Black New Venture Competition

Apply here. The Black New Venture Competition (BNVC) connects promising early-stage Black founders with resources to develop their ventures into dynamic powerhouses. The competition serves as a launching pad for innovative ventures by providing exposure to capital, mentors, and advisors. Previous winners have gone on to raise notable pre-seed and seed rounds and have been accepted into prestigious accelerators […]

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Athena Entrepreneurs Weekly Meet Up

Open to aspiring and emerging women and nonbinary entrepreneurs from Barnard and Columbia (current students). No RSVP required! These meetups are a forum for collaboration, peer support, and mentorship from […]

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Deadline: Design Nation Applications

Apply here. Apply to Design Nation - an all-expenses-paid exploration of the versatility of a career in design, how design is applied differently across industries, and what it looks like to be a design leader facing the business and social challenges of our world. The conference will run from April 9-10th 2022, at The Shed, Hudson Yards, in New York City. Program […]

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Columbia Women’s Business Society Annual Conference

This year’s 18th annual Columbia Women’s Business Society Conference, Profiles in Resilience, highlights women making strides in the workplace in the wake of unprecedented challenges. Through our panels, World-Changing Women, Leading Women in Tech, The Business of Art, and Revolutionizing Healthcare, as well as talks from our incredible keynote speakers, Profiles in Resilience showcases women […]

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Columbia-Corning Advanced Materials Prize

Selected projects/technologies/ventures will receive non-dilutive funding of $50,000, entrepreneurial training, introductions to senior R&D leadership at Corning, and the opportunity to work with the Corning team and on Corning equipment. All researchers at Columbia University (faculty, PhD students, postdocs, undergraduates) developing translational research projects in the advanced materials space are eligible. Learn more about eligible projects […]

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