พรพรสำฦต student entrepreneurs, showing the grit that Ashton Kutcher said was vital to success, pitched their ideas Friday night to an A-list of innovators who were on campus for the universityโs third annual.
Thanks to the generosity of Pโ15โ17, the students were rewarded with $5,000 to further develop their projects that were cultivated through the universityโs .
The announcement by the CEO of Chegg followed the student presentations and a panel discussion in a filled-to-the-rafters Cotterell Court about founding, funding, building, and scaling the most innovative companies in the world.
In addition to Kutcher and Rosensweig, the lively discussion featured , former executive vice president of development and strategy for Microsoft, CEO of Skype, and head of enterprise for Cisco Systems; , co-founder and CEO of Airbnb, one of the most innovative companies to come out of Silicon Valley in the past 10 years; and eBay president and CEO.
Kutcher, the actor, director, and co-founder of A-Grade Investments venture capital fund, was asked by the panel moderator of CNBC about how he assesses which projects to support. โItโs all about the person, or the people,โ Kutcher said. โThere is one thing that I think is common, and itโs a personโs grit, or ability and willingness to work and overcome problems. And thatโs really hard to find, and only special people have that.โ The พรพรสำฦต student entrepreneurs who showed some true grit will now have additional capital support to work out any problems with their projects, which received thoughtful critiques from the panelists. The recipients were:
- Katie Rydell โ14 and Amara Wilson โ15, for their
- Ariel Sherry โ15, for her consulting service
- Daniel Swiecki โ14 and Joshua Lasker for their project that matches financial advisors with clients.
Many more student entrepreneurs will present their projects as Entrepreneur Week continues with a full slate of . Check back throughout the next few days as we update this story. See a Syracuse Post-Standard article .
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