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Florida-Based e-Fest Team in the Spotlight

  With E-Fest 2022 less than a week away, excitement is building as the 25 finalist teams, all undergraduate innovators, gear up for a chance to win part of the $215,000 prize purse. This will Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: David Deeds

e-Fest 2022 Top 25 Finalists Announced

TOP 25 FINALISTS ANNOUNCEMENT MINNEAPOLIS, April 1, 2022 -- Drumroll please...EIX proudly announces the Top 25 Finalists for e-Fest® 2022! We are so happy to be returning to Minneapolis and the Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: James Beal

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

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

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

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