--- title: Stories and Updates | Horn Entrepreneurship | success stories (2) description: success stories | Stories, news and updates from Horn Entrepreneurship, the creative engine of University of Delaware (2) --- [![University of Delaware](https://horn.udel.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/HPE_Jan2017/logo.png?width=168&height=70&name=logo.png "University of Delaware")](http://udel.edu) #### Horn Entrepreneurship # [Stories & Updates](https://horn.udel.edu) ### [Horn After 10: Maya Nazareth](https://horn.udel.edu/horn-after-10-maya-nazareth) This article is part of a series celebrating the 10th anniversary of Horn Entrepreneurship by highlighting alumni, their stories and accomplishments. The origin story of Alchemize Fightwear involves a rebellion against hot pink and purple, a statement against male thinking and a push to empower women. The company, founded by Maya Nazareth when she was a 19-year-old University of Delaware student, has been profitable since Day 1. [Read More](https://horn.udel.edu/horn-after-10-maya-nazareth) by [Horn Entrepreneurship](https://horn.udel.edu/author/horn-entrepreneurship) • January 31, 2023 Topics: [entrepreneurship](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/entrepreneurship), [careers](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/careers), [success stories](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/success-stories), [alumni](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/alumni), [startups](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/startups), [innovation](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/innovation), [10 Year Anniversary](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/10-year-anniversary) ### [Horn After 10: Farhad Baqi](https://horn.udel.edu/horn-after-10-farhad-baqi) This article is part of a series celebrating the 10th anniversary of Horn Entrepreneurship by highlighting alumni, their stories and accomplishments. The first big innovation that [Blue Hen Dental](https://bluehendental.com/)co-founder Farhad Baqi orchestrated for the Smyrna, Delaware, dental practice was a device called the Curing Cube, which sped up the time to harden the resins and dental composites used in making impressions from as much 15 minutes to as little as 10 seconds. [Read More](https://horn.udel.edu/horn-after-10-farhad-baqi) by [Horn Entrepreneurship](https://horn.udel.edu/author/horn-entrepreneurship) • January 10, 2023 Topics: [careers](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/careers), [success stories](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/success-stories), [alumni](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/alumni), [innovation](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/innovation), [10 Year Anniversary](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/10-year-anniversary) ### [The Ultimate sneak peek into Ultimate Tournament](https://horn.udel.edu/the-ultimate-sneak-peek-into-ultimate-tournament) “I bet you twenty bucks I can beat you in this game.” Playing video games and involving money in the equation is a situation which tends to occur regularly among gamers. Alex Pickett and Dan Goodman had a goal to create a platform where gamers can play for money.  [Read More](https://horn.udel.edu/the-ultimate-sneak-peek-into-ultimate-tournament) by [sophia yarram](https://horn.udel.edu/author/sophia-yarram) • August 02, 2022 Topics: [entrepreneurship](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/entrepreneurship), [future of work](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/future-of-work), [careers](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/careers), [success stories](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/success-stories), [competition](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/competition), [startups](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/startups), [technology](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/technology), [innovation](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/innovation), [leadership](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/leadership) ### [Lifelong Lerner: Lavar Thomas](https://horn.udel.edu/lifelong-lerner-lavar-thomas) *This article first appeared on the blog for Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics on May 24, 2022.  Lavar Thomas's graduate studies include an M.S. in International Studies and his work on his social startup, Leaders of the Free World with the opportunities available through UD's Horn Entrepreneurship.* [Read More](https://horn.udel.edu/lifelong-lerner-lavar-thomas) by [Horn Entrepreneurship](https://horn.udel.edu/author/horn-entrepreneurship) • May 31, 2022 Topics: [success stories](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/success-stories), [social entrepreneurship](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/social-entrepreneurship), [opportunities](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/opportunities), [startups](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/startups), [VentureOn](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/ventureon), [equity](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/equity), [Hen Hatch](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/hen-hatch), [leadership](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/leadership) ### [Lerner Staff Awards](https://horn.udel.edu/lerner-staff-awards) Horn Entrepreneurship has an award-winning team Horn Entrepreneurship honors two of their own who join a list of well recognized staff and faculty. From left to right: Tricia Monning and Laura Gasiorowski   At the Lerner Staff Meeting on April 22, two members of Horn Entrepreneurship were recognized for their contributions to the Lerner community throughout the year. [Read More](https://horn.udel.edu/lerner-staff-awards) by [John Wasdin](https://horn.udel.edu/author/john-wasdin) • May 16, 2022 Topics: [success stories](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/success-stories), [awards](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/awards), [educators](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/educators) ### [Better