A team of four undergraduate business students from LMU placed second in the Global Finals of the KPMG Innovation and Collaboration Challenge (KICC), held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The interdisciplinary … Read more
Three days of presentations by the biggest influencers in tech including Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman and Dropbox CEO Drew Houston. Intimate fireside chats focused on breaking … Read more
How can more women feel empowered to become entrepreneurs and shape the future of Silicon Beach? LMU’s Fred Kiesner Center for Entrepreneurship hosted a mentorship and networking event featuring some … Read more
To meet natural disasters, privately funded scientific research offers the best hope for effective responses, said entrepreneur Jim Demetriades ’85, managing partner and founder of Kairos Ventures. Demetriades’ lecture, “How … Read more
Chet Pipkin is more than a tech guy. He’s a people guy. As founder, chairman and CEO of Belkin International, Pipkin has built a technology empire based on a people-centric … Read more
“I really wanted to build my own dream rather than someone else’s,” said Chad Martin, a 2016 alumnus of LMU. Chad is putting his words into action as co-founder and … Read more
“Introduction to Entrepreneurship” is the first class an entrepreneurship student takes at LMU. The class is taught by Jason D’Mello, a 2010 LMU MBA alumnus and serial entrepreneur who brings … Read more
Jeff Hoffman is good at solving problems. He remembers standing in line for over an hour at the airport just to get his boarding pass printed. He ended up missing … Read more
The Hilton Distinguished Entrepreneur Lecture Series welcomed Mark Rampolla, Founder of ZICO Coconut Water, on Thursday, October 20, 2016. In the early 90s, Mark Rampolla was fresh out of college … Read more
On a flight to Asia in spring 2015, Mylen Yamamoto was finding it particularly challenging to eat with chopsticks. She didn’t have a secure place to put them between bites … Read more
Two engineering freshmen from Loyola Marymount University were awarded the $1,000 top prize in the Fred Kiesner Center for Entrepreneurship’s New Idea Pitch Competition. Masaki Takamatsu and Billy Walker won … Read more