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WNPR, May 7, 2012
Most people wait till adulthood to discover their knack for business. But others tap into their entrepreneurial spirit before they even hold a drivers license...
Most people wait till adulthood to discover their knack for business. But others tap into their entrepreneurial spirit before they even hold a drivers license...
Inc., March 4, 2012
For Yale University students Jerry Choinski and Etkin Tekin, the dreaded “freshman 15” came two years late. The juniors were living in off-campus housing for the first time. And without the campus housing meal plan, they resorted to the fatty, unhealthy foods typical of college living...
For Yale University students Jerry Choinski and Etkin Tekin, the dreaded “freshman 15” came two years late. The juniors were living in off-campus housing for the first time. And without the campus housing meal plan, they resorted to the fatty, unhealthy foods typical of college living...
Yale Daily News, February 21, 2012
Roughly four years after two Yale professors and a student in the Yale School of Management launched stickK.com, a website that lets people impose monetary penalties on themselves if they fail to keep their promises, the service has more than 150,000 users, including upwards of 300 affiliated with the University...
Roughly four years after two Yale professors and a student in the Yale School of Management launched stickK.com, a website that lets people impose monetary penalties on themselves if they fail to keep their promises, the service has more than 150,000 users, including upwards of 300 affiliated with the University...
Hartford Courant, February 20, 2012
As Zach Rotholz waited for customers in one of the 54 hours a week he spends at his Chairigami store, a middle-aged man walked in...
As Zach Rotholz waited for customers in one of the 54 hours a week he spends at his Chairigami store, a middle-aged man walked in...
Fox CT, February 20, 2012
Ahmed Khattak talks about his CT based wireless company, and being named one of Bloomberg's Best Young Entrepeneurs...
Ahmed Khattak talks about his CT based wireless company, and being named one of Bloomberg's Best Young Entrepeneurs...
The New Journal, February 17, 2012
Cheeseboy is a young and rapidly expanding company that operates “quick-service restaurants” specializing in grilled cheese. It is also the nickname of the company’s cheese-crazy founder and president, Michael Inwald SOM ’10...
Cheeseboy is a young and rapidly expanding company that operates “quick-service restaurants” specializing in grilled cheese. It is also the nickname of the company’s cheese-crazy founder and president, Michael Inwald SOM ’10...
Yale Herald, February 17, 2012
Every year, however, a few daring graduates decide to stay and—whether they realize it or not—become real citizens of New Haven...
Every year, however, a few daring graduates decide to stay and—whether they realize it or not—become real citizens of New Haven...
TIME Ideas, February 15, 2012
They aim to “disrupt” education in productive ways, to introduce tools that will transform the way we learn just as other technologies have transformed the way we work, the way we communicate and the way we entertain ourselves...
They aim to “disrupt” education in productive ways, to introduce tools that will transform the way we learn just as other technologies have transformed the way we work, the way we communicate and the way we entertain ourselves...
TechCrunch, February 14, 2012
Back in May, a startup named Desmos launched at TechCrunch Disrupt NYC with the hope of addressing the fragmentation inherent to education by way of platform-agnostic software that allows users to build and share their own rich educational content...
Back in May, a startup named Desmos launched at TechCrunch Disrupt NYC with the hope of addressing the fragmentation inherent to education by way of platform-agnostic software that allows users to build and share their own rich educational content...
Yale Daily News, January 30, 2012
Last Friday, the senior male a cappella group the Yale Whiffenpoofs left campus for their winter tour. ..
Last Friday, the senior male a cappella group the Yale Whiffenpoofs left campus for their winter tour. ..
Splice Today, January 20, 2012
Moving out of your college dorm at the end of the semester would be a lot easier if you knew you could just chuck all the furniture out the window and drive back to Minnesota..
Moving out of your college dorm at the end of the semester would be a lot easier if you knew you could just chuck all the furniture out the window and drive back to Minnesota..
New Haven Independent, January 3, 2012
Daniel Abadi’s new Science Park company snagged $9.5 million to start hiring people fast—in Cambridge. ..
Daniel Abadi’s new Science Park company snagged $9.5 million to start hiring people fast—in Cambridge. ..
Boston Business Journal, December 30, 2011
Capitalizing on people’s love of gooey grilled cheese sandwiches was not Michael Inwald’s passion in college...
Capitalizing on people’s love of gooey grilled cheese sandwiches was not Michael Inwald’s passion in college...
Channel 3 Eyewitness News, December 1, 2011
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Hartford Courant, November 27, 2011
At first, he was just a Yale undergrad with an idea for the next big sports drink, but then Bob Casey switched gears and struck gold in old cell phones...
