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PrintEco Wins 3rd annual OG25 Green Startup Award Competition at Oportunity Green 2011 Business Conference Read More |
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PrintEco wants to save companies 17 percent of their printing costs. Read More |
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EDA grant supports entrepreneurship in east central Illinois
The U.S. Commerce Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) has awarded the University of Illinois a grant to enhance regional economic development tools that will expand opportunity and create jobs. A regional partnership, which includes AEL, will provide mentoring, training and other resources for entrepreneurs. Read More |
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The Marketplace Literacy Project of Faculty Fellow Madhu Visnawathan is lauded as a high potential, scalable model for entrepreneurship education. Read More |
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Chicago event prepares students to explore entrepreneurship in China and India. Read More |
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For the São Paolo C40 International Business Plan Competition, students collaborated virtually and then traveled to Brazil to create plans for sustainable businesses. Read More |
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Crain’s Chicago Business: 40 under 40 rising stars includes Illini entrepreneurs Read More |
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Launch teams meet Chicago entrepreneurs at TechWeek 2011 Read More |
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Effimax Solar is making major strides in the clean technology industry – and people are taking notice. Read More |
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December 2011
Illinios Launch Startup Illini Prosthetic Team advances in James Dyson Product Competition. The Illini Prosthetic Team was the only North American team to advance to the global round of the James Dyson Product Competion. IPT also recently returned from their second trip to Guatemala for product testing. Read the article
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October 2011
The entrepreneurship scene is booming at the University of Illinois and students across campus are eager to get involved. Introducing the Illini New Ventures Advisors Program. Read More |
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October 2011
Visionary aims to bring Advertising and Art & Design majors together in a skills exchange.
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August 2011
Selling lemonade isn’t just child’s play anymore – at least, not when it is done as a part of Lemonade Day. Read more
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August 25, 2011
Illinois Launch Startup Bootcamp may not have required a lot of pushups, but it certainly whipped its participants into shape. Read more
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July 20, 2011
EnterpriseWorks — the business incubator in the University of Illinois Research Park — has been selected as one of "10 Startup Incubators You Need to Watch" by Inc.com. Read the article |
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July 10, 2011
Illinois Green Business Association celebrates its third anniversary and continues to promote sustainable business practices throughout the state. Read the article |
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July 10, 2011
Illinois Launch student and co-founder of Contendable Zach Tratar is featured in the Naperville Sun. Read the article
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June 22, 2011
Ashton Clark, a graduate of Illinois Launch program, is now working to grow his start-up business UTicketIt.com as well as working full-time as an IT consultant. Read the article on TEC's alumni series |
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June 22, 2011
The Academy of Entrepreneurial Leadership hosted the Illinois Launch Event on June, 22 2011, showcasing a series of new start-ups. Read the article on Tech.il |
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June 22, 2011
Representatives from Illinois Launch startups met with Launch Mentors and potential investors at the Academy’s Illinois Launch Speed-dating and Networking event on June 22. Read the article |
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June 1, 2011
Startup Illinois 2011 was held in celebration of the Illinois Launch program’s success to date, and in recognition of key players in the initiative’s success. All proceeds from the event went to support the Illinois Launch program . Read the article |
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June 2011
Merge.fm continues to grow since completing the Illinois Launch summer startup program in 2010. Read the article on Central Illinois Business.com |
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June 1, 2011
UI-7's Innovate @ Illinois highlights the variety of resources available to entrepreneurs on the University of Illinois campus and in the Champaign-Urbana community, including the Illinois Launch program. Watch the video |
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May 11, 2011
Jordan Prince spoke to the Daily Illini about his company Battlehard, and how Illinois Launch helped him achieve his dream of becoming an entrepreneur. Read the article |
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May 2, 2011
Champaign-Urbana youth introduced to business through lemonade stands in the second annual Lemonade Day. Read the article |
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April 6, 2011
Illinois Launch Startup Tiesta Tea has been awarded Best New Product for the 2011 World Tea Expo. Read more |
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April 2011
The Sustainable Product and Market Development for Subsistence Marketplaces
course, developed by Faculty Fellow Madhu Viswanathan and AEL director John Clarke, is listed on @IncMagazine's 10 Best Entrepreneurship Courses of 2011. Read article on Inc.com |
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April 4, 2011
Green Purpose, LLC continues to grow after completing the Illinois Launch program in the summer of 2010. Read article on Central Illinois Business.com and in the News-Gazette |
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February 21, 2011
SilverScreen founders Zeba and Nihal Parkar spoke to Central Illinois Business about their innovative product that extends milk's shelf life. Read article in the News-Gazette |
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March 4, 2011
Tiesta Tea was featured on Acovi Online News Magazine. Read more |
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February 2011
With the city of Champaign’s drop-off recycling center slated to close at the end of 2010, Green Purpose, a Launch startup founded by Steven Rosenberg, is ready to fill the void. Read more on SmilePolitely.com |
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February 21, 2011
Illinois Launch startups Tiesta Tea and merge.fm made pitches to the Urbana-Champaign Angel Network. Read more |
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February 2011
Illinois Launch startups Illini Prosthetics Technology was presented with the Social Entrepreneurship award at the 6th annual Innovation Celebration. Read more |
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February 2011
Bob Nelson, Senior Scholar in Residence at the Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership, is working to bring entrepreneurship education to the youth of Uganda. Learn more about the program |
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February 18, 2011
Rhiannon Clifton, AEL faculty fellow, is named the first winner of Athena Young Professional Award. Read more |
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February 8, 2011
Daniel Klein and Patrick Tannous, founders of Tiesta Tea, are the guests on "One on One with Alex Ruggieri". Watch the video
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