December 5, 2013

  • ISU professor lets students loose with $5 to create a business venture

    Students at Iowa State University are learning it doesn’t take a huge investment to launch a successful business venture. This semester Andreea Kiss, assistant professor of management at ISU, gave each student group in her course a $5 initial investment and let them loose on a four-week challenge to create a business plan and raise as…

  • Techstars names John Fein managing director for Sprint Accelerator

    On Wednesday, Techstars announced John Fein as managing director of the Sprint Mobile Health Accelerator, powered by Techstars. David Cohen, managing partner and founder of Techstars, posted the news on the accelerator’s site, writing that Fein “has a wealth of experience managing large, cross-functional teams and has been involved in four different startups.” Fein served…