Master of Science in Innovation Management & Entrepreneurship News

Temple’s own Silicon Valley is about to become a reality at Temple I: The Tech Mansion. 

Philip Michael, entrepreneur, and co-founder of NYCE, a real estate startup, set his sights on Temple University as the site of his own version of a co-living “hacker house” for student entrepreneurs with business venture ideas.

Kourtney Thompson is on the path from student leader to business leader.  This week, Thompson, a Harrisburg native, will graduate from the Fox School of Business with a Master of Science in Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship (IME). Since coming to Temple in 2015 as an undergraduate at the Klein College of Media and Communication, Thompson […]

Welcome to the future. It was an abrupt adjustment! The COVID-19 pandemic definitely caught most of us by surprise. Then again, organizations with robust innovation intelligence functions were ready to adapt, even if they had never envisioned this specific scenario. That’s because the trends now reflected in our radically different reality actually have been on […]

College of Engineering alumnus Enoque Panzo among top winners at virtual pitch competition; Fox School students Bryan Huang and Francis Duong win undergraduate track Kiese Technologies LLC, a company that is making new technologies that will be used to help advance the construction industry, earned $60,000 in total prizes at the 23rd annual Be Your […]

Temple alumnus to pitch company during Friday, March 5, episode of hit television series PHILADELPHIA, March 1, 2021 — Since its founding in November 2017, Simply Good Jars has enjoyed quite the rise. The company’s Simply Smart Fridges were blanketed all over the city, present in gyms, hotels, coworking spaces and even the convention center. […]

Early last Thursday evening, the 1810 Accelerator hosted the most recent installment of Temple’s Innovation Leader Speaker Series; a panel discussion on Agile Product Development. This round of innovation-based discussion was led by Kerry Slade, Assistant Academic Director for the Innovation & Entrepreneurship Institute, and featured examples of how the agile method is used to develop […]

When Nikolas Revmatas was young, his father taught him something he’s carried with him his whole life: that “the answer to everything is always no until you ask.” It’s this mentality that has guided Nik through his education and career, and what helped him become the brains behind the Saxbys “Make Life Better” campaign, launched […]

It was Philadelphia that Ben Franklin called home when he tied a key to a kite, flew it during a storm, got struck by lighting and discovered the harnessing power of electricity. Since then, the City of Philadelphia has not only been known as the birthplace of our country but a haven for thinkers, innovators […]

The Innovation & Entrepreneurship Institute (IEI) was excited to welcome innovating alumnus, David Paul, back to campus last week to be the latest speaker to be featured in the Innovation Leader Speaker Series. Paul, founder and executive chairman at Globus Medical, stopped by for an intimate conversation about his journey from engineer to entrepreneur to […]

Last week, the IEI partnered with Vanguard’s Innovation Studio for the second installment in the Innovation Leaders Speaker Series, a program launched this past spring to highlight best-practices for innovation in corporate settings. The event featured Lisha Davis, Head of the Innovation Studio, who sat down with Professor Robert McNamee to discuss how the Studio […]

Just one year into business, Jared Cannon, MS ’16, founder of the healthy eating startup Simply Good Jars (SGJ) is making a bold pivot away from individual food-in-jars subscriptions toward a smart refrigerator model that the company says will offer growth and sustainability. “Over the summer, our waiting list grew to over 750 people,” said […]

When looking for a restaurant, bakery, plumber, or lawyer, you’re likely to visit sites like Yelp or Angie’s List to help make a choice. In fact, recent research shows that 78 percent of consumers in the United States will read online reviews prior to making a purchase or decision. Meanwhile, businesses can use these review […]

The global phenomena of startup accelerators, incubators, and university labs have started to take hold in Pakistan. With a growing recognition of entrepreneurship as a driver of economic growth and social change, more organizations are investing in sustainable and socially responsible programs. And at the forefront of it all is Sumbal Bashir, Fulbright Scholar and […]

Do ethical entrepreneurs earn more? “Yes,” said Bernard “Bernie” Marcus, answering the question that also served as the title of his lecture. The co-founder and former CEO of The Home Depot, Marcus visited Temple University’s Fox School of Business Feb. 9 as the inaugural Warren V. “Pete” Musser Visiting Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Established […]