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On Your Mark

Entrepreneurship centers help student startups get running “The da Vinci Center is one of multiple entrepreneurship centers housed in Virginia business schools that are aiding students across disciplines to start their own companies or broaden their skillsets, through incubator programs, pitch competitions and other hands-on experiences.Although some offer for-credit courses, many serve students on an […]

Shift Magazine Celebrates Failure and Its Importance to Successful Entrepreneurs

Cross-disciplinary students from da Vinci Center’s INNO 591 course celebrate the launch of their first-ever magazine publication! “the magazine emphasizes failure unironically. “Failure is an option” at the Shift Retail Lab, the magazine reads. “Successful innovators and entrepreneurs take risks and never give up. When you take a risk, failure is an option and often […]

Virginia Cryptocurrency Investors Want Lawmakers to Create Regulation

“The Virginia Blockchain Council partnered with the Virginia Commonwealth University Blockchain club last year, according to Leffel. The VCU Blockchain club is not student-exclusive, according to club president Francesca Bercasio. Bercasio is a senior seeking a finance technology degree. “I chose to join because I believe this technology will disrupt so much due to the […]

Shift Retail Lab Launches Magazine

“Shift Magazine was created by students in a cross-disciplinary, project-based course co-taught by faculty from the da Vinci Center and the Robertson School of Media and Culture. Students worked in collaborative teams to interview, write and design the magazine. “ Read the full article here!Learn more>>

Adobe Week at Virginia Commonwealth University Recap

VCU leadership and their Adobe account team came together to develop an event to celebrate the availability of Adobe Creative Cloud for every student at VCU.  31 unique workshops or events were conducted the week of October 31st. During those 5 days, nearly 61 hours of hands-on workshops and events were held to promote the […]