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Olin Celebrates Student Startups at the Fall 2023 Entrepreneurship Awards Night

On Tuesday, November 28, numerous WashU student-led startups and judges joined in a virtual event to announce the winners of Olin’s BIG IdeaBounce® and the Hatchery Olin Cup. Olin’s Entrepreneurial Awards, hosted by Doug Villhard and Rian Edwards, started by

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Skandalaris Center Celebrates Innovation & Entrepreneurship at Fall Awards

It was a night of celebration as the Skandalaris Center presented the Washington University Innovation and Entrepreneurship Awards on November 16, 2023. After opening remarks, the event included a panel discussion where three WashU alumni entrepreneurs took the stage and

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Washington University Once Again Named as a Top School for Entrepreneurship by the Princeton Review and Entrepreneur Magazine

Washington University in St. Louis continues the accolades of being recognized as a top 10 entrepreneurial institution for undergraduate programs (#8) and rising two spots for graduate programs (#4) in 2024. “At its core, entrepreneurship encourages and celebrates interdisciplinary collaboration.

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For the 5th Year in a Row, Full-Time MBA Program Leads P&Q Entrepreneurship Ranking

The Skandalaris Center is thrilled to announce that Washington University’s MBA entrepreneurship programs have secured the top spot in Poets&Quants ranking for the fifth consecutive year. MBAs are actively involved in entrepreneurship at the Skandalaris Center and we are proud

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Finalists Named in the Fall 2023 Skandalaris Venture Competition

We are proud to share the WashU student and recent alumni ventures that have been selected as finalists in the fall 2023 Skandalaris Venture Competition (SVC). On October 19, semifinalists presented their best pitch to a closed-room panel of judges,

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