Puzzles: Making Art Accessible](https://horn.udel.edu/better-puzzles-making-art-accessible) Meet Bryce Fender, a University of Delaware alumnus, real estate agent, marketing consultant, and most importantly an entrepreneur. As an entrepreneur, Fender has two main goals: to end homelessness and to provide quality, sustainable jobs through art. To reach those goals, he has helped co-found two startups, [WilmInvest](https://www.wilminvest.com/) and [Better Puzzles](https://betterpuzzles.com/), each helping make his visions a reality. [Read More](https://horn.udel.edu/better-puzzles-making-art-accessible) by [Ryan Sigmund](https://horn.udel.edu/author/ryan-sigmund) • April 05, 2022 Topics: [entrepreneurship](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/entrepreneurship), [success stories](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/success-stories), [alumni](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/alumni), [social entrepreneurship](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/social-entrepreneurship), [startup advice](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/startup-advice), [startups](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/startups), [equity](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/equity), [Summer Founders](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/summer-founders), [pivoting](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/pivoting) ### [The Magic Behind SnackMagic](https://horn.udel.edu/the-magic-behind-snackmagic) Three alumni dish on their experience in a NYC startup A few years ago, the startup company Stadium was delivering dishes from different restaurants together as a single delivery to businesses all across New York City. The company was growing quickly and had endless possibilities ahead of them. Out of nowhere, the COVID-19 pandemic hit the world and New York shut down in an instant. Suddenly, people were working from home with no need for in office lunch delivery. The team put their heads together and created [SnackMagic](https://www.snackmagic.com/), which saved their business and was the best pivot response to the pandemic. [Read More](https://horn.udel.edu/the-magic-behind-snackmagic) by [John Wasdin](https://horn.udel.edu/author/john-wasdin) • February 25, 2022 Topics: [entrepreneurship](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/entrepreneurship), [success stories](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/success-stories), [alumni](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/alumni), [startups](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/startups), [pivoting](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/pivoting) ### [UD’s Devin Landers: It’s Been a Long Strange Trip](https://horn.udel.edu/uds-devin-landers-its-been-a-long-strange-trip) University of Delaware’s Devin Landers, Entrepreneurship ‘23 transitioned from a small town in Maryland, and never seeing a palm tree until the age of 19, to traveling across the world to places like the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait during his military service as a Marine Sergeant. [Read More](https://horn.udel.edu/uds-devin-landers-its-been-a-long-strange-trip) by [Brandon Leo](https://horn.udel.edu/author/brandon-leo) • February 22, 2022 Topics: [entrepreneurship](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/entrepreneurship), [success stories](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/success-stories), [students](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/students) ### [My Summer Internship: Grace Fritz](https://horn.udel.edu/my-summer-internship-grace-fritz) This article first appeared on the UD Lerner College's News and Events, [Seeing Opportunties](https://lerner.udel.edu/seeing-opportunity/my-summer-internship-grace-fritz/) Page. Grace Fritz, Class of 2023 [operations management](https://lerner.udel.edu/programs/undergraduate-programs/majors/operations-management-bs/) and [marketing](https://lerner.udel.edu/programs/undergraduate-programs/majors/marketing-bs/) double major with a minor in [entrepreneurship](https://lerner.udel.edu/programs/undergraduate-programs/minors/entrepreneurial-studies/), spent her summer interning as a marketing intern at the World Trade Center Institute. [Read More](https://horn.udel.edu/my-summer-internship-grace-fritz) by [Horn Entrepreneurship](https://horn.udel.edu/author/horn-entrepreneurship) • February 03, 2022 Topics: [success stories](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/success-stories), [government](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/government), [internships](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/internships), [leadership](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/leadership) ### [The Art of Innovation](https://horn.udel.edu/the-art-of-innovation) Like a connoisseur of fine art, Christina Pellicane both understands and enjoys the details, technique and principles of commercialization. She’s spent most of her career on just that - making an impact through innovation. Her work is reminiscent of a Jackson Pollock painting - drips and splashes dotting the canvas - it is purposeful and groundbreaking. [Read More](https://horn.udel.edu/the-art-of-innovation) by [Meg Marcozzi](https://horn.udel.edu/author/meg-marcozzi) • January 24, 2022 Topics: [Insider](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/insider), [future of work](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/future-of-work), [success stories](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/success-stories), [resources](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/resources), [entrepreneurship and science](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/entrepreneurship-and-science), [government](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/government), [opportunities](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/opportunities), [technology](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/technology), [equity](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/equity), [research](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/research), [pre-accelerator](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/pre-accelerator), [leadership](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/leadership) [1](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/success-stories/page/1) 