Mobile Apps are the Future, According to NYU Entrepreneurs Challenge Coach
Sunday's event focused on the aspiring entrepreneurs and how they were going to develop their big ideas into the next big thing,and to help them on their start-up journey are the "coaches"- volunteers...
View ArticleRead All About It - A Netflix For News
(L-R): Ali Al-Ebrahim, Laura Barbera, Eugene Dobry, Damian "Pi" Lanningham. Source: Presseract A start-up wants to do what few US publishers have succeeded in: make money from news. The group of four...
View ArticleBeen There, Done That. Now For Another Crack At The Prize.
Jasmine Yu-Han Chin and Ibrahim Jonsan Venture idea? Check. Co-founder? Check. Preliminary market research? Check. Jasmine Yu-Han Chin and Ibrahim Jonsan have struck off the basics from the startup...
View ArticleNo Shortage Of Women On The Startup Trail
Crystal Ung and Thilmin Gee are animatedly discussing their venture idea over burgers and chips. The twenty-something students of Stern School of Business decided to collaborate because they share a...
View ArticleBilingual Birdies: How A New Partnership Helped A Startup Pivot
Founder of Bilingual Birdies Sarah Farzam (left), with her staff, Julia. Photo: Jamie Lee This article features an existing start-up, and how a key pivot helped to get the business going. Something for...
View ArticleThe Importance of 'Pivoting'
Aryeh Katz, an engineering student at NYU-Poly, and Miri Berger-Katz, a student of Industrial Design at the Pratt Institute, are a match made in entrepreneur heaven. Their big idea for the challenge is...
View ArticleLesson From Former Contestant: Keep Trying
Erike Mayo was a contestant in the 2008 edition of the NYU Entrepreneurs Challenge. Mayo is currently in the business of helping other businesses getting off the ground. When the technological gold...
View ArticlePoly Students Took The Lead In The Second Teammate Hunt
As the competition entry deadline approaches, contestants at the Entrepreneurs Challenge are gearing up to find the right teammates. To tackle the problem of finding cofounders, students from the...
View ArticleDoing Good And Making Money
Social entrepreneurs are on a mission to solve problems plaguing society, but such altruistic efforts do not force these ventures into becoming profitless charities by default. New investment...
View ArticleFail Fast, Succeed Faster
While most NYU students probably set out to enjoy the lovely October sunshine this past weekend, a select few with particular drive gathered at the Stern School of Business to partake in the Lean...
View ArticleValidating Business Ideas Before Finding Technical Cofounders
Finding a technical cofounder is important, but teams should not get caught up with that task prematurely. One month into the Entrepreneurs Challenge, many teams still have not found the right...
View ArticleVeteran Mentors Young Entrepreneurs
After talking with dozens of people involved with the NYU Entrepreneurs Challenge over the past few weeks I was certain that I impossibly could run into anybody with a more exuberant passion for...
View ArticleLearning The Lean Startup Science
Building a startup is not only an art, but a science. NYU entrepreneurs had a head start. About 50 contestants attended the intense three-day workshop with the Lean Startup Machine this weekend. To...
View ArticleHope In Sight For Visually Impaired
In 1921 a British photographer gone blind invented the white cane for his surroundings to recognize his impairment. Other than undergoing a slight lengthening two decades later, the technology has...
View ArticleStartup Lesson #1: Know Your Customer
Having a business idea is only the first step. You’ve got to seek help to make it better. The second coaching session of the Entrepreneurs Challenge took place last night at the Stern School of...
View ArticleAdvice From 36 Cooper Square
It’s become somewhat of a mecca for startup businesses in New York City. Just around the corner from New York University’s Stern School of Business is an office space that Foursquare, Curbed and Hard...
View Article170 Teams Enter The Entrepreneurs Challenge
About 170 teams from across New York University officially entered the 2012-2013 Entrepreneurs Challenge, organizers said. The total number of teams this year is “pretty much the same” as last year,...
View ArticleGroup 'Pivots' Concept To Create Social Media Network For Musicians
The logo for CreatorCircle, one of the group's entered in this year's NYU Entrepreneurs Challenge. One NYU Entreprenurs Challenge group’s initial idea for a website that would connect artists with fans...
