Open Studio Hours
2022-04-19 05:00 - 19:00, 2022-04-25 12:00 - 13:30, 2022-04-26 17:00 - 19:00 UTC
During Studio Hours, student teams or individuals are invited to discuss their projects or ideas one-on-one with human-centered designers in the Columbia Entrepreneurship Design Studio. This is a time to discuss ideation, prototyping, customer discovery, and next steps for your venture.
Students are also welcome to use the studio space for working independently on their entrepreneurial projects.
No need to RSVP! Learn more and get the address here.

Summer 2022 Open Studio Hours - By Appointment
2022-06-01
Are you a Columbia, Barnard, or Teachers College student with 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.
Summer Open Studio Hours will be made available by appointment: please email designstudio@columbia.edu.
Regular Open Studio Hours will return in Fall 2023.

Columbia Venture Competition is OPEN (Deadlines extended!)
2023-02-23
Welcome to the 10th Annual Columbia Venture Competition (CVC)! The CVC is a series of Challenges, or business plan competitions, for Columbia’s thriving entrepreneurship community. Every year, alumni judges evaluate competitors in six different challenges. Each has its own focus, save for the StartupColumbia Challenge which is open to any kind of business model, including not-for-profit and social enterprises. Check out the available tracks, awards, and eligibility here.

Rolling Admission: Columbia Startup Lab Uptown
2023-08-01
Columbia Startup Lab (CSL) Uptown provides a host of campus-wide programming, open working space, mentorship, and connection to other entrepreneurship nodes around the University for aspiring student founders currently enrolled at Columbia and Barnard. This is a way to onboard into the Columbia entrepreneurship ecosystem throughout the year.
Our on-campus programming is structured to catch students at 2 distinct points in the entrepreneurship journey: CSL: LEARN and CSL: INCUBATE.
Programming resumes in the Fall.
Read more and submit an application here.

Rolling Admission: Columbia Startup Lab Morningside
2023-09-01, 2023-10-01
Columbia Startup Lab (CSL) Morningside provides a host of campus-wide programming, open working space, mentorship, and connection to other entrepreneurship nodes around the University for aspiring student founders currently enrolled at Columbia and Barnard. This is a way to onboard into the Columbia entrepreneurship ecosystem throughout the year.
Our on-campus programming is structured to catch students at 2 distinct points in the entrepreneurship journey: CSL: LEARN and CSL: INCUBATE.
Read more and submit an application here.

Rolling Admission: Columbia Startup Lab Uptown
2023-11-01, 2023-12-01, 2024-01-01, 2024-02-01, 2024-03-01
Columbia Startup Lab (CSL) Uptown provides a host of campus-wide programming, open working space, mentorship, and connection to other entrepreneurship nodes around the University for aspiring student founders currently enrolled at Columbia and Barnard. This is a way to onboard into the Columbia entrepreneurship ecosystem throughout the year.
Our on-campus programming is structured to catch students at 2 distinct points in the entrepreneurship journey: CSL: LEARN and CSL: INCUBATE.
Read more and submit an application here.

Application Deadline: Startup Columbia 2024
2024-02-09
Startup Columbia is a series of campus-wide startup competitions offering non-dilutive cash prizes to the winning teams. Applications open in early January each year and are open to early-stage ventures founded, managed, and owned by current Columbia students, or by Columbia alumni within 5 years of their most recent Columbia degree.
Each year, alumni judges evaluate competitors in each of the various competitions. All competitions have their own focus, save for the OPEN Competition, which is open to any kind of business model, including not-for-profit and social enterprises. As you will see in the Rules & Regulations, teams who wish to compete must choose to enter one competition only. Please note that the SIPA track is no longer accepting applications.
Applications for the 2024 Startup Columbia Competition will be OPEN from Jan 7, 2024 and will CLOSE February 9th, 2024!
LEARN MORE AND APPLY
