The Zahn Innovation Center will expand its programs into the greater CCNY community this Fall with a 3-credit course, “Entrepreneurship: Women & Diversity”. This class will explore how gender, ethnic, racial, religious, and socio-economic diversity impacts the entrepreneurial experience. The curriculum will include a number of guest speakers to give students real-world perspectives.This course is open to CCNY students as an Economics Elective cross-listed with the Women's Studies and Black Studies programs. It will meet on Wednesdays from 5-7:30pm. Pre-requisites include ECO… Read More »
This Thursday and Friday, May 14th and 15th, Zahn Innovation Center startups Enza Academy ('14), Localtarian ('15), and DIY Care ('15) will be featured at the Future of Food in Harlem event.Hosted by West Harlem Group Assistance, along with Harlem Grown, CONNECT, Inc., and Parsons/New School design students and professors, the program will feature presentations and interactive workshops lead by Harlem-based food justice activists, social entrepreneurs and youth-leadership organizations as well as partners in university and sector small business.Themes… Read More »
On Tuesday, May 19th, the Zahn Innovation Center will host another Founders' Spotlight Speaker! This time we'll meet Stephen Garten, a social entrepreneur and founder of Charity Charge, a Texas-based company empowering cardholders to earn and donate one percent of every purchase to the charities and causes they love.Charity Charge founder Stephen Garten, 28, has always been a firm supporter of local Austin charities and Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore (the institution treated his late father for cancer). After one round of donations, he checked his credit card… Read More »
Although recent headlines call New York the nation's newest Silicon Valley, the city, along with the tech industry in general, is missing out on a large percentage of innovative ideas. This is because only 7% of tech companies were founded by women. As Lindsay Siegel, Director of the Zahn Innovation Center, points out in the April 27th edition of Crain's, “This does not reflect a lack of talent or ambition, but points to a systemic issue that needs addressing. Society is being deprived of a valued source of creativity and the resulting return on investment.”… Read More »
We still can't get over the AMAZING prototypes and social innovation lemonade stands that came out of this year's cohort of startups. Our judges were forced to make some very tough decisions when choosing both our finalists and our grand prize winners! Even though all of our teams didn't take home grand prizes, I know that so many of this year's startups will go far as long as they keep “fighting the good fight.”That's what NBC's Pat Battle thought when she visited the Zahn Center last week and produced a story that aired on April 22nd on the Channel 4 News. She… Read More »
Eight teams brought their best game to Wednesday's Final Pitch Event and were met with tough questions from our panel of expert judges. Each team pitched their lemonade stand, offering convincing facts, impressive prototypes and a ton of charisma. The CUNY Advanced Science Research Center at CCNY Auditorium was packed with guests who, by the end, were on the edges of their seats with anticipation, wondering which teams would take home the grand prizes in each category.Today, we are very proud to announce the winners of our 2015 Kaylie, Zahn, Zahn Social Innovation, and Standard… Read More »
Monday, April 27th, the Zahn Innovation Center hosted its third annual Demo Day Expo at the City College of New York. Thank you to our judges and the 500 students, faculty, friends and community members who attended the event to see our 25 semi-finalist teams share the prototypes and social lemonade stand concepts they've been working on for the past semester. Every one of our teams has worked so hard and deserves a huge congratulations. Our judges had to make difficult decisions — the competition was fierce!After much deliberation, the judges selected two teams from each of the… Read More »
The Zahn Center @Marshak will host the TEDx CUNY Salon: “Startups” on Tuesday, April 21st from 12pm-3pm. Join us for an event celebrating entrepreneurship with Zahn alumni guest speakers. Register now, there are a limited number of seats available.With the rising popularity and momentum of start-ups in NYC, City Colleges Zahn Innovation Center has paralleled this growth, producing multiple success stories and student winners. We are hoping to maintain this CCNY momentum, further spreading and aiding our Harlem community. Along with technological start-ups, the Zahn Center… Read More »
What do sustainable cloth diapers, shoes that monitor your exercise goals, an app that helps you fix your car, and a homemade food take-out service have in common? They're among the business concepts conceived at CCNY by this year's 25 semi-finalist teams.Sounds interesting? Did we mention that these teams are competing for a total of $144,000 in the Zahn, Kaylie, Zahn Social Innovation, and Standard Chartered Bank Women Entrepreneurs' Prizes?Intrigued? Join us at the Zahn Center Demo Day Expo on Monday, April 27th and learn about all 25 business concepts!You never… Read More »
Richard Sam and Paul Mérisier, two of the co-founders of IEEE Haiti, traveled to Monterrey, Mexico to attend the IEEE Region 9 Meeting from March 11-14th. They were asked to present IEEE Haitis recent accomplishments. This was the first time Haiti was represented at the meeting that includes IEEE organizations from Latin American and Caribbean countries. We didnt know what to expect when we got to the conference. Amazingly, we were welcomed with open arms and there was an emotional response to our arrival. It was the first time the Haitian flag was hung in the room, Richard… Read More »
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