With Demo Day only about a month away, wed like to introduce you to some of our startups competing for seed funding totaling $150,000. Many of our startups are pursuing the fields of medtech & biotech, and theyre inspired by their love of science and engineering to create solutions to real-world problems. In this blog youll meet one of those startups, Brystech, a team creating a device that makes breast cancer screenings not only more accessible, but wayyy more comfortable. Brystech is made up of senior biomedical engineering students Jemimah Aslarona, Tala Azar, Alex Chalco… Read More »
With Demo Day and the Final Pitch only about a month away, we thought wed re-introduce you to the startups vying for seed funding totalling $150,000. Usually, we introduce them to you in their respective tracks (Kaylie Hardware, Zahn Social Impact, Standard Chartered Women+Tech4NYC, and Zahn Technology), but this time, we thought wed highlight some of the themes were seeing startups explore this year. While theyre still competing by track, youll notice that many of them could fit in multiple categories. Were pleased to report that across the board, were noticing many startups at… Read More »
City College has always been the birthplace of some of historys greatest innovations. From groundbreaking scientists and technologists to change-making political leaders and artists, CCNY alumni have led the charge into a brighter future. At our annual Demo Day & Final Pitch, youll meet the next chapter of that legacy in our CCNY startups. These events kick off the week of April 30th, and below is info about each, as well as an updated list of the 2018 Venture Competition Cohort!What to expect at Demo Day? Demo Day takes place on Monday, April 30th at the City College… Read More »
In our previous interview with Clayton Banks, the investor and Silicon Harlem founder spoke about the next generation of entrepreneurs–Millennials and Generation Z–and their potential to use technology to not only improve infrastructure and efficiency, but quality of life. I get to work with this new crop of entrepreneurs everyday at the Zahn Center. In this blog, Ill introduce you to Lucid Motion, a startup developing a human-generated power device that fights muscle atrophy. Their potential market is the aging population, and they hope to create a smart device to improve… Read More »
At the Zahn Innovation Summit on March 6th, youll hear from local government officials, investors, and entrepreneurs. Each of our guests will share their expert opinions and advice on technology, entrepreneurship, and more. As a teaser, I sat down with one of our featured guests who will speak on our investor panel, Clayton Banks, Co-Founder and CEO of Silicon Harlem.The mission of Silicon Harlem is to transform Harlem and other urban markets into Innovation and Technology hubs. Under Claytons leadership, Silicon Harlem has been able to partner with the Department of Education… Read More »
At the Zahn Center, we believe that diverse thinking drives innovation. In order to celebrate that, we're introducing the Zahn Innovation Summit, a premiere event that gathers a broad set of leaders in the NYC startup space with emerging entrepreneurs at the City College of New York in Harlem. The summit includes workshops to build skills, a fireside chat about unique opportunities in NYC, and a discussion about the power of investment in non-traditional founders. Participants will also meet the current class of startups at the Zahn Center. This exciting event is brought to you… Read More »
The good news keeps on coming. Wed like to update you on one of our startups, Nuravine. You may remember them as the food computer of the future, but since then, theyve made a slight pivot. They still have the same dream of building fully automated food-growing systems, but theyre hyper-focused right now on making the first product. They call it Elixir, an auto-nutrient doser and ph-balancer for indoor hydroponics. Nuravine was recently accepted into The National Science Foundation (NSF) Innovation Corps (I-Corps) National Competition. I-Corps prepares scientists and engineers… Read More »
Innovation lives everywhere. The brightest ideas in solving problems in our society can come from every corner and every community, and we would be crazy to ignore the contributions of the immigrants, women, ethnic and religious minorities, and any other way you want to define diversity.Raj Chetty and his team at Stanford have again published important work on the study of inequality in our society, and their most recent research on Lost Einsteins particularly rings true for us at the Zahn Center at The City College of New York. The research concludes that innovators must be… Read More »
Looking to gain new skills this year? You can learn something new at our public workshops, free for all CCNY students, faculty, and staff. No previous skills are required to attend. Heres a complete list of whats being offered this semester:Thursday, February 22nd at 6pmIoT & Arduino 101 Workshop: Are you fascinated by the world of IoT? In this workshop, youll build an understanding of the IoT space & learn how to work with an Arduino board. RSVP here!Software Design for Startups Workshop: Learn how to design your software in order to ensure rapid delivery. RSVP here!… Read More »
We want to hear your ideas!Many students visit the Zahn Center to get feedback on their ideas. We love getting visitors from across campus, so now we're making it even easier for you to meet with us. This semester we're launching Open Office Hours at the Zahn Center @Marshak. All you have to do is stop by during one of the days/times listed below to bounce your ideas off of us. You'll leave with advice and feedback from our resident entrepreneurs.Mondays, 11am-12pm with the Ouvos teamTuesdays, 10am-4pm with Ellie Li of Projections.ioWednesdays, 8am-12pm with Namisha Bahl of… Read More »
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