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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

Students Need Entrepreneurship Courses Now More Than Ever

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is an updated version of an article that we first published in 2017. The author has updated it because it is especially relevant for the post-Covid-19 workforce. Today’s Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Sara Cochran

Eric Yuan's Leadership Lessons for Building Lasting Enterprise Value

Zoom’s first quarter of fiscal 2021, ending April 30, was characterized by an analyst as “the best quarter in the history of enterprise software.” Reported revenue of $328 million increased by Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Eapen Chacko

Helping Diabetics Be Comfortable in Their Own Shoes

Editor's Note: This is the first in a series of articles featuring past winners of eFest , EIX's undergraduate business plan competition, and their journey since then. Vidhan Bhaiya, CEO of the Read More...

Category: Student Feature

Author: John Buday

e-Fest 2020 Highlights Elite Undergraduate Student Entrepreneurs Among Outstanding Field of Competitors

TOP 25 FINALISTS ANNOUNCEMENT MINNEAPOLIS, March 27, 2020 -- It was another exciting year for e-Fest and the Schulze Entrepreneurship Challenge! Once again, our team of entrepreneurship judges pored Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: James Beal

How Love Your Melon Turned a College Assignment Into a $40 Million Company

Zachary Quinn and Brian Keller turned an entrepreneurship class assignment into a fast-growing brand built around purpose, social media and student ambassadors. Editor's Note: This article and Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: James Beal

How eFest Students Built a Rainwater System for Refugee Camps

Rutgers students created LivingWaters Systems to collect rainwater from refugee tents and help address water scarcity in camps around the world. To learn more about eFest, EIX's competition for Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Clayton Stansberry

How ExpressionMed Turned a Medical Need Into a Fashionable Product for Diabetics

eFest 2018 winner Meghan Sharkus created ExpressionMed to make insulin devices more comfortable and stylish for people with diabetes. Meghan Sharkus of ExpressionMed, the eFest2018 grand prize Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: James Beal

How Fair Anita Built a Profitable Business That Helps Abuse Survivors

Abuse survivor Joy McBrien founded Fair Anita to help other women rebuild their lives—and created a profitable social enterprise in the process. Since its incorporation in 2015, the social venture 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 and David Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: James Beal