Student Feature

Features about the winners of our competition for undergraduate business ideas, eFest.


Student Innovators Give the Walker a Fresh Spin

Four University of Minnesota students founded the health-tech solutions company Telo to develop innovative devices for mobility-compromised people, including those with multiple sclerosis, which Read More...

Category: Student Feature

Author: John Buday

Announcing Our 2021 e-Fest Finalists

  Each year, student entrepreneurs from around the country submit their biggest and brightest business ideas for the chance to win their share of over $200,000 through e-Fest, our Read More...

Category: Student Feature

Author: David Deeds

Podcast: A Lacrosse Innovator Re-thinks His Strategy

  A few years ago, Western Kentucky University student and avid lacrosse player Muamer Razic took apart a Nintendo Wii remote to explore how it registered human movements. This inspired him Read More...

Category: Student Feature

Author: Whitney Peake

Vascugenix Assists Cardiovascular Surgeons in the Operating Room

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the seventh in a series of articles featuring past winners of e-Fest, EIX's undergraduate business plan competition, and their journey since then. Cardiovascular surgeons need Read More...

Category: Student Feature

Author: John Buday

Past e-Fest Winners Continue Innovating

A scene from e-Fest 2019 at the Schulze School of Entrepreneurship at University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis. Since 2017, e-Fest has given undergraduate innovators the chance to win money to nurture Read More...

Category: Student Feature

Author: Jon Eckhardt

How Yellow Card crypto exchange serves the underserved

Yellow Card CEO Chris Maurice (left) and CTO Justin Poiroux (right) with investor Bob Browning, retired EML Payments non-executive director. EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the sixth in a series of articles Read More...

Category: Student Feature

Author: John Buday

Vetiver Solutions brings practical approaches to sustainability in Haiti

Landscape view of Moreau, Haiti, the source of Vetiver Solution’s beeswax and honey products. EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the fifth in a series of articles featuring past winners of e-Fest, EIX's Read More...

Category: Student Feature

Author: John Buday

Go Goldens Drives Home the Importance of Pivoting

Go Goldens' Evan Eddleston with Pete Audet, president of the resident senate committee of John Knox Village, a retirement community. Editor's Note: This is the fourth in a series of articles Read More...

Category: Student Feature

Author: John Buday

Student Entrepreneurs Tackle Clean Water Challenge

LivingWaters rainwater harvesting, filtration and storage systems in Rajasthan, India. EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the third in a series of articles featuring past winners of e-Fest, EIX's undergraduate Read More...

Category: Student Feature

Author: John Buday

Breathing easier with the Orindi Cold Endurance Mask

A cold storage industrial worker wearing The Orindi Cold Endurance Mask. Editor's Note: This is the second in a series of articles featuring past winners of eFest, EIX's undergraduate business plan Read More...

Category: Student Feature

Author: John Buday