2009 Founders Award Call for Nominations
The annual Founders Award recognizes significant contributions by Santa Clara University alumni whose innovation and entrepreneurship have advanced Silicon Valley's business community and contributed to a more just and sustainable future.
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CTE Class of 2009 Readies for Entrepreneurial Pursuits
The CIE recently hosted a graduation ceremony for the fifteen visiting scholars who completed the six-month Certificate in Technology Entrepreneurship program.
The ceremony included final presentations by the students as well as remarks from CIE Director Kevin Holmes and CTE Program Manager Nick Kurns. Leavey School of Business Dean Barry Z. Posner also addressed the group and provided each scholar with an autographed copy of his book "A Leader's Legacy." Continue reading.
Entrepreneurs Will Lead Economy Out of Downturn
by Steve Foster '84, CIE Advisory Board Chairman
Managing Partner, Texas Pacific Group Ventures
As we traverse difficult economic times, it is important to remember that the majority of new job creation in our economy will most likely come from entrepreneurs. An important part of the economic success of the USA has been the willingness of individuals to embrace the uncertainty that comes with what Schumpeter called 'creative destruction'.
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SCU Team Places Third in 2009 VCIC Silicon Valley Regional Finals
Congratulations to Santa Clara University team WAMBA-1 Ventures for placing third in the Silicon Valley leg of this competition being named Entrepreneurs' Choice.
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Edison's Innovations and the Evolution of Fox Head Inc. Close Out CIE Speaker Series Season
Sarah Miller Caldicott 
The Fox Family
The 2008-2009 CIE Speaker Series recently closed with presentations by Sarah Miller Caldicott, great grandniece of Thomas Edison, and Geoff Fox '62, founder of Fox Head Inc./Fox Racing. Continue reading
How to Win an Elevator Pitch Competition
by Dylan Salisbury, 2009 MBA Elevator Pitch Champion Congratulations to Dylan Salisbury, who took home the top prize in the elevator pitch competition organized by the Entrepreneurs' Connection Executive Team.
Elizabeth Ford, Senior Assistant Dean, Leavey School of Business Graduate Programs (left) and EC President Swetha Sirupa congratulate Dylan Salisbury. Continue reading
The Perennial Gale of Creative Distruction
by Marc van den Berg '83, CIE Advisory Board Member
SCEO Chair
Managing Director, Vantage Point Venture Partners
Entrepreneurship can be broadly described as the practice of starting new business or organizations (or revitalizing mature organizations) generally in response to identified opportunities. This is often a difficult undertaking as a majority of new businesses fail. What makes entrepreneurship education distinctive is its focus on realization of opportunity, where management education is focused on the best way to operate existing hierarchies.
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Marthin DeBeer on Bringing Cisco TelePresence to Market
As Cisco Chairman and CEO John Chambers prepares to give the upcoming 2009 undergraduate commencement address, graduate students recently had an audience with Cisco Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Emerging Technologies Group Marthin De Beer. EC President Swetha Sirupa provided the welcome and introduction of DeBeer, the "secret force behind Cisco's TelePresence" at the EC Speaker Series. Continue reading
Founders Award Nomination
