News & Events

Events

1. Silicon Beach @ USC: Sept 17-18, USC Campus
2. Marcia Israel Awards Banquet - Honoring The Class of 2013 – May 2, 2013
3. New Venture Seed Competition 2013

Faculty and Alumni In the News

1. Featured Speaker: Market Burnett, producer of Survivor, The Voice, The Apprentice, Shark Tank speaks about motivation and how to succeed
2. Tim Sae Koo Alumni ’12 "Anatomy of a USC startup", December 5, 2012.
3. Professor Tommy Knapp, "University club’s grand opening marks a new era", October 9, 2012
4. USC Silicon Beach Conference "Entrepreneurs head to the beach", October 4, 2012
5. "Business and engineering students rove around curiosity project", August 24, 2012
6. AIM – Incubator program: "The summer of start-ups", August 15 2012
7. Entrepreneur of the Year, "Thomas Barrack Jr. named new USC trustee", June 12, 2012
   Chairman and CEO of Colony Capital LLC, Thomas Barrack Jr. was named USC trustee on June 6. As a fellow Trojan, he was honored with the Marshall’s Alumni Award for Business Excellence in 1999 and the Lloyd Greif center named him "Entrepreneur of the Year" in 2005 for his professional achievements and his service to the University.
8. U.S. News & World Report featured several of USC schools and programs in the 2013 edition of "Best Graduate Schools". Greif Center alum Chris DeWolfe founder of myspace.com has been featured., March 20,2012
9. "Business Alum sees opportunities at USC", March 5, 2012
   USC alum Chris DeWolfe, cofounder of Myspace considers USC as a catalyst for new business opportunities. DeWolfe attended a Q&A with Tommy Knapp and gave advice to others about the importance of culture and taking risks.
10. "MBA Student Prizes his company", March 2, 2012
    The YPrize competition organized by the Lloyd Greif Center is designed to educate and prepare students for creating new business ventures and becoming entrepreneurs. Josh Junker, a Marshall MBA student won the prize of 50k to fund his company MindMeld Labs.
11. "USC hosts X Prize Day", January 27, 2012
    X Prize Foundation has teamed up with Marshall School of Business along with other departments to encourage students to develop solutions with problems facing the planet. During the event, students broke into small groups to address some of these challenges and then later presented their proposals.
12. "Young Entrepreneurs on the Clock", January 20, 2012
    The technology feasibility course taught at the Lloyd Greif Center provides graduate students with the real-world experience on designing and testing a tech start-up. Professor Allen taught the course last fall and several students talk about the projects they did taking this course.