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.

August 7, 2015

Saunders Summer Startup jumpstarts business ideas

The 10-week crash course lets young innovators with bright ideas form interdisciplinary teams to start real companies and seek investment.
August 4, 2015

Wearable technology gives concussion data

David Borkholder ’92 developed wearable technologies that are being used by soldiers and athletes to help evaluate head injuries.
August 4, 2015

Graduates part of growing Brooklyn company

MakerBot, which makes desktop 3D printers and scanners and has three offices in Brooklyn, employs a handful of RIT graduates.
August 4, 2015

Brooklyn tech companies turn to RIT talent

Brooklyn companies are hiring RIT graduates because they have both the academic skills and hands-on experience needed in the startup workplace.
June 15, 2015

BlackBox Biometrics receives major contract

Engineering faculty member David Borkholder and his company received a $9.4 million contract from the U.S. Department of Defense to help manufacture the Blast Gauge System.
May 21, 2015

Entrepreneurship center sponsors Lemonade Day

RIT’s Center for Urban Entrepreneurship is sponsoring Lemonade Day, a program that teaches children how to own and operate their own business, on June 6.
May 6, 2015

Sound recognition system wins business competition

A team of NTID students developed Hz Innovations, a system to alert homeowners of important sounds in the home, and won the grand prize in “The Next Big Idea” competition.
May 6, 2015

Business students, alumni join learning marathon

Saunders College of Business is helping to educate children at Clara Barton School No. 2 about business, economics and free enterprise on Friday.
April 29, 2015

RIT hosts webinar on leadership skills

“Engineering Leadership Programs at RIT” on May 19 is for professionals looking to advance skills within high-tech industries.
April 17, 2015

Companies with RIT ties win business competition

Splyce eSports won first place and Mendon Precision won second in the 2015 Rochester Venture Challenge. Both companies were founded by RIT alumni.
April 16, 2015

Three teams win top prizes in Tiger Tank

The winning business ideas are a system to provide real-time feedback to weightlifters, a scarf that can act like a medical mask and a recycling service for sound equipment.
April 14, 2015

Alumnus named 2015 Vanden Brul Award recipient

Serial entrepreneur John Smith ’73 (business administration) will be honored during a luncheon at Oak Hill Country Club on April 21.

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