Ebony Miller
Director Center for Urban Entrepreneurship
Ebony Miller
Director Center for Urban Entrepreneurship
In the News
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April 10, 2024
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Women at work: The state of gender equity
The Rochester Beacon speaks to Ebony Miller-Wesley, director of RIT’s Center for Urban Entrepreneurship, about workplace equality.
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February 5, 2024
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RIT’s Pull Up & ROC the Pitch awards grand prize to EXP Studio
The speedy “elevator pitch” has become an essential component of selling one’s business idea to potential investors. RIT’s Center for Urban Entrepreneurship recently gave local entrepreneurs the opportunity to compete—in five minutes or less—for the grand prize in the Pull Up & ROC the Pitch competition.
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September 1, 2023
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RIT business pitch competition yields promising futures for start-ups and boosts regional economic development
Local entrepreneur Brad Flower envisions his start-up company as the linchpin of an ecosystem offering musicians the space and time to create, explore, and collaborate. His victory as the winner of RIT’s Center for Urban Entrepreneurship ROC the Pitch competition on Aug. 24 moves him one step closer to his goals.
