by wpengine | Sep 13, 2023 | Class of 2023
On September 10, hundreds of Cornellians filled eHub Collegetown for the annual Entrepreneurship at Cornell (EatC) Kickoff. The event encourages students to explore entrepreneurial pursuits and gives them the opportunity to connect with campus resources that can...
by wpengine | Jun 6, 2023 | Blog, Class of 2012, Success Stories
Founder and CEO of SNAP Wellness and the creator of SnappyScreen, the first-ever touchless sunscreen application system, Kristen McClellan ’12 is making her mark on the skincare and wellness industry. A Cornell University alum, McClellan debuted...
by wpengine | May 18, 2023 | Blog, Class of 2014, News, Success Stories
Countless success stories have emerged from the Cornell entrepreneurial ecosystem, but Rosie, an ecommerce platform for local and independent grocers, tops most lists. Founded by Nick Nickitas as a Cornell MBA student in 2013, the Rosie team was a member...
by wpengine | Apr 24, 2023 | Blog, Class of 2023, Events, News
During eLab Demo Day on April 13 at the Statler Hall Auditorium, the 11 student teams who compose the spring cohort of this year’s student business accelerator pitched their innovative business ideas to a crowd of nearly 200 attendees, illustrating the progress that...
by wpengine | Apr 20, 2023 | Blog, Events
Teams from eLab, Cornell’s student accelerator, and Cornell Tech’s Runway Startups program shared their business ideas to an audience full of members of the West Coast Cornell community at the Student Startup Showcase, presented by Cornell Silicon Valley, on March 30...
by wpengine | Apr 6, 2023 | Blog, Class of 2022, Companies, Success Stories
Kayla Wooley, MBA ’22, came of age in the senior care industry. She began learning the family business of operating nursing homes from the bottom up—beginning work in the seventh grade as a summer intern and eventually becoming licensed after college to assume a...
by wpengine | Mar 23, 2023 | Blog, Events, News, Uncategorized
Teams from eLab, Cornell’s student accelerator, and Cornell Tech’s Runway Startups program will pitch their ideas to the West Coast Cornell community at Cornell Silicon Valley Presents: Student Startup Showcase March 30 at the Autodesk Gallery in San Francisco. The...
by wpengine | Mar 9, 2023 | Blog, Class of 2015, Companies, News, Success Stories
Since originating in eLab in 2014, ProducePay has continued to forge its own path in the produce industry, most recently being named to Fast Company’s list of the 10 most innovative companies in agriculture of 2023. Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies series...
by wpengine | Jan 19, 2023 | Blog, Class of 2023, News
Of the 28 teams that eLab, Cornell’s student accelerator, welcomed in the fall, 11 student startups will continue on to the spring semester having validated their diverse business ideas. With Cornell’s entrepreneurial ecosystem consistently strengthening, an...
by Bridget Hagen | Nov 1, 2022 | Blog, Class of 2023, Companies, News
An Oct. 20 pitch event in New York City offered a good sampling of the kinds of entrepreneurial ideas brewing among Cornell students —from an agricultural credit business to help Bangladeshi farmers to a glove that would help people with visual impairments learn...
