Media Mash 2012 is an application challenge from NYC Media Lab to create innovative media mashups using data, APIs, and feeds from leading media and technology companies. Winners will receive $10,000 in cash prizes as well as promotional exposure. Prizes … more →

Antonio Rodriguez, General Partner of Matrix Partners (early investors in Apple, Apollo and recent investments in TheLadders and Gilt), has 15 yrs of operating experience as an engineer, CEO, founder, and now VC.  We’re excited to have a candid talk … more →

ShowMe has been growing quickly. Since last summer, 1.5 million whiteboard lessons have been added to ShowMe. They cover everything from 15-minute calculus classes to 30 second music tutorials. San Kim (CC ’06) also raised $1 million from SV Angel, … more →

Jon Stein (CBS ’09), the founder and CEO of Betterment.com, is often asked how to balance rapid growth of his company and team with getting the mix of people right. For him, the beauty of creating a business that does … more →

The Hatchery is opening a new 16,000 square foot space on 37th and 7th to help budding entrepreneurs in a number of ways. They are able to provide 4 event spaces with 30-200 people capacity, coworking and office space, as … more →

Founding or joining a start-up company specifically targeting the internet and mobile software?  Cfund is a venture seed investor that backs start-up companies founded by Columbia community members.  Cfund offers mentorship, a peer network, help setting up and building the … more →

It may be possible to teach entrepreneurship, but should business schools automatically get the nod to house such programs? Here at Engineering School Columbia University is proof that business schools aren’t the only ones that can teach entrepreneurship. We boast … more →

Congratulations to Cellanyx Diagnostics, Archon Medical Technologies, and Transcend Lighting for respectively finishing first, second, and third in the annual Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company Entrepreneurship Award Fund Competition.   Engineering alumnus Rob Peterson BS’89, chief innovation officer at confections giant … more →

“Entrepreneurship TechTalk with Josh Wais, CEO and co-founder of Wantworthy”. More information.   Wantworthy is an online shopping tool that lets users save products from any site into one place, organize items into groups, get alerted when items get one sale, ask friends … more →

Cup and Compass beat 16 other hopefuls, including the Toe Truck, a mobile mani-pedi service (think food truck meets nail salon) and Royal Flush, a premium mobile toilet purveyor. Crouse was chosen by an expert panel of five judges: Dan … more →

Join ADI and Wakefield for dinner and a tech talk by Dane Atkinson, founder of Sum(all) and ex-CEO of Squarespace!   Date: Thursday 4/19 Time: 7-8pm (dinner provided) Location: Computer Science Lounge, Mudd Building   Speaker: Dane Atkinson Dane Atkinson … more →

This coming Wednesday (April 18th), an Entrepreneur Walk will be occurring starting near Chelsea Piers. Entrepreneurs are encouraged to stand up, be counted, and showcase your relentless passion for entrepreneurship to the world.

The current issue of Columbia Engineering magazine focuses on highlighting engineering and applied science alumni who are entrepreneurs and whose work is making an impact. These men and women, and others like them, exemplify the wide range of entrepreneurial enterprises made … more →

After graduating from Columbia Business School, Alex Poon spent five years in management consulting before co-founding Visual Revenue, a Predictive Analytics company helping customers like Forbes, InStyle, and Fox Business to best promote their content. In his blog post, he … more →

Media Mash 2012 is an application challenge from NYC Media Lab to create innovative media mashups using data, APIs, and feeds from leading media and technology companies. Winners will receive $10,000 in cash prizes as well as promotional exposure. Prizes … more →

Venture for America is featured in a full-page article in Time Magazine this week (April 9, 2012). You can find a full page image on Venture for America’s website here. In the full article, Andrew Yang discusses his inspiration and … more →

Codecademy found itself on Mashable once again, this time with news of expansion of courses into HTML and CSS. These are the first non-JavaScript courses to date for Codecademy.   Codecademy co-founder Zach Sims tells Mashable: “[CSS and HTML can be used … more →

If you have some time this weekend, click over to read the interview that San Kim has with Ved Tavande at The Eye.   San Kim takes time to discuss his early career in music, developing ShowMe while working at … more →

Alexandra Wilkis Wilson, co-founder of Gilt Groupe and former retail operations manager for Bulgari and Louis Vuitton, is coming to Columbia! Gilt Groupe was one of the first internet shopping platforms specializing in selling high end luxury goods for discounted … more →

As the market for programmers continue to grow, there has been a growing recognition that even non-programmers need proficiency in a computer language. With Michael R. Bloomberg’s (still the mayor of New York, if you have forgotten) public New Year’s resolution … more →

In its fifth year, Summer@HIGHLAND is an entrepreneurship program designed to provide university-affiliated startups with the environment and resources for taking their initiative/company to the next level.  It is run by the global venture capital firm, Highland Capital Partners (www.hcp.com). … more →

From Forbes: “At 3 a.m. one night in mid-December last year, Zach Sims, the 21-year-old CEO of Codecademy, took a break from answering emails and spent $8.95 on the domain name “codeyear.com.” Sims, whose company offers interactive online lessons in … more →

Congratulations to everyone who was recognized on this year’s Business Insiders Hot 25 NYC Start-up list. And special congratulations to the five Columbia entrepreneur lead start-ups! Keep up to good work, we look forward to seeing more.   Here are the 5 … more →

According to the U.S. census, approximately 20% of U.S. businesses are owned by minorities. Join us for a panel discussion at Bloomberg led by Columbia Business School alumni who will speak about their experiences in minority entrepreneurship. A networking reception … more →

Congratulations to Zhuangzi Li (Current GSAS Student) making the Final 16 at the Clinton Global Initiative University’s Commitments Challenge. His proposal was selected for a NCAA-style bracket showcase vote at Clinton Global Initiative University. Now they have an open voting period where … more →