Entrepreneurship

A Third Bridge grant helped Prof. Leila Daneshmandi launch the company Encapsulate along with fellow UConn Ph.D. Armin Tahmasbi Rad ’19.

Third Bridge Grants Advance Student Tech Toward Commercialization

The program awards funding to student teams ranging from $10,000 to $75,000

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UConn Moving Forward on Bold ‘Innovation Faculty’ Plan to Bolster Entrepreneurialism, Grow State’s Economy

Plan envisions recruiting 'innovation faculty' over the next five years, all with track records of entrepreneurship in targeted areas

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Coding, Creating, and Changing the World

How the Stamford Startup Studio and the Werth Institute helped one student discover the innovator within

Entrepreneur-in-Residence Alexsandr Tropps (center) meets with executives of TIP Digital startup ConnexMarkets (CXM): Jeff Hudson, chief marketing officer (left), and Tim Clorite, chief executive officer (right). (Contributed photo)

The Heart of UConn’s TIP Digital: Its Entrepreneurs-in-Residence

Travis Millman, an entrepreneur-in-residence for UConn’s technology incubation program (TIP) in Stamford, offers an inside look at mentoring startups

Meet the Innovator: Nicole Wagner, LambdaVision, Inc.

Nicole Wagner is working to translate a technology she began developing as a graduate student at UConn into a medical solution for patients with end-stage retinal degenerative diseases

‘I Run to the Fire’: Serial Entrepreneur, UConn Alum Nadav Ullman Tackling Supply Chain Nightmare

Building a new way to track goods and supplies from order to production to delivery

A Werth Institute event is aimed at helping students be fearless, persistent, and resilient in their endeavors toward landing their dream job or internship.

Students Invited to ‘Be Fearless’ at Werth Institute Summit

Motivating and preparing students to pursue their passions in life

App Supporting Archival Research Continues Development with Community Partnerships

Sourcery aims to provide a one-stop shop for archival document sharing between collecting institutions and researchers.

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Fostering Innovation and Fueling Economic Growth in Connecticut

UConn is uniquely able in our region to create networks of large, small, and now medium businesses with strong connections to our knowledge base to foster innovation and fuel economic growth

The student-focused startup competition Innovation Quest starts on Feb. 9 (UConn School of Business Photo).

Innovation Quest Organizers Expect ‘Extraordinary Turnout’ for This Year’s Competition

The 2021 iQ winner, Raina Jain, received a $15,000 check in support of her startup, The QueenBee, an all-natural, organic, immune-support beverage infused with honeybee products