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NJIT Set to Host VOICE Summit 2019 — "World's Largest Voice Tech Event"

Wednesday, July 17th, 2019
Newark, NJ -- From July 22 - 25, 2019, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) will welcome VOICE Summit 2019 — “the world’s largest voice tech conference.”  VOICE will be held for the second consecutive year at NJIT, drawing a roster of internationally recognized brands from around the world...

Free Workshops to Teach Startups to Go "Lean"

Thursday, April 4th, 2019
Entrepreneurs looking to develop their startup businesses are invited to a free Lean Startup Jumpstart Seminar. The introductory training workshop will be held April 10 at Seton Hall, April 17 at Stevens Institute of Technology, May 1 at NJIT and May 8 at New Jersey City University. “The Lean Startu...

School of Management Students Help Local and Foreign Startups

Monday, April 1st, 2019
Graduate students from Martin Tuchman School of Management (MTSM), as well as Newark College of Engineering, worked with the CEOs of nine new ventures — seven in the Newark area, one from Manhattan and one from Finland — to help develop and execute their ventures’ go-to-market strategies. These eff...

The Data Is In: Ph.D. Student Successfully Presents on Entrepreneurship

Wednesday, March 6th, 2019
It was his first conference presentation and he aced it. Yasser Farha, a doctoral student in Martin Tuchman School of Management’s (MTSM) Ph.D. program in Business Data Science, attended the annual gathering this past January of the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (...

Computer Science Professor's Startup Attracts Millions in Investment From Industry Leaders

Wednesday, December 5th, 2018
A startup company co-founded by a NJIT Ying Wu College of Computing (YWCC) professor recently received a substantial investment from a startup foundry supported by industry giants including Microsoft and AT&T. Duality Technologies, launched in 2016 by Associate Professor Kurt Rohloff and f...

Healthcare Software Startup Establishes Newark Headquarters

Tuesday, December 4th, 2018
A new startup company focused on software and professional services to improve community health outcomes just selected Newark as its headquarters. SRL Group, LLC, founded by two veterans of healthcare marketing, joined New Jersey Institute of Technology’s (NJIT) Enterprise Development Center (EDC) ...

Mini MBA Partnership Program Boosts Entrepreneurship

Tuesday, October 23rd, 2018
Eighty-two percent of participating businesses reported profitability, while overall they secured $776 million in government, institutional and corporate contracting. These are just two of the noteworthy results* of the Newark Community Economic Development Corporation’s (CEDC) Mini MBA Program. Th...

The Time of His Life: Alumnus Jonathan Ferrer Designs Modern Luxury Watches

Thursday, August 2nd, 2018
Jonathan Ferrer sits in a cushy armchair inside the bustling coffee shop on the NJIT campus. The watch designer is in his element, casually scrolling through his phone while sipping a cup of joe amid the harmony of coffee beans grinding and milk gurgling. “I lived on campus when I was a student h...

NJIT Directs the 2018 Academy of the International Council for Small Business in Taipei

Friday, July 6th, 2018
The Academy of the International Council for Small Business (ICSB) is an intensive, weeklong entrepreneurship boot camp. Sponsored by ICSB, the world’s oldest academic organization dedicated to entrepreneurship, the Academy guides students through diverse aspects of entrepreneurship, including oppor...

NJIT Educates Next Generation of Tech Entrepreneurs

Thursday, May 17th, 2018
Found your own company and be your own boss upon graduation? Unthinkable? Not any more.  In this day and age, founding a startup is a viable alternative to working as an employee in an existing company. Especially in the burgeoning tech sector. Especially in the exciting New York region. All ...