Our Stories
Learn more about the McGuire Center by reading some of our many fascinating stories. View stories by year, or scroll down for all stories:
2012
Venture team profile: MistoBoxMcGuire Entrepreneurship teams took center stage at the New Venture Expo at the Southwest Regional Angel Summit in April. One of them, MistoBox, took home the prize of “Most Investable Venture.”
New Innovation Law Lab offers legal knowledge to regional start-upsLed by Larry Hecker and Gabriel Beckmann, the Innovation Law Lab provides critical legal strategy, leadership, and advice to innovation-based, scalable start-ups in the Tucson/Southern Arizona region.
Barry Goldman sets research agenda for 21st century negotiation in new bookA new book co-edited by Barry Goldman explores how changes have driven organizations to turn to negotiation as a means to add value and increase innovation, and as an alternative to litigation in business transactions.
2011
Visit McguireExperience.com for a dynamic, media-rich glimpse into McGuire EntrepreneurshipThe Innovation Law Lab helps ventures meet a critical need as they navigate the intersections of business and law
McGuire Entrepreneurship Program attracts student athletesThe McGuire Entrepreneurship Program is an intensive, year-long experience that demands countless hours, dedicated teamwork, and top performance at high-stakes presentations to judges and angel investors.
McGuire Entrepreneurship students leap through final academic hurdleStudents who complete the year-long McGuire Entrepreneurship Program walk away with a business plan, but their academic experience goes far beyond that document.
Electric bike company Velocis wins over judges at Year-End ShowcaseThe 100 students in the McGuire Entrepreneurship Program concluded their venture development experience with an annual day-long showcase event on April 14.
McGuire Center alumnus selected for Arizona leadership academyThe Phoenix-based Arizona Center for Civic Leadership announced in March that Patrick Marcus is one of 25 fellows in the inaugural class of the Flinn-Brown Civic Leadership Academy.
Innovation Day at the UAStudents in the McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship passed the first public test of their venture process—interacting with visitors to their tradeshow booths at the annual Innovation Day at UA.
Venture team update: The CravoryCookie Fusion was one of three finalists in the 2008 McGuire Entrepreneurship Program Year-End Showcase, and the team members have gone on to launch the venture, now called The Cravory, in San Diego.
Doctoral student tops IdeaFunding 2010 Innovation in Research competitionThird-year doctoral student Xenia Kachur — whose focus is biomedical engineering — topped the Innovation in Research Competition at the IdeaFunding 2010 conference in October.
2010
Entrepreneurship venture teams find communication solution in open innovation competitionWhen the McGuire Entrepreneurship Program’s web system for venture team communications lost key features, the program challenged its current class of students to find a new solution.
Management senior and pro DJ competes for Global Student Entrepreneurship AwardEric Smith was nominated for the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards, a national competition for students who own and run businesses while attending a high school, college, or university.
Partnership gives Mexican undergraduates access to entrepreneurship programThe McGuire Center and the Tecnológico de Monterrey partner to offer Mexican exchange students access to the top-ranked UA entrepreneurship program.
Venture Team Update: Ugallery.comBack in 2006, UA students Alex Farkas, Stephen Tanenbaum, and Greg Rosborough connected in the McGuire Entrepreneurship Program around a fundamental problem of the art business: how can promising young artists connect with potential buyers?
McGuire Center launches new online entrepreneurship coursesNow would-be entrepreneurs from around the country have access to the expertise of the top-ranked McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship through a series of three online certificate courses.
McGuire Center year concludes with unprecedented final resultsFor the first time ever, the annual McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship year-end showcase competition ended in a tie, with two finalist teams taking top honors.
Clothing entrepreneur is true to his schoolMarc Herman’s company sells high-end sportswear in 1,200 boutiques in 15 countries and in most major department stores — but his biggest thrill is coming to the UA campus and seeing his t-shirts selling in the bookstore.
Center for Corporate Entrepreneurship and New Venturing announcedEller's new center will foster the infusion of entrepreneurship in existing firms while capitalizing on these early days of the open innovation movement.
McGuire entrepreneurship venture teams featured at Innovation DayAt the University of Arizona's annual showcase of campus-wide innovation, the McGuire Center student teams participate in tradeshow.
USA Today and Princeton Review dub McGuire Center the "crown jewel" of UAIdentifying the University of Arizona as one of the top 100 "Best Value Colleges," the review highlighted Eller's undergraduate MIS and accounting programs while gushing over the McGuire Center.
2009
The economics of innovation: Modeling pricing methods for technologyEconomics associate professor Gautam Gowrisankaran has been awarded a three-year National Science Foundation grant to explore modeling methods for durable goods.
Private equity firm buys MIS spinoff companyA private equity firm has acquired the company founded by MIS professor Hsinchun Chen to commercialize the crime-fighting software COPLINK.
McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship caps off banner yearMcGuire Center celebrates 25th annual year-end competition and upward movement in U.S. News graduate rankings.
Uncovering the corporate parenting paradoxEller College professor shows that startup companies benefit when established corporations enter new technology markets.
Entrepreneurship teams test ventures at UA Innovation DayAngel investors and other attendees perused displays and asked informal questions about the 21 McGuire Entrepreneurship Program team exhibits.
McGuire Center announces the Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Investment Awareness SeriesThe Awareness Series includes five separate events throughout March and April that highlight the role entrepreneurship plays in growing the economy.
Identifying a need and meeting it: McGuire Center grads launch AZ CarMartMcGuire Entrepreneurship Program alums Josh Berger and Travis Hannon launched their Tucson-based business in 2008.
The Business/Law Exchange: Partnership joins law students and entrepreneurship teamsMcGuire Center for Entrepreneurship partners with James E. Rogers College of Law to promote new program, including a mock law firm class.
2008
New Venture Competition Winners Launch VentureSkillIT takes residency at the Arizona Center for Innovation and launches with new name of StudentExperts.com.
McGuire Entrepreneurship Program Ranked #1 AgainPrinceton Review / Entrepreneur magazine rank the McGuire Entrepreneurship Program #1 among public programs, #4 overall.
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