McGill Original Films, a local video production company, created a short video about the recent Extreme Entrepreneurship event at Rock Valley College. CEE’s Executive Director, Dr. Stephen Hicks, was on a discussion panel at the event, and makes an appearance in the video below.

MattWilson.tv lists the advantages of being a college entrepreneur.

Check out StudentBusinesses.com, a site that connects college entrepreneurs to business partners, startup advisors, investors and small business providers.

The New York Times Education Supplement reports on 23 Student Innovations. Among them, Cooliris, a browser extension that transforms your browser into a 3D wall for viewing images and videos on the web; a walking device for patients in intensive care; and The Next Big Sound, a website where users can vote on upcoming music artists.

StartupNation published its annual ranking of the top 20 dorm-based businesses. The winners include: Ablaze Custom Cleaning, specializing in window cleaning; AffordaBook, a website for cheap textbooks; CaptainU, an online networking platform connecting high school athletes and recruiters; and DigitalWingman, which creates 3D floor plans of college dorm rooms and apartments for marketing purposes.

Entrepreneur Magazine tells the story of two young college friends who turned their frustration over finding pants that actually fit into a business. Key quote: “We really are trying to innovate for the sake of solving a problem we see in the world much more so than for the sake of creating a company that’s worth a lot of money.”