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From a very young age, Tiara was interested in entrepreneurship. Growing up, she would organize lemonade stands on her block and would constantly be thinking of innovative ways to improve the way people used things in their everyday lives. In the Spring of 2018, Tiara participated in the Iona Innovation Challenge, a competition that gave students the opportunity to tackle a real-world problem with a unique solution within one of three tracks: Business Venture, Social Entrepreneurship, or Technology. Out of 23 teams, she made it to top 9 where she pitched her business idea called Gooseberry, a restaurant with healthy fast food alternatives in an allergy-friendly environment and came in 2nd place under the Business Venture Track.
In July of 2018, through the Hynes Institute, Tiara had the opportunity to participate participated in the European Innovation Academy in Turin, Italy for a 3 week, accelerated entrepreneurship program. At the European Innovation Academy, Tiara worked in a team to build a start-up company in 15 days, went through the process of ideation, and worked in an environment with over 300 international students and mentors. She While participating in this program, she also learned how to prototypean idea, develop a marketing campaign, launcha business, and pitch her teams innovative business idea.
Tiara is passionate about entrepreneurship and innovation and is interested in building a community of student entrepreneurs at Iona College.
= Related Links =
[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Iona_College#University_Innovation_Fellows <span style="color:#0000ff;">Iona College</span>]
[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Iona_College_Student_Priorities#Fall_2018 <span style="color:#0000ff;">Iona College Student Priorities</span>]
=== University Innovation Fellows ===
==== Fall 2018 ====
Alberto Goncalves
Tiara Griffith
[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/User_talk:Eware1 <span style="color:#0000ff;">Elijah Ware</span>]