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…
Mike Seiman
No. 686: We hope you dance and Make a Wish come true and use all the right words, and enjoy the shrimp
Fond farewell: Welcome to Friday, friends, and an ending that’s replete with innovative beginnings. With a busy and beautiful May on the doorstep, we’re wrapping up transitional April and this…
No. 559: Flying saucers, supervillains and mutant viruses – are we living in an ‘X Files’ episode?
Going to be a big day: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, as we brave another wintry week of socioeconomic innovation – with the fate of the Republic hanging in…
Hofstra biz-plan contest ventures into new territory
By GREGORY ZELLER // The coronavirus couldn’t stop tradition at Hofstra University, where the regularly scheduled Hofstra-Digital Remedy Venture Challenge went off without a hitch, virtually. Now in its eighth…
All things being unequal, Hofstra’s Challenge lives on
By GREGORY ZELLER // Health equity – a concept freshly redefined by our times – takes center stage in this year’s Healthcare Entrepreneurship Community Challenge. Hofstra University’s long-running entrepreneurship competition…
No. 396: Inventing spam, honoring McCall and challenging Hofstra’s entrepreneurs (plus Modern Monetary Theory, in color)
It’s Friday the 12th: And there’s nothing to fear, dear readers, as we reach the end of this latest springtime workweek and welcome another well-earned weekend. Rocket man: Today…
Community wellness wins in Hofstra’s 2019 ‘Challenge’
By GREGORY ZELLER // Roughly $60,000 in cash and prizes is up for grabs in an ambitious Hofstra University competition designed to improve health, wellness and socioeconomic conditions in underserved…
Digital Remedy merger, new COO microcast a wider net
By GREGORY ZELLER // From the Growing in More Ways Than One File comes Digital Remedy, a New York City digital advertiser with a Long Island pedigree, an impressive new…
Ten finalists to shoot for Hofstra-Digital Remedy gold
By GREGORY ZELLER // Ten finalists – including eight solo acts and two team efforts – will square off for three top slots (and more than $70,000 in prizes and…
Venture Challenge: Innovators dazzle, CountryBox soars
By GREGORY ZELLER // An e-commerce website pitched by a trio of undergraduate students walked off with top honors, and a hefty $20,000 check, in Tuesday’s final round of the…
Something ventured, lots to gain in Hofstra ‘Challenge’
By GREGORY ZELLER // It’s a new name but the same entrepreneurial spirit, as Hofstra University hurtles toward the final round of its latest Venture Challenge. Now dubbed the Hofstra-Digital…
Bionic hand, big stare top Hofstra pitch challenge
By GREGORY ZELLER // A 3D-printed bionic hand and a digital-age update on the classic “staring contest” were the big winners Thursday at the Hofstra University CPXi Venture Challenge. The…
Hofstra revamps its student pitch program
The CPXi Challenge has returned to Hofstra University – slightly tweaked, in hopes of involving and inspiring a greater number of innovative thinkers. Hofstra graduate and trustee Mike Seiman, founder…
Hofstra’s CPXi pitch challenge nears finals
Hofstra University is shaking up this year’s CPXi Venture Tech Challenge, a $100,000 student business-plan contest that’s touted as one of the richest in the country. Now in its third…