Third Thursday - Immigration and Entrepreneurship
2020-01-21 17:30 - 19:00 UTC
Open to all Columbians
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Tuesday, January 21 (held on Tuesday due to scheduling constraints) will feature Megan Kludt, Partner at Curran, Berger & Kludt LLP, a boutique law firm specializing in all areas of immigration, including business, achievement, investment, family, and humanitarian bases for immigration status.
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Third Thursday is a recurring open forum and networking and info session for the Columbia University entrepreneurship community. It provides students, faculty, staff, and alumni the opportunity to hear ideas from across campus, form teams, and explore career options. You’ll hear from Columbia alumni and other experts on their experiences working in the field, how they’ve applied their Columbia experience in their careers, and more.

Third Thursday - Perfect Your Pitch
2020-02-20 18:00 - 20:00
Open to all Columbians
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Columbia Engineering‘s next Third Thursday will feature pitch coaches who are angel investors and venture capitalists. The audience will vote on a variety of criteria, including best engagement, best PPT, and best description of a complex concept. This is great practice for CVC 2020!

Third Thursday: Mix & Mingle End of Semester Social
2020-05-21 12:00 - 13:00
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Join Columbia Engineering for Third Thursday on May 21st! They’ll be sharing updates on the entrepreneurship community, summer 2020 events, and have some time for everyone to share announcements and ideas.
CVC winners will join on video to talk about their backgrounds, companies, and experiences at Columbia.

Deadline: Start Me Up Bootcamp Summer 2020
2020-07-10
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Join Columbia Engineering in a Lean Launchpad virtual course to test your idea in the market! Participants in this free, two-week course will receive entrepreneurship training and mentor support as they virtually talk with customers to identify the best product-market fit using the lean launchpad methodology. Faculty, staff, postdoctoral, graduate and undergraduate student researchers may apply with a team of one to three people. Applicants are expected to be available for all short-course sessions. Teams that successfully complete this bootcamp may become eligible to apply for the National Science Foundation’s I-Corps Teams program, which includes a $50,000 grant.
Application Deadline: July 10, 2020
Bootcamp Dates: July 16, 17, 22, 29

Third Thursday: Pandemics, Pivots, and Entrepreneurs
2020-09-17 12:00 - 13:00
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Open to the public

What does it take to persevere and navigate a downturn during the global pandemic? Join us for our monthly Third Thursday forum to hear from alumni entrepreneurs.
Third Thursday provides students, faculty, staff, and alumni the opportunity to hear ideas from across campus, form teams, and explore career options. You’ll hear from Columbia alumni and other experts on their experiences working in the field, how they’ve applied their Columbia experience in their careers, and more.

Deadline: Start Me Up Bootcamp Fall 2020
2020-10-12
Apply here.
Join a Lean Launchpad virtual course to test your idea in the market! Participants in this free, two-week course will receive entrepreneurship training and mentor support as they virtually talk with customers to identify the best product-market fit using the lean launchpad methodology. Faculty, staff, postdoctoral, graduate and undergraduate student researchers may apply with a team of one to three people. Applicants are expected to be available for all short-course sessions. Teams that successfully complete this bootcamp may become eligible to apply for the National Science Foundation’s I-Corps Teams program, which includes a $50,000 grant. Application Deadline: October 12, 2020
Bootcamp Dates: October 15, 16, 22, 29

Third Thursday: The Pitch
2020-10-15 13:00 - 14:30
Learn how to pitch your product or business to potential investors. Join Columbia Engineering on October 15th for its monthly Third Thursday forum to hear from alumni entrepreneurs.

Fast Pitch
2020-11-19 08:00 - 17:00
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Sign-ups are now open for our annual campus-wide Fast Pitch 2020 competition in November! Teams will have 60 seconds to sell their business ideas to a panel of judges to win up to $5,000.

