Posted on September 16, 2021
Last week, the Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership (CEL) hosted Altar Live CEO Stephanie Leathe ’16 and COO Andrew Amann for Open Coffee—a weekly story hour where students can learn about the opportunities and challenges of starting a business from real nonprofit leaders and small business owners.
Posted on May 7, 2021
Six unique finalist teams pitched their startup projects in the eighth annual Social Venture Challenge, all aiming to improve lives worldwide.
Posted on April 29, 2020
For three Social Venture Challenge teams, Thursday night's Final Showcase is a chance to build transformation on campus. Meet the teams and their creative startups.
Posted on April 29, 2020
In 2008, Mike Schnakenburg, Lucy Mull, and Andrew Breton graduated during the Great Recession—and Dan Stevens ’06 started his own business. Hear their stories and sage advice for this year’s graduating class.
Posted on April 28, 2020
Meet two Social Venture Challenge finalists teams who are poised to make an impact here on the North Shore. On Thursday they go head-to-head with five other teams in the Final Showcase.
Posted on April 27, 2020
Seven student teams are preparing for the most entrepreneurial Social Venture Challenge finale yet. First, meet two teams who are developing creative plans to empower women in Africa.
Posted on January 17, 2020
With a mission for Kingdom work and a commitment to help students "start something good," Jocelyn Cook joins Gordon College as director of the Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership (CEL).
Posted on April 22, 2019
After three months of preparation, mentoring and collaboration, five teams of student entrepreneurs finally competed for $10,000 during the sixth annual Social Venture Challenge (SVC) on April 11.
Posted on April 8, 2019
With a wide range of motivations and plans, the five student teams will pitch their startup ventures to a panel of expert judges on Thursday evening for the 6th annual Social Venture Challenge Final Showcase.
Posted on May 15, 2017
“If you’re going to take social impact seriously, there might actually be no better place on the planet than a Christian liberal arts school, where faithful founders are asked to think deeply about how to address the needs of a broken world.”