Entrepreneurship News
Parse, Co-founded by Kevin Lacker T’02, Acquired by Facebook
Parse, a cloud-based application platform co-founded by Duke alum Kevin Lacker T'02, has been acquired by Facebook, the companies have announced.
Trading Wall Street for Fast Food
Two Duke graduates left their finance jobs to start Tava Indian Kitchen, a fast-casual restauarant chain making authentic Indian food available on a large scale.
InCube Partners with First-Year Student to Create Bracket Challenge Fundraiser for SIDS Research
First-year student Michael McConville teamed up with InCube to raise money for sudden infant death syndrome research with the Brackets 4 Life competition.
Duke Innovation & Entrepreneurship Initiative Expands Leadership Team
Two Duke University strategists--J. Gregory Dees and L. Gregory Jones--have joined the Duke Innovation and Entrepreneurship Initiative leadership team.
From College to Coding and Back Again
Jeremy Welch makes an unusual U-turn and returns to get his degree following success as an entrepreneur
Undergraduate Start-Up Challenge Prize Receives its Own Prize
Alumnus David Cummings to give $500k gift to launch Frank Borchardt Undergraduate Prize Fund
March Madness
Duke student teams compete in all-ACC business plan competition
Duke Student Finds New Markets for Neuromarketing
Jake Stauch of Neurospire makes neuromarketing technology accessible