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The Cornell eLab: To nurture job growth, U.S. universities seed start-ups

The Cornell eLab program http://www.elabstartup.com/ runs for a full academic year. Students build out their businesses while participating in lectures, class work, mentorship and receiving a $5,000 investment. At the end of the program, students demo their businesses in front of a crowd of hundreds, including potential investors.

"Being able to get actual college credit for going through an incubator program was really important," Jameson said. "I didn’t have to make a compromise."

As students increasingly pursue entrepreneurship, more universities are creating accelerator and incubator programs to support them. They are also nurturing job skills that will help the next generation of workers thrive in the gig economy, including flexibility, innovation and digital expertise.

Andrea Januta

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-world-work-collegestartups/entrepreneur-101-to-nurture-job-growth-us-universities-seed-start-ups-idUSKBN1IB18B

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