[Video] 2 BU Students Pitch at Novel Event with Innovation Studio
Innovate@BU and Innovation Studio hosted a joint event at MassChallenge for 4 young entrepreneurs to pitch their ideas to a room full of experts for feedback, not funding.
“Astra Wellbeing” Meets State Rep John Lawn to Discuss Healthcare Venture
Astra Wellbeing met with State Representative and Chair of Healthcare Financing John Lawn at the State House to discuss their SMS-based application that addresses the historic nurse burnout crisis by sending them encouraging and uplifting text messages.
Noah Sorin Recognized In Poets & Quants Most Disruptive Business School Startups of 2022
Noah is the founder of Idori, which provides imaginative educational resources to 4-11-year-olds to inspire sustainable behaviors in kids around the world. BU’s Questrom School of Business is one of only two schools with more than one startup featured in the 2022 lineup!
Welcoming our Newest Additions to the Innovation Pathway Program
Join us in congratulating these teams on joining the Innovation Pathway program! Without further ado, let’s meet these five teams and learn about their ventures a little more. Strength from Numbers First up, we have the Strong family’s Strength From Numbers which is an enrichment program for underprivileged students studying math in elementary and middle […]
BU Alums’ Venture “Inversion Space” Puts Them Into Forbes’ 30 Under 30
Justin Fiaschetti and Austin Briggs created Inversion Space to supply cheaper re-entry vehicles to bring cargo back to earth. It’s building a four-foot diameter capsule to orbit the earth, collect cargo in outer space, and deliver it to any place on earth in 45 minutes. They’ve raised over $10 million.
BU Alum Kevin Tang Included in BostInno’s 25 Under 25
During Kevin Tang’s freshman year of college at Boston University, he realized that most public restrooms were extremely unsanitary, and he wanted to do something to clean them up. Tang co-founded Cleana Inc., a Boston University and MIT hardware startup.
Innovation Night Launches Innovate@BU Into A New Year
Innovation is ALIVE and well at BU! (But of course, we already knew that ) Thanks to our emcee Noah Sorin (Questrom’24), Pitch & Pizza judges Misty Farrell-Pennington, Patrick Abouchalache, and Stephanie Arzanipour, and a big thanks to our Innovator-in-Residence Jonathan Allen for inspiring the crowd! It took a lot of pizza to feed all […]
Innovate@BU Holiday Traditions: New, Old, and Adapted
As we all continue to adapt to the many changes and challenges of this year, our staff and community share holiday traditions that they are continuing, altering, or adopting this year!
BUild Lab Awarded Top Emerging Entrepreneurship Center by the Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers
The annual award honors entrepreneurship centers that are five years old or less and have demonstrated success in a variety of areas.
11 Student Finalists Announced in The New Normal Challenge
This summer, students came together to develop ideas to support the BU community on- and off-campus this fall. On September 23, meet the finalists who will receive funding to support their idea.