Entrepreneurship
Hospitality Hackathon promotes interdisciplinary, data-driven solutions
120 students from across Cornell came together in 21 teams to model, prototype, and present their solutions to unique issues brought by the pandemic.
Cirona Labs creates cannabinoid ingredients for food, beverage, and cosmetics companies
Hotelie Hunter Friedland ’19, founder of Cirona Labs, credits Cornell’s entrepreneurship ecosystem for helping him to build and launch his startup.
Charting Your Future: Reflections from Lee Pillsbury ’69
Reflections from Lee Pillsbury occasioned by the 15th anniversary of The Leland C. and Mary M. Pillsbury Institute for Hospitality Entrepreneurship
What Keeps Us Coming Back: How to Build Customer Loyalty
In the wake of COVID-19, experts joined Professor Helen Chun to discuss recent trends in customer loyalty within the hospitality industry.
The Time and Space for Disruption: Using Technology to Reinvent Hospitality Business Models
Three industry experts discuss the role of tech in disrupting hospitality business model
BioEntrepreneurship program to fuel NYS life science startups
Johnson’s BioEntrepreneurship fellowship will connect participants to life science companies in New York state while catalyzing the formation of new life science startups.
Mana Up supports Hawaii’s entrepreneurs and helps them to scale up
SHA graduate Meli James ’00 co-founded Mana Up to build up and support Hawaii’s ecosystem of entrepreneurs, providing tools to scale globally.
Meet Ellen Yui: Mentoring the Next Generation of Hospitality Entrepreneurs
Over 30 years later, Ellen Yui now acts as the guiding force for a new generation of rising industry leaders through the Pillsbury Institute for Hospitality Entrepreneurship’s Entrepreneurs in Residence (EIR) program.
Entrepreneurship or family business…or both?
Entrepreneurship and family business have at times seemed at odds with each other, but upon a closer look, they are actually joined at the hip.