Hardware & Prototyping Leverage Zahn Innovation Center's strong prototyping facilities and hardware-focused funding to position services around product design, rapid iteration, and hardware development partnerships with startups and student ventures.

Entrepreneurial Funding Access Capitalize on the center’s access to over $150K in funding and mentorship programs to offer grant-writing, startup coaching, and accelerator-like services that help participants scale to revenue-focused ventures.

Education & Networking Target collaborations around curriculum-integrated entrepreneurship, guest speaker series, hackathons, and industry mentor networks to connect corporate sponsors with aspiring student ventures for co-development and internship pipelines.

Tech Stack Alignment Offer security, collaboration, and analytics solutions that align with the center’s tech stack (Slack, Microsoft services, Fortinet, Qualtrics) to enhance student projects, incident response training, and data-driven decision making.

Market Expansion Readiness Position as a conduit to NYC hardware, software, and social enterprise ecosystems by facilitating partnerships with local firms, potential internship-to-employment programs, and joint ventures leveraging CUNY alumni networks.