How do you build a sustainable ecosystem for entrepreneurs? In a talk hosted by the Freeman School’s Albert Lepage Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, venture capital giant Chuck Newhall invoked an analogy tailor-…
Tulane University-based startup Instapath Bioptics topped more than 5,000 entrants from around the world to win first place and the grand prize of $30,000 in the International Business Model Competition. CMDX Biopsy, another…
A team of students from Johns Hopkins University with a device to improve the treatment of a potentially blinding infant eye disease won first place and the top prize of $25,000 in the 2017 Tulane Business Model Competition…
The A. B. Freeman School of Business will honor business executive James J. Buquet III (MBA ’90) and ALS activist Steve Gleason (MBA ’11) at the 2017 Albert Lepage Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Awards Gala.
It takes approximately nine minutes for an ambulance to reach the scene of a medical emergency, but Freeman School alum Benjamin Swig (PHTM '09, MBA '16) has an idea that will cut that time to just five minutes.
Entrepreneur contributor Karen Tiber Leland wrote about new research from the Freeman School's Daniel Mochon and Janet Schwartz that investigates the effect Facebook likes have on customer behavior.
Tulane University’s A. B. Freeman School of Business has named the six student teams that will compete in the qualifying round of the 2017 Tulane Business Model Competition.
Rob Lalka, an entrepreneur and educator whose accomplishments span the public, private and non-profit sectors, has been appointed professor of practice and executive director of the Albert Lepage Center for Entrepreneurship…
The 2016 Silicon Bayou 100, Silicon Bayou News' annual list of Louisiana's most influential and active people in tech and entrepreneurship, includes at least 29 honorees with connections to the A. B. Freeman School of…
Freeman is planning a new hospitality entrepreneurship initiative at NOCHI unlike traditional hospitality management programs. Instead it will use the hospitality industry to gain new insights and solve problem across…
You might think you’d have to be nuts to try to compete with Frito-Lay, but in a presentation hosted by the Tulane Family Business Center on Friday, Jan. 27, the co-owner of Germack Pistachio Co. said the snack food business…
Shuhua Sun’s paper “Affect Spin, Entrepreneurs' Wellbeing, and Venture Goal Progress: The Moderating Role of Goal Orientation,” co-authored with Marilyn Uy and Maw-Der Foo, has been accepted for publication in the Journal of…
Sid Pulitzer has a tradition. On the first day of his Entrepreneurial Management class, he asks his students how many would object to becoming wealthy in an honest way. If no hands go up, he tells them they’ve qualified to…
Peggy Babin, a 1992 graduate of the A.B. Freeman School of Business, is CEO of Valmiki 504. She is also a former associate dean of the business school. (Photo by Paula Burch-Celentano)Several alumni of the A. B. Freeman…
Tulane University alumnus Evan Darnell and celebrity chef Carla Hall are the founders of Carla Hall's Southern Kitchen in Brooklyn, New York. (Photo provided by Evan Darnell)Bringing flavorful, Nashville-inspired fare to…
Juggling athletics and academics proves to be a packed schedule for many collegiate student-athletes. For former Tulane deep snapper Michael Lizanich, however, there's another world of responsibilities. Lizanich is the proud…
Chris Sloas, left, a 2015 graduate of the Tulane School of Science and Engineering, is congratulated by Stephanie Kleehammer, director of outreach and communications with the Lepage Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation…
The A. B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University honored real estate developers Chris Papamichael (BSM ’96) and Matt Schwartz (BSM ’99) as Tulane Distinguished Entrepreneurs of the Year and educator Caroline Roemer…
Tulane University’s A. B. Freeman School of Business has announced the six teams that will compete in the semifinal round of the 2016 Tulane Business Model Competition. The 2016 Tulane Business Model Competition will award…
Capstone New Orleans began as a nonprofit that grows food on vacant lots in the Lower 9th Ward and distributes it to people in need at little or no cost, but founder David Young soon got the sweet idea to begin selling honey…
If you’ve ever seen the reality show “Shark Tank,” you know the format: Budding entrepreneurs pitch their ideas to a panel of investors with thousands of dollars in funding resting in the balance.
Alberta Wright, above, a…
Ten semifinalists will be pitching their ideas for solutions to community issues at Tulane University during PitchNOLA 2016: Community Solutions, to be held on Jan. 28. A presenter pitches for her project at last year’s…
Applications are now open for the 2016 Tulane Business Model Competition, which will award over $40,000 in cash prizes to college entrepreneurs with promising startup ventures.
The 2016 Tulane Business Model Competition…
