Connecticut Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation (CCEI)
CCEI News Flash!!!
Student Entrepreneurship Seminar Series
Videos Coming Soon!
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, including the most recent that was on November 18th, will be posted to this site shortly. The Seminar Series has been concluded for the fall semester; look forward to more exciting seminars in during spring semester 2010. Bring your ideas, questions, and friends!
Save these dates for future seminar panels and networking sessions:
Winter Break |
February 18 |
March 25 |
February 3 |
March 3 |
April 7 |
IDEA Awards Website: Now Available!!!
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.
Connecticut Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation (CCEI)

Housed in the Management Department of the UConn School of Business, the CCEI serves as a focal point for entrepreneurship at the University of Connecticut. The CCEI stimulates student and faculty participation in entrepreneurship and innovation, provides a pipeline of talented, knowledgeable, and skilled entrepreneurs to the State's economy, facilitates the development of transformational businesses in Connecticut, and enhances Connecticut's business climate by assisting new as well as existing companies to solve the complex business problems associated with capturing market opportunities.
The CCEI’s Innovation Accelerator assists entrepreneurial companies in addressing challenges associated with the identification and capture of business opportunities through interdisciplinary project teams comprised of students, faculty, and entrepreneurs. Innovation Accelerator projects involve, but are not limited to:
- Market Entry Analysis
- Commercialization of Technology
- Competition Assessment
- Marketing and Pricing Analysis
- Product and Service Development
- Globalization Strategies
- Capital-raising Strategies
- Logistics & Technology Strategies
CCEI News & Events
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
CCEI - Academy of Management
Excellence in Entrepreneurship Research Partnership
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