This marks the second in a new blog series, “Spotlight,” where we'll give you a sense of what makes a Zahntrepreneur. In this blog, you'll meet Standard Chartered Women+Tech4NYC finalists StreetLabs and Frip.If you're a driver in the city, potholes are your car's worst nightmare. But StreetLabs believes that even New York's average commuter is affected by potholes. Have you ever stepped in a puddle that you thought was shallow and ended up being a four-inch deep pothole full of who knows what? Day ruined. StreetLabs is creating a smarter system for NYCs roads,… Read More »
Last week, startups that competed for the Kaylie Prize visited their sponsor, Harvey Kaylie at his companys headquarters in Brighton Beach. Grand Prize Winner Applied Motions, Second Place Winner UpWalk, and semi-finalists Migo and OnPointe pitched to Mr. Kaylie and toured the Mini-Circuits office for the first time.For these startups, meeting Mr. Kaylie in person at his own company was inspiring. “Its one thing to meet Harvey Kaylie in person at City College, but its a whole new experience to see what kind of company he built from ground up. Hes an example of a successful… Read More »
Next week marks the kickoff of our Summer Internship Program. Thirty CCNY students will begin life-changing internships at companies and startups like Crowd Bureau, Bloomberg, Source3, SHADE, Kinetic, and the New York City DOT.Patrick Sullivan, founder of Source3, gave a special presentation to start the program. Patrick is a serial entrepreneur and investor who is deeply passionate about the start-up community. He co-founded RightsFlow, an enterprise music licensing and royalty company acquired by Google in 2011. He has built businesses that have generated billions of dollars… Read More »
EmoTrain will present at the 29th IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) at the Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas from June 26th-July 1st. CVPR is the premier annual computer vision event comprising of a main conference with presentations, interactive sessions, plenary talks, demos, exhibitions, and social functions, and also 29 workshops and 22 short tutorials. The event gathers students, academics, and industry researchers from all over the world, and is sponsored by leaders in the field of artificial intelligence like Google, Amazon, Facebook, and… Read More »
Everyday, I leave work incredibly inspired by the students in our programs. Although they might not realize it, they're really the ones doing the teaching. The truth is, we don't use the term “zahntrepreneurs” to be cute. Our students are truly a special breed (I don't know of other college students who would rather be making cold calls to future business partners than enjoying a sunny day). To give you a sense of what makes a Zahntrepreneur, we're introducing a series of startup spotlights. In this blog, you'll meet Zahn Technology Prize finalists Hybridia and Komb.Hybridia is… Read More »
We told you the excitement wouldn't stop at the Final Pitch! Today, we're thrilled to announce the ten startups that will participate in our Accelerator Program this summer.Applied Motions – Wearables that collect biofeedback data to increase strength and agility while preventing injury.DAPP – A mobile application that connects groups of friends so they can hang out and have spontaneous fun.Favor – A valet app for simplifying car maintenance and repairs.Frip – An app that helps K-12 teachers find, plan, and organize curated school trips in NYC.Gleam – A web platform… Read More »
Alicia Glen, New York City's Deputy Mayor for Housing and Economic Impact; Maria Torres-Springer, President and CEO of the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC); President Lisa Staiano-Coico, President of the City College of New York (CCNY); and Ann Kirschner, Special Assistant to the Chancellor of the City University of New York (CUNY) visited the Zahn Innovation Center today to launch the International Innovators Initiative (IN2NYC). The Mayor's Office and IN2NYC visited to highlight the Zahn Innovation Center's involvement as a partner in the program… Read More »
We don't know about you all, but we're still riding high on the positive energy from last week's final events. We are in complete awe of our zahntrepreneurs…and so is the rest of the community! Check out some of the things we heard from our special guests who attended our events last week:“I drank the Zahn Kool-Aid, it tastes great and I want some more! Please consider me a friend to the program and call on me if you think there is any way that I can be helpful.” – Matthew Washington “I was blown away with the poise of the students delivering their pitches and the… Read More »
We're still glowing from the excitement of last night's Final Pitch. The caliber of startups in the Zahn Center's program this year was extraordinary, and those who pitched at the Final were best of the best. They've already received invitations to Techstars and have been encouraged to apply for Echoing Green Fellowships. Congratulations to all who presented last night. The audience was inspired by your vision for innovations that will make this world a better place.I'm pleased to announce this year's Grand Prize winners:Zahn Social Impact Prize Winner ($25,000)… Read More »
Yesterday 650 students, faculty and community members discovered the “next big thing” at the Zahn Innovation Center's fourth annual Demo Day, where 90 student entrepreneurs from the City College of New York shared their startups. It was a beautiful day to learn about the Internet of Things, test out new apps, play with social entrepreneurship prototypes, and see how technology innovations can make our city a better place.These student entrepreneurs are part of the current Zahn Innovation Center competition cohort and have been developing their ideas in an Lean Startup Bootcamp… Read More »
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