Create your own path. Be the driver of your future career. Combine your passion for creativity or desire to create change with your work in the classroom. Inspire others with your creative work or solutions to real world problems.

What are entrepreneurial and creative endeavors?

Students learn to set their own course by having experiences in early stage start-ups, advancing ideas to solve real world problems, or create artistic, written or performance-based projects. 

DifferenceMakers By the Numbers

  • $5M
    raised by teams
  • 40
    companies formed by teams
  • 11
    Number of teams patents filed or issued

Meet the DifferenceMakers

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ZHUUM '14
DifferenceMakers

ZHUUM is a mobile application platform aimed at helping owners across the food service industry drive out inefficiencies and reduce wait times.

Do you dislike waiting for things, especially food at your favorite restaurant? ZHUUM technology is for you.
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Maddie Gear '24
Marketing

Maddie Gear’s favorable first impression of UML steered her to a marketing co-op position at CarGurus.

I’m so excited to apply the skills that I’ve learned in my business classes.
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Team App Track presenting their DifferenceMaker idea as they’re holding a microphone.
App Track
DifferenceMakers

Organizes important documents in one workspace and allows users to simply tailor their resume for each job application.

App Track organizes important documents such as resumes and cover letters in one workspace and allows users to simply tailor their resume for each job application.
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Minds with Purpose
DifferenceMakers

Helping bring together all entrepreneurs and creatives alike.

Minds with Purpose will help bring together all entrepreneurs and creatives alike.
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Cameron Edmonds, Matthew Pelland and Jackson Seal pose with their honourable mention prize for SASS at the DifferenceMaker Idea Challenge
SASS
DifferenceMakers

SASS, also known as Solo-Adventurer Safety System, provides reliable GPS tracking and communication with a timed checking system to make sure the adventurer is always safe.

What we aim to address is a safety issue that thousands of outdoor enthusiasts face every day.
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