Posted on November 11, 2015 at 3:57 p.m. by Krystal Knapp for Planet Princeton
Princeton University senior Michael Hauss has been working with five classmates on a new app called Rodeo that will allow users to discover live events in their community and recommend them to their friends.
His team began working on the app as part of the Keller Center’s annual eLab program last summer. Hauss and his team consider themselves fortunate. They and the other students from the 2015 eLab group have been enjoying working at a new space, the Princeton Entrepreneurship Hub, at 34 Chambers Street in downtown Princeton. Previously, teams worked in offices in the engineering quadrangle on the Princeton University campus.
The new hub provides a shared working space for startups founded by faculty, students, alumni, and entrepreneurs in the community.
“It’s a great space. There are lots of tables and writeboards for group work. The lighting is nice, and there is plenty of coffee,” Hauss said. “It’s only a three-minute walk from my dorm.”
University officials held a ribbon cutting ceremony at the new hub Wednesday afternoon. Princeton University President Christopher Eisgruber, Provost David Lee, Keller Center Director Mung Chiang, and Princeton Mayor Liz Lempert spoke at the event.
The goal of the hub is to provide an anchor for a wide range of startup activities at Princeton. Continue reading.