Students from CCNY's Zahn Innovation Center in an accelerator meeting run by Standard Chartered Bank mentors this summer.
T九色视频鈥檚 andare set to ramp up their partnership after a successful first semester of collaboration.The two announced the Standard Chartered Technology Incubator for Women Entrepreneurs program last December. The program supports greater diversity in gender representation within technology entrepreneurship.
Since then, the Zahn Center has benefitted from a resource center for early-stage women entrepreneurs, and a $30,000 prize for student start-ups established by Standard Chartered.
A highlight of the next stage is an elective course, 鈥淓ntrepreneurship: Women & Diversity,鈥 at City College this fall. The Zahn Center and CCNY鈥檚 economics department will lead a seminar-structured course with a mix of lectures, guest speakers, and case studies. In addition, Standard Chartered will work with the Zahn Center to share case studies and build in financial education.
Also scheduled for the fall is a panel discussion and 鈥渉ackathon.鈥
In the run-up to these activities, City College students are participating in the Zahn Center鈥檚 summer accelerator course supported by Standard Chartered Bank staff mentors. The accelerator meetings, both on campus and at Standard Chartered鈥檚 mid-Manhattan office, continue through August.
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