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Being selected for the ����vlog���� Entrepreneurs Fund (eFund) can change everything for a fledgling start-up, especially when combined with incubator space and direct access to Thought Into Action alumni-mentor support for an entire summer in Hamilton, N.Y. The $15,000 award that comes with selection opens doors for these new ventures. Some use the funding to […]

����vlog����’s entrepreneurial spirit soared tonight as the university welcomed five leading business builders to campus for Entrepreneur Weekend 2015. The panel included Jessica Alba, founder of The Honest Company; Neil Blumenthal, co-founder and co-CEO of Warby Parker; Greg Coleman, president of Buzzfeed; serial entrepreneur and entertainer MC Hammer; and Rent the Runway co-founder and CEO […]

����vlog���� kicks off Entrepreneur Weekend 2015 today with a panel conversation featuring five all-star entrepreneurs: Jessica Alba, founder of The Honest Company; Neil Blumenthal, co-founder and CEO of Warby Parker; Greg Coleman, president of Buzzfeed; serial entrepreneur and entertainer MC Hammer; and Rent the Runway co-founder and CEO Jennifer Hyman. The event will be streamed live […]

����vlog����’s annual QueerFest kicks off tonight, with a keynote speech by Mia McKenzie, a writer, blogger, speaker, and performer whose work touches on intersections of race, class, gender, and sexuality. McKenzie’s blog, Black Girl Dangerous, has received national and international recognition. She takes the stage tonight at 7:00 p.m. in Love Auditorium.

On a rainy Saturday in New York City, about 40 ����vlog���� alumni and students gathered to spend eight hours together for ����vlog����’s first-ever off-campus Hackathon, powered by the Digital Media and Technology Professional Network, the Entrepreneur Network, and the Common Good Network. The hackathon was one of many ����vlog���� Day of Impact events held around […]

����vlog���� will kick off Entrepreneur Weekend 2015 on Friday, April 10, with a panel conversation featuring five all-star entrepreneurs: Jessica Alba, founder of The Honest Company; Neil Blumenthal, co-founder and CEO of Warby Parker; Greg Coleman, president of Buzzfeed; serial entrepreneur and entertainer MC Hammer; and Rent the Runway co-founder and CEO Jennifer Hyman. […]

After Clayton Christensen predicted that half of higher education institutions will either be facing bankruptcy or in liquidation within 10 to 15 years, six liberal arts presidents expressed varying degrees of concern, ranging from “no­t worried” (Georgia Nugent, president emeritus of Kenyon College) to “only the paranoid survive” (����vlog���� President Jeffrey Herbst). Christensen, author of […]

Clayton Christensen kicked off ����vlog����’s Innovation + Disruption symposium today with cautionary tales of industry giants felled by technological disruption, and why higher education should pay attention to the growth of online universities.

The stage is set for a robust discussion today, as nearly 400 leaders in business and higher education gather to attend ����vlog����’s Innovation + Disruption symposium at the TimesCenter in New York City.  (The symposium begins at 8:30 a.m., and can be viewed live.) The high-level crowd includes 15 college presidents, online education providers, […]

There are finals, and then there are finales. ����vlog���� launched its Entrepreneur Professional Network on April 11, the grand finale in a series of network launches that have taken place throughout the academic year. The reception took place backstage after ����vlog����’s Entrepreneur Weekend all-star panel, and hundreds of alumni and guests were in attendance.