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Entrepreneurship classes on rise, foster start-ups

HeartSounds Inc., a company created by a group of three LGSB students in the MBA program, is the latest example of a start-up with roots in UIC's Technology Ventures program, a yearlong entrepreneurship curriculum designed to prepare students for launching a viable business. With the job market tight and interest in entrepreneurship on the rise, experts say, more schools are catering to students interested in starting businesses.

Read today’s Chicago Tribune article about this exciting program.

2009 Media Archive

August 31, 2009: Chicago Tribune, Entrepreneurship Classes on Rise, Foster Start-ups
July 7, 2009: Wall Street Journal, Rewards Help Soothe Hard Times

April 15, 2009: CNN Money, Where are they now? Aiming for investors’ hearts--and patients

April 15, 2009: CNN Money, 7 Business plan superstars: A bright smile dazzles the judges

2008 Media Archive

2008: Entrepreneur Magazine (Special Start-Ups issue), Nothing to lose

May 19, 2008: Chicago Sun Times, The accomplishment gene:  SanoGene Therapeutics CEO also looks at deals for local venture capital firm
April 10, 2008: NASA News, U. of Illinois-Chicago team wins first NASA Life Science Award

April 7, 2008: Houston Chronicle, And the winners are…

April 7, 2008: CNN Money and Fortune Small Business, Student Grudge Match

April 7, 2008: CNN.com and YouTube.com, Heart Check

April 7, 2008: CNN.com and YouTube.com, Bioregenix Wins

April 8, 2008: Near West Gazette, UIC Update

March 7, 2008: Houston Business Journal, OrthoAccel Polishes Up Business Plan with State Funding

February 28, 2008: Gov. Perry Re-election Campaign Website, Governor Perry announces Texas Technology Fund Investment in OrthoAccel Technologies, Inc.

2007 Media Archive

November 15, 2007: Houston Business Journal, OrthoAccel Receives Life Science Award
Fall 2007: Princeton Review, Entrepreneur Magazine, and Entrepreneur.com Top 10 Graduate Programs (Tech ventures program credited for UIC rank).

October 28, 2007: Chicago Tribune, Class projects lay groundwork for business

October 29, 2007: Chicago Tribune, Value in alliances: Forming partnerships helps companies rise above competition

August 6, 2007: Chicago Sun Times, SanoGene Awarded First Place in Chicago City Treasurer’s Business Plan Competition.
July 9, 2007: Houston Business Journal, People on the Move
June 29, 2007: Houston Business Journal, Rice Alliance event boosts life science companies
June 4, 2007: Chicago Tribune, Lack of schooling no bar to success

May 16, 2007: Chicago Sun Times, UIC Business Students Win Plan Competition

April 13, 2007: The Oregonian, Winner of New Venture Championship Announced

April 10, 2007: Chicago Sun Times, An Eye on the Future

April 5, 2007: Houston Daily Business News, Optimal Vision Corporation Wins Fish & Richardson IP Powerhouse Award:  Law Firm Presents Rice Business Plan Competition Award to Team from University of Illinois at Chicago

March 28, 2007: Houston Chronicle, Optimal Vision Corporation Wins Fish & Richardson IP Powerhouse Award

March 28, 2007: Forbes.com, Optimal Vision Corporation Wins Fish & Richardson IP Powerhouse Award

March 28, 2007: Yahoo Finance, Optimal Vision Corporation Wins Fish & Richardson IP Powerhouse Award

March 28, 2007: Google Finance, Optimal Vision Corporation Wins Fish & Richardson IP Powerhouse Award

March 23, 2007: Houston Chronicle, According to Plan: Rice Contest Pairs Students with Investors to Launch Technology Companies, Products

March 2007: IP Investor, “Student Spin-outs: Two Pioneering School Programs Put Students in the Driver’s Seat,” Dave Keating, Vol.1(5) pp. 22-25.

March 12, 2007: Chicago Tribune, Information Sites Seek Way to Turn Profit

February 19, 2007: Chicago Tribune, Students at UIC Turning Ideas into Real Businesses

February 19, 2007: Anatomy News, Students at UIC Turning Ideas into Real Businesses

February 12, 2007: Healthcare Finance News, SimplexityMD Takes Over Orthodontia Company

February 5, 2007: Houston Business Journal, SimplexityMD Takes Over Orthodontia Company

February 5, 2007: San Antonio Business Journal, SimplexityMD Takes Over Orthodontia Company

February 5, 2007: Forbes, SimplexityMD Takes Over Orthodontia Company

February 5, 2007: Yahoo Small Business, SimplexityMD Takes Over Orthodontia Company

February 2, 2007: Crain’s Chicago Business, Former UIC Students Sell Firm to Entrepreneur

2006 Media Archive

December 20, 2006: Business POV, The Business Plan: Time Well Spent or a Waste of Time

November 14, 2006: Google.com Adsense, SanoGene Wins $50,000 in Business Schools’ Inaugural Competition

November 6, 2006: IVCA News, Midwest Venture Summit All Business
November 3, 2006: Chicago Sun Times, SanoGene Wins $50,000 in Business Schools’ Inaugural Competition
September 15, 2006: Inside Indiana Business, Pittsburgh Company Wins Purdue Life Sciences Competition

June 17, 2006: WGN Radio. Guest on “The Money Show” with Bill Moller.

June 14, 2006: Chicago Sun Times. UIC Prize-Winners Peddle Killer Business Plan
May 6, 2006: NPR. Students from my class interviewed

March 27, 2006: New York Times, Cancer Cure Company Wins Business Plan Challenge

March 27, 2006: Fog City Journal, University of Illinois Chicago Team Takes Top Honor at the University of San Francisco’s International Business Plan Competition
March 27, 2006: San Francisco Sentinel, Cancer Cure Company Wins Business Plan Challenge

March 27, 2006: C-NET News, Start-ups Vie for Best Elevator Pitch

March 27, 2006: The Longevity Meme, RNAi Versus Cancer

March 26, 2006: C-NET News, Cancer Cure Company Wins Business Plan Challenge