Jeff shares with us how he chose a college based on liking the dorms and ended up pursuing an engineering degree. Albeit, he doesn’t pursue an engineering job, but he uses his engineering skillset every day as a marketer for chiropractors. He had to take some risks from leaving a comfy 9-5, to borrowing money, to trying different niches until they landed on chiropractic marketing. Jeff shows us that you can never fail, and the only form of failure is quitting.
Life's Not Linear with Allie Felix
ATTN UPCOMING/RECENT GRADS! Allie shares a lot of great advice with us - to switching colleges, graduating without a job and how to hustle your way through LinkedIn to get those prize connections. Allie also shares with us the importance of your support system and how much they play a role in our lives. ALSO SHE’S A BAD A$$ ENTREPRENEUR!
Bose Challenge: Carnegie Mellon University
October 18th, 2018 | In partnership with Bose and Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, PA
Bose Challenge: Carnegie Mellon University
October 18th, 2018
On October 18th over 100 Carnegie Mellon University students came together for a kickoff event in partnership with Real Industry and Bose. Students worked on interdisciplinary teams to gain real-world experience designing for AR, exploring how companies actually develop products, and developing their professional networks.
After learning more about the challenge at the kick-off event, students broke into teams to start on their task. All student teams attending the 3 hour kickoff event received Bose hardware. Over the following 2 weeks, students used Bose hardware to explore a problem or opportunity, build something, and communicate the engineering and business values behind their accomplishments.
“Our mission is educate, empower and inspire university students to succeed in industry. Our partnership with Bose and CMU allows us to provide hundreds of students with the hands-on experience, mentorship, and guidance they need to thrive!”
The winners of the Carnegie Mellon University Bose Challenge. designed an audio augmented reality medical assistant. Check out the video below for an explanation of their product.
Congratulations to the wining team!
Michael Rivera - PhD in Human-Computer Interaction '22
Ritu Parekh - MHCI '19
Rayna Allonce - Human-Computer Interaction '19
Siyan Zhao - PhD in Human-Computer Interaction '22
Bose wants to empower students to learn about audio augmented reality and design meaningful experiences around it. Bose AR is a new audio augmented reality technology and platform that makes it possible to superimpose sound on top of the real world. With AR, novel experiences for music, communicating, learning, traveling, and more are possible.
Thank you to all of our student participants from Carnegie Mellon and to our partners at Bose!
Bose Challenge: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
October 22nd, 2018 | In partnership with Bose and MIT | Boston, MA
Bose Challenge: MIT
October 22nd, 2018
On October 22nd, over 100 MIT students came together for a kickoff event in partnership with Real Industry and Bose. Students worked interdisciplinary teams to gain real-world experience designing for AR, exploring how companies actually develop products, and developing their professional networks.
“Our mission is educate, empower, and inspire university students to succeed in industry. Our partnership with Bose and MIT allows us to provide hundreds of students with the hands-on experience, mentorship, and guidance they need to thrive!”
After learning more about the challenge at the kick-off event, students broke into teams to start on their task. All student teams attending the 3 hour kickoff event received Bose hardware. Over the following 2 weeks, students used Bose hardware to explore a problem or opportunity, build something, and communicate the engineering and business values behind their accomplishments.
Team Runner's High won the MIT Bose Challenge. Check out the video below for an explanation of their product.
Congratulations to the Runner’s High team:
Jooyeon Lee, Media Lab
Dominic Co, Architecture '19
Yasunori Toshimitsu, Mechanical Engineering '20
Bose wants to empower students to learn about audio augmented reality and design meaningful experiences around it. Bose AR is a new audio augmented reality technology and platform that makes it possible to superimpose sound on top of the real world. With AR, novel experiences for music, communicating, learning, traveling, and more are possible.
Thank you to all of our student participants from MIT and to our partners at Bose!
Bose Challenge: University of California, Berkeley
October 16th, 2018 | In partnership with Bose and UC Berkeley | UC Berkeley, CA
Bose Challenge:
UC Berkeley
October 16th, 2018
On October 16th, over 100 UC Berkeley students came together for a kickoff event in partnership with Real Industry and Bose. Students worked interdisciplinary teams to gain real-world experience designing for AR, exploring how companies actually develop products, and developing their professional networks.
“Our mission is educate, empower, and inspire university students to succeed in industry. Our partnership with Bose and UC Berkeley allows us to provide hundreds of students with the hands-on experience, mentorship, and guidance they need to thrive!”
After learning more about the challenge at the kick-off event, students broke into teams to start on their task. All student teams attending the 3 hour kickoff event received Bose hardware. Over the following 2 weeks, students used Bose hardware to explore a problem or opportunity, build something, and communicate the engineering and business values behind their accomplishments.
