Jacob Zax, BSBA’13, has been helping people make music since he graduated. From launching his first music composing app during spring semester of his senior year, Zax and his startup Edify have gone on to create another app, MusiQuest. We’ve got an update direct from Denver where Zax and his company are based. (more…)
We were lucky to have been selected by the CEL and Professor Holekamp to work as consultants for Swizzle, a new player in the influencer marketing industry. Swizzle hails from South Korea and has recently taken up residence in St. Louis at the T-Rex coworking space and technology incubator downtown. (more…)
When Chuck Cohn, BSBA ’08, was a junior at Olin, he saw an opportunity to put his smart WashU classmates to work. In 2007, he launched Varsity Tutors as a live learning platform that connects students with personalized instruction. Varsity Tutors has grown rapidly since then, expanding nationally to connect nearly 50,000 students to more than 15,000 thoroughly vetted instructors.
Half of the companies selected to join the Capital Innovators’ accelerator Spring 2016 portfolio were founded by Olin entrepreneurs.
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d Technologies is creating a system that will grow fresh vegetables, spices, and herbs right on your kitchen counter – green thumb not required! Danny Varghese, MBA’16, is CFO of the startup that won an Arch Grants last year. (more…)
Not long after we met Andrew Glantz, BSBA’17, cofounder of FoodShare (see blog post), he started winning startup competitions that are leading to more competitions, recognition, travel, and award money! Congrats to Andrew and the FoodShare team. Here’s the latest on their winnings:
The Mobileys: A competition for the most innovative mobile app that will make a difference. FoodShare won the People’s Choice Award and a grant for $2,500 as well as an all-expense paid trip to D.C. on December 9-11 to attend business conferences/meetings.
2nd Annual U.Pitch College Elevator Pitch Competition & Showcase: Andrew was selected as one of 24 semi-finalists for the U.Pitch competition in Chicago for December 7th. Sponsored by Future Founders, a non-profit organization that believes every youth can become an entrepreneur.
Global Student Entrepreneurship Awards: Sponsored by the Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO), FoodShare won the regional competition and an all expense paid trip to to the next round, the National GSEA finals in Miami Florida in February. The winner of the National competition moves on to compete at the global finals in Bangkok, Thailand. The regional win also scored these perks for FoodShare: $300 of spending money for the Miami competition; an all expense paid trip to the EO Roundup conference in Houston for 2.5 days of learning and networking; attendance at 4 learning days at the EO Accelerator; sales and marketing training form a local EO member business; and tax returns done by a local EO member’s business.
SLU’s ‘Real’ Elevator Pitch Competition:
FoodShare has been named one of the top 10 “Social Impact” finalists and beat out hundreds of other student submissions from all over the nation. The Final Round takes place Dec. 6 at One Metropolitan Square in St. Louis, MO.
1st Place – $2,500 and an expenses paid trip to SXSW Interactive in Mar 2016
2nd Place – $1,500
3rd Place – $1,000
