entrepreneurship

He created an app to help Muslims with their daily prayers

Northeastern graduate Anas Abou Allaban's app, Tarteel.io, follows users as they recite their prayers in Arabic, and offers corrections for any pronunciation errors. The startup company he co-founded was recently accepted into MassChallenge, a global business accelerator program for companies in their early stages.

by Irvin Zhang July 11, 2019

Make a bar your home office

Northeastern graduates Van Sharma and Zach Mammadov have launched a startup in London that transforms underused restaurants and bars across the city into workspaces for entrepreneurs, freelancers, and small business owners.

by Khalida Sarwari June 7, 2019

He dreamed of being a screenwriter. So he built software to make it easier.

Campfire helps screenwriters, novelists, and game designers develop characters, outline plots, and build their own unique worlds, says Jason Louro, a third-year student at Northeastern who created the software.

by David Harbeck May 31, 2019

The deadline is approaching for the Huntington 100. Get your nominations in.

There’s still time to nominate someone for membership in the Huntington 100, but act fast. The deadline for nomination is 11:59 p.m. on Monday, March 11.

by Molly Callahan March 5, 2019

They couldn’t find anything to wear in New Delhi. So they launched a fashion line.

Northeastern graduates Aashray Thatai and Ashish Gurnani were frustrated. They were each working full time in professional settings near New Delhi and couldn’t find clothes that were stylish, affordable, and appropriate both for work and dinner afterward. So, they created their own.

by Molly Callahan February 27, 2019

You’ve grown up. Now chocolate milk has, too.

Manny Lubin and Josh Belinsky launched their company, Slate, to modernize the classic beverage and make it more appealing to adults. The Northeastern graduates said their chocolate milk is low in sugar and lactose-free, contains no artificial ingredients, and can be purchased online.

by Greg St. Martin February 12, 2019

A broken ankle may make him rich

Instead of trying to play soccer for Northeastern as a freshman, Lucas Espada spent his debut semester developing an app that could help athletes market themselves to college recruiters.

by Ian Thomsen December 19, 2018

Russians aren’t the villains of this high-tech immigrant story

In American popular culture, Russians and former Soviets are often thought of as spies or hackers. But a new book written by three scholars of Russian studies from Northeastern presents an entirely different picture, one that casts light on immigrants from the former Soviet Union who made significant contributions to the United States’ technology sector.

by Greg St. Martin December 4, 2018

Do you know where your coffee comes from? She does.

Coffee connoisseurs are increasingly paying attention to the quality and the origin of their morning java. Northeastern alumnus Miriam Morales knows the exact origin of the coffee beans used by the baristas at her coffee shop, Recreo, because it’s coming from her family’s farm in Nicaragua.

by Debora Almeida December 3, 2018

FOMO no more with this one-stop shop for campus events

When Bennett Lovejoy and Alban Van Gaver started at Northeastern, they wanted to join as many clubs as they could. But they felt overwhelmed by all the different places those clubs published information. So they created Go University: one place to find everything.

by Molly Callahan November 30, 2018