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

Tom Stranberg poses outdoors wearing a UMass Lowell sweatshirt
Tom Stranberg '22
Finance

Tom Stranberg rounded out his business degree with co-ops at the Boston Federal Reserve and Wayfair.

My co-ops were great work experiences that made my education so much more impactful.
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Happyben Patel, sharing her idea during one of DifferenceMaker's workshop series.
Happy Pinning
DifferenceMakers

Happing Pinning is an effective, effortless device that clips clothing together.

Happing Pinning is an effective, effortless device that clips clothing together.
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DifferenceMaker-SmartEater-Team
SmartEater '16
DifferenceMakers

SmartEater is an Automated Diet Monitoring (ADM) System designed to help people manage their dietary behavior.

SmartEater helps people manage their diet behaviors.
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Team Leader, Alexander Frawley, Business Administration student smiling for the camera.
VieVest
DifferenceMakers

VieVest is a creative design that will protect athletes during weight lifting workouts.

“VieVest is a creative design that will protect athletes during weight lifting workouts.”
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Love of the Game '15
DifferenceMakers

Love of the Game will unite universities and people with physical and cognitive disabilities through sports.

Our non-profit will help engage people of disabilities through fun sports activities.
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