News
Startup Weekend Produces Student-Created Ventures
November 6, 2019
Jane Hobson '22
The competition was hosted by Oberlin Entrepreneurship Club and the Center For Innovation and Impact.
![Startup Weekend Students talking at a table.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/images-2019/startup_weekend_2-derek_mahone_0.jpg?itok=FZc3yadA)
LaunchU Awards $46,500 in Startup Funding to Students, Alumni, and Faculty
March 29, 2019
Erin Ulrich ’18
This year’s winning LaunchU teams were awarded a total of $46,500 in startup funding to expand their entrepreneurial ventures.
![Nancy Darling presents 1step2life Photo of Nancy Darling presenting 1step2life at LaunchU](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/launchu_photo_header.jpg?itok=FjkQCZGb)
Entrepreneurial Curiosity Launches Oberlin Entrepreneurship Club
September 13, 2018
Communications Staff
Eduardo Sienra-Lempeke ’21 and Spencer Tu ’21 relaunched the Oberlin Entrepreneurship Club, which will host Oberlin’s first-ever Startup Weekend.
![Spencer Tu and Eduardo Sienra Lempeke Spencer Tu and Eduardo Sienra-Lempeke](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/spencer-lempeke.jpg?itok=Hm4G9ssw)
Creativity and Leadership is now the Center for Innovation and Impact
September 10, 2018
Communications Staff
We talked with Bara Watts, director of the Center for Innovation and Impact, about the change and what it means for the campus.
![people working in a room with computers](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/launchu18.jpg?itok=tib1wHiZ)
Doing Concerts for Good
April 2, 2018
Conservatory Communications Staff
Conservatory musicians join forces with a LaunchU venture.
![Jenny Huang and Celina Kobetitsch presenting at a conference.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/jenny_huang_and_celina_kobetitsch_launchu.png?itok=KR16gVRE)
Entrepreneurial Thinking in the Innovation Economy
March 21, 2018
Amanda Nagy
Participants in LaunchU, Oberlin’s venture accelerator and pitch competition, gain career-building experience.
![LaunchU bootcamp LaunchU bootcamp](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/launchu_bootcamp.jpg?itok=eT35X3mN)
LaunchU Awards $37K in Startup Funding
March 14, 2018
Amanda Nagy
A panel of judges and investors select four ventures in the annual LaunchU pitch competition.
![LaunchU 2018 winners Six proud winners hold their award certificates](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/launchu_winners_group-yevhen_gulenko.jpg?itok=cxgA4GPZ)
Q&A with Bara Watts
October 12, 2017
Communications Staff
“Q&A with…” is a series dedicated to introducing staff members to the Oberlin community. Find out about Bara Watts, director of entrepreneurship, who joined the office of Creativity and Leadership in April 2017.
![Bara Watts Bara Watts](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/barawatts-qanda.jpg?itok=7eb5b1Gk)
Ace of Clubs
July 27, 2017
Samantha Spaccasi ’17
A circuitous route through Oberlin led directly to a dream job for Gabe Pollack ’11, who today manages a popular jazz club in the Cleveland area.
![The Bop Stop's Gabe Pollack Former Oberlin double-degree student Gabe Pollack](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/gabe_pollack_by_julie_gulenko.jpg?itok=qLH06nqz)
New Club-Like Venue Unites Campus and Community
March 22, 2017
Erich Burnett
Located in the Hotel at Oberlin, the Birenbaum Innovation and Performance Space encourages entrepreneurial efforts.
![The William and Helen Birenbaum Innovation and Performance Space](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/birenbaum_01_edit-1.jpg?itok=PDj2Xeie)