View ArticleDream Big, Start Small: NYU Startups Disrupt Big Industries
Contestants at the NYU Entrepreneurs Challenge set out to challenge the status quo in major industries through their innovative approaches. Back in Hawaii, Christopher Bradley got to observe the health...
View ArticleFrom NYC To Nairobi: Interview With SunCulture, Audience Choice Award Winners...
All entrepreneurs are inherently risk-takers, but some are willing to go above and beyond for an idea they believe in. NYU Stern alumnus Samir Ibrahim and serial entrepreneur Charles Nichols, winners...
View ArticleFrom $75K To $500K: How NYU Entrepreneurs Challenge Kickstarted CourseHorse
CourseHorse, winner of the 2011 New Venture Competition, recently raised $500,000 in a seed funding round and launched a co-branded site with Time Out New York. One and a half year after winning the...
View Article$200K Entrepreneurs Challenge: A Night for Show and Tell
By Mary Zarikos New Venture Showcase of NYU Stern's $200K Entrepreneurs Challenge. From wine pairing apps to patented wedge wind turbines, there was plenty of entrepreneurial swagger at last night’s...
View Article$200K Entrepreneurs Challenge: Three Smart Ideas
VideoBy Sarah Fournier and Alfonso Ricciardelli The NYU Entrepreneurs Challenge has reached the semi-final stage. On February 13th, contestants gathered at Stern Business School to present their...
View ArticleRookie Mistakes Social Ventures Make, Lessons Learned From The Entrepreneurs...
How to make your venture concept more compelling and convincing. Tips from a seasoned social entrepreneur and one-time semi finalist in the Entrepreneurs Challenge.
View ArticleSemi-Finalists Prep for Business Plan Submissions
VideoThe NYU Entrepreneurs Challenge semi-finals are at the half-way point and contestants are busy preparing their business plans and pitch decks for the last round of submissions (and eliminations)....
View ArticleTop 10 Secrets for Pitching in the NYU Entrepreneurs Challenge
With less than four weeks left before the semi-final judging in this years’ NYU Entrepreneurs Challenge, I thought it would be helpful to share some best practices from observing dozens of pitches over...
View ArticleInsight From Competitors: The Idea Gauntlet
Many entrepreneurs will tell you that writing the one-page executive summary is the single most painful task they are required to do (at least early on). Passionate entrepreneurs can speak for days...
View Article$200K Challenge Finalists Announced
Cynthia Franklin, the senior associate director at the NYU Berkley Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation at Stern, announced the finalist for the Entrepreneur's Challenge to a room full of...
View ArticleNYU Teams Win $200K In Stern's 2012-2013 Entrepreneurs Challenge
NYU’s most promising innovators received a combined $200,000 in startup cash at the annual $200K Entrepreneurs Challenge held by NYU Stern’s Berkley Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation. The...
View ArticleThe Rapping Pitch That Got The Crowd Clapping at the NYU Entrepreneur Challenge
NYU Student does an impressive startup pitch as he raps the entire time.
View ArticlePhoto Highlights of Teammate Hunt
Did you miss the Teammate Hunt on Monday? Do not despair. Here are the highlights of Monday's event: 1. About 100 people attended the Teammate Hunt on Monday.Cynthia Franklin, a senior associate...
View ArticleNew Zealander Pitches Mindblowing Idea
Lori-Lee Emshey, a journalism student at the NYU Graduate School of Arts and Science, was the first contestant to step up on stage Monday night. Stylishly outfitted in a red dress and high heels she...
View ArticleBuzzwords at Teammate Hunt
What's the trend in this year'sEntrepreneurs Challenge? The 57 presenters at Monday's Teammate Hunt gave us some clue. Buzzwords at the Teammate Hunt Designed by LIYAN CHEN / Powered by WORDLE.NET What...
View ArticleTest Your Venture Ideas: Interview with Frank Rimalovski
Are you still looking for teammates? What makes a great team? Frank Rimalovski, an organizer and a primary sponsor of the Technology Venture Competition, has the answers for you. Mr. Rimalovski is the...
