Bozzuto Center
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Bozzuto Center for Entrepreneurship
22 Castle Street, Geneva, N.Y. 14456
Directions to the Bozzuto Center
Email: bozzutocenter@hws.edu
Instagram: @hws.bozzutocenter
OPEN HOURS
Monday-Friday 8 a.m. - 10 p.m.
the invention of a better world
Ever wondered how to start a business or nonprofit — or how to convince others to buy into your big idea? At the Bozzuto Center, you’ll take a hands-on, active and collaborative approach to learning the ropes of startup and social ventures through meaningful partnerships with the businesses and nonprofits of Geneva, N.Y. This is a place where transformative ideas are celebrated, nurtured and brought to life.
Signature Programs
The Pitch
March 5, 2026 at 7 p.m. | Proposals due November 5, 2025
Win up to $10,000 in startup funding through the Colleges’ Shark Tank-inspired competition.
IdeaLab
September 17 - October 15 at 7 p.m.
Five-week accelerator program designed to shape, refine, and differentiate your big idea.
Elevator Pitch Competition
November 13, 2025 at 7 p.m.
A 90-second pitch competition with prizes awarded.
Opell Start-Up Fund Committee
The HWS Start-Up Fund Committee (SFC) is a program that is meant to resemble a venture capital (VC) investment model for early-stage entrepreneurial ventures.
The Bozzuto Center
Students present their market research as part of their senior capstone course in the Bozzuto Center for Entrepreneurship at 22 Castle Street.
Semi-finalists in the HWS Pitch Contest meet in the Bozzuto Center for Entrepreneurship with Entrepreneurial Fellow Ed Bizari.
Professor of Economics Thomas Drennen and Entrepreneurial Fellow Ed Bizari co-teach in the Bozzuto Center for Entrepreneurship.
Visiting Instructor of Entrepreneurial Studies Drury MacKenzie '03 conducts class at the Bozzuto Center for Entrepreneurship.
Former Chair of the Board of Trustees and Chairman and Co-Founder of The Bozzuto Group Thomas S. Bozzuto '68, L.H.D. '18 Zooms with students.
Students present a sustainability plan for the Castle Creek area of Geneva as part of their Sustainable Community Development Capstone in the Bozzuto Center for Entrepreneurship.
Marilla Gonzalez, founder and owner of Waste Not, meets with Assistant Professor Craig Talmage's entrepreneurial capstone students for a project update at the Bozzuto Center for Entrepreneurship.
At the Bozzuto Center for Entrepreneurship, students present a sustainability plan for the Castle Street Corridor in downtown Geneva as part of their Sustainable Community Development Capstone.
Participants spanning across 8 teams posed at the completion of the fourth annual Centennial Center for Leadership's 24-hour Hackathon.
Completing coursework inside the Bozzuto Center for Entrepreneurship
Students present their projects at the Bozzuto Center for Entrepreneurship.
Michael L. Opell ’59 visits the Bozzuto Center for Entrepreneurship. Michael L. Opell ’59 and Ellen Levine Opell ’60 established the HWS Student Entrepreneurship Fund to support current and future programs, workshops and student initiatives in entrepreneurship at HWS.
Dedication of the Bozzuto Center for Entrepreneurship with Honorary Thomas Bozzuto '68, L.H.D. '18, chairman and co-founder of Bozzuto Group.
Former Chair of the Board of Trustees Thomas S. Bozzuto '68 L.H.D. '18 addresses the crowd at the new Bozzuto Center for Entrepreneurship at 22 Castle Street.
Professor of Economics and Director of the Master’s of Science in Management Program Thomas Drennen introduces a lesson on customer discovery.
Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies Craig Talmage teaches students in the Bozzuto Center for Entrepreneurship.
Entrepreneurial Fellow Ed Bizari guest lectures about angel investors in Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies Craig Talmage's capstone seminar at the Bozzuto Center for Entrepreneurship.
Students work on a group project at the Bozzuto Center For Entrepreneurship.
Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies Craig Talmage introduces The Prisoner's Dilemma card game during Economic Principles.
HWS hosts Young Alum Happy Hour in the Bozzuto Center for Entrepreneurship.
The Bozzuto Center for Entrepreneurship allows for students to meet local entrepreneurs.
A Young Alum Happy Hour at the Bozzuto Center for Entrepreneruship.
Students talk with Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies Craig Talmage and Richard Madia following their senior capstone course in the Bozzuto Center for Entrepreneurship.
Meet With Us
Have an idea and not sure what to do with it? Stuck on where to go with your entrepreneurial project? Schedule a one-on-one session with a Bozzuto Center expert to discuss:
- idea generation and brainstorming
- customer discovery
- customer definition
- business models
- business model canvas
- competition
- legal issues
- financials
- social and non-profit ventures
- understanding software
- making connections to other entrepreneurs and resources
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