Stories & Updates

The University of Delaware’s premier startup venture funding competition is now in its fifth year. Hen Hatch is accepting submissions for its 2020 edition of the annual event through February 16, 2020. Horn Entrepreneurship invites all students, faculty, staff, and alumni to apply.

The Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers (GCEC) named University of Delaware Horn Entrepreneurship a finalist for the Excellence in Specialty Entrepreneurship Education Award for Horn’s Youth Initiative.

The Pete du Pont Freedom Foundation is honoring Horn Entrepreneurship Founder, Charlie Horn, with the Pete du Pont Freedom Award. The award celebrates entrepreneurial spirit, innovation, and economic growth.

Patient Sortal, a Hen Hatch 2019 winner in the alumni track, has grown from a nascent startup to a qualified healthcare data management company eager to make a difference in the lives of patients with chronic conditions. Founder Kenny Eck, Alfred Lerner College of Business Economics, Class of 2018, says that persistence and the unwavering support of his family, are what have made the two-year journey possible.

Eight University of Delaware student startup teams have been chosen to participate in the fourth Summer Founders cohort run by Horn Entrepreneurship.

Any industry in the world can be broken into using the skills and mindset an entrepreneur develops over time, and the food industry is no exception. Entrepreneurial skills are applicable anywhere and the young entrepreneur behind Tortilla Text is proving just how far a combination of skills and determination can take you.

The University of Delaware Horn Entrepreneurship fall pitch party will be held at the Venture Development Center from 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Wednesday, October 24. Undergraduate students from any college may pitch but any UD student, faculty or staff, may watch. The event is free but to pitch or attend you must register at bit.ly/undertheseapitch. 

Horn Entrepreneurship announces the first University of Delaware Tech Innovation Showcase on Thursday, October 4, 2018, 12:30 to 5 p.m. in Perkins Student Center. The showcase is an opportunity to engage with UD’s top scientists and engineers who are creating solutions to the world’s biggest problems.

Horn Entrepreneurship defines entrepreneurship as pursuing the creation, delivery and capture of value from new ideas. Since 2012, Horn Entrepreneurship has helped students develop as entrepreneurs to better capture value from their ideas, whether that is through a business venture, a non-profit focusing on social impact or an artistic passion project on the side.