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Catalyzing Technology Products, Innovators, and Founders

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CFCI Updates

You bring the challenge. We bring the talent. Together, we build the future of product.

2025 Spring Demo

 

 

Eight student product management teams shared a recap of their journeys to conclude their spring semester! Clients include Duke Institute for Health Innovation, Releaf, Navi, SwimConnect, Duke Blue Skull Group, CFCI, LunchBunch, and Duke School of Medicine.

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WATCH SPRING DEMO 
 
 
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EXPLORE BABYBUMPS

Alumni Highlight

ELLIE KANG

 

Ellie graduated with the Class of 2025. She was part of the first cohort of our Practicum Product Lab back in our 2024 Fall semester where she partnered with Andrew Dawson to help a surrogacy startup, BabyBumps. In August, she will start as a full time Product Manager at Capital One in New York City.

 

QuikCal

EGR 101 TO ACQUISITION

 

QuikCal has been acquired by MOCA Systems, Inc. (MSI), the provider of Touchplan by MSI®, the industry-leading construction planning platform. QuikCal’s co-founders’, Ken Kalin, Del Cudjoe, and Alec Liu, have been advised by Steve McClelland. 

 
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QUIKCAL'S JOURNEY! 
 
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STUDENTS WHO SIT 
 

Student Founder Highlight

SYDELLE BERNSTEIN

 

Sydelle is a rising senior who founded Students Who Sit! Students Who Sit was awarded the Borchardt Prize along with $10,000 in funding from Duke Innovation and Entrepreneurship!

 

Investor Showcase

 

"My biggest takeaway from today is just how much work is going on—not just on my campus, but in my city and in this region of injustice. It’s always inspiring and empowering to see those people present, to see it in person, and to feel like you’re part of this big innovation network that you know is really making a difference."– Ammara Aqeel, Ph.D

 
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WATCH SHOWCASE VIDEO 
 
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TUNE IN WITH MIKE
 
 

Engineering Leadership

PODCAST WITH MIKE SALVINO

 

Explore the "softer side" of business leadership with Mike Salvino and Dr. Stephen Riggs— a conversation on the people-focused skills that drive success: communication, change management, confidence, inspiration, and mentoring.

 

GoBig Awardees

GRANT RECIPIENTS

 

The CFCI GoBig program supports Duke Undergraduates developing highly innovative technological solutions to real-world societal problems. GoBig grant recipients include Students Who Sit, QuikCal, Hemo Safe, Blue Skulls, and The Lunch Bunch.

 
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Clark Scholars

GRADUATING SENIORS

 

The Christensen Family Center for Innovation would like to congratulate our recent A. James Clark Scholars graduates from the Class of 2025!

 

Top row left to right: Phillip Williams, Adam Ebrahim, Emma Maddock, Bright Aboah, Noah Fredericks.

 

Front row left to right: Leonardo Gutierrez, Lena Wang, Jaron Shoemaker, Kaelyn Pieter

 
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