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.

May 1, 2013

Students design plans for entrepreneurship center

Katriel Pitts, Seth Gottlieb and Yevgeniy Parfilko were awarded $500 for their submission to the Design and Vision Competition for the Center for Urban Entrepreneurship.
April 25, 2013

Saunders College hosts marketing lecture May 2

Dwight Gould ’72, CEO of Aviatech LLC, will discuss “From Billboards to Blogs: A Journey of Marketing Innovation” as part of the 2013 J. Warren McClure Lecture in Marketing.
April 11, 2013

Professor builds business on NASA technology

Forty years after Apollo 11 used a silicon wafer to preserve messages to the U.S. from around the world, the concept being used as an archiving system by RIT researchers.
April 5, 2013

Teams head to state business competition finals

Three teams with innovative business ideas will represent RIT in the New York State Business Competition finals in Albany on April 26.
April 4, 2013

Saunders College announces Vanden Brul honoree

In recognition of his more than 30 years of success in the Rochester community, the E. Philip Saunders College of Business is honoring Morgan Management CEO Robert Morgan.
April 2, 2013

Smith named director of downtown center

Delmonize Smith, a professor of management, has been appointed as the first director of RIT’s new Center for Urban Entrepreneurship in downtown Rochester.
April 1, 2013

Area college entrepreneurs compete in state finals

Two dozen teams of entrepreneurs will pitch their ideas to a panel of judges in the Finger Lakes Regional Semi-Finalist round of the New York State Business Plan Competition.
March 28, 2013

Saunders College cited in top business schools

The E. Philip Saunders College of Business is recognized in the top 100 programs listed in the 2013 Best Undergraduate B-Schools rankings by Bloomberg Businessweek.
March 19, 2013

What every entrepreneur needs to know

A two-hour session that walks budding entrepreneurs through the business-plan process will be held March 28 in Student Innovation Hall.
March 12, 2013

RIT hosts Power Your Potential conference

Media critic and activist Jennifer L. Pozner headlines women’s networking event on March 25, sponsored by the E. Philip Saunders College of Business.
March 7, 2013

Innovative RIT students face Shark Tank

Six teams from a pool of 50 competed in the finals of RIT’s Shark Tank competition and won cash prizes from $250 to $2,000.
March 4, 2013

Collaboration spawns sustainable business venture

Industrial design alumni Katherine Sears and Dom Colaprete worked with entrepreneur Laura Weller-Brophy to design an innovative laundry cleaner.

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