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Meet Our Students. At ASU, students from any degree program may participate in entrepreneurship programs. our students take the initiative and embrace the risk of entrepreneurship to pursue their passions, without being held back by a narrowly defined entrepreneurship program, major or center. Below are just a few of their stories and successes. We also invite you to view our student winners for the ASU Innovation Challenge and the Edson Student Entrepreneur Initiative.

Innovator Spotlight: Peter Seymour, Eric Lehnhardt, Justin Free

Posted by Virgilia Singh on December 12, 2011 at 3:56 PM MST
The Seymour Enterprises team was featured on KPHO CBS 5.
The Seymour Enterprises team was featured on KPHO CBS 5.

Innovation Challenge and Edson Initiative Winners – 2011

How they met:  Through Friends and Coworkers

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ASU student invents device to combat SIDS

Posted by Janelle Knapp on November 16, 2011 at 10:41 AM MST

TEMPE, AZ (KPHO) - An ASU student took the tragedy of losing his baby girl to sudden infant death syndrome and channeled his grief into helping save other lives.

Peter Seymour, 21, has invented a sensor device that he hopes will be in the general market for every parent to use.

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p.a.v.e. Announces Fall 2011 Seed Grant Recipients

Posted by Virgilia Singh on November 10, 2011 at 1:42 PM MST
Music Majors, Zack Clark and Nicholas Villalobos, are 2 of the winners of the p.
Music Majors, Zack Clark and Nicholas Villalobos, are 2 of the winners of the p.a.v.e grant.

The p.a.v.e. program in arts entrepreneurship is pleased to announce the Fall 2011 recipients of p.a.v.e. seed grants for student-initiated arts-based ventures:

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Innovator Spotlight: Daniel McKay and Robert McKay

Posted by Virgilia Singh on November 09, 2011 at 1:58 PM MST
Daniel McKay and Robert McKay
Daniel McKay and Robert McKay

Innovation Challenge Winners - 2011

How they met - Cousins always trying to start new business ventures 

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Innovator Spotlight: Nicollette Lewis and Priya Nathan

Posted by Virgilia Singh on November 02, 2011 at 11:56 PM MST
Partnered for Success co-founders Priya Nathan and Nikki Lewis
Partnered for Success co-founders Priya Nathan and Nikki Lewis

Innovation Challenge Winners – 2010

How they met:  ASU Tillman Scholars – Leadership Through Action Program

Company formed: Partnered For Success

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Kathryn Scheckel, undergraduate, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Posted by Kyle Patton on June 27, 2011 at 3:28 PM MST
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ASU student Kathryn Scheckel poses for a portrait. Scheckel is a part of The Quanta Inc., an Edson funding recipient. She is a student in the Herberg Institute for Design and the Arts as well as the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Photo by Kyle Patton

Kathryn Scheckel is a senior in the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, and in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Her studies include a double major in molecular biosciences and music, with a concentration in piano respectively. She is also working toward a certificate in philosophy, politics and law. Scheckel does research work in the neuroscience lab of Dr. Carsten Duch at ASU. 

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Elie Chmouni, graduate, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering

Posted by Kyle Patton on May 24, 2011 at 12:14 PM MST
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ASU graduate Elie Chmouni received his masters in Mechanical Engineering in 2011 and has gone on to start a new venture called Blue Dream. He is also a 2011 Edson grant winner. Photo by Kyle Patton

Elie Chmouni is a 2009 graduate from the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering. He received his bachelors in mechanical engineering and went on to complete his masters in the same field in 2011. Chmouni and his company, Blue Dream, recently won a $2,000 grant and office space at ASU SkySong from the Edson Student Entrepreneur Initiative,  a funding opportunity open to ASU students. Blue Dream is a one-stop shop for development, design and production of video, audio, graphics and marketing material. Chmouni and his team have already won two national awards for work in video and have a growing collection of guaranteed contracts. Blue Dream will fully-launch later this year.

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Susanna Young, graduate, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering

Posted by Kyle Patton on May 23, 2011 at 1:46 PM MST
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ASU graduate Susanna Young poses for a portrait. Young is a two-time Innovation Challenge winner as well as a 2011 Edson winner. Photo by Kyle Patton

Susanna Young is a 2011 graduate from the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering. Throughout her undergraduate studies, Young also dedicated her time to establishing Project LOCAL, which focuses on converting decommissioned steel shipping containers into maternity clinics for use in rural areas in Africa.  The project was one that started through EPICS, Engineering Projects in Community Service. Young is also a part of a new venture called G3Box, a fusing of Project LOCAL and with another like-minded project. Young and her peers plan on having their first clinical prototype completed at the end of the year and on site in Africa in 2012.

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Kim Headlee, graduate, School of Arts, Media and Engineering

Posted by Kyle Patton on May 23, 2011 at 1:38 PM MST
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Kimberlee Headlee poses for a picture. Headlee, a master's student in the School of Arts, Media and Engineering is developing technology to aid in music therapy. Photo by Kyle Patton

Kim Headlee is a master’s student in the School of Arts, Media and Engineering (AME) and has spent her academic career dedicated to the study of music. Recently, Headlee, an aspiring singer, has changed the direction of her passion from performance to helping develop innovative ways to use music as a therapeutic tool.

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Tyler Ross, undergraduate, W.P. Carey School of Business

Posted by Kyle Patton on April 26, 2011 at 12:45 PM MST
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Undergraduate ASU student Tyler Ross. Photo by Kyle Patton

Tyler Ross is an undergraduate in the W.P. Carey School of Business and the founder of Pyramid of Pixels, a unique online advertising platform he started in February 2011. Looking to help pay for school and support his family business, Ross created a one-of-a-kind website that offers advertising space for all kinds of businesses. Through viral marketing and hosting pages through an integrated blog, Ross helps drive customers to businesses all over the world one click at a time. Ross has been spotlighted on Fox News as well as in The State Press, ASU's student newspaper. 

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