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Entrepreneurship is everywhere. Our focus for the semester has been to seek out entrepreneurial opportunities within SHA and build growth into our operations design. With the launch of the Pillsbury Faculty Ambassador Program, we have been able to engage and unite faculty across disciplines at SHA in support of our entrepreneurial efforts at the Pillsbury Institute...more »
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Entrepreneurs in Residence
In order to meet student demand, we expanded our Entrepreneurs in Residence program from three entrepreneurs to ten. Over the course of the fall semester, our Entrepreneurs in Residence contributed over eighty hours to meeting with students one-on-one...more »
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Entrepreneurs in Residence: Mentoring Students with Entrepreneurial Dreams
At cafes where the drinks are delicious but culture is king, Nick Bayer, A&S ’00, founder and chief executive officer of Saxbys Coffee, seeks to “make life better” for his 20,000 daily guests...more »
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Entrepreneur Ken Fearn Mentors SHA Students
"Be preposterous." Kenneth Fearn received that advice from his mentor, commercial real estate icon John Cushman, and took it to heart, founding Integrated Capital, a hotel-focused, private real estate advisory and investment firm, in 2004...more »
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Veterans Learn to Build Social Capital at Cornell
In the world of business, having strong connections can make all the difference. This was the central theme of a networking training during the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV) hosted by the Pillsbury Institute for Hospitality Entrepreneurship Oct. 1 at the School of Hotel Administration...more »
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Engagement with the Pillsbury Institute, by Stephen Thomson '82
"I have had the opportunity of participating twice in the Pillsbury Institute's "Slice of Insight Networking Events" and have found the experience rewarding on both occasions.
The students are motivated, inquisitive and involved from the outset"...more »
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Faculty Ambassador Program
The Pillsbury Faculty Ambassador Program is an initiative designed to expand entrepreneurship education at Cornell University through faculty involvement. School of Hotel Administration faculty are involved in two ways—introducing and expanding the entrepreneurship curriculum and developing and supporting the institute’s programs...more »
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Global Conversations with Entrepreneurs Launches in Spring 2016
This spring, Global Conversations with Entrepreneurs will launch at Cornell. Global Conversations with Entrepreneurs launches with the Gallup's EP10 Assessment, designed to help students discover, develop, and direct their entrepreneurial talents...more »
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Entrepreneurial Profile Assessment (EP10)
The EP10 is Gallup’s talent-based assessment designed to discover the ten most important strengths necessary to start or grow a business. All freshmen and fall transfer students were encouraged to take the EP10, and then to attend faculty-led sessions to learn more about the importance of each talent...more »
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New Course: Foundations of Social Entrepreneurship
HADM 4125/6125: Foundations of Social Entrepreneurship was offered for the first time this fall at SHA with an enrollment of 18 students. The course is designed to give students an overview of Social Entrepreneurship with a heavy emphasis on case studies and the Business Model Canvas...more »
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Give the gift of a Cornell experience this season!
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"Making a Difference with Cloud-Based Technology" is a four-week online course from Cornell University. The course will focus on how to optimize the use of the cloud for both life and business.
This COMPLIMENTARY course has been provided by Cornell sponsors; including the Office of the Vice Provost and the School of Hotel Administration.
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Student Entrepreneurs Vie in Hospitality Business Plan Competition
Eight student teams will spend this winter working on their business concepts, as part of the annual Hospitality Business Plan Competition sponsored by the Leland C. and Mary M. Pillsbury Institute for Hospitality Entrepreneurship at the School of Hotel Administration (SHA)...more »
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Hotelie Approach to Speed Networking, by Pillsbury Faculty Ambassador Ben Lawrence
We do a lot that is great here at the school, one of those is to engage students, entrepreneurs, alumni and faculty in events that help shape the future of hospitality. The Meet and Repeat event I recently hosted was one such event...more »
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Student Perspective by Kelly McDarby ’16
Pillsbury is my community. During my time at Cornell, I have experienced no stronger or more passionate network of people than at the Pillsbury Institute. We are all united for our love of hospitality and entrepreneurship, and our goals and visions work together in impactful ways...more »
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