Urban Works India Challenge Kick-Off
2020-12-08 10:00 - 11:30
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Urban Works India is part of the Columbia Venture Competition and $50,000 is at stake! The faculty lead this year is Mike Massimino – he will be discussing the view of cities from space (!) and why it is important to design and support sustainable cities. Why join? We’ll start with a meet and greet and quick quiz on urban India. Professor Massimino will share his observations and why we should all be paying more attention to urban India. We’ll also have previous winners join to tell us about their experience in the program. Join on December 8th, 10am EST on zoom.

Third Thursday: LinkedIn Learning
2020-12-10 12:00 - 13:00
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Third Thursday is a recurring open forum and networking and info session for the Columbia University entrepreneurship community. It provides students, faculty, staff, and alumni the opportunity to hear ideas from across campus, form teams, and explore career options. You’ll hear from Columbia alumni and other experts on their experiences working in the field, how they’ve applied their Columbia experience in their careers, and more.
Learn how to develop a LinkedIn profile that works to your advantage and helps build your brand.
Have an announcement or idea to pitch to the group? Contact Ivy Schultz (is2350@columbia.edu) in advance and come prepared to pitch it!

Third Thursday: Immigration and Entrepreneurship
2021-01-21 12:00 - 13:00
Open to Columbians, including Teachers College and Barnard.

Third Thursday is a recurring open forum and networking and info session for the Columbia University entrepreneurship community. It provides students, faculty, staff, and alumni the opportunity to hear ideas from across campus, form teams, and explore career options. You’ll hear from Columbia alumni and other experts on their experiences working in the field, how they’ve applied their Columbia experience in their careers, and more.
Thursday, January 21 will feature Megan Kludt, Partner at Curran, Berger & Kludt LLP, a boutique law firm specializing in all areas of immigration, including business, achievement, investment, family, and humanitarian bases for immigration status.

Third Thursday - Pitch Practice
2021-02-18 12:00 - 13:00
Hosted by Columbia Engineering, this Third Thursday will feature pitch coaches, mentors, students and faculty to help you deliver the best pitch. This is a great opportunity to practice your pitch for CVC 2021!
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Spring 2021 Design Challenge: Upcycling out of Microplastics
2021-02-19 13:00 - 15:00
Join the Spring Design Challenge, focused on Upcycling out of Microplastics. Columbia students (including Barnard and Teachers College) are invited to join the challenge, learn about the issues in polymer use, pollution, and recycling, and to propose creative solutions. Prizes will be awarded to the best student team projects.
Sign up here
Timeline:

February 19th: Kick off, 1-3pm EST on zoom
February 20th: Team building session with course assistant
Fridays in between: Meeting with faculty leads on topics such as plastic imaging, sorting, and chemical processing. You will also hear from experts in industry and policy.
Weekly: Check in sessions with course assistant
April 2: Final meeting with student team presentations

Kickoff: Start Me Up Bootcamp Spring 2021
2021-04-26
Apply here, rolling admission
Open to Columbia (and Barnard and Teachers College)) faculty, staff, postdoctoral, graduate and undergraduate student researchers.

Join Columbia Engineering’s Lean Launchpad virtual course to test your idea in the market! Participants in this free, two-week course will receive entrepreneurship training and mentor support as they virtually talk with customers to identify the best product-market fit using the lean launchpad methodology. Faculty, staff, postdoctoral, graduate and undergraduate student researchers may apply with a team of one to three people. Applicants are expected to be available for all short-course sessions. Teams that successfully complete this bootcamp may become eligible to apply for the National Science Foundation’s I-Corps Teams program, which includes a $50,000 grant. Application Deadline: rolling; first come, first serve. Bootcamp Dates: April 26, 27 and May 5, 12.

Ignition Grants
2021-05-14
Ignition Grants are financial grants to assist Columbia University students in launching new businesses, social and not-for-profit ventures. Ignition Grants support the initial stages of early venture development from formation, IP protection, and incubation to building prototypes and creating proofs of concept.
Teams must have at least one SEAS founding member to be eligible for grants. Judges will decide the level of funding (ranging from $5k-$15k) for teams based on their applications.
Apply here

Third Thursday: Mix & Mingle End of Semester Social
2021-05-20 12:00 - 13:00
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Open to the entire Columbia community (including Barnard and Teachers College)
Join your fellow entrepreneurs, alumni and current students for this special networking event. This is a chance to get to know your entrepreneurial community. Come with a question you need help with from fellow entrepreneurs and be prepared to offer your advice to others.