2 [3](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/success-stories/page/3) [4](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/success-stories/page/4) [5](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/success-stories/page/5) […](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/success-stories/page/7) [9](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/success-stories/page/9) ### Subscribe to Blog Updates ### Recent Posts ### Posts by Topic - [entrepreneurship (244)](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/entrepreneurship) - [community (225)](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/community) - [students (160)](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/students) - [alumni (119)](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/alumni) - [startups (117)](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/startups) - [awards (116)](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/awards) - [events (102)](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/events) - [innovation (96)](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/innovation) - [success stories (89)](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/success-stories) - [resources (83)](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/resources) - [enrichment (82)](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/enrichment) - [competition (65)](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/competition) - [Summer Founders (51)](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/summer-founders) - [social entrepreneurship (49)](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/social-entrepreneurship) - [pitching (47)](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/pitching) - [opportunities (45)](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/opportunities) - [careers (43)](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/careers) - [entrepreneurship and science (42)](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/entrepreneurship-and-science) - [pre college (40)](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/pre-college) - [women entrepreneurs (38)](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/women-entrepreneurs) - [leadership (35)](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/leadership) - [Hen Hatch (32)](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/hen-hatch) - [future of work (31)](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/future-of-work) - [Insider (28)](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/insider) - [pitch party (28)](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/pitch-party) - [educators (26)](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/educators) - [technology (25)](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/technology) - [VentureOn (23)](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/ventureon) - [startup advice (23)](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/startup-advice) - [equity (22)](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/equity) - [pre-accelerator (22)](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/pre-accelerator) - [commercialization (20)](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/commercialization) - [environment (20)](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/environment) - [research (17)](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/research) - [demo day (16)](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/demo-day) - [entrepreneurship and the arts (16)](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/entrepreneurship-and-the-arts) - [Siegfried (14)](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/siegfried) - [internships (13)](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/internships) - [10 Year Anniversary (11)](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/10-year-anniversary) - [DIF (10)](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/dif) - [Horn Hen of the Month (8)](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/horn-hen-of-the-month) - [The Horn Team (7)](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/the-horn-team) - [government (7)](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/government) - [pivoting (7)](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/pivoting) - [REEF@UD (6)](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/reefud) - [HDFS (4)](https://horn.udel.edu/topic/hdfs) see all [![Horn Entrepreneurship](https://horn.udel.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Email-Images/Universal/Horn-Entrepreneurship_logo_320px.png?width=240&name=Horn-Entrepreneurship_logo_320px.png "Horn Entrepreneurship")](https://udel.edu/horn) ### EXPLORE - [About Us](https://www.udel.edu/research-innovation/horn/about-horn/) - [Upcoming Events](https://events.udel.edu/venture_development_center_478) - [Venture Development Center](https://www.udel.edu/research-innovation/horn/student-enrichment/vdc/) --- ### CONNECT [132 E Delaware Ave Ste 100](https://goo.gl/maps/EuUJZSSiG5u) Newark, DE 19711 [hornprogram@udel.edu](mailto:hornprogram@udel.edu) P: 302-831-4393 - [![Horn Entrepreneurship Facebook](https://horn.udel.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Email-Images/Universal/facebook_icon.png?width=32&name=facebook_icon.png)](https://www.facebook.com/udhorn) - [![Horn Entrepreneurship Twitter](https://horn.udel.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Email-Images/Universal/twitter_icon.png?width=32&name=twitter_icon.png)](https://x.com/udbookschool) - [![Horn Entrepreneurship Instagram](https://horn.udel.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Email-Images/Universal/instagram_icon.png?width=32&name=instagram_icon.png)](https://www.instagram.com/udhorn) - ©2026 University of Delaware - [Comments](http://www.udel.edu/home/comments/) - [Legal Notices](http://www.udel.edu/home/legal-notices/)