Teams from eLab, Cornell’s student startup accelerator; the Runway Startup Postdocs Program at Cornell Tech; and BioVenture eLab at Weill Cornell Medicine pitched their innovative business ideas at the annual Cornell Silicon Valley: Student Startup Showcase at San Francisco’s Autodesk Gallery on March 27. Jeff Kinder ’89, executive vice president of product development and manufacturing solutions at Autodesk, provided introductory remarks about the benefits of entrepreneurship on a personal and macroeconomic level. “There is no question to me, and I think to most, that entrepreneurship is essential to building and sustaining a dynamic and resilient company or country,” Kinder said. “The reason is that entrepreneurship means we take risks; we make big bets. We allow ourselves to fail and to learn.” Read the full story on Around Cornell.

Of the 28 teams that completed eLab, Cornell’s student startup accelerator, this fall, 17 startups are continuing their progress by participating in the Spring cohort after having proven their business ideas.

Teams from eLab, Cornell’s student accelerator, and Cornell Tech’s Runway Startups program shared their business ideas to an audience full of members of the West Coast Cornell community at the Student Startup Showcase, presented by Cornell Silicon Valley, on March 30 at the Autodesk Gallery in San Francisco. 

Of the 28 teams that eLab, Cornell’s student accelerator, welcomed in the fall, 11 student startups will continue on to the spring semester having validated their diverse business ideas.

On Oct. 20, the 28 student teams who are part of the eLab student business accelerator in Ithaca had the opportunity to pitch their ideas in New York City.