Lee Business School Receives $4 Million to Expand Center for Entrepreneurship
Center to be Renamed Troesh Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation. (Oct 20, 2017)
Air Force teams with UNLV to innovate
AFwerX will test collaborating with UNLV and the public to innovate ideas and for problem-solving. The Air Force is teaming with UNLV’s Center for Entrepreneurship.(July 31, 2017)
Aftaz Aquaponics Systems wins Southern Nevada Business Plan Competition
Designed to grow vegetable crops in the arid desert, Aquaponics is a two-stage system that uses hydroponic technology combined with aquaculture (the raising of fish) to grow vegetable plants.(July 17, 2017)
Governsocial Wins Third at Nevada’s Governors Cup
GovernSocial.com (graduate) and Dynamend (undergraduate) took third place in the Nevada Governor’s Cup Competition (UNLV News Center – April 21, 2014)
Seven Teams Announced Nevada’s Governors Cup Finalists
Businesses range from a dental stem cell company to a startup that makes dog toys controlled by smartphones. (UNLV News Center – April 16, 2014)
Facutly Feature: Andrew Hardin
Professor Andrew Hardin, Ph.D., takes his EMBA Technology Innovation students wherever necessary to get up-close-and-personal with innovators. (LBS News – April 2014)
Skyworks Aerial Systems Wins 2014 SNBPC
One of 5 finaists takes home $80,000 in cash and prizes as winners of the 2014 Dominic Anthony Marrocco SNBPC (LVRJ – April 14, 2014)
10 Semi-Finalists Named in Southern Nevada Business Plan Competition
The business plans in this year’s contest represent concepts ranging from alternative energy and a trampoline park to dental stem cell collection and unmanned aerial vehicles. (LBS News – February 24, 2014)
Global Entrepreneurship Experience Names Contender’s Challenge Winner
From a field of eight teams, the Global Entrepreneurship Experience team captured a $1,000 cash prize, and bragging rights for a year, including a banner in the Lee Business School courtyard. (LBS News – October 2014)
Lee Business School Student Wins Local Undergraduate Entrepreneur Competition
Hayden Bryant, owner of H.M. Cole, won the contest for undergraduate entrepreneurs (LBS News – October 17, 2013)
Rebel venture: Donation creates student-run investment fund
Business students need a lot more than lecture-based course work (LV Review Journal – August 1, 2013)
Beyond the basics: Creating venture capitalists at UNLV
Most colleges offer an array of business courses from (LV Review Journal – July 28, 2013)
UNLV Undergraduates Take Top Spots in Nevada Governor’s Cup Contest
Two UNLV undergraduate student groups awarded $35,000 to help develop business plans. (UNLV News – April 19, 2013)
Student Groups Named Finalists In Governor’s Cup Business Plan Contest
Businesses include a website to assist cancer patients, a device that helps gyms save energy, and a bar specializing in molecular mixology. (UNLV News – April 3, 2013)
Associate Director of Entrepreneurship Center Named Rising Star
As associate director of UNLV’s Center for Entrepreneurship, Douglas creates educational programs covering entrepreneurship and investing (LBS News – March 2013)
Sports Entertainment Company Wins 2013 Southern Nevada Business Plan Contest
UNLV Lee Business School and the Las Vegas Business Press partner in annual Dominic A. Morrocco competition to spark economy (UNLV News – February 25, 2013)
Sports Entertainment Gear Wins Marrocco Southern Nevada Business Plan Competition
Persistence paid off for Sports Entertainment Gear (LBS News – February 23, 2013)
Southern Nevada Business Plan Competition to Announce Winner Feb. 22
UNLV Lee Business School and the Las Vegas Business Press partner in annual Dominic Anthony Morrocco contest to spark economy. (UNLV News – February 21, 2013)
LBS Receives $500,000 Gift to Launch Venture Fund
Beginning this fall, UNLV students will gain real-world knowledge of the venture capital process (LBS News – September 2012)
UNLV Teams Win Tri-State Business Competition, Take Home $55,000 in Awards
Geyser Flow Control, a water-saving device becomes the first Nevada team to win the top prize in contest history (UNLV News – May 24, 2012)
Lighting Up The Crowd
MBA students spark game-day excitement with their noise-activated sports apparel. (UNLV News – February 24, 2012)
UNLV Students Partner with Community Member to Win 2012 Southern Nevada Business Contest
Geyser Flow Control will help homeowners save as much as 10,000 gallons in water per year, creators say (UNLV News – February 7, 2012)
Catching the Entrepreneurial Spirit
No idea too big or small, Rebel entrepreneurs have more than business “plans.” (UNLV News – October 18, 2011)
UNLV Teams Sweep Nevada Governor’s Cup Business Plan Competition
Student-led teams from UNLV took top honors in both the graduate and undergraduate categories (UNLV News – April 20, 2011)