Rollins Center
The Rollins Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology creates a supportive, nurturing environment for students interested in starting and growing businesses.
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Creating a World of Innovative Thinkers
Socks that monitor a baby's vitals, security cameras that alert homeowners via text, and doors that open using an app have more in common than one might think.
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Business Solution for Diabetics Victorious at New Venture Challenge
The BYU student-founded company PhyR walked away with the first-place price and $15,000 at the 2020 New Venture Challenge hosted by the Rollins Center.
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BYU Marriott Names New Associate Dean
BYU Marriott School of Business dean Brigitte C. Madrian has announced the appointment of Bonnie Anderson as the school's newest associate dean.
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Rollins Center Announces 2020 SEOY Winners
The Rollins Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology at the BYU Marriott School of Business recently recognized Daniel Quarnberg of Pyxis Manufacturing as its 2020 Student Entrepreneur of the Year.
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Download Tomorrow’s Top App—Today
The Rollins Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology challenges BYU's budding student developers to create the next top app by competing in its annual App Competition.
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Latin Roots and Business Plans
Trying to juggle school and a social life while simultaneously learning how to get a commercial loan, earn a dealership license, and develop relationships with business professionals is not easy, but somehow Maryorie Delgado manages to do it.
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Validated: Hard Work Pays Off for Winners at Business Model Competition
Every year successful student-run companies come out of BYU Marriott's Rollins Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology through various competitions. This year's Business Model Competition proved to be no different.
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"The Real American Dream"
Italian-born BYU Marriott alum Giuseppe Vinci came to BYU thinking he would help coach BYU volleyball and study business before returning to Italy. What happened to him was so much more than he could have imagined.
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Small and Simple Things
Whether it's keeping bees or mentoring students, professor Steve Liddle enjoys the simple but powerful things in life.
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Big Ideas Get Bigger
From biodegradable lip balm to upgraded back pillows, creative and innovative business ideas were pitched at the annual Big Idea Pitch competition sponsored by the Rollins Center for Entrepreneurship Technology at BYU Marriott.
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Inspiring and Achieving with BYU Marriott's Women in Entrepreneurship
Ever since Taunya Brown was hired as events and programs manager at the Rollins Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology at BYU Marriott two years ago she has wanted to start a new women's student group that differs from others on campus.
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Bigger Harvest Than Money
BYU Marriott's Rollins Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology is helping entrepreneurs through its International Business Model Competition.
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New Venture Challenge Wraps Up 2019 Miller Competition Series
Three hundred million tons of plastic waste are produced each year, causing harm to wildlife and the environment. Wanting to help solve this waste problem, four BYU students have developed a solution to this predicament and took top honors along the way.
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Utah Startup Marketplace Turns Ten
While many BYU Marriott School of Business students aspire to accept a secure corporate job after graduation, others crave the experience of getting their hands dirty and building a business from the ground up.
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Big Ideas Take Off
Starting a business and getting it off the ground can be difficult, especially for students. That's where the Big Idea Pitch competition comes in.
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Boosted by Immersion
While at BYU Marriott, Sydni Dunn immersed herself in countless opportunities. These efforts paid off when she received a job offer from the organization she hoped to work for.
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Thriving Through Trials
Maddie Hunt, office manager at the Rollins Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology, has blossomed in evolving environments throughout her life.
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If at First You Don’t Succeed…
In spite of obtaining data that supported their business model, Caleb Wagner and Tanner Beckstrand learned that success doesn't come by driving a one-way street.
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