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Interdisciplinary student team develops “Farm to Flame” plan

Posted on March 5, 2018, 2:39 p.m.

When Will McKnight’s grandfather and uncle devised a process for converting farm waste to power, their goal was a simple one.

Kevin Rieck to bring travel business to South by Southwest

Posted on March 4, 2018, 2:41 p.m.

Kevin Rieck used to tell his mother he was going to go to college, start a company and then drop out.

Julia Haber is about to make a big WAYV

Posted on March 1, 2018, 2:50 p.m.

Julia Haber ’18 embodies entrepreneurship. She is not only a learner and a connector, she is a doer. And she’s making waves. In fact, a very big WAYV.

Daniel Simoni, the producer

Posted on March 1, 2018, 2:46 p.m.

Daniel Simoni ‘19 knows how to produce.

Amanda Chou on how to #ThriveTogether

Posted on March 1, 2018, 2:45 p.m.

If you ask Amanda Chou where she is from, you’ll get a complicated answer.

Kelly Benini ’14 is always pivoting

Posted on March 1, 2018, 2:43 p.m.

After graduating from the Bandier Program for Music Business and the Entertainment Industries at Syracuse University in 2014, Kelly Benini was set on going straight into the corporate leagues of the music industry.

Amos Cohen, the strategist entrepreneur

Posted on Feb. 28, 2018, 2:54 p.m.

Entrepreneurship is more than the steps involved in setting up a business.

David Fox gets your startup thinking going each week

Posted on Feb. 21, 2018, 3:40 p.m.

David Fox had a milestone this week. He published the 50th issue of Startup Thinking, that awesome newsletter you receive each Tuesday about all things innovative at SU.

Meet the influencer, Kate Beckman, founder of Fresh U

Posted on Feb. 21, 2018, 3:38 p.m.

Without a doubt, Kate Beckman is one of the most influential women entrepreneurs at Syracuse University.

Community builder and social entrepreneur Audrey Miller

Posted on Feb. 21, 2018, 3:35 p.m.

Born and raised just outside Toledo in the small town of Maumee, Ohio, Audrey Miller ’20 knew that being engaged in community development was always going to be her top priority.

Will McKnight is on a mission to end energy poverty

Posted on Feb. 15, 2018, 4:43 p.m.

William Lee Mendes McKnight ‘18, Arts and Sciences major and founder of Farm to Flame Energy, is working to empower rural farmers by providing them with sustainable energy through a biomass combustion system that can be used to power micro-grids.

Jason Kuperberg on finding entrepreneurial inspiration

Posted on Feb. 15, 2018, 4:42 p.m.

Jason Kuperberg, ‘18, a biotechnology major in Arts And Sciences may have a hard sciences academic background and extensive resume in the field, but he is an entrepreneur to the core.

Fibre Free founders can help change your carbon footprint

Posted on Feb. 15, 2018, 4:41 p.m.

Most of us don’t realize that millions of microfibers are released each time we wash synthetic clothing in our laundry machines.

Meet Globalist Saniya More

Posted on Feb. 8, 2018, 2:41 p.m.

Saniya More ’19 believes in the beautiful and complicated intricacies of the human experience.

Chris Sekerak on TEDxSyracuseUniversity

Posted on Feb. 8, 2018, 2:39 p.m.

If you have ever seen a TED talk, a nonprofit organization devoted to “ideas worth spreading,” you have definitely felt inspired.

Quentin Rosso, entrepreneur extraordinaire

Posted on Feb. 6, 2018, 2:42 p.m.

Quentin Rosso is an entrepreneur, true to every aspect of the word. He is a third year senior studying finance and political philosophy.

Luz Perez on community entrepreneurship

Posted on Feb. 5, 2018, 2:45 p.m.

Luz Perez (‘20), a triple major in Entrepreneurship, Accounting, and Citizenship and Civic Engagement will be this spring’s Blackstone Launchpad Engagement Scholar at Syracuse University.

Amanda Rylee is making craft brew with a cause

Posted on Jan. 31, 2018, 2:51 p.m.

As a junior majoring in EEE in the Whitman School of Management, Amanda balances a demanding schedule as an officer with the 108th Infantry Army National Guard in Utica and full-time Syracuse University student.

Sarah Grosz is a growth hacker

Posted on Jan. 31, 2018, 2:50 p.m.

If you were to search the term “entrepreneurship club” on Google right now, chances are the result “Entrepreneurship Club at Syracuse University” will show up near the top.

Why We Thrive: An Interview with the Co-Founders of Thrive Projects

Posted on Jan. 31, 2018, 2:46 p.m.

One year after they graduated from Syracuse University in December 2016, Blackstone LaunchPad Global Media Fellow Amanda Chou sat down with Thrive co-founders Brian Kam, Ryan Brinkerhoff and Joshua Moon to talk about Thrive’s core values.