As a female founder, sometimes its especially difficult to raise capital. At our panel event on November 2nd, Emily Susskind of Golden Seeds and Minerva Tantoco of Future Perfect Ventures will discuss how leading women VCs are creating a network of female entrepreneurs and investors. The discussion will be moderated by Manhattan Borough President Gale A. Brewer.This panel will remove the mystique around raising funds, it will talk about the different rounds, and discuss how to pitch to different investors. You'll also learn how the best VCs find golden opportunities.This鈥 Read More 禄
In one week, we'll host a Fintech Hackathon sponsored by RBC Capital Markets. Yesterday, forty competitors gathered for an info session to build their teams and learn more about the challenges they'll address. The Fintech Hackathon was designed to create innovative technological solutions within the financial sector. It will bring together students from a variety of different disciplines, including computer science and economics. With the help of expert mentors in the both software engineering and business fields, student teams will design projects for these three 鈥渟ecret鈥濃 Read More 禄
Yesterday, Sophia Sunwoo, CEO/Founder of Water Collective, shared her story with us in an intimate conversation. In 2016, Sunwoo was named a leading force in Social Entrepreneurship on Forbes' 30 Under 30 list for Water Collective's work in developing nations like Cameroon. She spoke about the struggles of social entrepreneurship and the role Millennials play in the world of #socent.Sunwoo's journey to social entrepreneurship was unique. She started her career in the fashion industry with a startup that created band t-shirts and apparel especially designed for women, worn by鈥 Read More 禄
This Fall we launched a new program called 鈥淢aker Olympics.鈥 Essentially, it's a semester-long series of exciting design, hardware, and presentation workshops culminating in a November Hardware Hackathon. The workshops are designed to introduce students to design and hardware concepts, build upon existing knowledge and expertise, and prepare them for the Hardware Hackathon and/or entrance into the 2017 Zahn Startup Competition.Maker Olympics is the brain-child of Zahn team members Devin Voorsanger and Aulio Diaz, and is a huge hit on campus (almost all of the workshops鈥 Read More 禄
We are very excited to announce that five Zahn startups (Veripad, Gleam, Frip, Komb, and DAPP) will participate in an 鈥淎dopt-a-Startup鈥 program at Google. Over the next few months, Google mentors and startups will produce a marketing and customer acquisition strategy, with the results shared at a group meeting at Google in early December. Google mentors will help the startups develop a Content Marketing Strategy, a Cost-per-Click Keyword Marketing Strategy, and a KPI dashboard, as well as strong Google Analytics skills.Each startup will work closely with two to three鈥 Read More 禄
VeriPAD, winner of the 2016 Zahn Social Impact Prize, has come a long way since Demo Day. After spending the summer in our Accelerator Program, VeriPAD announced they will spend the next three months in the Merck KGaA Accelerator in Nairobi, Kenya. The program offers funding, as well as mentorship and technical support for budding entrepreneurs in Africa. It will also allow them to reach their target market directly.VeriPAD aims to tackle the counterfeit drug crisis in the developing world. By combining an easy-to-use app with a Paper Analytical Device (PAD), VeriPAD gives鈥 Read More 禄
Last Friday, September 30th, the Zahn Innovation Center hosted it's second-annual Idea Jam, a day-long ideation session meant to challenge students to create innovative solutions for local, global, and everyday issues. Students were presented with broad challenges including clean energy, clean water, the hunger crisis, global internet access, tech & data literacy, affordable education, human rights, foster care, sustaining the arts, and migraine management that were submitted to us by local and state government stakeholders. OpenBox, a design and innovation鈥 Read More 禄
Welcome back, CCNY! Weve missed you! While youve been gone, the team at the Zahn Center has been planning some pretty awesome stuff for you guys (if we do say so ourselves). Whether you want to meet new friends at movie nights and open mics, discuss ideas and solve social issues at Idea Jam and our speaker series, OR test your technical skills at our Maker Olympics, youll find something just for you this semester. Here's a link to our full calendar, but youll want to join us at the Competition Kickoff Party next Thursday, September 8th from 12-2pm!Let us know you're coming鈥 Read More 禄
After ten weeks of hard work, the 2016 Accelerator cohort finished the program with flare. Seven startups presented their prototypes, debuted their web platforms and apps, and pitched their business plans to a room of one hundred stakeholders and investors at a final Demo Day at RISE New York on August 15th.Gleam, Frip, Kanic, DAPP, Komb, StreetLabs, and VeriPAD had the opportunity to network with investors afterwards and meet one on one with them.For a full recap of the night, check out this article by US News & World Report. You can also enjoy this introduction video.
You've seen the memes. 鈥淲e're looking for a 22-year-old with 35 years of career experience.鈥 In today's world, it's getting harder and harder for Millennials (the largest cohort to ever enter the workforce) to land jobs after graduation. That's why it's so important for students to get career experience while they're in school, so that when they leave, they have those 鈥2-3 years of experience鈥 under their belt.That's why we believe in the power of PAID internships. This year, we'll place close to 80 students at internships throughout the city. In the Fall and Spring alone, we鈥 Read More 禄
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