Columbia Entrepreneurship

CSL Uptown Community Session
2025-11-21 12:00 - 13:30, 2025-11-14 12:00 - 13:30, 2025-11-07 12:00 - 13:30, 2025-10-31 12:00 - 13:30, 2025-10-24 12:00 - 13:30, 2025-10-17 12:00 - 13:30, 2025-10-10 12:00 - 13:30, 2025-10-03 12:00 - 13:30 UTC and 2 more dates
Currently enrolled graduate and undergraduate students at Columbia and Barnard are welcome to send their Names, UNIs, Anticipated Graduation Year, and School Affiliation (SIPA, Engineering, etc) to cslmorningside(at)gmail.com to join the community.
For those who are interested in entrepreneurship, curious about startups, and/or who may be in the ideation stages or earliest stages of a new venture, and want to learn more about startups, entrepreneurship, the various entrepreneurship events on campus, we have you covered.
This is all about jumping into the community and meeting others, exchanging ideas and building bonds. We will get to know one another, have entrepreneurs and investors give talks from time to time and learn as much as possible about startups, venture capital and using the latest AI tools to get moving.
MEETINGS: NOON – 1:30 PM @ CSL most Fridays (you will receive an email confirming each weekly session, please check before attending).

Collaboratory Fellows Fund 2025 Information Session
2025-10-30 15:00 - 16:00
The goal of the Collaboratory Fellows Fund is to support innovative curriculum development that meets
the data and computational literacy needs of a given discipline, set of disciplines,
and/or cohort of students at Columbia.
An information session will be held on Thursday, October 30th, 2025 at 3pm at CSL Morningside (Room 430 in the Riverside Church on 120th & Claremont). Please RSVP By October 28th, 2025.
Register for the Info Session
Please send questions or completed applications to collaboratory@columbia.edu using the application template.
Collaboratory Application 2025
2025 Collaboratory RFP

Design Your Life (and Get Out of Your Own Way!): A Professional Development Opportunity for Columbia Student and Alumni Women Entrepreneurs
2025-04-25 15:00 - 18:00
Date: Friday, April 25, 2025
Time: 3 PM – 6 PM
Location: The Columbia StartUp Lab, 69 Charlton Street, Manhattan
About the Facilitator
Lauren Zander has nearly two decades of experience coaching thousands of private and corporate clients. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, BBC, Forbes, Women’s Health, and other leading publications. Lauren is also the author of the acclaimed book, Maybe It’s You, which distills her powerful coaching techniques into actionable strategies.
Workshop Overview
Transform your approach to business challenges and personal development through this immersive workshop specifically designed for women entrepreneurs. Lauren will guide you through her renowned coaching methodology — which she has taught at MIT, Stanford Graduate School of Business, etc.
Lauren Zander’s revolutionary approach to designing your life lies in her emphasis on radical accountability—challenging you to take full responsibility for your choices. You will benefit from her teachings by learning to confront self-limiting beliefs, embrace personal responsibility, and actively design a life — and business — you truly love.
Key Takeaways

Identify and overcome limiting patterns that impede professional growth

Develop practical frameworks for strategic decision-making

Implement systems to transform aspirations into measurable outcomes

Build a sustainable approach to leadership and business development

Secure your place today – this event is limited to 30 participants, so please sign up today by filling out this form: Design Your Life
We hope you’ll join us!
