Entrepreneurship News & Announcements
- ASU bursts through rankings, securing coveted position among top entrepreneurial universities
The Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (GSEA) today released its second annual ranking of universities that are home to the most student entrepreneurs.
- Fall courses in Creativity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship Initiatives at the W. P. Carey School of Business announces new courses for fall 2009, counting toward the proposed certificate in Knowledge Entrepreneurship and Innovation (http://mlv.asu.edu). Entrepreneurship-related professional development funding and mentorship is available for students enrolled in these courses. All ASU students are also eligible for start-up funding through the Edson program (http://studentventures.asu.edu). Graduate level credit is available by emailing mylifeventure@asu.edu.
- Cronkite New Media Academy
Kick-start your Web site
Launch your own business
Advance your career
Saturdays Sept 12 - Nov 14, 2009 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
For more information or to register:
http://cronkite.asu.edu/newmedia
Download the flyer - Leavey Foundation to Award up to $15,000 for Entrepreneurship Programming Excellence Nominations by November 30
Leavey Award for Excellence in Private Enterprise Education
The award honors outstanding educators who excite a commitment in their students to the free enterprise system. Established in 1977, and now permanently endowed by the Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Foundation of Los Angeles, the program honors instructors who unleash the entrepreneurial skills of their students at the elementary, junior high school, high school, and college level.
http://fundingopps.cos.com/cgi-bin/getRec?id=31378&_ksTicket=19565725e19...
- ASU students counsel startup entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurs Ian Monat and Steve Meislahn invested about $15,000 of their own money to develop the "Catlock," a device that aims to curb the theft of catalytic converters on automobiles.
The business partners likely would have spent thousands of dollars more bringing the product to market had it not been for the Technology Ventures Services Group at Arizona State University, Monat said.
- Cronkite Student Project Wins Knight News Challenge
PHOENIX (June 18, 2009) - An innovative digital news project, developed by two students at the Knight Center for Digital Media Entrepreneurship at Arizona State University, is among nine winners of the 2009 Knight Foundation News Challenge.
The project, which centers around Phoenix’s new light rail system, was developed by ASU graduates Adam Klawonn and Aleksandra Chojnacka while they were students in the Knight Center at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. - TVSG receives ASU-Kauffman Foundation grant
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- ASU entrepreneurs set to launch anti-theft device for catalytic converters
ASU graduate Ian Monat and law professor Eric Menkhus have combined their expertise to invent an anti-theft device for catalytic converters called The Catlock.
- Beginning June 12, ASU offers free mentorship for entrepreneurs. Full spectrum advice for growing your venture. Register Now.
The Arizona Angels, in cooperation with ASU Technopolis and Invest Southwest, is commencing a program of meetings with entrepreneurs to discuss questions relating to obtaining capital for startup and expanding ventures. "Office Hours" will include both formal presentations and Q&A relating to subjects such as Presenting to Potential Investors, Developing Financial projections, Crafting Compelling Business Plans, Negotiating Term Sheets, Understanding Valuations, and Awareness of Investor Expectations and Goals. Appointments must be scheduled by calling (480) 884-1802.