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Celebrating 10 years at Rev: Ithaca Startup Works

Celebrating 10 years at Rev: Ithaca Startup Works

In response to the 2014 opening of Rev: Ithaca Startup Works, CNN Business ran the headline: “Can this Small Town Compete with Silicon Valley?” While Ithaca has made headlines for its oversized number of startups per capita and having the highest R&D expenditures in New York state, 10 years later, it’s clear Rev: Ithaca Startup Works is not interested in competing with Silicon Valley, but in imagining an entrepreneurial ecosystem entirely its own. Over the past 10 years, Rev’s member startups have created over 1,000 jobs and generated over 100 million dollars in revenue.
Johnson Summer Startup Accelerator Teams Pitch Startups in NYC

Johnson Summer Startup Accelerator Teams Pitch Startups in NYC

The Johnson Summer Startup Accelerator (JSSA), offered by the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, is an intensive, summer-long program that guides MBA student founders through three phases of entrepreneurship education: customer discovery, developing solutions, and testing.
Rev: Ithaca Startup Works unveils new “Protofacturing” program

Rev: Ithaca Startup Works unveils new “Protofacturing” program

Rev: Ithaca Startup Works launched applications for the business incubator’s new Protofacturing Hardware Accelerator — a program connecting the existing Prototyping and Manufacturing Hardware Accelerators and helping entrepreneurs refine their prototypes.
Kessler Fellows Embark on Global Internships

Kessler Fellows Embark on Global Internships

The 2024 Kessler Fellows have accepted internships and will spend the summer gaining firsthand entrepreneurial experience in industries ranging from supersonic airliners to a sustainable interior design company. This year’s fellows had an interest in international startups, with some heading to Shanghai, Kent, Edinburgh, and Wales to pursue their summer internships.  
Green Technology Innovation Fellows Pitch Environmental Startups

Green Technology Innovation Fellows Pitch Environmental Startups

Cornell University’s 2023-24 cohort of Green Technology Innovation Fellows  gathered in Statler Hotel’s amphitheater on April 27 to showcase their green technology startups and to celebrate the conclusion of the program’s core course, Green Tech Entrepreneurship in Practice.
Big Red Ventures shares portfolio updates at Annual Meeting

Big Red Ventures shares portfolio updates at Annual Meeting

Big Red Ventures (BRV), Cornell University’s early-stage venture capital fund run by MBAs and other graduate students, presented its portfolio and announced a new investment during the Annual Meeting on April 18 at Cornell Tech.