by wpengine | Jan 25, 2022 | Blog, Class of 2012, Companies, Success Stories
Amidst headlight hats and 1,000-piece puzzles, eLab alumni startup SnappyScreen recently earned a coveted spot on Oprah’s Favorite Things 2021 List. Founded by Kristen McClellan ‘12, SnappyScreen got its start as a sunscreen...
by wpengine | Jan 25, 2022 | Uncategorized
Antithesis Foods, the snack food innovators that debuted with Grabanzos, a chocolate-covered chickpea-based snack, announced the launch of its new brand this month. Protos are grain-free baked “crisps” or chips based on the same gluten-free legume technology the...
by wpengine | Dec 7, 2021 | Blog, Class of 2018, Companies, News, Success Stories
Jamie Kim ‘19, alum of the 2018 eLab cohort, took to Startup Cornell to share the stories of her entrepreneurial journey. The founder of Jamie’s Farm (formerly bumble & butter), a gourmet, locally sourced granola startup, Kim credits much of her success to the...
by wpengine | Dec 3, 2021 | Blog, Class of 2018, Companies, News, Success Stories
eLab alum Hunter Friedland ‘19, founder and CEO of cannabinoid ingredient manufacturer Cirona Labs, was recently profiled by the Cornell SC Johnson School of Business. Cirona Labs creates nano-emulsion cannabinoid...
by wpengine | Dec 1, 2021 | Blog, Class of 2022, Companies, News
Students in 20 businesses pitched their ideas to 150 Cornell alumni, investors and friends during the eLab pitch night Nov. 11 at Cornell Tech in New York City. The night gave students one of the first opportunities to share their ideas since they were chosen for eLab...
by wpengine | Oct 11, 2021 | Blog, Class of 2021, Companies, News
Last week, the Clinton Foundation and Verizon announced the winning teams of the Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U) 2021 Social Innovation Challenge. Among the winners was recent eLab alumni team (Class of 2021), Vita Innovations. The Cornell based student...
by wpengine | Oct 11, 2021 | Blog, Class of 2022, News
Following a competitive application process, eLab, Cornell’s student startup accelerator, announced the 20 student teams selected for participation in the 2021-22 cohort. In the upcoming year, these aspiring startup founders will complete entrepreneurship bootcamps,...
by wpengine | Sep 28, 2021 | Blog, Class of 2021, Companies, News, Success Stories
AI-Learners, a Cornell University student startup and participant in eLab’s 2021 cohort, was recently featured in Tompkins Weekly for its efforts to help children with disabilities learn mathematics. The startup, led by CEO Adele Smolansky ‘23 and COO Mick Bronsky...
by wpengine | Sep 20, 2021 | Class of 2020
The third episode of Startup Cornell, Entrepreneurship at Cornell’s podcast highlighting the entrepreneurial ideas and success stories of Cornell students, faculty, staff, and alumni, featured eLab alumnus, Jehron Petty ‘20. Petty is the founder and CEO of ColorStack,...
by wpengine | Aug 31, 2021 | Blog, News
Andrea Ippolito, an eLab instructor and lecturer at the Cornell University College of Engineering and SC Johnson College of Business, recently authored a guest column for Crunchbase News. In a follow-up to her May 2021...
