The Garage at Northwestern

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We believe entrepreneurship is for everyone - which is why we've created programs for women and Black students at Northwestern to explore their passion projects. Both programs run for the entire quarter, feature personalized mentorship and networking opportunities, and a financial award of $1,000!

Learn more + apply below. Applications close on September 26!

Apply - The Garage at Northwestern Program Applications and Dates for Academic Year 21-22

So happy to see some familiar faces recognized by Chicago Inno for their annual list!

Five Northwestern University students and alumni, including three entrepreneurship minors at the Farley Center, were recognized in Chicago Inno’s 2021 25 Under 25 list during a year of unprecedented growth in Chicago’s tech scene. Read more: https://bit.ly/3kdhYzw

The results are in! Congrats to ALL of our Jumpstart 2021 teams that pitched in 's annual Demo Day, and thank you to our emcee Mike Raab and program coordinator Heather Aranyi!

First place // $4,000 - Rhetoric! Congrats, Raman Malik!
Second place // $3,000 - Beni! Congrats, Sarah Pinner!
Third place // $2,000 - InfernoGuard LLC! Congrats, Kevin Kaspar!
Audience favorite // $1,000 - InfernoGuard!

Read the recap and watch the full event to catch up on all the action.

Jumpstart 2021: Demo Day Wrap Up - The Garage at Northwestern We can’t believe summer is almost over – but, with the end of summer comes The Garage’s annual Demo Day, the culmination of our pre-accelerator program, Jumpstart (formerly known as […]

Today's the day!

Join us at 4 PM CT for Jumpstart Demo Day to watch 10 student pitch for a prize pool of $10K + a live audience favorite vote for an additional $1,000!

RSVP to get the info ---> thegarage.nu/demoday

Jumpstart 2021 Demo Day is TOMORROW at 4 PM CT! Join us LIVE to watch 10 pitch their startups for a prize pool of $10,000 - including a live audience favorite vote!

RSVP + watch @ thegarage.nu/demoday

3 Point Productions founded by Adala Makhulo, Weinberg + SoC ’23 is creating a community for Kenyan youth to have a safe space where their opinions will be heard even if they differ from the masses.

Learn more about Adala and her teammate, Mphilo Mauncho, and their journey in 's pre-accelerator program, Jumpstart!

Jumpstart 2021: 3 Point Productions - The Garage at Northwestern The Garage recently caught up with the 3 Point Productions team, a participant in Jumpstart, The Garage’s pre-accelerator program, to learn more about their growth and goals during this summer. […]

"Our higher order purpose is to make people feel like the most confident version of themselves."

Nicola Craig, Kellogg School of Management + of Palette Beauty Co. is on a mission to make getting glam more accessible, dependable, and inclusive - and her super successful pilot this summer proved she's onto something big!

Jumpstart 2021: Palette - The Garage at Northwestern The Garage recently met with Nicola Craig, Kellogg ’22 + founder of Palette. Palette aims to be the DryBar for makeup services, which provides customers a way to feel like […]

Our annual end-of-program Demo Day is one of the only opportunities for everyone to take a look under the hood to see what our students have been working on!

Support from across Northwestern University at Jumpstart Demo Day this August 25 at 4 PM! From confidential at-home DNA testing with Acorn Genetics to real time speech feedback with Rhetoric - we've got an incredible line up of pitches this year!

Jumpstart Demo Day 2021 Join us virtually for Jumpstart Demo Day on August 25! Tune in at thegarage.nu/demoday

"People are more open to talking about mental health, but there’s a lot more work to be done."

Learn more about Kellogg School of Management / McCormick School of Engineering Shanna Traphoner-Liu and her bekome - a venture seeking to be the go-to platform for young adults to find mental health care.

Jumpstart 2021: bekome - The Garage at Northwestern We recently met with Shanna Traphoner-Liu, Kellogg ’22/McCormick + founder of bekome, a web platform helping young adults find their right therapist based on personality, lifestyle and cultural fit, to […]

ICYMI: Nicola Craig, Kellogg School of Management ’22 + founder of Palette Beauty Co. (and participant in pre-accelerator, Jumpstart) was featured by Windy City Times!

Palette Beauty dry bar offers quick, affordable makeup services - Windy City Times News Windy City Times News - Nicola Craig has opened a new business, Palette Beauty, at 2730 N. Clark St., in Chicago's Lincoln Park area. Craig who calls herself a big business nerd with a passion for both entrepreneurship and creative endeavors started her

Sarah Pinner, Kellogg School of Management ’22 is on a mission to make shopping secondhand simpler with her Beni.

Sarah and her team are working on Beni all summer in Jumpstart, 's pre-accelerator program.

Learn more about Beni, Sarah, and her passion in the sustainability space!

Jumpstart 2021: Beni - The Garage at Northwestern We recently took time to get to know Sarah Pinner, Kellogg ’22, founder of Beni, to learn more about her company and her mission to make shopping sustainably easier.   How […]