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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

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

The Hidden Payoffs of Entrepreneurship Competitions

As more and more universities across the US are adopting entrepreneurship competitions as a way to promote the innovative contributions of their students and to evaluate their entrepreneurship Read More...

Category: Commentary

Authors: Emma Fleck , Jing Betty Feng and James Beal

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

Social Entrepreneurs Take on Water Scarcity

To learn more about eFest, EIX's competition for undergraduate business ideas, click here. This article and video are part of  America’s Entrepreneurs: Making it Work , a Rewire initiative Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Clayton Stansberry

eFest2018 Winner is Making Life More Colorful for Diabetics

Meghan Sharkus of ExpressionMed, the eFest2018 grand prize winner, has made it her mission to make life more fun and fashionable for diabetics who must wear insulin devices every day. The colorful Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: James Beal

Mission-Driven Startup Helps Survivors of Abuse

Since its incorporation in 2015, the social venture and social benefit corporation Fair Anita has operated profitably while helping about 8,000 survivors of sexual and domestic abuse worldwide to Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: James Beal

Park & Diamond: eFest 2017 Winner Ready to Launch

  Park & Diamond, which has invented a bicycle helmet that is stylish and portable as well as safe, was the eFest2017 grand prize winner, taking home $100,000. For its founders Jordan Klein Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: James Beal