Athena Center for Leadership End-of-year Incubator Showcase
Get ready for an evening filled with business pitch presentations by our talented Fellows, an insightful panel discussion on how to finance your business idea, and invaluable networking opportunities with seasoned entrepreneurs and esteemed alumni. Mark your calendars and save the date: Date: April 11th, 2024 Time: 6PM - 8:30PM Venue: Sulzberger Parlor, 3rd […]
Founder’s Journey: Navigating the Obstacles from Student to Startup!
Our speaker on the Founder's Journey is Andrew Satz, CEO of EVQLV, a company that leverages advances in computation to design therapeutic antibodies for biotechs and pharmaceutical companies. Andrew is a Columbia alumnus, a data scientist, and former CORE president, where he had a significant impact on Columbia's entrepreneurial community. He will be sharing his […]
Deadline: 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 […]
Deadline: Tamer Fund | August 15, 2024
Are you a nonprofit, for-profit, or hybrid early-stage social or environmental venture with Columbia affiliation? Apply by August 15 for a chance to receive a $25K seed grant! This fund is open to nonprofit, for-profit, and hybrid early-stage social and environmental ventures. Ventures must be led by Columbia University students, alumni, faculty, or researchers, or be advised and have significant […]
Rolling Admission: Columbia Startup Lab Uptown
Columbia Startup Lab (CSL) Uptown, located on the Morningside campus, 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. We are lucky to have cultivated a very vibrant community of students and alumni who take […]
Columbia Startup Lab Uptown Programming Begins
Columbia Startup Lab (CSL) Uptown, located on the Morningside campus, provides a host of campus-wide programming, open working space, mentorship, and connection to other entrepreneurship nodes around the University for […]
Innovation Forum
Register for the fall welcome event on September 18th to meet new and current entrepreneurs at Columbia. Dan Steingart, co-director of the Columbia Electrochemical Energy Center will join Professor Harry West, co-faculty director of IDE, and Ivy Schultz, Director of Entrepreneurship Programs, to share how to get started on all things entrepreneurship at Columbia. You’ll hear […]
Columbia Giving Day 2024 – Support Entrepreneurs
This year, on Columbia Giving Day, Columbians everywhere are gathering together to make an impact. At Columbia Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Design, we make an impact by supporting hundreds of student and alumni entrepreneurs across all of Columbia’s schools. Click here to donate to our Columbia Entrepreneurs Fund. Because it takes more than grit and brilliance to launch a new […]
Start Me Up Bootcamp Kickoff
Applications are now open for the Start Me Up Bootcamp program. Teams 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. The bootcamp is based on the NSF I-Corps […]
Application Deadline: 2024 Columbia Health Venture Fast-Pitch Competition
Open to Columbia University graduate and undergraduate students in the ideation phase of a startup solution, aimed at a public health and/or healthcare problem. Participants must be available to pitch their idea in-person to the judges on November 22. Apply here!