by Sam Hysell (GSB ’14) Three days. Five scalable tech startups. One vision. Last weekend, 40 students from throughout New York City — including three from Fordham — came together in downtown Manhattan for 3-Day Startup, a rapid-fire incubator for …
by Brendan Francolini Sure, last month’s Small Biz Connector was a career fair. But it was designed to be different from most Fordham career fairs. Geared for students interested in entrepreneurship and the process of getting a new business off …
Here’s entrepreneurial success you can drink to. The CEO of a juice and smoothie franchise is coming to campus next week to talk about starting up a business — but also, thrillingly, to hand out free fruit drinks for Fordham students …
Career fairs are a familiar piece of the college landscape: Employers set up booths, students bring résumés, and the hiring ritual commences in earnest. Meet recruiters from Citigroup or Sony, leave with valuable job leads. Simple. But what if there …
Startups, small companies and other entrepreneurial employers are already signing up to meet Gabelli students at the Small Biz Connector, our brand-new career fair for entrepreneurially minded students. Here’s a first look at some of the dozens of companies who …
Think of it as a petri dish that grows a business. Fast. An organization called 3-Day Startup is looking for 40 entrepreneurially minded students to get together at a downtown Manhattan workspace over the course of a long weekend — …
The idea of urban farming sounds odd, but it’s actually an area of enormous potential for entrepreneurs looking to start new ventures in the field of sustainable business. Hear about the growing (get it?) business opportunities in urban agriculture from …
GabelliConnect reporter Catherine Migueis (GSB ’12) sat down with Josh Salvo, a Gabelli junior, to talk about his startup company, ReddyYeti.com, a web site where skiers can find American-made skis and snowboards that fit their exact preferences. Name: Josh Salvo (GSB …
Gabelli students and alumni are welcome to sign up for the third iteration of the Fordham Accelerator for Business, a program at the graduate school that helps current and future entrepreneurs workshop a business idea into a viable proposition. The …
Walk around your class tomorrow and ask who wants to fail the final. You won’t find any takers, of course. Nobody wants to fail. But entrepreneurs who visited Fordham during the Gabelli-sponsored TrepCon — a week-long entrepreneurship conference — argued …
