entrepreneurship

Student Entrepreneurs Meet With President Obama

May 9, 2013

Austin, TX — Student entrepreneurs and computer science faculty met with President Obama to showcase new student ventures from the Longhorn Startup Program. ...

Tags: 1 Semester Startup, entrepreneurship, Faculty, Industry Relations, Joshua Baer, Longhorn Startup, Undergraduate Program, Undergraduate Students

UT Austin Student Entrepreneurs Showcase Their Success to President Obama

May 9, 2013

AUSTIN, Texas —Student entrepreneurs from The University of Texas at Austin and their professors are meeting with President Obama this afternoon to discuss their ideas and private sector successes. ...

Tags: 1 Semester Startup, entrepreneurship, Faculty, Longhorn Startup, President Barack Obama, Undergraduate Students

1 Semester Startup Class to Host “Demo Day” with Special Guest James Truchard, President and CEO of National Instruments

April 23, 2012

UT NewsEvent: 1 Semester Startup's "Demo Day" featuring James Truchard, president and CEO of National InstrumentsWhen: Thursday, April 26, 5-9 p.m., open to the publicWhere: LBJ Auditorium at the LBJ Museum and Library, 2313 Red River St., University of Texas at Austin ...

Tags: 1 Semester Startup, Demo Day, entrepreneurship, Industry Relations, Longhorn Startup Camp, Media Advisory, National Instruments, Technology Entrepreneurship Society, Undergraduate Program

Longhorn Startup Camp Showcases 27 New Companies During Startup Crawl March 8

March 1, 2012

The University of Texas at Austin's newest space for startups — Longhorn Startup Camp — will be a stop on the SXSW Startup Crawl, which takes place Thursday, March 8, from 4 to 10 p.m. as part of UT Entrepreneurship Week. As a stop on the crawl, Longhorn Startup Camp will showcase its residents – 27 new startups, all originated at the university. ...

Tags: 1 Semester Startup, Austin Technology Incubator, Dell Social Innovation Challenge, entrepreneurship, Events, IC2 Institute, Industry Relations, Longhorn Startup Camp, startups, SXSW Startup Crawl, Technology Entrepreneurship Society, Texas Venture Labs, UT Entrepreneurship Week

2012 CNS Career Fair & Startup Village

February 8, 2012

91% of employers at the 2012 CNS Career Fair were seeking computer science students and alumni. The Career Fair also debuted "Startup Village" this year, a partnership between UTCS, UT CNS and the startup community. ...

Tags: Career Fair, careers, CNS, entrepreneurship, Events, FoCS, Industry Relations, startups

External and Interdisciplinary Partnerships

January 25, 2012

UTCS partners with industry and other disciplines within the university to enrich the educational experience of our students. ...

Tags: 1 Semester Startup, entrepreneurship, Game Development, Industry Relations

Students Start-up for Credit

January 17, 2012

The Daily Texan reports on 1 Semester Startup, an interdisciplinary course that the Department of Computer Science helped create. ...

Tags: Computer Science, entrepreneurship, In the News, Industry Relations, Student Life, Undergraduate Program, Undergraduate Students

Get Started at UT

December 16, 2011

1 Semester Startup (ISS) is a new practicum course designed to accelerate UT undergraduate students’ startups for degree credit. It allows undergraduates to experience entrepreneurship first-hand while learning from some of the most successful entrepreneurs in Austin. On December 1st, 1SS students presented their startups in five-minute investor pitches to the Austin entrepreneurial community. ...

Tags: 1 Semester Startup, entrepreneurship, Undergraduate Program, Undergraduate Students

Michael Dell speaks during return to campus

November 18, 2011

The former University of Texas student and founder of Dell, Inc. described how he got to where he is now. A question and answer session followed with an opportunity to network with current and future entrepreneurs. ...

Tags: entrepreneurship

Science Student Entrepreneurs Give A Hoot

November 7, 2011

Computer science student Gaurav Sanghani, mathematics major Sid Upadhyay, and business major Michael Koetting, founders of Hoot.me.Facebook has been distracting students and lowering grade point averages worldwide since 2004. But two students from the College of Natural Sciences and one from the McCombs School of Business have started a business to try to turn Facebook into study mode. ...

Tags: Computer Science, entrepreneurship, Main Page, Mathematics, Student Life

Passing the Baton, Increasing Student Exposure to the Entrepreneurial World

May 3, 2011

The Department of Computer Science at The University of Texas at Austin (UTCS) has embarked on an initiative to bring increased exposure of the entrepreneurial world to our students. ...

Tags: 3 Day Start-up, 3DS, entrepreneurship, One Semester Start-up, Undergraduate Program

The Challenge: Start a Tech Company in 3 Days

April 3, 2011

How many times have you or one of your friends had a really great idea for a tech startup, but never implemented it? Maybe there wasn’t enough money, any access to people with complementary skills, or not enough confidence to get it off the ground. 3-Day Startup (3DS) provides the opportunity to pitch that idea to a panel of potential investors, release a prototypeand build enough momentum to sustain a startup company outside the event. ...

Tags: 3 Day Startup, entrepreneurship, Graduate Students, Industry Relations

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