Third Thursday is a recurring open forum and networking session for the Columbia University entrepreneurship community. It provides students, faculty, staff, and alumni the opportunity to hear ideas from across campus, form teams, and explore career options.

Third Thursday
2021-09-23 17:00 - 18:00
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Kicking off the new semester, Columbia Engineering is hosting its first Third Thursday of the 2021-2022 school year where you can mix and mingle with new, current and alumni entrepreneurs. Open to all Columbia schools.

Start Me Up Bootcamp
2021-10-21
Join Columbia Engineering’s Start Me Up Bootcamp, a virtual course to test your idea in the market! Participants in this free, two-week course will receive entrepreneurship training and mentor support as they virtually talk with customers to identify the best product-market fit using the lean launchpad methodology. Faculty, staff, postdoctoral, graduate and undergraduate student researchers may apply with a team of one to three people. Applicants are expected to be available for all short-course sessions from October 21- November 5. Teams that successfully complete this bootcamp may become eligible to apply for the National Science Foundation’s I-Corps Teams program, which includes a $50,000 grant. Application Deadline: rolling; first come, first serve.
Apply here.

Third Thursday
2021-10-21 17:00 - 18:00
Join us for our monthly Third Thursday forum to hear from new and current entrepreneurs!
Third Thursday provides students, faculty, and staff the opportunity to hear ideas from across campus, form teams, and explore career options. You’ll hear from Columbia faculty and other experts on ways to engage at Columbia, their experience in startups, and more. Have an announcement or idea to pitch to the group? Contact Ivy Schultz (is2350@columbia.edu) in advance and to pitch it!
Limited seating available. All attendees must continue to wear masks at all times in indoor settings in Columbia facilities, regardless of vaccination status. For more information about COVID-19 protocols visit covid19.columbia.edu.

Fast Pitch Competition
2021-11-19
Fast Pitch is Columbia’s campus-wide annual elevator pitch (similar to Shark Tank) competition where students and teams have 60 seconds to sell their business ideas to a panel of judges to win up to $5,000 for their idea. Teams are judged on their appeal, conciseness, and completeness. Register for Fast Pitch 2021 updates.

Third Thursday: Immigration and Entrepreneurship
2022-01-20 17:00 - 18:00
Open to all Columbians, including Barnard and Teachers College.
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Join Columbia Engineering for an open forum on Thursday, January 20th to learn more about entrepreneurship and network with the Columbia University startup community. You’ll hear from Columbia alumni and other experts on their experiences working in the field, how they’ve applied their Columbia experience in their careers, and more.
Invited speaker Megan Kludt, Partner at Curran, Berger & Kludt LLP, a boutique law firm specializing in all areas of immigration, will discuss options and requirements for various visas, immigration resources for foreign startup founders and much more.

Deadline: Columbia Venture Competition Technology Challenge
2022-02-17
Columbia Engineering provides funding in the Technology Challenge to students and teams focused in tech, innovation, products, etc.
All entries to the Technology Challenge must include business models based on a solid foundation of applied, solution-focused, technology innovation. Judges favored novel tech over novel applications of existing tech. Submissions had to focus on product development, innovative design, and “builder” technologies including data analytics, biomedical solutions, software, or hardware. As always, cross-disciplinary teams were strongly encouraged.
The Tech Challenge is open to all Columbia University students and recent alumni (five years or less from their most recent degree) but teams must have one SEAS founding member (either recent alumni or student).
There’s more information at StartupColumbia.org – please check that site for eligibility and timeline information, made available when you click on the name of the challenge you are interested in – but here’s a quick run down of this and other tracks that are accepting applications this month with the deadlines for participating and lines to applications.