Bose wants to empower students to learn about audio augmented reality and design meaningful experiences around it. Bose AR is a new audio augmented reality technology and platform that makes it possible to superimpose sound on top of the real world. With AR, novel experiences for music, communicating, learning, traveling, and more are possible.
Participants had great things to share about their experience taking part in this challenge. Jessie Ying, Berkeley Master of Engineering, wrote a wonderful piece all about the challenge and included feedback from students. Bose Design Challenge: How might sound-based augmented reality improve our lives?
Team Nod n Talk won the UC Berkeley Bose Challenge. Check out the video below for an explanation of their product.
Congratulations to the Nod n Talk team:
Jovin Foo - MEng Mechanical Engineering, 2019
Bethany Lu - Mechanical Engineering, 2022
Kristjan Theodor Sigurdsson - MEng Mechanical Engineering, 2019
John Young - MEng Mechanical Engineering, 2019
Zining Wang - MEng Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2019
Thank you to all of our student participants from UC Berkeley, and our partners at the Fung Institute for Engineering Leadership.
UPDATE!
The above winners of the UC Berkeley Bose Challenge went on to win The SXSW Augmented Reality Challenge!
Click here to read a student perspective on the Berkeley Design Challenge with Bose and Autodesk on October 22, 2016.
University Startups Head to Silicon Valley for Real Startup 2018 Entrepreneurship Program
Real Startup, Real Industry’s two-week entrepreneurship program for university-based startup ventures focusing on media, entertainment, music, and technology, kicks off on June 18th in San Francisco. Teams experience a jam-packed schedule of mentorship and education from professionals at Dolby, Google, Pandora, Eventbrite, and many more. By leveraging Real Industry’s rich network of professionals in this niche sector of innovation, Real Startup accelerates the careers of young entrepreneurs.
Our 2018 Cohort includes five teams hailing from New York University, University of Southern California, Tufts University, Purdue University, McGill University, Malmö University, and the University of Iceland. These startups were selected from a pool of over 100 applications from across the globe. This cohort consists of teams working on ventures in various areas of media and technology, including innovations in live ticketing, AR/VR for concerts, wearables for creative expression and performance, mobile music creation apps, and media distribution platforms for cultural institutions.
Throughout the two week program, teams receive direct access to Real Industry’s network of corporate partners and over 300 expert mentors. Our 2018 schedule includes sessions with companies leading the way in industry-altering developments. We appreciate the support from all of our amazing hosts. With exposure to these organizations, plus the connections made with our fantastic community of mentors, teams complete the program with unparalleled professional networks.
Check out what two of our mentors from Pandora and Pyramind had to say:
““Mentorship is an incredible way for students hoping to enter the industry to start building their network. My own mentors have been immensely helpful in shaping my career so far, and their support and guidance continue to help me become a better professional and person. A great entrepreneurial spirit has always been alive at Pandora, and we’re proud to support the brilliant young minds that Real Startup is introducing to the world of music tech.””
““Pyramind is excited to host Real Industry’s Real Startup 2018 Cohort as part of their two week accelerator program...At the core of Pyramind’s music production training ethos is the connection between real-world experience and the value that mentorship provides in bridging the gap between education in the classroom and the professional workplace. Pyramind’s over fifteen-year history in music education and production was built on this dynamic equation and we value greatly our partnership with Real Industries and what we believe is the future of education and entrepreneurship.””
As we gear up for a phenomenal experience, we want to express our gratitude to our major corporate sponsors: LANDR, Reverb, Stashimi, iZotope, Pro Sound Effects, New York University Steinhardt, Jaunt, and Polsinelli. Real Startup is additionally funded through a philanthropic grant from Olivann. Without the generous contributions of these organizations, we would not be able to reach the level of impact we strive for through the Real Startup program.
“Stashimi was a founding sponsor of Real Startup back in 2017, and we’re happy to continue supporting the student accelerator program for the second year in a row, as we believe experiential education and mentorship is invaluable in the music and tech industries.””
Not in the San Francisco Bay Area? You don’t need to miss out on all the fun! We will be posting regularly to the Real Startup 2018 Facebook Group throughout the program. We invite you to join the conversation, see updates from the teams, and share your own thoughts on the interesting crossroad of media technology and entrepreneurship. The Livestream link to the final presentations from each of the 5 teams, taking place on June 29th, will be available within this group and on Real Industry’s Facebook page by June 22nd.
Real Industry aims to bridge the worlds of industry and academia. Our community is always growing, and we’d love for you to be a part of it. Join us today.