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NWSI launches innovative microloan program for businesses and aspiring entrepreneurs
The Near Westside Initiative (NWSI), with a $25,000 grant from the Central New York Community Foundation, has launched a microloan program for existing businesses and aspiring entrepreneurs on the Near Westside of Syracuse. Developed by NWSI deputy director Michael Short…
Whitman’s two newest military-related programs highlighted in President’s report on strengthening military families
U.S. President Barack Obama yesterday unveiled an unprecedented government-wide plan of commitment to strengthen support for military families, offering a glimpse at some of the new programs and cooperative efforts being launched in the coming months to improve quality of…
EBV program receives grant from New York Bar Foundation
Part of investment in technology sector and entrepreneurship among disabled military veterans The Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV) program, based at the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University, is the beneficiary of a grant—to be shared with…
Entrepreneurs with disabilities launch nearly 50 businesses in Onondaga County
Start-Up NY/Inclusive Entrepreneurship™ results in self-employment for residents with disabilities Armed with the knowledge and skills she acquired through Start-Up NY and a range of entrepreneurship resources she received as part of Syracuse University’s Inclusive Entrepreneurship™ initiative, Della Brown, a…
Orange Tree Fund makes funding available for student startups
Students at Syracuse University are eager to start exploring their business ideas, and the Orange Tree Fund (OTF) gives them a leg up to start a business before they even leave SU. “College is the perfect time to start a…
Innovation Roundtable brings area organizations together to help startup businesses
Central New York is a great place to start a business with its multitude of organizations available to help both seasoned and budding entrepreneurs get started and grow their businesses. From the U.S. Small Business Administration to the Tech Garden…
Global Entrepreneurship Week honors SU’s top 10 student companies
“It took twelve years of primary education, four years of college and a year and a half of graduate school—nearly 18 years—for me to realize I didn’t need a resume,” says Andrew Farah, an information management graduate student at the…
EBV program adds Louisiana State University; SBA awards $2.6 million to Whitman School for new entrepreneurship programs for women veterans, guard and reserve families
The Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University, the national headquarters for the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV) program, has announced the expansion of the EBV to E.J. Ourso College of Business at Louisiana State University (LSU).
Whitman School of Management launches entrepreneurship training program for military family members
The Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University, with support from Ernst & Young, has announced the inaugural Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veteran’s Families program (EBV-F), which will commence on the campus of Syracuse University beginning Nov. 7.
Syracuse iSchool to host local college radio station WERW
With the goal of furthering social media innovation, Syracuse University School of Information Studies (iSchool) has agreed to host the student-run Internet radio station WERW on the third floor of Hinds Hall.