View ArticleNetWorthKids: Raising a Generation of Smart Savers
Bianca Padilla: Microsaving for Kids NYU sophomore Bianca Padilla wants to build a powerful new tool to teach children and teens the value of a dollar. She and two fellow NYU students Sally Kim and...
View ArticleLive Blog: Entrepreneurs Boot Camp
While most people choose to sleep in on Sundays, 200 people are attending the Entrepreneurs Boot Camp at the NYU Entrepreneurs Challenge this morning. The Boot Camp today covers topics such as how to...
View ArticleBob Dorf: Throw Out The Business Plan
Bob Dorf speaking to participants at the NYU Entrepreneurs Challenge. Photo: Jamie Lee Don't rely on the business plan -- it's all fiction. That's according to Bob Dorf, a "serial entrepreneur" who was...
View ArticleLive Blog: Find Your Customers
Every company has three things to do: find their customers, keep them, and grow them, said Bob Dorf to participants at the Boot Camp. "Make sure that anyone in the world gives a crap about what you are...
View ArticleLive Blog: Participants Learned The Importance of Customers
The three-hour morning session by Bob Dorf was intense and thought-provoking. What did participants get out of the session? Here is what they said. “It was reassuring. Everything he said so far...
View ArticleLive Blog: Getting Started With The Business Model Canvas
Learning about customer discovery from Bob Dorf was only the first step. Now participants need to use that knowledge and tool to develop their venture ideas. Participants worked with their teams or...
View ArticleWant to Make it as a Young Entrepreneur? First Go Work For Someone Else
Startup pro Bob Dorf has some words of wisdom for those hoping to be their own boss right out of college: go be someone’s employee instead. “My best advice for young entrepreneurs is that unless you...
View ArticleLive Blog: Building A Start-up Is "Brutally Hard"
It takes 20,000 hours to build a start-up. For participants of the Entrepreneurs Challenge, getting up on a Sunday morning and attending the day-long Boot Camp was the beginning of that long journey....
View Article30 Minutes With New Berkley Center Director
Slipping out from the Sunday morning session, I managed to get a sit-down with Luke Williams, the newly appointed executive director of the Berkley Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at NYU’s...
View ArticleTwo Examples of Participant Diversity
When the start-up instructor Bob Dorf asked the participants at the Sunday’s entrepreneur boot camp: "who feels bad for the other participants because you know you will win the $200K capital?" Dasha...
View ArticlePutting a price on vacation time
Thomas Braxtan (left), and Richard Hua from Serbero. Photo: Jamie Lee Vacation time is priceless – and a fresh start-up wants to change just that. Far from devaluing a holiday though, the start-up --...
View ArticleGroup of Freshmen Aim To Create Artist-Centric Social Media Site
From left, Philip Vachon, Jordan Williams and Connor Stock are using the NYU Entrepreneurs Challenge to create a social media site for musical artists and fans. A trio of music business freshmen are...
View ArticleNYU Alum Wants To Keep Focus On Creativity
NYU alumnus Damon Kornhauser is entering the NYU Entrepreneurs Challenge this year to create a product aimed at teaching children to solve problems creatively. NYU alumnus Damon Kornhauser thinks...
View ArticleHow to build a business without giving away the store
It’s going to be a bumpy road. With $200,000 at stake, this might have been hard for aspiring entrepreneurs to hear. But Bob Dorf, a self-proclaimed serial entrepreneur, gave a ton of advice at...
View ArticleInternational Backgrounds Shape Education Entrepreneurs
George Kyriakou, Nicolas Vansnick, and Kaif Memon want to measure attention spans of students. Greece has a party school problem. So says George Kyriakou, 25, a Greece native and graduate student at...
View ArticleThe Right Fit: Venture Hopefuls Bring Ideas, Seek Out Partners
Bob Dorf, author of "The Startup Owner’s Manual", addresses students at the NYU Venture Bootcamp On Sunday morning, wide eyed hopefuls from across New York University’s campus convened at Paulson...
View Article