At first, he was just a Yale undergrad with an idea for the next big sports drink, but then Bob Casey switched gears and struck gold in old cell phones...
Yale Daily News, October 26, 2011
When The Little Salad Shop opened its doors this fall at 45 High St. — joining the stretch of the street between Chapel and Crown that includes Starbucks, Y Haircutting and Ibiza — the store became the fifth business to operate from the location in the past decade...
When The Little Salad Shop opened its doors this fall at 45 High St. — joining the stretch of the street between Chapel and Crown that includes Starbucks, Y Haircutting and Ibiza — the store became the fifth business to operate from the location in the past decade...
Boston.com, October 21, 2011
Need to find a needle in a haystack — or a crucial piece of business information that could be sitting in any one of a hundred different far-flung databases? That's the challenge that the rapidly-growing "big data" sector tries to address...
Need to find a needle in a haystack — or a crucial piece of business information that could be sitting in any one of a hundred different far-flung databases? That's the challenge that the rapidly-growing "big data" sector tries to address...
Xconomy, October 10, 2011
At a university best known for turning out captains of industry and Wall Street hedge fund magnates, Yale is now focusing more attention on nurturing its entrepreneurs...
At a university best known for turning out captains of industry and Wall Street hedge fund magnates, Yale is now focusing more attention on nurturing its entrepreneurs...
Yale Daily News, October 5, 2011
Some Yalies dream of starting their own company, but others, like Eli Luberoff ’09, actually do so...
Some Yalies dream of starting their own company, but others, like Eli Luberoff ’09, actually do so...
Yale Daily Bulletin, October 4, 2011
Companies founded by Yale students or faculty members won four of the eight Innovation Pipeline Awards presented by the Connecticut Technology Council this year...
Companies founded by Yale students or faculty members won four of the eight Innovation Pipeline Awards presented by the Connecticut Technology Council this year...
Bloomberg Businessweek, September 15, 2011
Aware that educational software compatibility plagues students and teachers, longtime tutor Eli Luberoff took a year off from Yale to work on software to help people collaborate remotely. ..
Aware that educational software compatibility plagues students and teachers, longtime tutor Eli Luberoff took a year off from Yale to work on software to help people collaborate remotely. ..
Bloomberg Businessweek, September 15, 2011
During a year off spent working in London, Yale student Ahmed Khattak saw that Europeans commonly used cell phones free of contracts with wireless carriers...
During a year off spent working in London, Yale student Ahmed Khattak saw that Europeans commonly used cell phones free of contracts with wireless carriers...
Yale Daily News, September 8, 2011
Two groups of Yalies are trying to save students money on textbook purchases in two very different ways...
Two groups of Yalies are trying to save students money on textbook purchases in two very different ways...
New Haven Independent, September 8, 2011
An itinerant minister from Minnesota needed a light-weight fold-up altar. A deejay was looking for a portable stand for wedding sign-ins...
An itinerant minister from Minnesota needed a light-weight fold-up altar. A deejay was looking for a portable stand for wedding sign-ins...
Yale Daily News, September 7, 2011
Students in search of course books this semester have few options in New Haven, but ever more online...
Students in search of course books this semester have few options in New Haven, but ever more online...
Yale Daily News, September 2, 2011
Watch out, Ikea. Zach Rotholz ’11, the founder and owner of Chairigami, a company that sells furniture made with only cardboard, is challenging people to rethink furniture, one chair at a time...
Watch out, Ikea. Zach Rotholz ’11, the founder and owner of Chairigami, a company that sells furniture made with only cardboard, is challenging people to rethink furniture, one chair at a time...
WTNH TV, September 1, 2011
Ancera is a rapid diagnostics device company. We are in the business of rapid pathogen detection in the food pathogen testing market, clinical diagnostics market and research market...
Ancera is a rapid diagnostics device company. We are in the business of rapid pathogen detection in the food pathogen testing market, clinical diagnostics market and research market...
Yale Daily Bulletin, September 1, 2011
Like the many of the 47 new companies it has helped create since 2007, the Yale Entrepreneurial Institute (YEI) has outgrown the adjective "start-up."...
Like the many of the 47 new companies it has helped create since 2007, the Yale Entrepreneurial Institute (YEI) has outgrown the adjective "start-up."...
Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science News, August 26, 2011
After spending the summer at the Yale Entrepreneurial Institute developing a business plan based on his senior project, 2011 Yale Engineering graduate Zachary Rotholz will open a retail business in New Haven on September 1...
