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Fair GameMBA alum Amy Buchan Siegfried is leading a sports-talk startup designed to get women off the sidelines.
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Mendoza Christmas MarketShop nonprofits that work with Mendoza programs to support a number of good causes this Christmas season.
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More than NILWith their company MOGL, Mendoza alums Ayden Syal and Brandon Wimbush are striving to help brands and college athletes navigate the new world of NIL.
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ND Founders Profile #95: Tommy FlaimFrom the day he stepped on the campus of the University of Notre Dame in 2012, Tommy Flaim knew he wanted to be an entrepreneur. His dream was not to be a tech unicorn, finding a cure for cancer or making piles of money. No, his vision was different. He wanted to start a fashion brand.
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With a $1.1B acquisition by Uber under his belt, this alumnus has delivered Notre Dame’s first unicorn
The backstory of the University of Notre Dame’s first unicorn startup sounds almost unbelievable. It began when one friend texted another with the question, “Why can’t you get alcohol delivered?”
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Unfamiliar conditions impact design thinking’s effectiveness on new product development, study findsIT, Analytics and Operations professor Nicholas Berente and his co-researchers collaborated with the COO of an AI-based SaaS company in Silicon Valley to take a closer look at the conditions and effectiveness of design thinking.
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Finding a seat: 2 business profs and a grad student built an app to help sports venues with physical distancingScott Nestler and Seth Berry, both professors of IT, Analytics and Operations, and MSBA/MBA candidate Joe Jenkins developed a cloud-based tool to help venue managers plan out the optimum seating configuration that aligns with their physical distancing and reduced capacity mandates.
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Kickstarter co-founder Charles Adler interviewed on With a Side of Knowledge podcastKickstarter, which celebrated its 10th anniversary in April, was created by Charles Adler, Perry Chen, and Yancey Strickler to help “artists, musicians, filmmakers, designers, and other creators find the resources and support they need to make their ideas a reality.” Adler visited Notre Dame as part of the Mendoza College of Business’s Ten Years Hence Speaker Series, which explores issues, ideas, and trends likely to affect business and society over the next decade.
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2019 McCloskey new venture competition results17 area teams were awarded more than $350,000 in cash and in-kind prizes at the 2019 McCloskey New Venture Competition on Friday, April 12. Resonado and Vital View Technologies split the $50,000 McCloskey Grand Prize, which is awarded to teams founded by Notre Dame students or alumni.
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Mendoza student named IDEA Week Young Entrepreneur of the YearMendoza student Mitchell Kokko (BBA '19), a six-time entrepreneur and an associate on the Pit Road Fund at the IDEA Center at the University of Notre Dame, won Young Entrepreneur of the Year.
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