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TeztUs | Recognizing a need in the market, and meeting it

Jackson’s goal as a tutor was simple: to help students excel academically, but as he expanded his customer base, he recognized a consistent pattern: students, regardless of their school, grade level, or background, wait weeks to receive feedback on their assessments.

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Recap: 2024 Quest for Cash Bootcamp

The interactive and immersive boot camp was designed to help early stage startup founders from across demystify the process of raising funding from outside investors. Helping entrepreneurs from across NYU.

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AI Tools and Fundraising Strategy Take Center Stage at SVF

Week 6 of the Stern Venture Fellows Summer Accelerator featured hands-on workshops with Google Labs on AI tools like Gemini and a deep dive into startup fundraising strategy with Jeremy Kagan of Textbook Ventures. Fellows capped off the day with the Summer Mixer & Poker Night, celebrating community and friendly competition...

Content to Customers: Proven Sales and GTM Tips for Early-Stage Founders

The Stern Venture Fellows Summer Accelerator continued with a high-impact lineup of workshops designed to strengthen marketing, sales, and go-to-market skills. The cohort spent the day immersed in practical frameworks and exercises with expert operators across industries. Each session was designed to help founders clarify and refine their approach to growth...

From Strategy to Networking: SVF Fellows Explore Brand Value with TikTok Expert and Building Founder Community

In the second week of the 2025 Stern Venture Fellows Summer Accelerators, the cohort beat the heat with a branding workshop from TikTok Brand Strategist Connor Brownell, and learned leadership skills with the Berkley Center's Steph Shyu. The cohort celebrated their progress with cohorts from NYU's other Summer Accelerators...

Kicking-Off & Setting Goals with the Stern Venture Fellows

The 2025 Stern Venture Fellows kicked off their summer with a high-impact orientation focused on setting clear goals, defining meaningful metrics, and building a community of accountability and support...

ANNOUNCEMENT: Meet the 2025 Stern Venture Fellows

We’re excited to announce the 2025 cohort of the Stern Venture Fellows (SVF) and Associate Fellows, a group of NYU founders leading ventures at the forefront of health and wellness. This year’s cohort reflects NYU’s deep, cross-school strength in solving challenges around physical and mental wellbeing, functional nutrition, and more...

David Ko Catches Up with Stern Venture Fellows Alumni

NYU founders from past Stern Venture Fellows cohorts reunited with Calm CEO David Ko (Stern BS ’93) to share progress, challenges, and what’s next as we gear up for this summer’s program...

Introducing the Winners of the 2025 NYU Entrepreneurs Challenge

NYU’s top startups took the stage at the 2025 Entrepreneurs Challenge Final Pitch-Off, the University’s largest celebration of entrepreneurship. With over 300 guests in attendance, ventures competed for $300K+ in prizes. See the winners across New Venture, Digital Tech, and Healthcare tracks—including this year’s $100K YOPE Award recipient...

ANNOUNCEMENT: Meet the Finalists of the 2025 NYU Entrepreneurs Challenge

After months of hard work growing their ventures and honing their pitches, the teams of the 25 teams of this year's NYU Entrepreneurs Challenge faced the judges for the first time at this year's Semi-Finals! The anticipation in the air was palpable as the teams waited to hear the results of judges' intense deliberation. Silence fell across the room as the Berkley Center team took to the podium to announce the Finalists...
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