Nov
12

Ernst & Young's "Your World, Your Vision" Competition

This competition gives students the opportunity to create an event or initiative that helps their communities, and will have a chance to win cash prizes to implement the idea.

Jul
29

A Peek Into the Coleman Center Community

Raman Chadha, Executive Director, helps you catch up on the new connections, partnerships and ventures taking place within the Coleman Center community. 

May
20

Help Me Help the Center

Amanda Hansen, current Marketing Intern at the Coleman Center, shares tactics that will help her replacement be an asset to the Center. 

May
05

Dr. Alfredo Sfeir-Younis Educates DePaul on the Spiritual Dimensions of Entrepreneurship

Last Friday, May 1, DePaul had the pleasure of hosting Dr. Alfredo Sfeir-Younis, a global ambassador for sustainable development, human rights and social justice.  Over 100 members of the DePaul community attended this event to learn how to balance self, society and markets in the pursuit of profits.  Watch the video of his presentation here.   

Apr
14

'Picture Yourself an Entrepreneur' Button Hunt- START IT Button Available Today

The second collectible Coleman Center button, START IT, is now available.  Get yours today and 'Picture Yourself an Entrepreneur'.  Upload photos and videos to our Facebook Fan page of you and your friends pursuing entrepreneurial activities around Chicagoland.   Upload your photos by May 14 and you'll win free admission to our May 28 workshop, Advisory Boards: How to Build the Right Team of Professional Expertise. 

Mar
31

Entrepreneurship in New Orleans: A Week in Review

Justin Henderson, DePaul MBA student and member of the  IDEAcorps team, reviews his trip to New Orleans where the DePaul team helped Naked Pizza achieve sales goals, create marketing strategy and analyze long-term growth models. 

Mar
26

Building Green Chicago Conference

Index Publishing, the Department of Environment and the Department of Buildings will be hosting the 2009 Building Green Chicago Conference on Tuesday April 7th at the Chicago Hilton.  The Conference will begin with a panel led by Mayor Daley's Chief Environmental Officer, Sadhu Johnston, and featuring other City officials promoting the City's sustainable agenda.

Mar
25

DePaul MBA Team Nurturing Entrepreneurship in New Orleans with IDEAcorps Challenge '09

DePaul University, along with teams from other MBA programs around the nation, are helping to spark economic growth in New Orleans through entrepreneurship.  A DePaul MBA student is quoted in this article from USA Today. 

Mar
25

DePaul Team Member Shares Experiences from IDEAcorps Challenge '09

Justin Henderson, a DePaul University team member competing in the IDEAcorps Challenge '09 and recent MBA Consultant at the Coleman Entrepreneurship Center, re-caps his last few days helping to spark entrepreneurial growth in the city of New Orleans. 

Mar
23

O Captain? My Captain?

Where have all the leaders gone?  It’s a question I find myself asking more often these days as the economy swoons and our favorite titans of industry are defamed.   I’m not referring specifically to the CEOs or beltway politicians or ordinary citizens, but to all of the above.  I’m referring to the leaders of men.

Mar
19

Sustain Illinois

Reminder: the deadline to submit applications through the Sustain Illinois website is April 3rd.  If you have a business that either has a sustainable based product or service that will have a lasting economic impact or you have adopted internal sustainable processes in your business structure, you are encouraged to apply.

Mar
16

DePaul Team Entering The IDEAcorps Entrepreneurship Challenge

From March 21-28th, The Idea Village will host 50 MBA students from the top B-schools, including a team from DePaul, as part of The IDEAcorps Entrepreneurship Challenge, of which Start Up New Orleans is a participant.  6 student teams will be paired with 6 local businesses, giving the students a week to apply their expertise in solving critical challenges facing these companies.

Mar
10

Community Consulting Program

The Community Consulting Program is a student-based consulting program managed by the Coleman Entrepreneurship Center, and administered by faculty through entrepreneurship courses. Student teams are matched with clients that are small businesses or community organizations facing a particular strategic challenge (i.e.: how to increase sales, improve profitability, analyze the competition, etc.).

Mar
04

'Picture yourself an entrepreneur' button hunt

'Picture Yourself an Entrepreneur', and wear your passion for entrepreneurship around DePaul and Chicago with the Coleman Entrepreneurship Center’s collectible buttons! 

Starting March 30 and throughout spring quarter, the Coleman Center will release one of four buttons - CREATE IT, LAUNCH IT, START IT, BUILD IT – at various locations around DePaul’s Loop and Lincoln Park campuses.  To participate in the Button Hunt and find out where you can get yours,  visit the Center’s Facebook Fan Page.

Feb
10

Rolling Meadows and Prospect High School Business Plan Presentations

Two entrepreneurship classes from local high schools joined the Coleman Center on Wednesday, January 28, 2009 for business plan presentations and a campus tour.  View photos of the winners and their day on campus here.