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Everyone is an Innovator

The Farley Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation equips all Northwestern students with the academic programming and mindset to become innovative problem-solvers — no matter what they study, where they work, or where they come from.

See how students used the tools they learned at Farley to start businesses, innovate where they are, and even become better artists.

Ibraheem Alinur

Ibraheem Alinur

Ibraheem is focused on improving health, communication, and literacy as CEO and co-founder of his startup, City Health Tech.

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Charbel Bourjas

Charbel Bourjas

Charbel is a product manager and entrepreneur who through his Farley classes learned to ask hard questions, work on multidisciplinary teams, and persevere in the pursuit of solving problems.

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Casey Qadir

Casey Qadir

Casey is the CEO of a neurotechnology startup born and bred out of Northwestern called Hubly Surgical Inc.

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Olivia Hernandez

Olivia Hernandez

Olivia founded the The Garage's artist-in residence program, an incubator designed to foster a strong artist community and teach students how to transform their passions into a business.

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Sahar Jamal

Sahar Jamal

Sahar founded Maziwa, a breast pump designed for working women in developing markets.

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James Kornacki

James Kornacki

James is the cofounder and CEO of Üllo, a startup that produces a scientifically sophisticated wine purifier.
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Morgan Lewis

Morgan Lewis

Morgan combined her passion for music with her interest in design to create Auxilia, a guitar stand that lives on the guitar itself.

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Olivia Lugar

Olivia Lugar

Olivia's energy, law, and environmental background helped her excel as the co-founder and former chief regulatory officer of clean-water startup, NUMiX.

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Lauren McCarthy

Lauren McCarthy

Lauren is a producer, film executive, marketer, and storyteller applying entrepreneurial skills toward growing her production company and product marketing career.

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Drew Wandzilak

Drew Wandzilak

Drew Wandzilak is a passionate problem-solver pursuing venture capital as an analyst in Chicago.

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Lauren Washington

Lauren Washington

Lauren is an aspiring filmmaker and creative entrepreneur who is using the lessons she learned at Farley to take ownership of her artistic career.

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Sophia Wennstedt

Sophia Wennstedt

Sophia is an energy innovator who is combining her passions for equity and climate resilience at her startup, blip energy.

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