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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August 12, 2014
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Celebrating new class of Future Business Leaders
Forty high school students from the Rochester City School District will graduate Saturday after completing the Future Business Leaders and Entrepreneurs program. -
July 28, 2014
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U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce tours RIT
U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce Jay Williams toured several RIT facilities July 24, including the Golisano Institute for Sustainability and the MAGIC Center. -
July 24, 2014
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Students jumpstart businesses in summer program
Saunders Summer Startup is a small-business launchpad where young innovators with bright ideas form interdisciplinary teams to start real companies. -
July 22, 2014
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RIT hosts Undergraduate Research Symposium Aug. 8
More than 180 undergraduate students will showcase their projects at the 23rd annual RIT Undergraduate Research Symposium Friday at the RIT Inn and Conference Center. -
July 16, 2014
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MotionSavvy co-founder named Deaf Youth Ambassador
Ryan Hait-Campbell, who with three other RIT students started a business to help deaf and hearing people communicate, was honored by the National Association of the Deaf. -
June 30, 2014
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RIT hosts summer program for city students
Saunders College of Business’ Center for Urban Entrepreneurship is hosting the Future Business Leaders and Entrepreneurs program for 40 Rochester School District students. -
June 4, 2014
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Datto Inc. joins START-UP NY program
RIT applied its START-UP NY certification to entice one of its alumni to open a New York office of his highly successful Connecticut-based company. -
May 26, 2014
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RIT receives $300,000 NSF grant
The grant from the National Science Foundation Innovation Corps will be used for advancing student-oriented projects with commercial applications. -
May 14, 2014
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RIT announces winners of Civic App Challenge
Four RIT students, four alumni and one staff member were among the winners of the 2014 AT&T Rochester Civic App Challenge, a two-month “virtual hackathon.” -
May 9, 2014
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‘Next Big Idea’ winner a real wake-up call
Three students developed an idea for an alarm clock for deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals that is programmed with a smartphone, taking first place and $5,000 in the contest. -
April 29, 2014
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Student finalist for Net Awards in London
Jen Lamere, a first-year software engineering student, ranks among the top five nominees for the 2014 Net Award in the category of Emerging Talent of the Year. -
April 28, 2014
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RIT team takes first in business plan contest
Imagine Soap, led by industrial design graduate student Brendan Gordon, took first place in the social/nonprofit category at the New York Business Plan Competition in Albany.
