Omar Haroun, MBA candidate at Columbia Business School, and Aaron Royston, MBA candidate at the Wharton School, and their startup Sportaneous were named “Champions of Change” by the White House this week. According to its founders Omar and Aaron Royston Sportaneous is a mobile app that, “…makes it easy for busy people to get physically active … Continue reading
You read that right. In a press release issued by the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, the school reports that 11 firms raise a combined $85 million in venture capital this year, from firms such as Accel Partners, Sequioa Capital, Benchmark Capital, and Groupon’s venture arm, Lightbank. The new companies range in industry … Continue reading
Today we read in Charlottesville rag The Daily Progress about UVA-Darden’s summer incubator for MBA entrepreneurs. The Batten Institute provides a $13,000 stipend as well as other support (e.g. speaker series, group discussions) over the summer to students who are starting up their own businesses. The article profiles two entrepreneurs – Jacqueline Wilde, a student with … Continue reading
Springworks, a San-Francisco based non-profit focused on increasing diversity in the venture community, has opened its Scholar applications to students starting business school in the Fall of 2011. Springworks was founded by Kellogg alum, Jorge Calderon, an investment management professional and social impact evangelist. Applications are due by midnight (PDT) on July 15, 2011. Below is … Continue reading
A little while ago we posted about Ginger.io, a mobile app that monitors phone usage behavior, and by transitive property, mental health. Today we learned from Bostinnovation about Harvard Business School student Cy Khormaee and his social enterprise Lifelens, a hardware + software point-of-care solution that can detect the presence malaria using a single drop of blood. … Continue reading