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17 November 2023Meet the 2024 Pitch Semifinalists
Student startups address different topics for a top prize of $10,000.
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26 October 2023Cecere ’91 honored by Wine Enthusiast
Jim Cecere ’91 has been named to Wine Enthusiast’s 2023 Future 40 list.
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13 July 2023Diallo ’23 Lands Seat with Aon
Aon internship allows Abdoulaye Diallo ’23 to explore financial world.
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25 April 2023HWS Finds Success at NYS Business Competition
After recent success at the regional round of the New York Business Plan Competition, three teams from Hobart and William Smith will compete for up to $100,000 this week in Syracuse.
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20 February 2023Stine Family Invests in Community and Opportunity
A $3 million gift from Board Chair Craig R. Stine ’81, P’17 and Kathy Hay Stine P’17 boosts key strategic goals around entrepreneurial education, campus community and scholarships.
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20 February 2023Innovating Entrepreneurship
In this Q&A, Dan Rosensweig ’83 Considers Entrepreneurship, Technology and Innovation — and the Power of the Liberal Arts.
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20 February 2023HWS’ Newest Major: Management and Entrepreneurship
Fusing liberal arts critical thinking with management and data literacy skills, the new program offers aspiring business leaders a strong foundation to solve complex problems.
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10 February 2023Finalists Chosen for Pitch Competition
Four finalists have been selected for the annual Todd Feldman ‘89 and Family Pitch Contest with business models ranging from rural transportation services to gourmet hot sauces.
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10 January 2023Opell’s Hits and Misses Become Student Lessons
A new Bozzuto Center exhibit serves as a learning tool for future entrepreneurs in tribute of Michael L. Opell ’59 and his notable career.
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22 November 2022Mead '13 Wins at Grow-NY
Matthew “Mattie” Mead ’13, a co-founder of the hemp-based material business Hempitecture, won $500,000 in this year’s Grow-NY Food and Agriculture competition in Syracuse, New York, with the finalists pitching their businesses on Nov. 15-16.
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2 November 2022Vying for $1 Million in Grow-NY Competition
As a finalist in this year’s Grow-NY Food and Agriculture Competition, Matthew “Mattie” Mead ’13, CEO and co-founder of Hempitecture, hopes a victory and its $1 million purse will allow him to expand his business back to its origin in New York.
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27 October 2022IdeaLab Fosters Student Initiatives
From a community skatepark program to a ride hailing service for rural towns and a clothing recycling service, students participating in IdeaLab have been working to flesh out their initiatives to full-on enterprises.
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19 September 2022Kanungo '23 Discusses the Future of UTime
With $50,000 raised in startup capital, Sreyan Kanungo ’23 answers questions about moving the automated scheduling system company forward.
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17 June 2022Summer Sandbox 2022 Underway
The 14 students in this year’s entrepreneurial accelerator program have begun generating business ideas, performing customer discovery and developing business models.
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4 March 2022Pitch Winners Create Hemp Alternatives for a Sustainable Future
William Kline ’23, Brendon Bennett ’23 and Moritz Marchart ’22 are the winners of The Todd Feldman ’89 and Family Pitch Contest for their biomaterials company Fibrworks.
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27 January 2022New Competition Tackles Real World Problems
Stephen L. Cohen ’67 Leadership Case Competition Established at HWS.
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10 January 2022Mulligan ’07 to Judge Musk-funded XPRIZE Competition
A senior scientist at Amazon, Jamey Mulligan ’07 is serving on a panel of 12 judges for the four-year XPRIZE competition for carbon removal, funded by Elon Musk and the Musk Foundation.
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12 October 2021Make It, Don't Fake It
Ever wonder what it takes to lead a successful business? Sabrina Horn '83 offers valuable answers in her new book Make it, Don't Fake it.
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2 October 2021Alums Build the Business They Want to See in the World: New Podcast Talks Entrepreneurship
HWS alums share a fresh, front-line perspective on launching business ventures in the new student-led podcast Entrepreneurial Endeavors.
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30 September 2021Summer Sandbox Launches Early Stage Startups
This summer, students participated in an immersive 9-week startup accelerator. In the entrepreneurial world, a sandbox is a space for nurturing ideas and creativity. The HWS Summer Sandbox provid
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1 September 2021Fred Matt '81 on Leadership: Provide clarity, lead by example, celebrate success
Fred Matt on leadership: Provide clarity, lead by example, celebrate successBy Stan Linhorst | StanLinhorst@gmail.com Reproduced by permission of The Post-Standard.Fred Matt 81 is president of F.X
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23 July 2021Announcing New Master of Science in Management
How Hobart and William Smith Does Business: Beginning in the fall of 2021, HWS will offer a Master of Science in Management that will allow students to complete a bachelor's and master's degree in as few as four years.
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16 July 2021FEVEN YOHANNES '04: Divine Messages
Feven Yohannes '04 and her identical twin sister Helena have always seen beauty as a way to connect with other women.
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23 April 2021Worden '87 Talks COVID Vaccine Distribution Strategies on Pulteney St. Podcast
A new season of the Pulteney Street Podcast with President Joyce P. Jacobsen launches this week, featuring an interview with Alan Worden '87, whose data analytics firm Community Data Platforms (CDP) is developing distribution infrastructure for COVID-19 vaccines.
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22 March 2021Nusom '23 Wins The Pitch
Matthew Nusom '23 is the winner of the Todd Feldman '89 and Family Pitch Contest for his sustainable design company SymBio.
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26 August 2020Alumnae Launch Women in the Real
Hannah Bini ’20, Chloe Emler ’20 and Addison Gilbard ’20 want to change the way women are portrayed in the media — and they want women to contribute to how that change happens.
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20 April 2020Wright '20 Wins $10,000 for Firefighter Safety Company
When the judges of the 2020 Pitch Contest asked this year's winner Nicole Wright '20, who is a volunteer firefighter for the Hydrant Hose Fire Company in Geneva, N.Y. how she knows her company's product will keep firefighters safe, Wright answered from personal experience, "I've already worn the prototype on a fire call."
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3 December 2019Conklin 02 Interviewed in The Asian Entrepreneur
Renee Conklin 02 has called Hong Kong home since 2006 when she moved for an assignment and stayed, eventually starting her own company, RC HR Consulting.
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3 December 2019Summer Sandbox Focuses on Creating New Business Ventures
Through the Centennial Center's Summer Sandbox Startup Accelerator program, student entrepreneurs completed a nine-week intensive session in which they advanced for-profit and non-profit ideas into potentially viable business and service ventures. This year marked the second cohort of the program. Sixteen students from all class years participated.
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13 July 2018Summer Sandbox
Through the Centennial Centers inaugural HWS Summer Sandbox Idea Accelerator, a cohort of 12 students are refining their business ideas in hopes of launching new for-profit or non-profit ventures.
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31 May 2018Dragomir '17 Launches Winning App in Geneva
Connecting consumers with local discounts through the power of geofencing and artificial intelligence, Gyuri Dragomir '17 launched the app Deals en Route in Geneva on April 4 as part of early market testing. Deals en Route, available on the App Store, was created by Dragomir and Ato Bentsi-Enchill '17, finalists in the Colleges 2017 Stu Lieblein '90 Pitch Contest.
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