Entrepreneurship & Venture Capital
Executive MBAs dive into innovation and entrepreneurship
The Executive MBA Metro NY Class of 2018 dove into entrepreneurship principles during their Innovation and New Venture Creation course—complete with shark tank finale.
Park Perspectives: Beyond the classroom with hackathons and startups
Learning what it takes to start a company seemed to be a great path in learning how to help existing companies become even better.
Startup Snapshot: Hitting Her Stride
Kandea Mosley, MBA ’09, co-founder and strategist, StrideForce
Startup Snapshot: Playing Smart
Christine Peck, MBA ’09: Wannaplé
Entrepreneurs roundtable discussion focuses on communication
The Pillsbury Institute entrepreneurs roundtable featured CEOs, academics, students, and others well-versed in working with new businesses.
Noteworthy: Hotel School hosts entrepreneurship bootcamp for disabled vets
Cornell’s entrepreneurship boot camp program trains veterans who want to start businesses in the food and beverage industry.
Pillsbury Institute welcomes 2017–2018 Entrepreneurs in Residence
Attention students! Are you searching for way to discover what your future career as an entrepreneur could look like? Check out the Pillsbury Institute’s Entrepreneurs in Residence program.
Noteworthy: Devangi Nishar Parekh ’09 talks about Aza’s success in India and beyond
Parekh and the company’s founder, Alka Nishar (who’s also her mom), discuss Aza’s business strategy and move into the international marketplace.
Cornell Chronicle: Students across colleges work together on hospitality hackathon
115 Cornell students spent the weekend of Sept. 29–Oct. 1 coming up with ideas focused on the luxury hotel industry during a hospitality hackathon.