Four Meadowbrook High School students win $1,000 for their businesses after Shark Tank-style competition
Virginia Commonwealth University’s da Vinci Center for Innovation later joined the partnership, which allowed Meadowbrook students to get involved with VCU’s Entrepreneurship Academy, connect students with mentors, and teach them about design and the art of pitching.
Students pitch promising business ideas to investors at VCU Demo Day
Annual event is part of larger emphasis on experiential learning at VCU.
VCU’s Shift Retail Lab recognized by Fast Company’s World Changing Ideas Awards
Space operated by the VCU da Vinci Center for Innovation earns an honorable mention in the Urban Design category of the magazine’s 2022 World Changing Ideas Awards.
Innovation, entrepreneurship & academics
If the future of higher education were up to Garret Westlake, Executive Director of the VCU da Vinci Center for Innovation, it would be about “taking risks, not tests.” This insistence on real-world experience was Westlake’s theme at a recent Encorepreneur virtual breakfast meeting.
Shift Retail Lab will support VCU student innovators and entrepreneurs
The 2,700-square-foot lab will provide students with retail and office space, and will serve as a front door to Richmond’s entrepreneurial ecosystem.