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Entrepreneurship

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Business Acumen Skills: Definition and Examples

Published on October 16, 2025

Written by Indeed Editorial Team

Reviewed by Gus Pelogia

Updated July 24, 2025

Many jobs require employees to have business acumen skills to exceed in their positions. Business acumen skills are skills that enable a person to understand and manage …

By Elaine Lu Hoffstaetter
Elaine Lu Hoffstaetter Career Readiness Coach (Central Career Services)
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ADHD Pushed Me to Be an Entrepreneur — These 3 Things Helped Me Find Resilience in My Career Journey

Published on May 27, 2025

Since childhood, I’ve known my mind worked differently. I was more impulsive and venturesome than my peers. I was the head of the academic team, yet also the class clown. I was class president, then a high school dropout. I …

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Entrepreneurship Mentors and Training

Available to students, faculty, staff or alumni.

Entrepreneurship Funding and Fellowships

Cornell offers a variety of funding opportunities for startups and students, including stipends, fellowships, and investment programs like BR Ventures, …

Legal, Accounting and Library Services

Cornell’s entrepreneurship legal clinic provides startups with discounted legal services from law students, along with free office hours from a …

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Alumni Connections

William Yost

Alumni
  • Cambridge, UK
  • Senior Investment Manager Foresight Group
Meet William

Peter Charney

Alumni
  • Silverton, CO
  • Senior Manager, New Ventures Thumbtack
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Ebenezer Sampene

Alumni
  • Charlotte, NC
  • Director Corporate Accounting & Finance Mood Media
Meet Ebenezer

Melissa Martin

Alumni
  • Oakfield, NY
  • RTT Practitioner (Rapid Transformational Therapy) Your Life Elevated Inc.
Meet Melissa

Angelo Del Toro

Alumni
  • Mt Vernon, NY
  • Paralegal Matilde Pena & Associates, P.C.
Meet Angelo

Shriniwas Rao

Alumni
  • Denver, CO
  • Team Lead Harleysville Group
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Hugo Ruiz

Alumni
  • New York, NY
  • Presidet | Founder ART X MACHINA
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Michael Nicolella

Alumni
  • Pittsburgh, PA
  • Shareholder Strassburger McKenna Gutnick & Gefsky (Pittsburgh, PA)
Meet Michael

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