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By. Pouyan Azizpour MBA/MSIE'22 On October 25th, Dallas set the stage for entrepreneurial brilliance by hosting the annual Venture Dallas conference at the George W. Bush Presidential Center. This landmark event assembled an eclectic mix of venture capitalists, angel investors, and aspiring startups, creating an atmosphere charged with innovation and opportunity. Thanks to Bryan Chambers, … Continue reading My Day at Venture Dallas 2023: A Convergence of Innovation, Capital, and Unforgettable Experiences
The Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship is excited to launch the 2023 CometX Summer Accelerator. CometX is a highly impactful startup accelerator that focuses on supporting the most promising and scalable startups in refining their business models and solutions, expediting their customer acquisition efforts, and positioning their ventures for rapid growth and expansion. Participating teams … Continue reading Meet the 2023 CometX Summer Accelerator Cohort
Last week, the UTD Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship hosted the 2023 Big Idea Competition. Ten startup teams from across campus came together to compete for cash and scholarship prizes. This year, the teams pitched in front of a panel of experts at the Blackstone LaunchPad with over 100 people in attendance. Student Track (WINNER) Routora – Tom … Continue reading Big Checks, Big Money and Big Smiles at the Big Idea Competition Finals
Ten teams have made it to the final event in our university business idea pitch competition open to alumni, current students, and faculty researchers. They will compete for $170,000 in cash and scholarship prizes. The competition is hosted by the Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, an interdisciplinary division of the Naveen Jindal School of Management. … Continue reading Meet This Year’s Big Idea Competition Finalists
Large corporations are increasingly looking to the principles of lean startups to help develop new business ideas and spur innovation. Such is the case with IgniteConnex Inc., a subsidiary of technology consulting company CG Infinity set up to incubate new companies. CG Infinity has now partnered with several faculty at the Naveen Jindal School of Management … Continue reading New Internship Program Stresses Innovation
We are very excited to add Leon Jacobson to our team! Though he may seem new, Leon is a very familiar face among members of our staff. In 2022 Leon earned his MBA with a concentration in both entrepreneurship and marketing from UT Dallas while working on his own startup company. We asked Leon a … Continue reading Meet Our New Assistant Director: Leon Jacobson
UTD entrepreneurs, Rahul Madhugiri BS’23 and Sofia Babool BS’22 understand what it takes to launch a venture while still in college. But as natural problem solvers, there was something missing about their collegiate entrepreneurship experience. “We have a lot of startup resources on campus that are staff and faculty-led, but none seem to be student-led,” … Continue reading First Student-Run Accelerator Launches to Advance Early-Stage Ideas
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