Following his creative spirit
Two years ago, Preston Turk broke his iPhone shortly before leaving for a trip to Europe. Seeing no other option, he begrudgingly shelled out the money for a replacement.But the incoming Northeastern...
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Northeastern launches new Center for Entrepreneurship Education
Northeastern is launching a new center that unites programs and initiatives across disciplines to train students and alumni to become the next generation of entrepreneurs.The Northeastern University...
View Article3Qs: Stocking up on Facebook?
Facebook began publicly trading its stock on Friday, following significant hype over the social media giant’s IPO. While Facebook did earn the title of largest technology IPO in U.S. history, many...
View ArticleGlobal leadership in Mexico
A Northeastern business student led the American student delegation and chaired a panel on international trade at this year’s Y-20 Forum, convened in Mexico ahead of next month’s G-20 Summit.Michael...
View Article3Qs: To view or not to view?
Television studios and Dish Network are embroiled in a legal battle over a new ad-skipping technology the satellite broadcaster recently unveiled called “Auto Hop.” The issue also adds to the larger...
View Article3Qs: China overtakes U.S. in smartphone market
In 2011, China surpassed the United States to become the world’s biggest smartphone market, selling an estimated 23.9 million units in that year’s third quarter. Earlier this month, Microsoft’s Windows...
View ArticleIDEA launches first wave of ventures
It’s abundantly clear that influencers@ is not your everyday business: the Allston, Mass., office has desks and computers, yes, but also a ball pit and a wall of Nerf guns. On one day last week,...
View ArticleOn your mark, get set, pitch!
Businesses pitching their products and services on Wednesday afternoon at Northeastern University were varied, ranging from a high-end, custom guitar manufacturer to a technology start-up that helps...
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Conference: Emerging markets shape international business
International business has grown up in the west and today’s theories about how a multinational company should function are based on examples of American and European enterprises. But companies created...
View ArticleThrough co-op, students see startups firsthand
Co-op jobs with start-ups present great opportunities for students to learn about entrepreneurship. But new ventures are often cash-strapped and lack the resources to hire student employees.A new...
View ArticleHelping impoverished small business owners, one microloan at a time
Students led by Dennis Shaughnessy, executive professor of entrepreneurship and innovation in Northeastern’s College of Business Administration, have been changing the lives of impoverished people in...
View ArticleA historic celebration at a time of great momentum
Northeastern University President Joseph E. Aoun and the Board of Trustees have invited students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends to the official naming of the D’Amore-McKim School of Business on...
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Business is just poppin’
Northeastern alumnus Reuben Taube, ’05, MBA’10, and his brother Ari have invented a new gluten-free snack that is well on the way to making a big national splash. Mini Pops, made of air-popped sorghum...
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Northeastern helps FBI transform its culture
Since the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has made a transformational shift to be more intelligence driven and place greater emphasis on terrorism prevention and strategic...
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3Qs: News Corp. may still have a price to pay
News Corporation, the world’s second largest media conglomerate, and its CEO, media mogul Rupert Murdoch, have been plagued by scandal since it was revealed that journalists at the company’s British...
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Co-op with IBM in India attains perfection
In the middle of December, Chris Turney found his perfect co-op. “I was struggling to find something I was interested in, and stumbled upon a job posting about a bank in France, and I thought that was...
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3Qs: Buying into the knockoff factor?
Retail titans Apple, Nike and Ikea have to compete with impostor replicas of their retail stores that have popped up in the southern district of Kunming city in southwest China and other parts of the...
View ArticleBusiness is just poppin’
Northeastern alumnus Reuben Taube, ’05, MBA’10, and his brother Ari have invented a new gluten-free snack that is well on the way to making a big national splash. Mini Pops, made of air-popped sorghum...
View ArticleNortheastern helps FBI transform its culture
Since the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has made a transformational shift to be more intelligence driven and place greater emphasis on terrorism prevention and strategic...
View Article3Qs: News Corp. may still have a price to pay
News Corporation, the world’s second largest media conglomerate, and its CEO, media mogul Rupert Murdoch, have been plagued by scandal since it was revealed that journalists at the company’s British...
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