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How I won the BYOBB®

The Innovation & Entrepreneurship Institute (IEI) runs some of the most lucrative pitch competitions at a university for early-stage ventures. The largest of these competitions, the annual Be Your Own Boss Bowl® (BYOBB®), took place in late April and saw eight finalist teams take home part of the $120,000 cash prizes.  This year marked the […]

Philly Made: Mothers Day Gift Edition

These gifts from #TempleMade founders will make this Mother’s Day the best yet.  From great desserts to beautiful jewelry, our gift guide has you covered.  Lokal Artisan Foods, home of the French Toast Bites Charisse McGill, STHM ’03, started Lokal Artisan Foods after being inspired by her daughter’s lemonade stand at the Lansdale Farmers Market. […]

Simply Good Jars: perfecting the art of the pivot

Jared Cannon, MS ’16,  is a Fox alumnus known for his most recent success, Simply Good Jars (SGJ), which offers chef-made salads in reusable packaging that make for a healthy on-the-go meal. In early 2021, Cannon pitched his idea to the investors on Shark Tank where he was able to secure an investment deal with […]

Lipstick shades are not universal, Pound Cake knew that

Influencers, celebrities and make-up lovers alike have all become beauty entrepreneurs with many saying the make-up market is oversaturated. But Pound Cake found a gap in the market with the realization that not all lipstick shades are universal.  Pound Cake is a pro-Black, pro-fat and pro-queer company created by Temple Owl and entrepreneur, Camille Bell, […]

Using sustainable business practices to forecast a better future

At the Fox School of Business, there is an emphasis on investing in innovation and entrepreneurship to help address social problems. This mission ensures that the school generates a positive impact on the city of Philadelphia and across the globe.  This sense of social responsibility in entrepreneurship and corporate culture runs deep in Fox School […]

Baking up a recipe for future success

Many people started hobbies in 2020 due to being at home during the pandemic. However, Class of 2023 business management major Torri Burrell took her hobby to a new level. She always had a love for baking—at 12 years old, she started out making simple cakes for family gatherings. However, Burrell wanted to master the […]

Food for happiness: the best treats for the best dogs

What do you do when your internships have been canceled because of the global pandemic? Brothers Kaleb and Kolby Rush decided to create their own real-world experiences. Risk management major Kaleb, Class of 2023, and his brother Kolby, who recently graduated from Penn State, combined their complementary skills and interests to start Saint Rocco’s Treats. […]

Founder of Simply Good Jars Jared Cannon to appear on ABC’s Shark Tank

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. […]

Switch Stream headlines How I Won the Be Your Own Boss Bowl®

Sarah and Rachel Stanton, co-founders of Switch Stream and grand prize winners of the 2020 Be Your Own Boss Bowl® (BYOBB®), kicked off this year’s competition on Jan. 20 at IEI’s annual “How I Won the Be Your Own Boss Bowl®” event. Switch Stream is an assistive technology startup that produces a smart hub for […]

2020 Innovative Idea Competition Finalists

It’s official! The 2020 Innovative Idea Competition Finalists have been selected and will pitch at the Finalist Event this Thursday, November 12th to an expert judging panel, and the track and grand prize winners will take home cash prizes! Our finalists represent six schools at Temple University: College of Engineering, College of Science and Technology, […]

Bettering the world with sustainability-focused entrepreneurship

Earlier this month, the Innovation & Entrepreneurship Institute kicked off this year’s Social Entrepreneurship Summit series with an event presented in partnership with the Innovation Leaders Speaker Series featuring Tom Szaky, founder and CEO of TerraCycle, a social enterprise Eliminating the Idea of Waste®. Szaky attended Princeton University, where his freshman experience learning profit- and […]

2020 recipients of the Lori Hermelin Bush Seed Fund

The Lori Hermelin Bush Seed Fund launched in 2017 by Lori Bush, former CEO of Rodan and Fields (Fox ‘85) in partnership with the Fox School of Business and the Innovation & Entrepreneurship Institute (IEI). The Lori Hermelin Bush Seed Fund supports ideas and models that advance women in entrepreneurship, and since its inception, the […]

An interest in innovation pushed Fulbright Scholar to follow her passion from Colombia to Temple

It was around 2016 that Gina Bobadilla, BBA ’20, Innovation Management & Entrepreneurship graduate student, discovered her interest in innovation. As a project management consultant at RSM International, a world-class audit, tax and consultancy firm focusing on middle-market businesses, Gina balanced her time between her full-time job while also earning a non-credit Specialization in Entrepreneurship: […]

Switch Stream takes grand prize in first virtual edition of Temple’s Be Your Own Boss Bowl®

Fox School Honors alumnae Sarah Stanton and Rachel Stanton among top prize winners at 22nd annual event Switch Stream, a company that makes wearable devices that help persons with physical impairments control their electronics, earned $60,000 in total prizes at the 22nd annual Be Your Own Boss Bowl® (BYOBB®), a Temple University-wide initiative that is […]

Lead by IEI, Temple University to be Host Location for Philadelphia’s First City-Wide Innovation Festival

B. PHL—Philadelphia’s first citywide innovation festival—will take place from October 15th-17th, aiming to build the city’s reputation as an innovation hub and highlight entrepreneurial organizations ranging from universities to Fortune 500 companies to individual entrepreneurs. Spearheaded by several of the city’s leading corporate innovators, including Independence Blue Cross, Comcast, and Visit Philadelphia, B.PHL will offer […]

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