Campus Entrepreneurship

When I attended U of M as an undergrad, I think my out-of-state tuition was 3 or 4xs the in-state-tuition and rivaled that of any private liberal arts college on the east coast. Even today, as a part-time PhD candidate @ GMU, living in DC, just 5 or 6 miles from the Arlington Campus where [...]

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Found this story (h/t Vator.tv) about CrushTV.com  — an online campus video network with news, sports, lifestyle, classes, etc. from various California schools. (Of course, as a media company targeting undergrads, it has a ‘hotties’ section called ‘campus crush’). From the story at Vator.tv:

What’s the difference between Facebook and CrushTV, other than about 60 million [...]

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We recently profiled Eco-Libris and Green Cab AZ as interesting new firms that are part of the campus entrepreneurship trend and are targeting the growing green consumer segment.
Today’s WSJ has an interesting article by Carolyn Cui that covers the emerging trend of credit cards that donate provide ‘green themed’ rewards. Psychologically this green product (like [...]

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