Columbia Innovation Forum: Perfect Your Pitch!
2022-02-17 12:30 - 14:00
Columbia Engineering’s February forum will feature pitch coaches who are angel investors and venture capitalists. Apply using this Google form by February 7th for consideration as a priority application, and by February 11th for regular application.

Ask Me Anything (AMA): Interdisciplinary Entrepreneurship
2022-02-24 18:00 - 19:00
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Join on Thursday, February 24th to learn about entrepreneurship through a multidisciplinary and cross functional lens. Guests include Erin McNulty, a junior studying computer science and working in tech entrepreneurship, Daniela Duron Garcia, a 2020 graduate currently with the mechanical engineering lab and co-founder of start up FLOW, and Maya Joudi, a senior with a background in global entrepreneurship and experience with the Columbia Organization of Rising Entrepreneurs. Attend this session to hear firsthand accounts of entrepreneurship at Columbia – through senior capstones, club projects, passion projects, hackathons, and competitions – to create spaces for anyone seeking to make an impact.

Applications Open: Startup Bootcamp
2022-03-04
Join Columbia Engineering’s Lean Launchpad virtual course to test your idea in the market! Participants in this free, two-week course will receive entrepreneurship training and mentor support as they talk with customers to identify the best product-market fit using the lean launchpad methodology.
Faculty, staff, postdoctoral, graduate and undergraduate student researchers may apply with a team of one to three people. Applicants are expected to be available for all sessions. Teams that successfully complete this bootcamp may become eligible to apply for the National Science Foundation’s I-Corps Teams program, which includes a $50,000 grant.
Admissions are rolling.

Big Mistakes Founders Make
2022-05-05 14:30 - 17:00
Join Columbia Engineering to learn the basics about fundraising for investors and legal considerations for startups. This event is open to all schools and students campus-wide.
Date: Thursday, May 5, 2022
Time: 2:30 PM
Location: Design Studio, 645 W 120th St, Room 430, NY, NY 10027
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Columbia Innovation Forum: Immigration and Entrepreneurship
2023-01-19 17:00 - 19:00
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Columbia Engineering’s Innovation Forum will feature Megan Kludt, Partner at Curran, Berger & Kludt LLP, a boutique law firm specializing in all areas of immigration, including business, achievement, investment, family, and humanitarian bases for immigration status. Attend to hear about options and requirements for various visas, such as: J1, O-1B, and H-1B; visa options and NYC/NYS immigration resources for foreign startup founders.

Start Me Up Bootcamp Kickoff
2023-07-18
Join a select group of entrepreneurs for a two-week 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.
Participants are required to 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 they are solving a real-world problem with a sizeable market opportunity.

Benefits include

Meet other entrepreneurs and alumni
Join for endless networking opportunities
Receive feedback from Columbia faculty and mentors
Learn about potential funding opportunities
Find out where to plug in Columbia’s wide-ranging entrepreneurial community

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Fundraising 101 for Startups with NY Angels
2023-08-02 12:00 - 14:00
Join Columbia Engineering to learn the basics about fundraising for startups with NY Angels’ Nikos Theodosopoulos, BS’84. This event is open to all schools and students campus-wide.
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12:00 – 12:30 PM Lunch and Networking
Arrive early for lunch and network with entrepreneurs, students and mentors at the event.
12:30 – 1:45 PM Startup Fundraising
Explore the basics with an expert from NY Angels: fundraising, the recent trends, and approaching investors.
Why attend?

Support Columbia Entrepreneurs
Meet our Start Me Up Bootcamp teams
Connect with new and old friends!
Excellent opportunity to get started and learn about entrepreneurship at Columbia

Innovation Forum: Immigration and Entrepreneurship
2024-01-24 17:30 - 19:00
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Join Columbia Engineering for an open forum to learn more about entrepreneurship and network with the Columbia University startup community. You’ll hear from Columbia alumni and other experts on their experiences working in the field, how they’ve applied their Columbia experience in their careers, and more. This event will feature Megan Kludt, Partner at Curran, Berger & Kludt LLP, a boutique law firm specializing in all areas of immigration, including business, achievement, investment, family, and humanitarian bases for immigration status.
