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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

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 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

Student Entrepreneurs Grow $40 Million Business

Editor's Note: This article and podcast originally appeared as part of "By All Means," a series about entrepreneurship and entrepreneurs produced through a partnership between University of St. Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: James Beal

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