Columbia Entrepreneurship

APPLICATION DEADLINE, 8 AM: Design Your Venture
2018-10-01 08:00 UTC
APPLY HERE
Are you an entrepreneurial Columbia student?
Is there a specific challenge or a problem you are passionate about solving?
Do you want to be part of an incredible cohort of change-makers?
Do you want to develop practical approaches that will lead to sustainable solutions?
The Design Your Venture program will work with a limited number of highly motivated teams to tackle an issue they’re passionate about using design to solve. Over the course of the semester, teams will dive into each phase of the design process together and receive one-on-one coaching from the Design Team.
Throughout the program you will:
* Interview and research real users and stakeholders in the community you are designing for.
* Design an innovative solution for your challenge.
* Have a coherent market, value proposition, and workable prototype by the end of the program.
This program is a deep dive into creating a venture based on user-feedback and testing so it will be particularly useful for students applying for any of the entrepreneurship fund challenges in their respective schools. You will be joining an impressive community: a number of teams who have been through this program have gone on to receive investment, win the Columbia Venture Competition, and earned seats in the Columbia Startup Lab.
APPLY HERE
Important Dates & Times:
Applications Open: August 29th, 8am
Applications Close: October 1st, 8am
Accepted Applicant Teams Notified: October 5th by 5pm

Design You Venture Launch and Happy Hour: October 11, 4:10pm-5:50pm
Design Your Venture will start on Thursday, October 11th, from 4:10 pm to 5:50pm followed by five consecutive weekly sessions on Thursday afternoons, ending on November 15th, the week before Thanksgiving Spring Break. If you are applying as a team you only need to fill out one application.

APPLICATION DEADLINE, 8 AM: Design Your Future
2018-10-08 08:00
OPEN TO ALL COLUMBIANS
APPLY HERE
The future can feel uncertain, so we’ve created Design Your Future as a three-session program where students learn to apply design to their careers and to life after graduation. The goal of this program is to help you to better navigate your career and life choices in the face of uncertainty.
This can be both an exciting and unnerving time.
What if you discover that your new job isn’t for you?
What happens if you start to drift away from the things you feel passionate about?
What trajectory is right for you?
In these interactive, emotive, and highly engaging sessions you will use design principles to prototype potential life trajectories.
APPLY HERE
Important Dates & Times:
Applications Open: August 29th, 8am
Applications Close: October 8th, 8am
Accepted Applicants Notified: October 10th, by 5pm
Classes held for three consecutive Tuesdays:
October 16 —11:00am to 1:00pm
October 23 —11:00am to 1:00pm
October 30 —11:00am to 1:00pm

Studio Hours at the Design Studio (Open Collaboration Time)
2018-10-09 02:00 - 16:00, 2018-10-23 14:00 - 16:00
OPEN TO ALL IN THE COLUMBIA COMMUNITY
Do you have an idea and want to get personal design thinking feedback from the Columbia Entrepreneurship Design Studio? During Studio Hours, teams or individuals are invited to discuss their projects or ideas one-on-one with human-centered designers in the Studio. Teams of Columbia affiliates are also welcome to use the studio space for working independently on their entrepreneurial projects.

Information Session: The 2019 EdTech Design Challenge | Brazil
2018-10-15 18:00 - 20:00
OPEN TO ALL COLUMBIA STUDENTS
REGISTER FOR INFO SESSION HERE
Held at the Columbia Entrepreneurship Design Studio: 490 Riverside Drive

The 2019 Ed Tech Design Challenge semester-long design challenge where 12 Columbia University students from across disciplines will work with clients solving deeply entrenched K-12 education challenges in Brazil.
Includes sponsored trip to Sao Paulo, Brazil in January 2019
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14 week SIPA design course @ the Design Studio
Teaching Team: Sarah Holloway (SIPA) and Joseph Heritage & Adam Royalty (The Columbia Entrepreneurship Design Studio)
Applications are due October 31
Apply here!

Check out last year’s 2017-2018 EdTech Design Challenge Cohort

Deadline: The 2019 EdTech Design Challenge | Brazil
2018-10-31
OPEN TO ALL COLUMBIA STUDENTS
APPLY HERE
The 2019 Ed Tech Design Challenge semester-long design challenge where 12 Columbia University students from across disciplines will work with clients to solve deeply entrenched K-12 education challenges in Brazil.
Includes a sponsored trip to Sao Paulo, Brazil in January 2019
+
14 week SIPA design course @ the Design Studio
Teaching Team: Sarah Holloway (SIPA) and Joseph Heritage & Adam Royalty (The Columbia Entrepreneurship Design Studio)
Applications are due October 31
Apply here!

Check out last year’s 2017-2018 EdTech Design Challenge here

Information Session
When:
Oct 15, 6pm – 8pm
Where:
Columbia Entrepreneurship Design Studio
MLK Administrative Building of the Riverside Church
4th Floor, Room 430
(Entrance mid-block on 120th Street between Claremont Ave and Riverside Drive)
For more information: Joseph Heritage | jlh2241@columbia.edu
