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Accelerate Innovation + Entrepreneurship Center

Wentworth’s Innovation + Entrepreneurship Center - move your ideas forward! Perks at a glance are:

1. Networking with Alumni and Industry
2. Be YOUR Future.

Accelerate, Wentworth Innovation + Entrepreneurship Center builds innovative thinking and entrepreneurial confidence to impact students' career trajectories and success. Promoting interactions among students, alumni, faculty, and professionals from the Boston community and beyond. Mentoring from Alumni + Fellow Entrepreneurs
3. Immersion + Learning about starting a venture, innovation and business

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4. Access to Faculty Experts.
5. Build Competencies for Life, e.g. team building, critical thinking, problem solving and risk taking. For more information, go to wit.edu/accelerate

Turn YOUR idea into reality!

10/28/2024

Missed Leopard Launch during Wentworth Weekend? Check out photos from the event!

Big thank you to our guest judges, families, friends, and students who joined us on Saturday. The afternoon was a huge success, with WIT student both pitching for $10,000 and tabling during our marketplace.

Our judges:
- David Chang, GM, Expert Network at Hunt Club & Board of Trustees Member

- Amanda Forde, President, Taitt Gittens & Wentworth Alum

- Salil Desai, Founder and CEO, Phenomyx & Wentworth Faculty

Our winners:
1st place, $10,000: Conor Baron & Cameron Hsu, Founders of Innovio

2nd place, $5,000: Nick Spooner & Jaden Reid, Founders of SenStep

3rd place, $2,500: Hayden Desmond, Founder of Peeko Clothing and Emma Conant, Founder of EveryBody Swimwear

Fan Favorite, $500: John Otele, Founder of Cenary

If you want to read more about our judges or students, check out our program for Leopard Launch here: https://bit.ly/LeopardLaunchBooklet2024

Once again, congratulations to our winners and thank you to everyone who helped make this day possible!

09/11/2024

Ready to earn up to TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS towards your business?!

Leopard Launch is back and giving students the chance to present their companies to a live audience of WIT alumni, students, their families, and guest judges. Participants selected will give a 5-minute pitch for the chance to receive up to $10,000 for their businesses.

Even if you don't pitch, all those selected to table before the pitches are eligible to win $500 in the fan favorite category.

Taking place during , on October 19th - don't miss out on your chance to win big!

Interested in learning more? Check out THIS link: https://bit.ly/LeopardLaunchFall2024

07/23/2024

Thank you to everyone who was able to attend Accelerate's Co-op for Entrepreneurs (ACE) final pitch presentations. Special thanks to our three panelists Marie Meslin, Melissa Castro, and Raf Montes for dedicating their time to listen to our student's presentations and providing valuable insight.

Read more about each our 2024 summer student entrepreneurs and their business below:

Joshua Kimber, Founder & CEO of Regen Electronics:
Redesigning the everyday, portable, cooler to make it more light weight and sustainable by utilizing rechargeable batteries and thermoelectric modules instead of compressors. He has researched and 3D rendered the initial prototype after developing something similar for his high school capstone.

Iman Fritis Cherif, Founder & CEO of PillSwift Solutions:
PillSwift Solutions provides innovative medication management solutions, including the PillSwift dispenser, designed to simplify medication adherence and improve patient outcomes. With integrated sensors, PillSwift tracks medication usage and provides real-time data to users and healthcare providers, enhancing medication management and overall health monitoring.

Aakash Mukherjee, Founder & CEO of Virtuoso:
We make learning online skills like talking to a friend, not sitting through a lecture through a combination of AI, content, and gamification. It's interactive and tailored to you! Great for anyone looking to boost their job skills or just learn something new without falling asleep.

Travis Marchant, Founder & CEO of Kreativ Hockey:
The company aims to improve the functionality of hockey stick extensions by making them quicker to put in and stay in more effectively. The design adds the functionality of different ergonomic shapes of the handles for added customizability.

Thylia Estine, Founder & CEO of Hooked on Style:
Hooked on Style is a crochet company specializing in handcrafted items tailored to your unique style. Our mission is to infuse every stitch with passion and craftsmanship, creating timeless pieces that bring warmth and joy to your life.

Hayden Desmond, Founder & CEO of Peeko Clothing:
Peeko Clothing prides itself in high quality, minimalist apparel inspired by popular anime that anybody can wear and feel confident in.

03/14/2024

Don't miss out on our upcoming movie night - RSVP today!

Join us March 20th at 5PM to watch The Cheetah Girls.

https://bit.ly/SPMOVIENIGHT

02/22/2024

Have an idea, prototype, or invention? Ever thought of growing it into a business?

Join Accelerate's Co-op for Entrepreneurs (ACE), where you can spend your entire co-op turning your ideas into a business.

To learn more and apply, click the link below 💡

https://bit.ly/ACEBrochureSocialsSU24

02/15/2024

Just a quick snapshot of our and Women@Wentworth's Galentine's Lunch and Maker Event! Special thank you to everyone who stopped by to grab a bite and craft.

We have more fun events coming your way, stay in touch and be the first to RSVP with Leopard Spot: https://bit.ly/Galentines4Socials

02/12/2024

Interested in learning more about building a business?

Whether you're looking to explore, want to generate an idea to pursue, or are ready to launch - this series is for you!

Comprised of six, hour and fifteen-minute workshop, the business series is built to give WIT students the opportunity to learn more about entrepreneurship and business.

RSVP TODAY! 💡 https://bit.ly/BZNSocials

02/06/2024

Join Accelerate and Women@Wentworth in our Galentine's Event!

Stop by to grab a bite, celebrate community, participate in some crafting and be the first to use the brand new photo backdrop. This event is open to all WIT students, so feel free to bring a friend!

Some of our crafts include polymer clay, button making, origami, and bracelet making with more to come 💌

RSVP today! Link: https://bit.ly/Galentines4Socials

01/22/2024

Kickoff spring with out Kickstart event happening February 6th at 3:45 in Accelerate's Makerspace!

Have an idea you want to launch but need more people to help you move it forward? Interested in being apart of a startup but don't have an idea of your own?

The Ideation Kickstart Event is a way to connect students who have ideas with those who want to help work on those ideas! Here’s how it works: Students with ideas will have the opportunity to write them down and post them on the idea wall, while being given the chance to pitch them to the entire group. Other students looking to join a team will walk around, read about the ideas, hear the pitches, and indicate which idea they’re interested in working on.

This is the kickoff event for the Business Series. Click here to learn more and RSVP: https://bit.ly/47F8ClD 💡

11/14/2023

Don't forget - Rapid Pitch is tomorrow at 5:30 in the CEIS lobby! RSVP now here: https://bit.ly/RapidPitchRSVPFall2023

Can't make it in person? Tune in virtually via wit.edu/livestream

11/01/2023

Don't miss out on Rapid Pitch happening November 15th!

Join the audience to support some of Wentworth's innovators, creators, and entrepreneurs as they pitch their business ideas.

Mingle and network with our rising entrepreneurs!

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Roxbury Crossing, MA

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm

Website

https://witaccelerate.carrd.co/

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