Columbia Venture Competition is OPEN (Deadlines extended!)
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 […]
Deadline: Apply for the 2023-2024 Cohort of the Columbia Startup Lab!
Click here to apply! Applications for the 2023-2024 Cohort of the Columbia Startup Lab (CSL) are now open! If you're a recent Columbia, Barnard, or Teachers College alum working full time on your startup, apply to join CSL for subsidized coworking space, mentorship, programming, and community. Why CSL? Space: CSL members enjoy subsidized office space, […]
Application Deadline: Project 2.8, Female Founder Accelerator
Founded through Columbia Venture Community in 2020, Project 2.8 is a startup accelerator serving early stage, pre-seed startups led by female founders who are current students or alumnae of Columbia University. Each cohort is made up of 10 startups and is industry agnostic. Project 2.8 does not currently invest in, or take equity from, any […]
Barnard Startup Summit
Hosted by the Athena Center for Leadership and Barnard Entrepreneurs network (BEnet) and now in its third year, the Barnard Startup Summit is a free, in-person opportunity for student and alum entrepreneurs to work with a successful group of Barnard alums in support of their for-profit ventures and for all Barnard-connected entrepreneurs to deepen our community in person. The event […]
Application Deadline: Pitch HearstLabU
👩🎓 You: Founder of a women-led startup and current student (or recent grad) with plans to take your business to the next level this summer 👥 Us: A community of women entrepreneurs looking to close the gender gap in VC through an exciting and innovative new pitch competition Match made in heaven? You'll have to […]
Application Deadline: Startup Works (hosted by CBS)
This six-session workshop series focuses on practical startup skills development and is designed to nurture leadership and talented people with conviction histories and to foster justice-involved startup team formation. Participants will gain practical entrepreneurship skills. Apply here
Start Me Up Bootcamp Kickoff
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 […]
Unpacking Product Market Fit with Mike Lewis
Mike Lewis, General Partner at Enjoy the Work, will define Product Market Fit (PMF), a framework for seeking PMF, and provide tips on what to do if there remains a […]
Rolling Admission: Columbia Startup Lab Uptown
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 […]
Fundraising 101 for Startups with NY Angels
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. RSVP HERE 12:00 - […]