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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


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Virtual matchmaking event at The Garage connects students to Northwestern-based startups

April 16, 2021

Representatives of 20 startups delivered minute-long elevator pitches in a Thursday matchmaking event hosted by The Garage, allowing students interested in entrepreneurship to interact with Northwestern-based...

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Communication freshman Asha Yearwood publishes magazine supporting racial justice

March 10, 2021

Last summer, Communication freshman Asha Yearwood’s Instagram direct messages were flooded with drawings, photographs, creative writing and Notes app poetry. She has since used that content in “From...

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The Garage identifies personality traits of highly successful entrepreneurs in new study

October 14, 2020

Ambitious, sociable, risk-taker — these are some qualities of successful entrepreneurs, according to The Garage’s recent study on the personality traits of highly successful entrepreneurs. Psychology...

The evening’s YouTube livestream played the six finalists’ pitches. Gearflow won big at the first-ever virtual VentureCat.

Pitch competition VentureCat awards over $300,000 to student startups

May 20, 2020

Two Zoom pitches and one YouTube livestream later, student startup Gearflow is $160,000 richer. The construction marketplace company won Wednesday’s online VentureCat pitch competition, beating out...

Third Coast Percussion. David Skidmore (Bienen ’05), an Ensemble Member and Executive Director at Third Coast Percussion, spoke Wednesday about entrepreneurship as an artist.

Grammy-award winning Bienen alumnus talks entrepreneurship and artists

April 30, 2020

Grammy-award winning alumnus David Skidmore (Bienen ’05) spoke Wednesday about why entrepreneurship is an important skill for everyone, especially artists. The Garage hosted the Virtual Founder Talk,...

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