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The Innovation and Entrepreneurship Institute would like to thank everyone who participated in and contributed to the 18th Annual Innovative Idea competition.  We received an unprecedented amount of applications this year representing a large variety of majors and schools throughout Temple. We would like to extend our congratulations to the 2015 winners: Anne Nelson Grand […]

Applications are now being accepted for the 2016 Cupid’s Cup Entrepreneurship Competition, presented by Under Armour Founder and CEO Kevin Plank. Cupid’s Cup aims to reach the top entrepreneurial minds in the country, and more importantly, to inspire and foster the community of college students and recent graduates who have already followed Plank’s lead and are […]

Like the show Shark Tank? Come watch our Idea Competition finalists pitch their ideas live, Shark Tank style at the Idea Competition Presentation & Awards Reception. The event will be hosted on Wednesday, November 11 at 4:00 P.M. in the Undergraduate Commons. Food and drinks will be provided. We hope to see you there!

We are pleased to announce the finalists for our 18th Annual Innovative Idea Competition. With more than 350 submissions, our finalists include: Seed Dyes (Tyler Stoltzfus, Fox) Pound Cake Incorporated (Camille Bell, SMC ‘15) Self-Stabilizing Gloves (Sabrina Zouaghi, CST) Quick Stabilizing Carbon (Stephen Peduto, Engineering) Fumi Convertor (Meckell Strickland-Dulaney, Fox) My Menu Genie (Shahd Azab, CST) […]

“Most companies stop creating their business plans because of the financials… Professor Carey makes them incredibly simple to understand” –Ellen Weber On November 5, a packed room full of students gathered in the IEI Lab to listen to Professor Carey’s business plan workshop on financials. Specifically, his presentation focused on the past, present and future […]

Strategic Management Professor Dwight Carey’s business plan workshop, ‘Financials Made Simple’ is tomorrow in the IEI Lab from 4:00 to 5:15 P.M. Food and drinks will be provided. Be sure to stop by, you won’t want to miss this one!

On October 27, Max Perelman of Biomeme, Inc. joined us for a Fireside Chat. Biomeme, a Philadelphia biotech startup, offers a device that attaches to your iPhone and enables you to perform gold-standard DNA analysis. During his presentation, Max explained how he co-founded Biomeme and discussed some of the successes and challenges his innovation faces. Afterwards, […]

Don’t forget to submit your idea into the Innovative Idea Competition by Wednesday, October 28 at 11:59 P.M. Take the risk- you could win $2,500 to help you better develop your business idea! Click here for access to the application.

Biomeme, the Philadelphia biotech start up, will be joining us for a Fireside Chat on 10/27. It will be held in the IEI Lab from 4:00- 5:15 PM. Food and drinks will be provided.    We hope to see you there! Register to attend here.

Entrepreneurs and technologists joined Temple University staff and students in The Egg for the TechConnect workshop on October 16. The all-day workshop helped attendees develop their biomedical and healthcare technology ideas through a variety of business models and strategies. Throughout the day, attendees listened to sessions lead by both Dr. Rob McNamee of Temple and […]

On October 14, Temple students from every school and college gathered in the IEI Lab to receive coaching on their ideas for the Idea Competition. In a round table fashion, students sat with local entrepreneurs and pitched their ideas to them. During the hour session, coaches were able to give students advice on how they […]

Join us next week for our Value Proposition Workshop with David Calabrese. It will be held on 10/20  at 4:00 PM in the IEI Lab-Alter Hall 503D. Learn more about this critical component of all business plans and how to also create a winning business model. Food and drinks will be provided.

Next week is our TechConnect Workshop. Don’t forget to register and mark your calendars! TechConnect is a daylong workshop that helps develop technological innovations to market success. This year’s focus is BioMedical and Healthcare Technologies. TechConnect will take place on Friday, October 16th from 8:30 am – 4:00 pm in the Undergraduate Commons in Alter […]

Do you have an idea for a new product, service or technology? The Innovative Idea Competition is an annual event held during the Fall semester, hosted by the Innovation & Entrepreneurship Institute. The Competition encourages the generation of innovative new products, services, and technologies from all 17 schools and colleges within Temple University which can become […]

Join the TUYA for the 5th edition of the #TempleMadeEntrepreneur event series featuring Brian Linton of United by Blue. Brian will discuss how he and his company successfully launched two products with the help of Kickstarter, 2,500+ backers, and over $150,000! We will hear about the benefits of crowdfunding platforms like Kickstarter as a means […]