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By Meghan PlateEntrepreneurship

Meliora: A New Idea for Romanian Entrepreneurs

Each fall, the Ain Center welcomes visiting faculty from Romania to explore entrepreneurship. Dragos Vintila, a member of the 2017 cohort, talks about his time in the states and the relationship between formal education and learning via experience.

Read more about Dragos and his time at U of R. 

March 15, 2018

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When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.

Henry Ford

March 15, 2018

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By Meghan PlateEntrepreneurship

MLP @ Social Enterprise Conference (SECON)

Members of Meliora Launchpad, a University of Rochester club dedicated to exploring entrepreneurship, attended the Social Enterprise Conference at Harvard University.

Learn about MLP’s experiences at the 2018 SECON. 

March 7, 2018

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By Meghan PlateEntrepreneurship

CGI U 2017 – A Youth Movement of Change

In November 2017, junior Xueying “Shelley” Chen attended the Clinton Global Initiative University in Boston. There, she networked with other social innovators and learned about the importance of serving the community.

Read more about Shelley’s time at CGI U.

February 28, 2018

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It’s your place in the world; it’s your life. Go on and do all you can with it, and make it the life you want to live.

Mae Jemison

February 15, 2018

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By Meghan PlateEntrepreneurship

Fulbright-RAF Experience at University of Rochester

Each fall, the Ain Center welcomes visiting faculty from Romania to explore entrepreneurship. Alma Pentescu, a member of the 2017 cohort, shares her “wonderful, perspective-changing” experiences at UR.

Read more about Alma’s experience as part of the entrepreneurship community at U of R.

February 8, 2018

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By Meghan PlateEntrepreneurship

ENT Club Spotlight: UR Consulting Group

Theresa Xu ’18 explains how UR Consulting Group helps people on both the UR campus and the Rochester community.

Read more about URCG and their mission. 

January 31, 2018

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The way to succeed is to double your failure rate.

Thomas Watson

January 31, 2018

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By Meghan PlateEntrepreneurship

Painting the Blank Canvas

Sidhant Ahluwalia ’18, one of UR’s entrepreneurship club leaders, shares his tips for college entrepreneurs.

Read Sid’s advice for university entrepreneurs.

January 24, 2018

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The best way to predict the future is to create it.

Alan Kay

January 24, 2018

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By Meghan PlateEntrepreneurship

Spring 2018 at a Glance

This upcoming semester is going to be a busy one!

Check out what we have planned for Spring 2018.

January 18, 2018

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By Meghan PlateEntrepreneurship

Exploring Entrepreneurship

Ready to test the entrepreneurship waters?

Browse a selection of innovation-themed articles and find inspiration.

January 9, 2018

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Exploration is the engine that drives innovation. Innovation drives economic growth. So let’s all go exploring.

Edith Widder

January 9, 2018

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By Meghan PlateEntrepreneurship

What’s the Ain CFE?

Within the Ain Center, we see entrepreneurship as a mindset – both an approach to critical thinking and a teachable trait of character.

Read more about the Ain Center and its mission. 

January 5, 2018

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Discovery is seeing what everybody else has seen, and thinking what nobody else has thought.

Albert Szent-Gyorgi

January 5, 2018

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