Business & Entrepreneurship

A lawsuit by former Miami Dolphins Head Coach Brian Flores is shining a light on the lack of diversity among coaches and leadership in the NFL and other professional sports, according Patrick Rishe, director of Olin Business School’s sports business program.

The IpsiHand, an innovative stroke-recovery device developed by a WashU startup that helps stroke patients recover arm and hand function by retraining their brains, has received the 2021 Pantheon Product of the Year Award from California Life Sciences.

New Olin Business School research suggests strategies for how nonprofits can handle the issue of costly, unwanted donations while minimizing the risk of donor backlash.

The National Security Innovation Network (NSIN) appointed Mike Seper as the university program director at Washington University in St. Louis.

Washington University in St. Louis faculty from the School of Medicine and the McKelvey School of Engineering have been elected fellows of the National Academy of Inventors, the highest professional distinction reserved solely for academic inventors.

Josiah Cox’s utilities company has grown to service multiple states while also changing how we access clean water.

Peter Vogel is the founder of Leafwire, a growing online network that is connecting folks in the cannabis industry.

Veronica Swanson teams up with a basketball superstar to empower female coffee farmers.

It is hard to imagine a scenario where the current standoff between baseball owners and players would lead to lost games in 2022, according to Patrick Rishe, a leading sports business expert at Olin Business School.

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