News: Troesh Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Troesh Center for Entrepreneurship Executive Director Leith Martin on professional mentorship, growing entrepreneurship on campus, and the value of experience.
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A passion for researching how to make investment decisions in uncertain times led Yong Li to UNLV's Troesh Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation from Buffalo, New York.
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Center to be Renamed Troesh Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.
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Students from the Global Entrepreneurship Experience visit island nation to discover a developing market ripe with opportunities.
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Prizes totaling $55K in seed money go to three UNLV teams who bested over three dozen Donald W. Reynolds Governor’s Cup competitors with health care, hospitality, and esports business ideas.
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The entrepreneurial spirit of Las Vegas drew Leith Martin to town, but it’s his family that keeps him here.
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A three-year National Science Foundation grant will strengthen commercialization efforts at UNLV through a new university-wide entrepreneurship development program.
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Amputation is a serious threat to people with diabetes. A team of UNLV faculty researchers, entrepreneurial students, and economic development experts is working to bring a better way to prevent the problem to market soon.
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Graduate student groups take first and third prizes in Nevada Governor's Cup contest; awarded total of $35,000 to help advance business plans.
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Six UNLV student groups among the competition's 12 finalists; businesses range from a diagnostic shoe insole system to an audio book streaming service.
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UNLV Lee Business School and Las Vegas Business Press partner in annual Dominic Anthony Marrocco contest to find and fund the region’s best new business idea.
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UNLV research, a new FAA designation, and state economic development efforts offer clear skies for Nevada’s growing drone industry.