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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 five-year 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 entrepreneurship 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 to invent a 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

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

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