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Clayton Christensen kicked off ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ’s Innovation + Disruption symposium today with cautionary tales of industry giants felled by technological disruption, and why higher education should pay attention to the growth of online universities.

The stage is set for a robust discussion today, as nearly 400 leaders in business and higher education gather to attend ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ’s Innovation + Disruption symposium at the TimesCenter in New York City.  (The symposium begins at 8:30 a.m., and can be viewed live.) The high-level crowd includes 15 college presidents, online education providers, […]

There are finals, and then there are finales. ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ launched its Entrepreneur Professional Network on April 11, the grand finale in a series of network launches that have taken place throughout the academic year. The reception took place backstage after ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ’s Entrepreneur Weekend all-star panel, and hundreds of alumni and guests were in attendance.

Watch: Julian Farrior ’93, ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ’s Entrepreneur of the Year, discusses innovation

Day two of ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ’s Thought Into Action Entrepreneur Weekend proved what Friday evening’s superstar panel had already established: Success is not a zero-sum game, especially when the players in question are student entrepreneurs in ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ’s Thought Into Action (TIA) weekend mentorship program. In a Shark Tank-like session on Friday night, three student ventures, each with […]

ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ was the center of the entrepreneurial universe for a few hours Friday night, April 11, when more than 2,000 students, parents, and others streamed into Cotterell Court for a frank and freewheeling panel discussion that featured some of the biggest names in the business of disruptive technology.

This discussion from ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ’s Entrepreneur Weekend features Ashton Kutcher, actor, director, entrepreneur and investor; Daniel Rosensweig P’15’17, former COO of Yahoo, CEO of Guitar Hero, and now CEO of Chegg; Tony Bates, former executive vice president of development and strategy for Microsoft, CEO of Skype, and head of enterprise for Cisco Systems; Brian Chesky, co-founder […]

ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ student entrepreneurs, showing the grit that Ashton Kutcher said was vital to success, pitched their ideas Friday night to an A-list of innovators who were on campus for the university’s third annual Thought Into Action Entrepreneur Weekend.

On May 5, ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ will host Innovation + Disruption, a symposium about technology, the liberal arts, and preparing graduates for the future. Clayton Christensen, Kim B. Clark professor of business administration at the Harvard Business School and co-founder of the innovation consulting firm Innosight, will tee up the event with a keynote address titled […]

Innovators upend traditional routines. ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ is celebrating and invoking that spirit during its third annual Thought Into Action Entrepreneur Weekend, April 11–12. The result promises to be an exciting and informative experience for the university’s community of entrepreneurial students, parents, alumni, and faculty. Entrepreneur Weekend begins at 6.p.m. on Friday in Cotterell Court with a […]