Putting a price on vacation time
Vacation time is priceless – and a fresh start-up wants to change just that.
View ArticleGroup of Freshmen Aim To Create Artist-Centric Social Media Site
A trio of music business freshmen are developing a website they hope will prevent communication from musical artists from falling on deaf ears.
View ArticleNYU Alum Wants To Keep Focus On Creativity
NYU alumnus Damon Kornhauser thinks there's a problem in the way children are taught to approach the problem-solving process. "Around age 8-10, they learn the goal of school is to get the right answer,...
View ArticleInternational Backgrounds Shape Education Entrepreneurs
Greece has a party school problem.
View ArticleThe Right Fit: Venture Hopefuls Bring Ideas, Seek Out Partners
On Sunday morning, wide eyed hopefuls from across New York University’s campus convened at Paulson Auditorium in the Tisch Hall of the Stern School of Business. Some brought their ideas, their...
View ArticleMobile 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
A start-up wants to do what few US publishers have succeeded in: make money from news.
View ArticleBeen There, Done That. Now For Another Crack At The Prize.
Venture idea? Check. Co-founder? Check. Preliminary market research? Check.
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
This article features an existing start-up, and how a key pivot helped to get the business going. Something for NYU Entrepreneurs Challenge participants to think about!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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...
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