The 2025 Jiang Fellows are now back in Ithaca, NY, to share their experiences, tips, and favorite memories from their respective startup internships.
Johnson Summer Startup Accelerator
December 10, 2022
A Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management program supported by CREA
The Johnson Summer Startup Accelerator (JSSA) is a 10-week summer intensive that enables MBA student-led teams to grow their startup in the summer and build off the momentum they generated in the spring semester. Supported by the plethora of Cornell and Ithaca entrepreneurial resources, startup teams:
- Develop a custom plan for growth with milestones to evaluate progress
- Participate in weekly workshops on a variety of topics including marketing, IP protection, building a team, and funding
- Attend networking events with other startups, experienced entrepreneurs, and potential industry partners and funders
- Regularly meet with Entrepreneurs in Residence for 1:1 consultation and support
Johnson Summer Startup Accelerator News
Jiang Fellows Tell All
JSSA Culminates with Demo Day Pitch Event
The largest cohort of the Johnson Summer Startup Accelerator (JSSA) in program history pitched their startups to members of the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management community in New York City on August 8.
Green Technology Innovation Fellows Welcomes Third Cohort
The Green Technology Innovation Fellows program, an interdisciplinary entrepreneurship and research translation initiative at the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, is proud to welcome its third cohort.
Rev prototyping program teaches entrepreneurs to ‘get messy’ and pivot
When they were seniors at Ithaca High School last year, Isabelle Cohen, Alex Elia and Jennifer Zhao hated seeing the plastic waste pile up from the 3D printer in their school’s makerspace, with no way to recycle it.



