Entrepreneurship and Innovation
26 July 2024

Gummy Sports Chews, AI Tools for Business, Yoga-Inspired Products. Meet the 2024 i.Lab Incubator Ventures

The University of Virginia’s i.Lab Incubator this summer introduced a new format, new funding sources and a record number of teams. What hasn’t changed? The incubator’s ability to attract and nurture an array of innovators with intriguing products, technologies and services.

21 June 2024

UVA Darden’s Saras Sarasvathy Awarded Honorary Doctorate from Athens University of Economics and Business

Darden Professor Saras Sarasvathy recently added a third honorary doctorate to her celebrated career, conferred by the faculty of science, management and technology at the Athens University of Economics and Business.

18 June 2024

What’s Really Behind Microsoft’s Strategy for ‘Call of Duty’ and Game Pass

Microsoft will offer an option to access the next edition of “Call of Duty” this fall through the Xbox Game Pass subscription streaming service – rather than exclusively selling the game on discs. What does Microsoft’s move say about the video game and entertainment industry? The Darden Report checked in with Professor Anthony Palomba for some ideas.

09 May 2024

UVA Darden Charts Path for Responsible Business and Human Excellence in the Age of AI

The Darden School’s Artificial Intelligence Initiative, bolstered by the largest gift in School history from Dave (MBA ’78) and Kathy LaCross and Darden’s Sands Institute for Lifelong Learning, announces new offerings and ideas to help chart the course of responsible business and human excellence in the age of artificial intelligence.

03 May 2024

Student Entrepreneurs Win Big in Final Round of UVA E-Cup

Student entrepreneurs across UVA won a combined $50,000 in prize money and in-kind services to further develop their ventures focused on an emergency action plan app, memory documentation, pickleball paddles and Indian spice mixes.

01 May 2024

Breaking Down the Five Habits of Expert Entrepreneurs with Saras Sarasvathy

Darden professor and entrepreneurship expert Saras Sarasvathy was recently featured on the hit podcast Hidden Brain to explain her research on the (at times) counter-intuitive steps expert entrepreneurs take on their way to success.