Holmes Center for Entrepreneurship

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A session developed for Minnesota entrepreneurs considering entering the 2013 Minnesota Cup, featuring local investors and experienced advisors. The event will begin with a presentation from Rick Brimacomb, who has helped numerous companies over the past two decades develop into...»

2013 Minnesota Cup Launches March 25

Competition has helped more than 7,000 of Minnesota's entrepreneurs launch their breakthrough business ideas....»

Van de Ven Named Founding Editor of Academy of Management Discoveries

New journal will help strengthen understanding of new or poorly understood phenomena relevant to management and organizations...»

Expediting the Blood Flow

By instilling supply chain efficiencies into how hospitals get blood, General Blood co-founders and Carlson MBA graduates Ben Bowman (pictured) and Dave Mitchell aim to cut health care costs by $1 billion....»

Student Business Hopes to Profit from Class Project

Updated business plan gives HotWokDelivery promising direction....»

11 Carlson School Alumni and Students Make Semis of Minnesota Cup

Semi-finalists competing for a share of $200,000 in the statewide search for breakthrough business ideas...»

Promoting Music Education Strikes Chord with Students

Three Carlson School and two other University students found organization to provide scholarships to young people to study music....»

Real Winner of Minnesota Cup Already Known

Benefits to state's entrepreneurial ecosystem go far beyond prize money....»

U Program Turns Youth into CEOs

The Minnesota Daily featured Junior Entrepreneurs of Minnesota where 60 percent of youth participants go on to higher education....»

MBA Alum Creates A New High-Tech Angle for Anglers

Mike Lauenstein casted his Carlson MBA skills into building a tech business that helps anglers reel 'em in. ...»

Toepener Featured on NBC

Business formed in Entrepreneurship in Action class continues to open doors....»

The 'Toepener' helps keep you sanitary

MINNEAPOLIS -- It's a dilemma anybody who has a concern about germs and walks into the bathroom faces. Once you've washed your hands what's the cleanliest way to get out of the bathroom? Likely the most often used approach is...»

Inc. Magazine Names Toepener America's Coolest College Start-Up

Company sprouted from Entrepreneurship in Action class....»

Carlson School Class Opens Doors to Careers, Bathrooms

Minnesota Daily - 2/2/11...»

'U' Student Entrepreneurs Create the Toepener

WCCO-TV - 1/25/11...»

"Purpose AND Profit" Program to Support Business Hatchery at Holmes Center

Quality Bicycle Products to Seed Green Student Businesses...»

Hands-on Programs at University of Minnesota Help Business Ventures Take Root

Finance & Commerce - 1/18/11...»

EarthClean, Winner of the 6th Annual Minnesota Cup, to Receive $40,000 in Seed Capital

EarthClean, a Minneapolis-based start-up that makes an environmentally friendly fire retardant, was named "Minnesota's Top Breakthrough Business Idea" and honored for its innovative business concept....»

Lunchbox App Delivers Quick Advice for Food Cravings

Recent entrepreneurship graduate Parag Shah is progressing with his Lunchbox business idea developed while he was a student at Carlson....»

Creating 'Mayhem' For a Good Cause

Bill Solboe created his Music Mayhem online game while completing his MBA at the Carlson School. Profits from his venture will go toward funding research on Alzheimers disease....»

Water Purifying Method Now a Biz

Two undergraduate students developed a new business idea in a Carlson School entrepreneurship class and are launching a venture to commercialize University of Minnesota technology, as reported in this 8/15/10 Star Tribune article....»

A Solar System Win-Win

Carlson MBA alum and former entrepreneurship instructor Joel Cannon are featured in a Star Tribune article discussing their latest clean energy business - TenKSolar....»

QBP Founder Receives University of Minnesota's 2010 Entrepreneur of the Year Award

Steve Flagg was honored with the University of Minnesota's 2010 Entrepreneur of the Year award....»

New Class Helps Students Strike 'Gold'

Put Carlson School business students together with University science and engineering students, add in some intellectual property from University professors, and see what kind of business ideas ignite. That's what two Carlson School PhD students did in the class they...»

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