Entrepreneurship

  • Vanderbilt University

    Makers accelerate a third industrial revolution

    Boom! might be the sound of an explosion of successful businesses created by an entirely new generation of inventors with only a few hundred dollars in their pockets who build prototypes at professional makerspaces and raise funds through crowdsourcing. These ‘makers’ are part of a movement that is a catalyst… Read More

    Oct. 9, 2015

  • Vanderbilt University

    Chambers Lecture Oct. 7: How the Maker Movement is changing the world

    Boom! might be the sound of an explosion of successful businesses created by an entirely new generation of inventors with only a few hundred dollars in their pockets who build prototypes at professional makerspaces and raise funds through crowdsourcing. These ‘makers’ are part of a movement that is a catalyst… Read More

    Sep. 9, 2015

  • Vanderbilt University

    Innovation Center to support campus ‘makers’; search underway for director

    Boom! might be the sound of an explosion of successful businesses created by an entirely new generation of inventors with only a few hundred dollars in their pockets who build prototypes at professional makerspaces and raise funds through crowdsourcing. These ‘makers’ are part of a movement that is a catalyst… Read More

    Aug. 6, 2015

  • Vanderbilt University

    Vanderbilt alum on entrepreneurial success: Money is byproduct, not end product

    Boom! might be the sound of an explosion of successful businesses created by an entirely new generation of inventors with only a few hundred dollars in their pockets who build prototypes at professional makerspaces and raise funds through crowdsourcing. These ‘makers’ are part of a movement that is a catalyst… Read More

    Mar. 16, 2015

  • Vanderbilt University

    Jumpstart Foundry’s Gatto enthralls crowd with stories of entrepreneurial heroes

    Boom! might be the sound of an explosion of successful businesses created by an entirely new generation of inventors with only a few hundred dollars in their pockets who build prototypes at professional makerspaces and raise funds through crowdsourcing. These ‘makers’ are part of a movement that is a catalyst… Read More

    Nov. 14, 2014

  • Vanderbilt University

    Students race to launch startups at 3-day event in November

    Boom! might be the sound of an explosion of successful businesses created by an entirely new generation of inventors with only a few hundred dollars in their pockets who build prototypes at professional makerspaces and raise funds through crowdsourcing. These ‘makers’ are part of a movement that is a catalyst… Read More

    Oct. 29, 2014

  • Vanderbilt University

    Vanderbilt engineers’ startups snag 3 of 10 Spark Nashville spots

    Boom! might be the sound of an explosion of successful businesses created by an entirely new generation of inventors with only a few hundred dollars in their pockets who build prototypes at professional makerspaces and raise funds through crowdsourcing. These ‘makers’ are part of a movement that is a catalyst… Read More

    Aug. 29, 2014

  • Vanderbilt University

    Vanderbilt startup to pitch at Memphis Bioworks DEMO Day

    Boom! might be the sound of an explosion of successful businesses created by an entirely new generation of inventors with only a few hundred dollars in their pockets who build prototypes at professional makerspaces and raise funds through crowdsourcing. These ‘makers’ are part of a movement that is a catalyst… Read More

    Aug. 11, 2014

  • Vanderbilt University

    Nissan is fan of grads’ fantasy football stock market game

    Boom! might be the sound of an explosion of successful businesses created by an entirely new generation of inventors with only a few hundred dollars in their pockets who build prototypes at professional makerspaces and raise funds through crowdsourcing. These ‘makers’ are part of a movement that is a catalyst… Read More

    Jan. 17, 2014

  • Vanderbilt University

    Professor designs safety device for stranded drivers

    Boom! might be the sound of an explosion of successful businesses created by an entirely new generation of inventors with only a few hundred dollars in their pockets who build prototypes at professional makerspaces and raise funds through crowdsourcing. These ‘makers’ are part of a movement that is a catalyst… Read More

    Aug. 13, 2013