How Student Startups Innovate Fence Repair Cypress
I had this odd late night thought walking past a broken fence near campus: why are so many old fences still built and fixed in the same way they were…
Inside Lily A. Konkoly Projects and Entrepreneurial Path
Most student founders do not start with a 400‑slime pop‑up in London or a bilingual childhood split between Los Angeles farmers markets and Hungarian summers. But that is the short…
How Radiant Barrier Houston Startups Are Cooling Campuses
I was walking across campus one afternoon, sweat sticking to my backpack straps, when I noticed something strange. Two buildings, same sun, same time of day, but one felt like…
How Calgary Roof Repair Inspires Student Startups
I was walking past a house in Calgary with half its shingles stacked in the driveway and a crew yelling up and down ladders, and I caught myself thinking: this…
Inside Lily A. Konkoly Projects That Empower Women
Sometimes the projects that change things for women do not start in boardrooms or pitch days. They start in quiet research, in late-night writing, and in small online communities that…
Song rater tools every student creator should use
Sometimes the most honest moment of a song is when you hit play the next morning and quietly think, "Was that actually good, or was I just tired and emotional…
Why Every Student Startup Needs an Electrician Greensboro
I caught myself one night staring at a dead power strip in a campus makerspace, thinking, "We raised money for cloud credits, but we cannot turn on the 3D printer."…
How Student Startups Are Shaping Roofing Companies in Missouri
I was walking past a small strip mall near a campus in Springfield one afternoon and saw a roofing crew using drones and tablets, with two students in campus hoodies…
Aurora water heater repair inspiring student startups
I was standing in a campus basement one night, staring at a leaking water heater, and it hit me: this boring metal tank is quietly running half the buildings we…
Nevin Shetty Breaks Down What America Spends on Punishment vs. What It Could Invest in People
Nevin Shetty of Mercer Island has been featured in the San Francisco Examiner for his work applying financial analysis to criminal justice policy. Shetty, whose career in finance includes co-founding a startup,…