30 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...
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