Events Calendar
This feed is a curated compilation of entrepreneurship events around the university.
Columbia Engineering
Columbia Innovation Forum: The Art of the Pitch
Join Columbia Engineering for an open forum on February 27 to learn more about entrepreneurship and network with the Columbia University startup community. You'll hear from Columbia founders and other experts on their startup […]
Application Deadline: Startup Me Up Bootcamp
The Start Me Up Bootcamp is a virtual program designed to build your startup. The bootcamp introduces participants to the Lean Launchpad methodology and techniques to direct customer discovery through field interviews. Teams conduct at least 20 customer interviews; attend online sessions and engage with other bootcamp teams and entrepreneurs. Teams “get out of the building” to learn from potential customers to determine if […]
Startup Me Up Bootcamp Kickoff
*Application Deadline, June 20* The Start Me Up Bootcamp is a virtual program designed to build your startup. The bootcamp introduces participants to the Lean Launchpad methodology and techniques to direct customer discovery through field interviews. Teams conduct at least 20 customer interviews; attend online sessions and engage with other bootcamp teams and entrepreneurs. Teams “get out of the building” to learn from potential customers […]
2025 Fast Pitch – Columbia Engineering
Do You Have a Startup Idea? Apply to compete in Fast Pitch, Columbia Engineering’s campus-wide annual elevator pitch competition to win prize money for your startup idea. Learn more and sign up here.
Innovation Forum: Welcome Entrepreneurs
Join Columbia Engineering to kick off the monthly Innovation Forum for the 2025-2026 school year! The Columbia Innovation Forum provides students, faculty, and staff the opportunity to hear startup ideas, network, form teams, and explore next steps. You’ll hear from Columbia faculty and other experts on ways to engage at Columbia, their experience in startups, […]
Kickoff: Start Me Up Bootcamp
Join a select group of entrepreneurs for a two-week hybrid program designed to build your successful startup. The bootcamp introduces participants to the Lean Launchpad methodology and techniques to direct customer discovery through field interviews. Participants are required to conduct at least 20 customer interviews; attend online sessions and engage with other bootcamp teams and […]
Innovation Forum: Business Plans, Pitching and Customer Discovery with Hugh Thomas
Join us on October 7 and Hugh Thomas, serial entrepreneur and teacher, with over 30 years’ experience in international technology companies as corporate leader. Hugh has been through all phases of the technology company lifecycle, from company formation, fund raising, product development, sales and marketing, organization growth through to company acquisition. Hugh will be speaking about startups, pitching, and the value of customer […]
Fast Pitch 2025
Fast Pitch 2025 - Fast Pitch is Columbia’s longest running pitch competition on campus since 2013. Entrepreneurs pitch in 60 seconds to a panel of judges and win up to $5,000! Fast Pitch is FREE and open to all undergraduate and graduate students across campus.
Innovation Forum: Immigration & Entrepreneurship
RSVP Here Join Columbia Engineering for its monthly Innovation Forum, an open space to listen, share, and learn more about entrepreneurship as well as network with the Columbia University startup community. Each month features a unique guest and theme, and is followed by a set of low-stakes student pitching. Have an announcement or idea to […]
AI and Entrepreneurship Talk: Parag Agrawal, Parallel.ai CEO and Cofounder
The Columbia Engineering AI Entrepreneurship Series is a bi-weekly speaker series that brings students and faculty at Columbia together with founders, VCs, technologists, and business leaders to learn about the process of transitioning lessons from research and the classroom into products and value. This week join to hear from: Parag Agrawal, Parallel.ai CEO and Cofounder 11AM […]
