New Venture and Alumni News

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2012

UA Gen Y, entrepreneurial CPA, and McGuire Center alum Joshua Cohen innovates client connectivity.
May 10, 2012

The McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship and Eller MBA Program will be offering in the fall of 2012 a one semester course in technology commercialization for MBA and science and engineering graduate and law students. The course will focus on University of Arizona developed science and technology and will coordinate its activities with the University's newly formed Tech Launch Arizona initiative.
Mar. 7, 2012

On Tuesday, March 6, the University of Arizona (UA) hosted its ninth annual Innovation Day at the UA. The event, attended by over 300 people, celebrated the UA's success in technology development and innovation by highlighting the research achievements of students, staff, and faculty.
Mar. 7, 2012

Between "apps" and virtual menus, technology is quickly taking a seat at restaurants around the country. Two McGuire Entrepreneurship graduates are hoping to not just affect that growing industry, but change it.
Feb. 28, 2012

2011

Recent graduates of the UA McGuire Entrepreneurship Program have launched Velocis, a company that promotes environmental sustainability and healthful living through use of custom-designed electric bicycles.
Dec. 21, 2011

Martin Reed, who owns I Love Blue Sea in San Francisco, is a graduate of the University of Arizona and the McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship. I Love Blue Sea is a sustainable seafood business launched in early 2010.
Oct 12, 2011

Micky Thompson (MBA ’10) grew up on a tobacco and cattle farm in Tennessee, and expected to operate it himself one day. Instead, he became a technology entrepreneur.
July 20, 2011

TriSports.com Installs Region's Largest Private Commercial Water Harvesting System
March 16, 2011

San Diego Magazine's 50 People to Watch 2011: Derek Jaeger, Adam Koven & Nate Ransom
San Diego Magazine : January 2011

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2010

Growing Crops without Sun or Soil
Discovery News : June 18, 2010

The McGuire Center is pleased to announce that Amber Spears, a 2009 graduate of the McGuire Entrepreneurship Program, has been named the Outstanding Senior for Spring 2010 for the School of Government and Public Policy.
May 10, 2010

An Easy Way to Buy Sustainable Seafood
Diner's Journal : April 12, 2010

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2009

Need Funding? Better Get Creative: With Venture Capital Scarce, Entreperneurs Like Notehall.com Find Alternative Means
The Wall Street Journal : October 15, 2009

Notehall.com founders named finalists in BusinessWeek's America's Best Young Entrepreneurs contest
BusinessWeek : October 9, 2009

Recent McGuire Entrepreneurship Program Alums Start New Ventures
McGuire Center News : September 11, 2009

Outside magazine names TriSports.com as one of America's best places to work in 2009
The Eller Times : June 2009

McGuire Entrepreneurship alum opens Dickey's Barbecue Pit with family
McGuire Center News : January 2009

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2008

McGuire Alumna named Honors College Outstanding Senior
December 2008

Congratulations to Jessica Helmers on being named the Honors College Outstanding Senior for December 2008. An alum of the 2008 McGuire Entrepreneurship Program, Jessica is graduating from the University of Arizona with a 4.0 GPA in Entrepreneurship, Business Economics, and Spanish Literature.

UA student hopes to grow his career, and lettuce, hydroponically
Arizona Daily Star : December 12, 2008

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