Press Releases
The Entrepreneurship Society at the University of Notre Dame, Student Government, the Gigot Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, Innovation Park, the College of Engineering, and the new ESTEEM program in the College of Sciences are collectively pleased to announce the landmark launch of the University’s first-ever Entrepreneurship Week (“E-Week”). Designed collaboratively by students, faculty, and practicioners, the [...]
The fall semester of 2008 was one to remember for the Entrepreneurship Society of Notre Dame. To cap it off, the Society earned a bid from Entreprelliance to become the 20th member of the nation’s premier intercollegiate entrepreneurship network. The other nineteen university entrepreneurship societies comprising Entreprelliance hail from: Babson, Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Duke, Emory, [...]
Which team will be crowned as the next Entrepreneurship Idol at Notre Dame? Will it be the savvy Google group? Will it be the feisty ESPN team? Or perhaps the winning team will champion a company that perhaps you have never heard of before. Founded in 2007, the ultra-competitive Case Study Challenge has quickly evolved into the [...]
Opening Editorial Remarks: The featured article below is one of the many stories that will be displayed in the first issue of the Notre Dame Business Buzz Magazine. The Buzz will be Notre Dame’s first-ever student-run business publication. While attempting to remain entirely unique in many regards as we have outlined in our long-term business [...]
Mr. Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, an internationally renowned businessman and entrepreneur, added to his impressive notable achievements when he became the first Filipino to receive the "2006 Harvard Business School Alumni Achievement Award.”
On a hot summer day in South Bend, Jaime Urquijo, the newly named Co-President of the Notre Dame Entrepreneurship Society for the 2008-2009 academic year, had plenty to smile about. Just returning home from a one-month internship in China, the international student and rising junior from the Philippines exuded...
Since its inception a mere 15 months ago, the Entrepreneurship Club has seen its membership skyrocket to become one of the fastest-growing and most active undergraduate organizations on campus...
Entrepreneur magazine and The Princeton Review surveyed more than 900 undergraduate and business schools about their offerings in entrepreneurship and released today the 5th annual ranking of the top graduate and undergraduate entrepreneurship programs in the nation...
By Carol Elliot May, 11 2008 Marian High School junior Christopher Rodriguez won first place and a cash prize of $500 in the Invention Convention Youth Business Plan Competition held recently at the University of Notre Dame. Rodriguez presented a plan for a customized car audio installation service. Sponsored by Notre Dame’s Gigot Center for Entrepreneurial Studies in [...]
08.28.08 2006-2007 McCloskey Business Plan Competition Winner “SolarShade” Wins Collegiate Idol Competition
An aftermarket product that transforms an ordinary window into an energy-efficient window won top honors for Team SolarShade in the McCloskey Business Plan Competition in April of 2007. Successes continue to roll for SolarShade as they gathered state-wide recognition and top honors recently in the Indiana Collegiate Idol Competition which was held on November 8 [...]
Did you know?
- 85% of Members desire an opportunity to have dinner with the CEO..
- 88% of Members cherish the opportunity of listening to presentations by accomplished executives about their entrepreneurial and leadership experiences.
Getting To Know
Mark Bennett
- Role:
- Founder & Co-President
- Hometown:
- Palos Park, IL
- Major:
- Economics and Computer Applications
- Contact:
- mbennet2@nd.edu
- Employment:
- Understudy to the CEO of a Boutique Executive Coaching Firm
Why Entrepreneurship Society?
"My experience leading the Entrepreneurship Society has been an opportunity to apply the endless academic theory to a real-life setting. It's been an opportunity to be part of a winning culture, to learn from "hands-on" leadership experiernces, and to create meaningful experiences for our peers here at Notre Dame. This organization was founded to teach students how to become impact players and how to shoot for the stars. We are doing both. I believe the entrepreneurial approach to any problem or situation has the power to change the world, and if business figures like Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, or Richard Branson, could offer any input, we think they'd agree."