A hub for discovery, innovation, and business creation, giving students the skills and experience needed to make their innovations viable for the market.
12/06/2022
Congratulations to this semester's winning teams! Each team was judged by a group of industry professionals and the following teams scored the highest in the following criteria:
✅ Clarity of the problem they were seeking to solve
✅ Clarity and feasibility of the proposed solution
✅ Market/community need
✅ Quality of their overall presentation (verbal/visual)
11/15/2022
Happy Entrepreneurs Day! Scratch that typo—we meant WEEK. Celebrate with us throughout the rest of the week:
Kaplan Pitch Tank is coming up this Thursday with 6 of Italy's top startup founders and a special keynote speaker (announced tomorrow 😉). Register now—link in bio 🐟
This Friday, we're hosting a fireside chat between Doug Monieson, Kaplan board member and CEO of touchscreen company UICO, and Robert Wolfe, former CEO of Moosejaw and CrowdRise (now known as GoFundMe)! No registration needed—walk-ins are welcome.
11/08/2022
Happy STEM Day! Keep staying curious 🔬
10/08/2022
So exciting to have , Co-Founder of and , drop by to give guest lecture last week for our IPRO Genisys course!
Scott's most recent achievement was raising $17M for Songfinch but has spent the last 10+ years building and investing in businesses at the intersection of , and . Students got the opportunity learn about Songfinch's journey from the standpoint of both an and !
10/06/2022
Today, we are REAL excited to celebrate along with the rest of Illinois Institute of Technology! By giving as little as $5, you'll be supporting the , , and of student startups founded by your fellow peers!
Link to contribute in our bio!
10/05/2022
Almost there!! What’s on your calendar??
10/04/2022
Almost there!! What’s on your calendar?
09/29/2022
We will be hosting Francis Wang and Nigel Becknell from NanoGraf Corporation this upcoming Monday! Interested in chatting with them over some lunch? There are a few wait list spots left. Click the link in our bio!
09/22/2022
This upcoming Monday, we're excited to host Andrew Bond, Co-Founder & COO of DeNovX, for our next Bytes over Bites session! Interested in attending? We've added wait list spots! Click the link in our bio.
09/15/2022
This upcoming Monday, we're excited to host Firuzan Speroni, Director at KPMG, for our next Bytes over Bites session! Interested in attending? We've added wait list spots! Click the link in our bio.
09/14/2022
🚨 FREE COFFEE 🚨Don’t miss your chance to grab some from 12 - 1pm tomorrow at the Metropolis Cafe, located inside Kaplan Institute!
09/09/2022
Bytes Over Bites launches on Monday! For this first session, we welcome Zoya Cheglakov, CEO of Sensona, Inc. Interested in attending a future session? Click the link in our bio—we'll supply the lunch and leave the networking to you!