Dropbox. Reddit. Scribd. AirBnB. Weebly. Besides being recent startups on their way toward becoming household names, what do these have in common? Roots in Y Combinator, a Silicon Valley seed-funder that specializes in getting promising new businesses off the ground. …
by Faye Kulik (GSB ’13) Imagine Manhattan’s “Silicon Alley” extending up Jerome Avenue in the Bronx. Or blazing a trail across Fordham Road. That was the vision that united business owners, students, professors and community leaders this month at a …
With a generous donation, Deloitte has become the lead sponsor of TrepCon 2012, the Gabelli School’s annual entrepreneurship conference. The firm’s involvement signals the rising stature of TrepCon, which debuted a few years ago as a small gathering and has since …
(Adapted from a longer story written by Patrick Verel for www.fordham.edu) New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg joined Dean Donna Rapaccioli to launch a state-of-the-art facility that houses the Gabelli School’s new small-business incubator: the Fordham Foundry. The Foundry, …
Social entrepreneurship is gaining ground in the business world — which makes this a great time to learn all about it. Consider enrolling in the Social Entrepreneurship course next semester. Social companies, so named because they have a benefit to …
India is one of the most important economies to understand in today’s business landscape. Three new Fordham courses give you the chance to travel there. Change your plans for spring 2013 registration? These courses are part of the Gabelli School’s …
by Balt Heldring (GSB ’14) “Brutal” — that’s the word Brendan Marshall (GSB ’05) uses to describe his experience in investment banking. After graduating from Fordham, Marshall was hired as an analyst for Perella Weinberg Partners. It wasn’t for him. …
A sign of a well-run organization is that it takes time out to make sure it is fulfilling its mission and meeting people’s needs. Our own Center for Digital Transformation is about to pause, take stock and determine the most effective …
When Brendan Marshall (GSB ’05) graduated from the Gabelli School of Business, he saw himself on Wall Street — and went there, working as an analyst in the M&A Advisory practice of Perella Weinberg Partners. Seven years later, though, his …
Gabelli School freshmen who seek a spot in the prestigious Compass Fellowship entrepreneurship program have only one week left to complete their applications. If you want to spend a year developing a socially conscious business idea — in parallel with …