WFU team wins Elevator Competition
A company founded by a Wake Forest student and professor that developed a monitoring device to reduce back pain and promote good posture received a $10,000 boost for winning the grand prize in the 13th annual Elevator Competition hosted by the Schools of Business.Categories: Awards & Recognition, Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Happening at Wake, University Announcements
A group of young entrepreneurs at Wake Forest is setting out to make campus life a bit sweeter. Since 2010, Campus Cakes, an Internet-based business designed primarily to appeal to parents, has been delivering cakes and other baked sweets to students on campus.
For senior Mariama Holman, the creative director for TEDxWakeForestU, planning the visual design themes with her team required late nights, Skype and a sense of humor. But when all the planning came together Saturday, an audience of 1,400 walked away inspired and exhilarated.
Kevin Dias (’06) planned to open a real mini-golf course in Japan. But when he couldn’t secure enough financing, he changed course and developed a mini-golf app for the iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch and Android. It's a finalist in the annual Best App Ever contest.
A new semester brings new opportunities and a chance to reflect on new ways of thinking. See some photos from a special exhibit by entrepreneurship students who were asked to re-imagine everyday objects.