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eLab: Cornell’s Student Accelerator
A Student Agencies and Entrepreneurship at Cornell program supported by CREA
Founded in 2008, eLab is unlike any other entrepreneurship class—it is a student accelerator that launches 8-12 real businesses each year. Student teams spend one year evolving their business plans, speaking with potential customers, pitching to investors, and preparing for launch.
The program attracts some of the brightest and most driven students in the nation. Students from any study across the Cornell campus can apply to the program and, once accepted, they are connected to an invaluable network of successful Cornell alumni that are eager to help them succeed.
Students graduate with the experience, skills, and connections to launch successful companies.
Students in eLab take 4.5 credits of courses at the Johnson School. CREA staff provides program management support and funding is provided by Entrepreneurship at Cornell.
eLab News
Introducing Carol Fitzgerald: A Dairy Runway alum launching her new business, Hazy Fudge
Rev: Ithaca Startup Works Launches Applications for Expanded Prototyping Hardware Accelerator
Ithaca, NY (February 16, 2024) – Bolstered by a new MedTech track and increased capacity to...
Dairy Competition Winner Awarded $200K Grant
by Sabrina Khaleque Laura Mack, the owner of an independent ice cream parlor called lu•lu Ice...
Seventeen eLab Teams Advance to Spring Semester
by Paige Tolan Of the 28 teams that completed eLab, Cornell’s student startup accelerator, this...