It weighs more than 50 tons. Materials used include Barbie dolls, cremation ashes, motorcycle jackets, needlepoint, paintings, and wedding rings. About 850,000 people in the United States are infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, according to the American Association for World Health. People think it's complicated for student entrepreneurs to start a business, says Bela Musits '75, director of Rensselaer's Incubator Program. But all it really takes is a desk, a phone, and a dream.
People think it's complicated for student entrepreneurs to start a business.
But all it really takes is a desk, a phone, and a dream. The RPIdea Lab is housed within the Incubator Center, located in the J-Building. Up to 300 students who take entrepreneurship courses at Rensselaer will be able to use the lab as their business address, to meet with venture capitalists, and to mingle with those entrepreneurs who run the 28 companies within the Incubator. We hope the RPIdea Lab will become ground zero for students who otherwise might be trying to operate businesses out of their residence hall rooms. University policy discourages students from running businesses from their rooms.