News by Topic: Entrepreneurship
The entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well at RIT. Thanks to resources and programs from the Saunders College of Business and the Simone Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, students are encouraged to take their out-of-the-box ideas and develop them into a fully realized products and business ventures.
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March 20, 2019
Hamburg market replacing Tops in dramatic shift for downtown grocery store
The Buffalo News features Stuart Green '82 (professional photography), owner of Braymiller Market.
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March 19, 2019
Patrick Walsh on leadership: Understand personalities and help your people to grow
Syracuse.com features Patrick Walsh '05 (mechanical engineering), co-founder of EagleHawk
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March 15, 2019
Award-winning journalist, RIT Minett Professor to lead women’s leadership conference at RIT, March 22
Saunders College of Business hosts the 10th annual Power Your Potential Women’s Conference, which celebrates National Women’s Month and invites area businesswomen to gain insights from their peers and engage in educational activities geared toward helping women succeed.
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March 8, 2019
RIT Venture Creations technology business incubator launches four new companies
From eye tracking to thermal cooling to all things mushrooms, RIT’s Venture Creations technology business incubator celebrated the launch of four new startups.
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March 7, 2019
Podcast: The Path to Success for Student Entrepreneurs
Intersections: The RIT Podcast, Ep. 10: Entrepreneurs have lots of ideas. But what does it really take to turn one of those ideas into a viable business? Rich Notargiacomo, director of RIT’s Venture Creations Technology Business Incubator, talks with Brandon Hudson, the first student selected for RIT’s Gap Year Entrepreneurship Fellows program, about the path taken by his award-winning energy services company.
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March 6, 2019
Toilet seat that detects congestive heart failure getting ready to begin commercialization
With 1 million new cases of congestive heart failure diagnosed each year, a revolutionary product is making it easier for hospitals to monitor patients with the condition in the comfort of their own homes.
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February 19, 2019
Explore ‘what’s next’ at TEDxRIT Feb. 23
A diverse set of speakers, including entrepreneurs, social activists and students, will inspire attendees at TEDxRIT, RIT’s independently organized TED event. The talks will be live streamed on Facebook.
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December 4, 2018
Students’ video game launches on multiple platforms
Crazy Platez, a high-octane, Rochester-themed game, is now available on the Google Play Store for Android and the App Store for iOS. -
November 7, 2018
Toilet seat that detects congestive heart failure wins Tiger Tank
Postdoctoral fellow Nicholas Conn hopes to lower the hospital readmission rates of patients with congestive heart failure through a toilet-seat based cardiovascular monitoring system. -
October 23, 2018
RIT hosts Entrepreneurship Conference on Friday
The Entrepreneurship Conference at RIT features informational networking sessions, the student Tiger Tank competition and a keynote address from Mark Gentile, founder of Odyssey Software. -
October 17, 2018
Fashion entrepreneur to speak on Friday
Jenny Fleiss, CEO and co-founder of Jetblack and Rent the Runway, will speak Friday as part of the Saunders College of Business Gasser Lecture Series. -
October 11, 2018
Student Spotlight: Start-up receives award
Meet Nathan DeMario, a mechanical engineering graduate student and chief technical officer of Phase Innovations.