Dr. Gerry Santoro recently filled me in on his section of IST 440W, the IST capstone class, which he will be teaching this fall. His section will be focused on entrepreneurship - the syllabus is already online here.
There have been 440W sections focused on entrepreneurship in past semesters, but the new approach that Dr. [...]

Just a quick reminder that ticket sales for State College’s Startup Weekend have started. Get yours here. Folks are already registering, so don’t miss your opportunity to attend.

Just like the summer flying by, so is the time leading up to Startup Weekend in State College! We are now just two months from the event, taking place from October 24-26 in the IST Building’s Cybertorium. The official site is now up on StartupWeekend.com.
We now need everyone to start spreading the word, [...]

It’s hard to believe, but the summer is over and students are returning to classes once again in Happy Valley for the fall. Likewise, it’s time for me to return from my summer blogging vacation and get back to work. Even though this blog has been quiet for the last month or so, [...]

Dr. Robert Macy, professor of entrepreneurship in the Smeal College of Business, passed along information on a new course that he will be teaching this fall for the first time. The course will cover the business side of video games. Macy said, “There are classes across this and other campuses that cover art, [...]

Due to the fact that Penn State scheduled Parents & Families Day for October 3-5, we needed to move the dates for Startup Weekend in State College.
The event will now begin the evening of Friday, October 24 and conclude on Sunday, October 26. Please update your calendars! Registration will be opening soon.

Growing an entrepreneurial community seems to be moving higher on everyone’s priority lists. A recent article from Innovation Philadelphia talks about some of the new initiatives in Philly with regard to supporting and connecting entrepreneurs. In the article, the author mentions a handful of the groups emerging in the Philadelphia region to bolster [...]

Continuing on the subject of alternative models for investment in early stage startups, ReadWriteWeb recently covered the launch of Prototype Invest. Prototype Invest is interesting because they don’t invest money into early stage ventures - rather, they provide the venture with technology in exchange for equity. As they state on their web site, [...]

CNet.com and the New York Times are announcing the launch of the latest seed stage funding engine for early stage ventures: NYC Seed. Spurred by New York City Mayor Michael P. Bloomberg, who was a technology entrepreneur himself, the fund has approximately $2 million and plans to provide up to $200,000 per venture in [...]

Budding entrepreneurs now have a new option for early stage funding. College Mogul (also a great site for following the college entrepreneurship world!) is reporting that Obsidian Launch has finally started operations. I heard of Obsidian Launch over half a year ago, but until recently, not much had been mentioned about them and [...]