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Accelerator Drives Women Entrepreneurs' Success
Accelerator Drives Women Entrepreneurs' Success
Business Exchange
This article discusses how the Women in Entrepreneurship Institute in the Driehaus College of Business came to be and profiles several committee members, entrepreneurs in the program, curriculum and networking opportunities.
Raising The Bar
Business Exchange
Alumnus Jared Smith's startup, RXBAR, is the fastest-growing nutrition bar brand in the United States. Its recent acquisition by Kellogg Co. provided the business with the resources to break into new food categories and access Kellog's R&D resources. The article discusses Smith's entrepreneurship and business philosophy, as well as the education he received.
By The Numbers: Depaul Builds Entrepreneur Success
By The Numbers: Depaul Builds Entrepreneur Success
Business Exchange
Statistics regarding the college's successes in teaching entrepreneurship, the success rate of alumni companies, mentorships and other relevant metrics.
Innovators For Good
Business Exchange
DePaul's Coleman Entrepreneurship Center and Driehaus College of Business helps business students turn their ideas into businesses. The article profiles four enterprises that are driven by innovating for good, from reducing invasive species to helping people on the autism spectrum with adaptive materials for educational purposes.
College News
Business Exchange
Forum Highlights the Value of Diversity in the Classroom and Boardroom; Marketing Professor Wins Teaching Accolades; DePaul Business Programs Earn Rankings
Cracking The Code Of Success: The Coding Academy
Cracking The Code Of Success: The Coding Academy
DePaul Magazine
BLUE1647 is a nonprofit technology and entrepreneurship innovation center—a type of tech incubator, but with a difference. The seven-day-a-week coworking space welcomes engineers and developers, but also provides technology education to young people and college students through strategic partnerships with DePaul, Chicago Public Schools and other organizations. BLUE1647 offers MBA social enterprise and undergraduate entrepreneurship students an experiential learning project called the Coding Academy, a tuition-based program offered on a full-scholarship basis to DePaul student cohorts.
Shaping The Future Through Entrepreneurial Thinking
Shaping The Future Through Entrepreneurial Thinking
Business Exchange
Dean Ray Whittington discusses the feature articles on entrepreneurship programs at the Driehaus College of Business, including DePaul's Coleman Entrepreneurship Center and the Evening Cohort MBA program.
New Startup Lab Will Enhance Entrepreneurial Opportunities For Students And Alumni
New Startup Lab Will Enhance Entrepreneurial Opportunities For Students And Alumni
Business Exchange
DePaul, in collaboration with the Coleman Entrepreneurship Center, is launching a new entrepreneurial startup lab and coworking space. Set to open in 2015, the lab will provide a place for students to work on their new business ventures, alumni to connect, and members of the Chicago business community to network.
Big Ideas In Action: Entrepreneurship Program Helps Alumni Create Winning Ventures
Big Ideas In Action: Entrepreneurship Program Helps Alumni Create Winning Ventures
Business Exchange
DePaul's top-rated undergraduate and graduate entrepreneurship programs began in 1982 and have turned out successful entrepreneurs. This article profiles four alumni who have created new businesses, continued family businesses, and invested in new startups with a strong entrepreneurial spirit.