Editor’s Note: In honor of 10 years of the IDS program at the iSchool, Alexandra Archambault will be leading you through a 10-episode podcast series. Each episode highlights a different successful startup company from the program. Alexandra: Today we’re featuring Patrick Ambron of BrandYourself. BrandYourself was founded in 2009 in the Syracuse Student Sandbox. Today, the company… Read the full article…
Spring 2019 marks the 10 year anniversary of the IDS (Information Technology, Design, and Startups) program at the iSchool. To celebrate the 10 years of innovation, the iSchool is launching its first ever podcast next week! I got to chat with 10 of the most successful companies that arose from this program and then created… Read the full article…
Alumnus Josh Frost’s mom is also a Syracuse University graduate, but that’s not what drew him to the same school. Frost was drawn to Syracuse as he felt the iSchool was the only program that would allow him to learn to “solve people problems, using technology.” Growing up, he remembers being the kid who strove… Read the full article…
iSchool alumni John Burke ’12 and Kevin Dong ’09 G’11 recently visited Syracuse as the second HINDSights Alumni Visitor Program guests of the school year to discuss their roles at JetBlue Airways. Kevin is currently in the hospitality department working to develop the company’s customer service and John is a manager who oversees a variety… Read the full article…
For iSchool alum, and recent HINDSignts speaker, Menotti Minutillo ’07, success is measured by personal happiness. But as an engineering manager at Uber, who has previously held roles at Twitter and Goldman Sachs, it is evident his success reaches farther than self-validation. So how did he go from a ten-year-old tinkering around with his uncle’s… Read the full article…
Damn millennials. If you’re under the age of 25, heck 30, and even remotely connected on social media platforms, you have probably been subjected to at least one or two snide comments from elders regarding both your self-centered nature as well as your addiction to your phone. We get it. The generation of kids who… Read the full article…