Creativity, compassion shine in latest Venture Challenge
By GREGORY ZELLER // One of Long Island’s great collegiate-level innovation competitions staged its Spring 2025 installment last week – and, as usual, it did not disappoint. Now in its…
Entrepreneurs
Adelphi biz plan competition eyes sense, sustainability
SBU startup earns top honors in SUNY ‘summer school’
At The Viscardi Center, a pitch-a-thon like no other
Hofstra biz-plan contest ventures into new territory
Willumstad wings it with virtual biz-plan competition
All things being unequal, Hofstra’s Challenge lives on
Spur East: Pass the hors d’oeuvres, let’s get to work
Seeing the innovation economy in black and white
Lesko leaves, so Hofstra Entrepreneurship Sikes up
By GREGORY ZELLER // The student has become the master at Hofstra University, where Stacey Sikes is the new executive dean of the Center for Entrepreneurship. Sikes succeeds former Executive…
Programming note: Second ‘CoderSchool’ set for Roslyn
By GREGORY ZELLER // One of the hottest franchises in the world of computer coding will soon open its second Long Island location. TheCoderSchool, a Silicon Valley-based program focused on…
SBU researcher eyes crowdfunding success factors
By GREGORY ZELLER // The ultimate success of a crowdfunding campaign depends largely – but not exclusively – on the product or service at hand. That’s the main thrust of…
The Spur: How I spent my summer (working) vacation
By GREGORY ZELLER // That jingle-jangle you hear in Southampton comes from The Spur, the private co-working and entrepreneur’s club that’s moseyed into a new summer home. After a six-month…
Appointees enrich Hofstra’s Center for Entrepreneurship
By GREGORY ZELLER // They’re powering up at Hofstra University’s three-year-old Center for Entrepreneurship, where a transfusion of fresh blood is kicking innovation to new levels. The center has tapped…
Global honor for Hofstra’s Center for Entrepreneurship
Hofstra University’s Center for Entrepreneurship has snagged a prestigious international honor. The Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers, an international collaboration of more than 225 university-centered entrepreneurship programs, has named the Hempstead-based university’s…