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Connecticut Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation (CCEI)

The CCEI is a vehicle of UConn's School of Business to educate present and future business leaders on innovation, creativity, the globalization of products, consumers and the economy, rapidly changing information technology, the demand for quality and continuous improvement, and a culturally diverse workforce. The Center’s vision is to serve as the resource of choice to Connecticut's entrepreneurial business community, while developing innovative and exciting educational opportunities for students, faculty and entrepreneurs.

The CCEI offers a multi-faceted high quality program designed to provide assistance to Connecticut's entrepreneurial businesses, to explore their problems and create solutions, to foster supportive feedback from practitioners, and to develop a continuous integrated learning environment for students, faculty and the entrepreneurial community. The Center functions as the cornerstone of the University of Connecticut Business School's relationships with small- and mid-size entrepreneurial businesses and as a vehicle for better understanding the role of innovation, creativity, entrepreneurship, and change management in the economy.

The Center serves as an interdisciplinary home for a number of entrepreneurial initiatives and, as well, facilitates entrepreneurship curriculum development. Furthermore, the Center is a source of student internships, a conduit for external financial support, enriches the educational offerings of the University, facilitates student and faculty development, and serves the Connecticut entrepreneurial community by helping its members address the innumerable challenges of industry, market, product and the dynamic mechanisms that affect operations. The CCEI is a continuing focal point for expanding the University's emphasis on entrepreneurial education, research, and business partnering.

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  • CCEI News & Events
  • **News Flash!!!!**
  • Innovation Accelerator
  • CCEI/AoM Partnership
    • IDEA Awards
    • Entrepreneurship Research Exemplars Conference
  • Family Business Program
  • Wolff Family Program in Entrepreneurship
  • Distinguished Scholar Speaker Series
  • Student Entrepreneurship Seminar Series
  • Venture Consulting Initiative
  • Intellectual Property Law Clinic

CCEI News & Events

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Entrepreneurship Boot Camp for Disabled Vets Comes to UConn

Entrepreneurship Research Exemplars Conference a great success!

Engineering-Business Entrepreneurial Senior Design Partnership

Business-Engineering Partnership Wins Big at State-Wide Collegiate Elevator Pitch Olympics

Dr. Dan Chen Visits the UConn School of Business from Shandong University (SDU), China


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CCEI News Flash!!!

Student Entrepreneurship Seminar Series

The Student Entrepreneurship Seminar Series is geared towards UConn student entrepreneurs. The series features discussions and networking opportunities with successful entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial-minded students. Videos of past seminars are now available online! Please click HERE to access the seminar videos. The Seminar Series is kicking off for the Spring semester on Wednesday, February 3rd from 5-7pm in the School of Business Cafe; look forward to more exciting seminars through April 2010. Bring your ideas, questions, and friends!

SEMINAR 5:
Wednesday, February 3rd, 5-7pm
School of Business Cafe

Refreshments (pizza and soda) will be served


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Guest Panelists:
  • Keith Bessette & Nick Jaensch, Shizzlr (www.shizzlr.com)

    • Co-founders (and current UConn grad students) of a venture developing a Facebook application targeted at college students

  • Mike Pearson, TxTMax (www.txtmax.com)

    • Founder (and current UConn undergrad student) of a mobile phone venture targeted at providing students with on-demand information/advertising about campus food, beverage and entertainment merchants

  • Luke Weinstein, Seminar Moderator, UConn CCEI Faculty

Come meet these three UConn Students who founded and are building their own start-up ventures - with support from UConn. Come learn from their experience, and gain insight into how YOU could also start and potentially get support from UConn for your own technology oriented venture.

Save these dates for future seminar panels and networking sessions:

February 18
March 25
March 3
April 7



IDEA Awards Website: Now Available!!!
http://ccei.business.uconn.edu/IDEAawards


The IDEA Awards, part of the CCEI's Academy of Management Entrepreneurship Research Excellence Initiative (EREI), was celebrated this year during the Academy's annual meeting in Chicago, IL. We are happy to announce the launch of the IDEA Awards website, which hosts information about the awards, detailed information about the award winners and their winning papers, and acceptance videos from the two Foundational Paper recipients. Please click HERE to visit the IDEA Awards webpage, and scroll down for links to the EREI pages and initiatives.

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CCEI - Academy of Management
Excellence in Entrepreneurship Research Partnership



Click the links below for more information

    CCEI/AoM Partnership Vision & Overview

    • 2009 IDEA Awards

    • 2008 IDEA Awards

    • Entrepreneurship Research Exemplars Conference
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Two Undergraduate Management Majors selected for 2010 Leadership Legacy Experience

Business Career Center Welcomes Two New Members to the Team

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