Have you ever thought about what keeps you up at night? Is there some fundamental problem youre dying to solve? A question about the world that hasnt been answered? Or is there something that you wish you could fix?For many entrepreneurs, the thing that keeps them up at night is usually what led them to entrepreneurship in the first place. And for Adrienne Schmoeker, Senior Project Manager of Open Innovation at the Mayors Office of Technology and Innovation, its what led her down the path of becoming an intrapreneur, or a person who creates change from within an existing… Read More »
Update: Meet the Runr team at Demo Day on May 1st, 2017, from 2-12pm outside of the NAC!Yesterday, we welcomed all CCNY students back to campus. While many spent it getting in some well-deserved R&R, our students were hard at work getting a jumpstart on the Lean Startup Bootcamp. By the end of the semester, they'll learn the ins and outs of running a business. And of course, they'll each present their innovations to the City College community at Demo Day and compete for $150,000 in prizes at the Final Pitch.In the meantime, wouldn't it be cool to get to know them? We… Read More »
In September, we announced that five Zahn Startups (VERIPAD, Gleam, Frip, Komb, and DAPP) would participate in our first-ever Zahn-Google Adopt-a-Startup Program. Over the past few months, these startups have worked with Google mentors to develop content marketing strategies, cost-per-click keyword marketing strategies, KPI dashboards, as well as strong Google Analytics skills. On Friday, December 9th, they presented their new-found strategies in a culminating celebration at Google's offices in Chelsea.As always, the Google-adopted startups taught us much more… Read More »
Many notable CCNY alumni visit the Zahn Center throughout the year, including Dr. Paul Fenster, '60. Dr. Fenster is a patent lawyer and expert in microelectronics. He was a full time professor of Electrical Engineering at City College of New York for 5 years, and has taught courses at Tel Aviv University, The Technion Institute of Technology in Haifa, The Weizmann Institute and was also a Visiting Professor of Physics in Medicine at Cornell University Medical School.Recently, he visited the Zahn Center and spoke with aspiring entrepreneurs on what it means to pursue their dreams… Read More »
We are thrilled to share the new Zahn Center Cohort of the 2016-17 Competitions! This year our process was more competitive than ever, and we were truly impressed by the quality and creativity of the ideas we received. We are looking forward to working with the new class of startups over the coming months as they tackle important problems with their entrepreneurial solutions!Over the past few weeks, weve worked with expert judges – from investors to successful entrepreneurs, educators to executives – to help select our entries. Zahn staff held interviews with the top teams in… Read More »
We couldnt have chosen our 2017 Startup Competition Cohort without the help of our expert judges — investors, entrepreneurs, public officials, educators, and CCNY alumni who took the time to read dozens of student applications, provide feedback, and score startups based on a variety of factors, including market value and innovation.A huge thank you to: Adrish Majumdar, Ahmed Mohamed, Ali Sadegh, Ali Nayyar, Amy Herskovitz, Andrew Hapke, Art Brody, Brendan Mee, Brian Heiman, Casey Pickett, Celia Lloyd, Christopher Reim, Claude Brathwaite, Dave Newman, Drew Aldrich, Elaine Chin,… Read More »
We recently read a post by Alex Iskold from Techstars that echoes exactly the conversation we've been having at the Zahn Center about our commitment to our startups and the entrepreneurial community of CCNY, but before you check it out, keep reading.As we all experienced this past week, the world is unpredictable. But one thing is certain: entrepreneurs will thrive in any environment. The person who operates without fear, with extraordinary persistence and competence, who knows her strengths and sense of purpose — this individual of entrepreneurial spirit will succeed in… Read More »
A running joke amongst millennials is the excessive amount of experience you need to be qualified for an entry level position. It makes it frustrating for someone about to graduate college, who spent the last four years thinking they were preparing themselves for the real world, only to find out that it wasnt enough to land a job. Thats why we believe in giving students the opportunity to create hands on career experiences for themselves. This past summer, we placed 35 outstanding CCNY student interns at innovative companies throughout the city. They said NO to fetching coffee… Read More »
“The future is already here, it's just not very evenly distributed.” Minerva Tantoco opened last week's “Women Investing in Women” Panel with this William Gibson quote, reminding us of the gender gap that still exists within entrepreneurship and investing. A gap that in 2016 is rather maddening. According to Entrepreneur magazine, women entrepreneurs control 30 percent of all small business and are responsible for $1.4 trillion in sales. However, female founders receive only 7 percent of available venture capital. For black women-led startups, these statistics are even… Read More »
City College is one of the most diverse campuses in the nation. Likewise, our zahntrepreneurs are especially unique because of their diverse experiences. One such entrepreneur is Aashna Shah, founder of Gleam. Since struggling with depression in high school, Shah channeled her energy into a mission to help others live with mental illnesses. Recently, Shah was awarded with a prestigious grant for Gleam from Education for Fair Consideration (E4FC)s Fund for Undocumented Social Entrepreneurs. According to Shah, Undocumented, or €˜DACAmented, students are not often eligible for a… Read More »
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