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Rutgers University Team Takes Top Prize in 2021 e-Fest

The winning Rutgers University team included (left to right) Juliet Petillo, Harrison Zhang, Clairisse Whang and Alyssa Krisinski MINNEAPOLIS, April 26, 2021 – For the first time in its Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Brittney Quant

Georgia State Team is e-Fest 2019 Grand Prize Winner

To learn more about eFest, EIX's competition for undergraduate business ideas, click here . MINNEAPOLIS, April 14, 2019 -- We are very pleased to announce the results of our 2019 Schulze Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: James Beal

STEM Students and Faculty Can Gain Entrepreneurial Thinking and Skills

The University of Minnesota I-Corps program has helped STEM students, staff, and faculty to build an entrepreneurial mindset. The University of Minnesota MIN-Corps is one of about 100 sites of the Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Author: Carla Pavone

Innovation Challenge Engages Students at a Commuter School

Farmingdale State College took its cue from EIX's e-Fest to introduce its own Innovation Challenge, which taught non-business students to collaborate and innovate. Entrepreneurship and innovation Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Author: Jing Betty Feng

Small Acts of Entrepreneurship Transcend the Business Realm

The surge of enthusiasm for entrepreneurship bellows from the halls of government, the offices of corporations, the hashtags of social media, and the classrooms of academia. As a society, here in the Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Donna De Carolis

Design Thinking Makes Great Ideas Viable

Design Thinking helps entrepreneurs understand their potential customers' real wants and needs – at a deep, often emotional level. Entrepreneurs often start their business with a "good" idea they Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Author: Brian Janz

Teaching Students to Design and Commercialize New Products: A Journey in its Third Decade

Many schools want entrepreneurship classes that are “cross-campus” and “experiential.” This class at University of Minnesota does both. Entrepreneurship education takes a variety of forms. In Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Author: Daniel Forbes

How Eric Martell Cooked up a 'Digital Food Court'

  Eric Martell co-founded EatStreet as a 19-year-old to create a "digital food court" and online ordering for mom-and-pop restaurants serving hungry college students. His startup has now grown Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Jon Eckhardt