Archive for April 2019
Startup Yale Prize Winners Announced for 2019
The Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking at Yale (Tsai CITY) has announced the winners in this year’s iteration of Startup Yale, a competition for student entrepreneurs featuring four prizes worth a total of $90,000. Yale Startup unfolds over three days of live pitches and includes winners in four categories as well as audience choice awards.…
Read MoreMichigan Wins “March Madness” for VC-Backed Student Entrepreneurship
Michigan will have to wait until next year to try their luck on the basketball court, but the good news is that they did come out on top in another arena: student entrepreneurship. This week, Michigan was named the winner of PitchBook’s 2019 VC Founders Bracket. In this entrepreneurship-themed March bracket, PitchBook tallied how many…
Read MoreHBS Dean Says Rebuilding “Trust in Capitalism” Is Priority for School
One of Harvard Business School’s biggest challenges goes well beyond the bounds of the school’s campus, according to the school’s dean. In an interview with the Harvard Crimson, Nitin Nohria highlighted a need for HBS to address society’s faith in capitalism itself. Nohria explained that “We – as a school that has often been associated…
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