The day when humans never again have to vacuum came another step closer to reality last week as Maidbot, the Cornell University student startup that’s on a mission to transform hotel housekeeping with robots, took first place in Student Startup Madness, a national tournament-style competition for new digital media businesses.
In a forum for next-gen entrepreneurs, innovators, and industry professionals, IGNITE U NY on March 21 focused on emerging enterprises in the Capital Region that are shaping the future of STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and math) education in grades kindergarten through 12th grade.
Here’s a great business idea: a “drink-of-the-month” club. Customers subscribe online and each month you send them all the ingredients they need to make a great cocktail or mixed drink. A Caipirinha, for example. Or a Julieta. Or a Billionaire’s Margarita. This was one of the innovative ideas put in motion at Startup Weekend 2016.
Just off a successful Kickstarter campaign, the three founders of ChugaChaga are preparing for a first run of 15,000 bottles. A student startup that graduated from Troy’s IGNITEU NY early accelerator program last summer will soon launch the new health drink it’s been developing for two years with a lot of help from the Capital Region’s startup community.
Create a new business in 54 hours. That’s the challenge that groups of developers, startup enthusiasts, marketing experts, graphic artists and students will take on at the fourth in Upstate New York this Friday through Sunday, Feb. 26-28.
More than 500 student teams are expected to complete at the 2016 New York Business Plan Competition in April. Here’s advice from startup investor Les Neumann of iCANny on how to prepare an “award winning” pitch. The deadline to enter the competition is March 25. Last year’s grand prize winner was Uma Bioseed.
Interviewed by E. Patrice Perkins at the December edition of Startup Grind Albany, Ecovative Cofounder and CEO Eban Bayer discussed the challenges and satisfactions of being an entrepreneur and provided a look into the future of biological technology.
Early in their strategizing, Worgan and Florence surveyed Skidmore students on clothing needs and preferences. Their key discovery: The lives of American college students today are so hectic and fast-paced that they have time only for low-maintenance clothes they can just throw on – but they still want to look stylish and fashionable.
Five new companies made pitches, including two student-led businesses – Double Dee’s and Allstolen Apparel Co. − that took first and second place in Skidmore College’s 2015 Kenneth A. Freirich Business Plan Competition.
Robert Manasier knew at a very young age that he never wanted to work for anyone, so he created a landscaping…
