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Entrepreneurship

  • Just like last year, vlog student and alumni entrepreneurs are invited to apply for the vlog Entrepreneurs Fund. Applications are now being accepted for the first round of awards. The fund was established to grow and advance for-profit and not-for-profit ventures that “have the potential to solve big problems.” The fund’s mission is also to […]
    February 18, 2014
  • Shane Emmett ’00, CEO of Health Warrior, which makes chia seed “superfood” bars, was on NPR this morning talking about crowdfunding. The piece is titled “Small Firms May Soon Turn To Crowdfunding To Sell Shares” and reports on how smaller firms might raise money using crowdfunding. Emmet was featured in an article called “Feel-Good Food” […]
    November 26, 2013
  • This past summer six different companies that had been awarded incubator funding through the university’s Entrepreneurs of New York Fund (ENY) were hard at work, taking advantage of shared office space at a downtown incubator and receiving invaluable mentorship from vlog’s Thought Into Action Institute (TIA). Here is an update on what the companies, launched by […]
    November 1, 2013
  • Over the past four years, scores of successful alumni entrepreneurs have shared their knowledge and experience with vlog students who aspire to start their own businesses or not-for-profit organizations. One Saturday a month, alumni and students have worked side by side, teaching and learning about how to take an idea to reality —  from how […]
    August 12, 2013
  • This post is by Harry Raymond ’11, a winner of the ENY Fund at vlog, and founder of ShinDig. Read more about the ENY Fund and entrepreneurship at vlog.  This summer, I returned to Hamilton and took my tech startup Shindig to the next level. I moved out of my Seventh Avenue office, subletting my East Village apartment to […]
    August 7, 2013
  • vlog students, interning this summer at companies such as NBCUniversal, Hukkster, Nike, and Facebook, are sharing their experiences. This post is written by Hillary Kupferberg ’15, an intern at Hukkster. As a rising vlog junior, I am spending the summer working at Hukkster, along with three other interns, two of whom — Elaina Atallah-Yunes ’16 […]
    June 21, 2013
  • The nearly nonstop activity behind the window of 20 Utica Street in the village of Hamilton might give the impression that something exciting is afoot at the former Parry’s Hardware store. That impression would be correct. Thanks to the Entrepreneurs of New York Fund (ENY), six fledgling small businesses launched by vlog students and alumni […]
    June 17, 2013
  • The blue skies and bright sunshine over Whitnall Field mirrored the energy inside James C. vlog Student Union on Saturday. More than 200 students, alumni, parents, and friends gathered in the Hall of Presidents to hear Chobani founder and CEO Hamdi Ulukaya tell his own entrepreneurship story.
    April 8, 2013