Entrepreneurs at MU
This program empowers students to think entrepreneurially, and provides them with the tools to succeed professionally.
Entrepreneurs at Manhattan University (E@MU) provides students a head start in turning their ideas into tangible businesses. E@MU integrates academics with experiential learning to foster innovation and student entrepreneurship.
E@MU builds on the University’s highly recognized O’Malley School of Business and School of Engineering to create an ecosystem for student entrepreneurs and their ideas to flourish. Our mission is to create a collaborative environment of diverse yet like-minded students across campus to cultivate new relationships, innovations and business ideas by harnessing the intellectual capital of our students, faculty, alumni, and professional mentors to take their business ideas from local to global.
Our approach to entrepreneurship is a combination of exploring and understanding of culture and the world combining it with a rigorous academic curriculum coupled with the wisdom of practicing entrepreneurs. We create a dynamic collaboration between Manhattan’s schools of business and engineering, combining business expertise in product markets, financial modeling, and strategic management with engineering expertise in design, functionality, and implementation to better equip student startups for success. We also draw on the expertise of Manhattan’s extensive network of alumni for program execution and mentoring.
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Battle of the Bronx
The Battle of the Bronx (#BOTB) competition is a Shark Tank-like business plan pitch competition created in partnership with the O’Malley School of Business (OMSB) and Fordham University's Fordham Foundry to highlight student entrepreneurship within the Bronx. This entrepreneurial experience provides students with an opportunity to fine tune their business ideas and pitches with insights from industry experts.The Battle of the Bronx competition (which will be held in April of 2023) showcases three Manhattan University student groups from the E@MU Innovation Challenge against three Fordham University entrepreneurship teams in a five-minute pitch to entrepreneur judges/investors for $10,000 in cash awards to run their businesses (and bragging rights).
The competition is open to Manhattan University students of all academic disciplines who participated in the Innovation Challenge.