensive business concept development experience, presented by ...
Weatherhead School’s Scott Shane participates in panel on engaging millennials in entrepreneurship
Scott Shane, the A. Malachi Mixon III Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies, participated in a panel discussion on “Millennials and Entrepreneurship: A Conversation about Engaging the Next Generation” at The City Club of Cleveland on May 8. Other panel participants were: Lena Kelly, fellow of Ventur...
CWRU joins inaugural social entrepreneurship business competition for Tibet
To broaden students’ entrepreneurial opportunities and help others around the world, Case Western Reserve is one of six universities to join the inaugural Tibetan Innovation Challenge, a social entrepreneurship business plan contest that aims to improve the lives of Tibetans living in refugee camps ...
Student entrepreneurs compete in 2015 Spartan Challenge for more than $20,000 in start-up funds, mentoring
Foot-powered mobile phone charger for developing countries takes first place More than $20,000 was at stake—funding that could give a promising student business idea a real boost. Sixteen student teams entered the Spartan Challenge, Case Western Reserve University’s annual business start-up conte...
Weatherhead’s Michael Goldberg records TEDxHeraklion on entrepreneurship
Michael Goldberg, visiting assistant professor of design and innovation at Weatherhead School of Management, traveled to Greece in February for a TEDxHeraklion session with Alexis Komselis, director of the ALBA Hub for Enterprise & Development in Greece. Goldberg and Komselis collaborated to launch...
The Burton D. Morgan Foundation commits $1 million to CWRU think[box] project
Award supports creation of sixth-floor “Entrepreneurial Suite” with satellite offices for Blackstone LaunchPad and Intellectual Property Venture Clinic—earlier recipients of foundation program support The Burton D. Morgan Foundation has expanded its engagement in Case Western Reserve’s entrepreneurs...
Nottingham Spirk and CWRU launch partnership to inspire product development and commercialization
A new partnership between Nottingham Spirk, a global product design and business innovation firm known for creating some of the world’s most popular consumer items, and Case Western Reserve University will engage and inspire the next generation of inventors in new ways. Nottingham Spirk will create...
2015 Spartan Challenge entrepreneurship competition offers more than $20,000 in prizes
Case Western Reserve University undergraduate students, as well as students from Cleveland Institute of Art and Cleveland Institute of Music, are invited to participate in the 2015 Erony Spartan Challenge, a mentored entrepreneurship competition. The competition consists of two stages: Business Con...
Students, alumni bring hard science and fun to CES 2015
From health monitoring to aviation, from mobile password protection to affordable high-end yo-yos and more Nine teams of Case Western Reserve University student and alumni entrepreneurs will showcase their inventions and burgeoning businesses at the world’s premier stage for innovation, the Internat...
Undergraduate student places second in national entrepreneurial competition
Undergraduate student Khalid Al-Dhubaib won second place at the national Global Student Entrepreneur Awards for his company, Triple Analytics. The event was held on Thursday, Nov. 20, in Chicago. The company aims to help health care workers develop plans for patients who need long-term care. His co...