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

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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Rachel Harrington, Taylor Mellen, and William Bizilj present ECG For Me on stage
ECG For Me
DifferenceMakers

ECG For Me is dedicated to stopping the harsh and fatal effects of an unexpected cardiac event with an integration software for a wearable device that detects underlying heart conditions before they are expected to occur.

Putting the confidence and safety back into sports and activity, that is what ECG For Me stands for.
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One of the members USuccess team holding a microphone and speaking in front of blue UMass Lowell backdrop while two other members watch.
USuccess
DifferenceMakers

Create more financial stability and less frustration about finances by educating people on how to best use their money.

USuccess will help prevent student debt.
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UMass Lowell Photo
MyGrow Fabrix
DifferenceMakers

MyGrow Fabrix is an environmentally friendly solution when growing crops.

MyGrow Fabrix is an environmentally friendly solution when growing crops.
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Masela Dentures '15
DifferenceMakers

Masela Dentures creates a low cost alternative to expensive dentures.

Our 3D printed dentures will be more affordable than anything else on the market.
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