5 student ventures populate the first class of the 'Sandbox' student incubator at Syracuse Tech Garden

Five Web 2.0 startups led by Syracuse University students and recent graduates constitute the entering class for the 'Sandbox' student incubator announced by our supporting member the Syracuse Technology Garden.

The student Sandbox is part of the Syracuse Student Start-up Accelerator, and is a collaboration of the Tech Garden with SU, including its School of Information Studies (iSchool) and the campus-wide Enitaitive funded by the Kauffman Foundation.

All five businesses, involving 15 young entrepreneurs in all, have taken up residence at the Tech Garden for at least the next 12 weeks in preparation for marketplace launch. The residency complements two entrepreneurship courses to begin at SU next fall on the basics of entrepreneurship and business formation. During their residence, the student companies will receive coaching from Tech Garden staff, volunteer mentors and other entrepreneurs.

Participating student companies are:

• BrandYourself (Twitter link);
• Congruser;
• Grafighte;
• MBApplicant.com; and
• Open Quad