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ASU Fosters a Community of Student Entrepreneurs Through Edson Funding Initiative
Entrepreneurship at Arizona State University | May 20, 2011
In the first five years of the Edson Student Entrepreneur Initiative, 521 ASU student-led teams applied to join the program that provides up to $20,000 in seed funding, office space at SkySong, and mentoring to help launch a business or non-profit venture. image: Arizona State University students attending the Innovation Challenge Summit 2011.This year, 250 teams applied for the same 15 to 20 spots in the 2011-2012 Edson accelerator program.
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Maker Bench Opens Doors, Provides Resources to Tempe Builders
Entrepreneurship at Arizona State University | April 25, 2011
Underneath the technical aspects, the advanced hardware, electric work and engineering, David Uhlman's goal is a simple one.David Uhlman, center, CEO and founder of Maker Bench, talks to event attendees at an event at Hackspace at ASU Skysong in Scottsdale. Maker Bench is a collaborative work space geared toward engineers and builders. Photo by Kyle Patton "Let's just get together and build something," Uhlman says. "Less talking. More doing."
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Student's Innovation and Spirit Apparent in His Two for OneShot System
Entrepreneurship at Arizona State University | March 18, 2011
I’m not what you call a traditional college student. When my parents got divorced, I was five; my mom and I packed our bags and moved to Arizona from Pennsylvania to start a brand new life. Growing up, I was always pushing myself into leadership roles, whether that meant barking out orders to stuffed animals on my playground as I led them into a fierce war, or soaking up the opportunities that Student Council had to offer. I was always ‘that kid’ who you could have pinned to be a leader one day.
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ASU Grad Students Test Building's Impact Before It Gets Built
Entrepreneurship at Arizona State University | January 26, 2011
Charlene Mendez and Adam Tate are second-year graduate students in the ASU School of Architecture + Landscape Architecture. They are also co-managing partners of Goletian Design & Evaluation, a consulting firm that produces highly accurate digital models for testing the environmental performance of proposed building designs.  These are their stories.
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Service Learning: Cultivating Entrepreneurs and Creating Change
Entrepreneurship at Arizona State University | December 10, 2010
A single student can make a huge impact given the tools, opportunities, and guidance to do so. Entrepreneurship major Chad Fogg knows well the truth of this statement.
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Sweet Inde Bakery's Recipe for Independence for People With Disabilities
Entrepreneurship at Arizona State University | May 6, 2010
Submitted by Kristen Bean. As a child, I often sat at the dinner table and listened to my mother, a special education teacher, talk excitedly about how her students overcame unfathomable barriers. Although I didn’t realize it at the time, my mother’s stories of challenging her students to overcome difficulties shaped my ambitions to become an advocate and develop a nonprofit organization for people with disabilities. Both my mother and I firmly believe that everyone can learn.