Entrepreneurship & Innovation.
Center for Entrepreneurship Education
The Center for Entrepreneurship Education empowers students, faculty, and alumni from across the university to innovate, start new companies, and become leaders in the innovation economy. With a focus on building community, the Center fosters innovative, entrepreneurial thinking within the broad Northeastern network.
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Center for Research Innovation
Northeastern University’s Center for Research Innovation (CRI) is an impact driven initiative bridging the gap between laboratory research and need-based solutions. The CRI serves as the University-wide portal between industry and leading-edge innovations from Northeastern’s use-inspired research portfolio.
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Health Sciences Entrepreneurs
Health Sciences Entrepreneurs (HSE) promotes health sciences innovation within the Northeastern community by educating and equipping health startups with resources for success. HSE hosts annual events in entrepreneurship and in 2010 launched a mentoring program for alumni, students and faculty from Northeastern who are starting businesses in healthcare, health sciences, and life sciences.
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IDEA: Northeastern University’s Venture Accelerator
IDEA is Northeastern’s student-led venture accelerator that supports entrepreneurs in the Northeastern community to reach their full potential. True to our Northeastern roots, IDEA provides a valuable experiential educational opportunity to everyone involved from the ventures and coaches to the management team and full-time staff. We accelerate the development of ventures using our business planning stage-gate process. IDEA provides the relevant educational and business resources to ventures as they advance through the stages.
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MOSAIC
Mosaic is an alliance of student-led organizations that support venture incubation at Northeastern. These student-led organizations work side-by-side with student, alumni, and faculty ventures, creating solutions to the real challenges that entrepreneurs face when starting companies. In addition to helping ventures, Mosaic hosts informal gatherings of entrepreneurial-minded members of our community in areas all around the country.
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Northeastern Entrepreneurs
Northeastern entrepreneurs are critical thinkers, daring learners, and strategic problem-solvers who live and breathe their ventures. Whether you are planning a new idea, boosting your existing company, or seeking expertise from thought leaders and idea generators, you can rely on your Northeastern’s robust innovation ecosystem to help you achieve whats next.
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NUImpact
NUImpact is Northeastern’s student-led impact investing initiative and fund. We serve as a resource for students to understand purposeful capital and invest in social enterprises locally.
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Scout
Scout is Northeastern’s student-led design studio that aims to foster the design community on campus through real client work with early-stage ventures, community events and workshops, and impact-driven innovation.
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The McCarthy(s) Venture Mentoring Network
The McCarthy(s) Venture Mentoring Network (VMN) connects Northeastern entrepreneurs with high-quality, experienced, mentors that can help address a variety of business challenges and make ventures more successful. VMN opportunities are available for alumni looking to receive or offer mentorship. We have worked with over 75 ventures and are always looking to grow our strong community of entrepreneurs. Get involved today!
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Vital
Inspiring students to explore and innovate beyond the traditional realm of healthcare to better serve patients/clients and their families.
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Women Who Empower
Northeastern’s Women Who Empower initiative welcomes all members of the university’s vibrant global community who wish to drive positive change and build a brighter future. Our network comprises strong, aspiring, and distinguished individuals who foster inviting environments, create lasting connections, and provide meaningful experiences where every person thrives.
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Women’s Entrepreneurship Initiative
In partnership with Women Who Empower, the Women’s Entrepreneurship Initiative (WEI) functions as a structured and rigorous platform to mobilize all entrepreneurs in Northeastern’s network, providing long-term leadership and access to resources. The WEI is guided by a group of global thought leaders, key executives, and influential entrepreneurs from varied backgrounds, experiences, and industries.
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