After spending the summer at the Yale Entrepreneurial Institute developing a business plan based on his senior project, 2011 Yale Engineering graduate Zachary Rotholz will open a retail business in New Haven on September 1...
Hartford Courant, August 25, 2011
Returning Yale University students have a new healthy takeout spot near campus - and they have three of their classmates to thank for it. Seniors Jerry Choinski, Etkin Tekin and Tiffany Ho are the owners of Little Salad Shop, serving made-to-order salads, smoothies and other snacks...
Returning Yale University students have a new healthy takeout spot near campus - and they have three of their classmates to thank for it. Seniors Jerry Choinski, Etkin Tekin and Tiffany Ho are the owners of Little Salad Shop, serving made-to-order salads, smoothies and other snacks...
New Haven Independent, August 24, 2011
On its first full day of business, a newly opened salad shop on High Street received positive reviews from a successful restaurateur and a caution about pricing from a recovering carnivore...
On its first full day of business, a newly opened salad shop on High Street received positive reviews from a successful restaurateur and a caution about pricing from a recovering carnivore...
Yale Daily News, August 21, 2011
A new, student-run health food shop is set to open this week as summer-soaked Yalies flock back to the Elm City...
A new, student-run health food shop is set to open this week as summer-soaked Yalies flock back to the Elm City...
Wired Campus (The Chronicle of Higher Education), August 20, 2011
Traditionally, students shopping for textbooks have faced a simple choice: buy new or buy used?..
Traditionally, students shopping for textbooks have faced a simple choice: buy new or buy used?..
CT Innovations Blog, August 3, 2011
On Thursday, July 28, the Yale Entrepreneurial Institute (YEI) held the final pitch session for the 2011 Summer Fellowship program...
On Thursday, July 28, the Yale Entrepreneurial Institute (YEI) held the final pitch session for the 2011 Summer Fellowship program...
Boldfacers, August 2, 2011
Although he was an average testosterone-kooky teen, all Michael Inwald could think about on his 16th birthday was cheese. Munster! So silky. ..
Although he was an average testosterone-kooky teen, all Michael Inwald could think about on his 16th birthday was cheese. Munster! So silky. ..
TechCrunch, June 24, 2011
One of my favorite demos at Disrupt NYC was from an education startup called Desmos that is reinventing the whiteboard to make it browser-based and interactive (watch their Disrupt video below)...
One of my favorite demos at Disrupt NYC was from an education startup called Desmos that is reinventing the whiteboard to make it browser-based and interactive (watch their Disrupt video below)...
Bloomberg Businessweek, June 21, 2011
When Robert Casey first learned that the average lifespan of a cell phone is only 15 months, the then-Yale undergrad imagined that refurbishing working phones could keep them out of landfills—and be more profitable than recycling them for metal and parts. With less than 20 percent of electronic waste recycled, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, "We’re competing against the trash can," says Casey, now 23...
When Robert Casey first learned that the average lifespan of a cell phone is only 15 months, the then-Yale undergrad imagined that refurbishing working phones could keep them out of landfills—and be more profitable than recycling them for metal and parts. With less than 20 percent of electronic waste recycled, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, "We’re competing against the trash can," says Casey, now 23...
Nation's Restaurant News, June 15, 2011
Grilled cheese sandwiches, like so much comfort food these days, are running wild in restaurants from fast casual to fine dining...
Grilled cheese sandwiches, like so much comfort food these days, are running wild in restaurants from fast casual to fine dining...
Yale University, May 22, 2011
Let me elaborate on the congratulations that we all just offered you with our warm and heartfelt applause...
Let me elaborate on the congratulations that we all just offered you with our warm and heartfelt applause...
MSNBC, September 26, 2010
You can find educational initiatives for entrepreneurs across the country. ..
You can find educational initiatives for entrepreneurs across the country. ..
New Haven Independent, August 6, 2010
“There is a real role for government to be a catalyst”, said U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro of New Haven Thursday at a small Connecticut technology firm...
“There is a real role for government to be a catalyst”, said U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro of New Haven Thursday at a small Connecticut technology firm...
Xconomy.com and Boston Globe Online, July 5, 2010
Starbucks began providing free Internet in its stores last week. To me, this means that Howard Schultz has just provided 11,000 free offices for start-ups...
Starbucks began providing free Internet in its stores last week. To me, this means that Howard Schultz has just provided 11,000 free offices for start-ups...
Yale Alumni Magazine, January 20, 2010
Before he came to Yale, Arun Gupta ’11 was an avid tennis player...
Before he came to Yale, Arun Gupta ’11 was an avid tennis player...
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