Columbia Entrepreneurship

NYC Startup Job Fair Spring 2016
2016-04-08 12:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York)
NYC Startup Job Fair
IAC HQ (555 W 18th St)
Friday, April 8, 2016
Register Today
Schedule:
12:00-2:00pm Developers Only
2:00-5:00pm All Candidates
Other cities?
Chicago – 4/21, Boston – 4/5, Toronto – 4/28
The NYC Startup Job Fair connects top talent job seekers with exciting NYC area startups. In the Spring, the NYC Startup Job Fair drew 75 startups and 2300+ job seekers resulting in over 90 hires. Over the past few years the organization has helped hundreds of job seekers find positions at the top startups in NYC.
List of Startup Positions Available – Job Board
Registration Deadline – Depends on availability, please register ASAP
Fall Event Recap – Video, Photos
Get an Edge in your Job Search – Tip
Questions – please contact questions@startupjobfair.org
**All job seekers must register for the event in advance, space limited**

Startup Me Up: E'ship Mini Boot Camp
2016-05-24 10:00 - 15:00 UTC | Carleton Commons, Mudd, 500 W. 120th , New York, NY, United States
2016 Entrepreneurship Mini-Boot Camp
Tuesday, May 24th
10:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Carleton Commons, Mudd Building
Columbia University Campus
500 W. 120th St
New York, NY
Register Today
Columbia startup teams including 2016 CVC winners, Ignition Grant winners, TFP fellows, and ASCENT fellows are invited to participate in a day of learning and growing their businesses with a mini entrepreneurship boot camp. You’ll hear from founders, Columbia professors in the startup space, experts on entrepreneurship and data science, and a lawyer. A variety of topics will be covered, ranging from securing your IP to scaling your hardware or software business model.

10-11am: An Entrepreneur’s experience (Tyler Poore, CEO, IrOs, LLC.)
Tyler is a organic chemist that has been an active entrepreneur for the past three years. A former PhD student from Columbia University, he took a leave from his studies to join a startup in developing novel antimicrobials. In this role, he authored and submitted two provisional patents on antimicrobials for paints and developed several prototypes for antimicrobial urethane foams. He has since started his own company IrOs, which develops 3D printed hydrogels for biomedical application, with fellow member Andrea to create novel chemical products for existing problems in healthcare.
11-12am: Incorporation and IP Basics (Steve Davis/Goodwin Proctor)
Steve Davis is the expert legal advisor for SEAS Entrepreneurship Programs. Steve has been a partner at Goodwin Procter in the firm’s Business Law Department since 2008 and has extensive experience in several areas of corporate practice with a focus on venture capital, corporate finance and securities, mergers and acquisitions, private equity and corporate counseling in industries such as software, Internet infrastructure, applications and services, telecommunications, wireless technologies, biotech, medical devices, energy and clean tech, manufacturing, investment management and investment banking. Steve is a key contributor to the Goodwin Procter Founders Workbench, an online resource for start-ups, emerging companies and the entrepreneurial community. Prior to joining Goodwin Procter, Mr. Davis was a shareholder in the New York office of Heller Ehrman, where he was co-chair of its corporate/venture law practice and chair of its New York business law practice. Mr. Davis is a member of the American Bar Association and the New York State Bar Association (Committee on Securities Regulation). In addition, he acts as outside general counsel and board advisor to numerous public and private companies.
12-1pm: Networking Lunch & I-Corps info session (Ivy Schultz/SEAS Staff)
Ivy is the Associate Director of SEAS Entrepreneurship Programs at Columbia, where she manages several programs including the Tech and Global Tech challenges of the Columbia Venture Competition, the Fast Pitch Competition, Igntion Grants, the Translational Fellows Program, and Amazon Activate. She also works closely with physical resources that foster entrepreneurship communities including the Startup Lab in SoHo and Res. Inc on campus. As an NYCRIN Regional I-Corps instructor, Ivy guides and mentors scientists and engineers to extend their research beyond the laboratory into feasible business ventures. Ivy received her Master’s degree from Georgetown University, where she focused on technology and international business.
1-2pm: Hardware Product & Conflict of Interest (Sam Sia/SEAS Faculty)
Sam is a faculty member in biomedical engineering at Columbia University. His lab focuses on using microfluidics to improve patient health. His lab’s work has been supported by the NIH, NSF, USAID/Gates Foundation/World Bank/Governments of Norway and Canada, Wallace H. Coulter Foundation, American Heart Association, and World Health Organization. He has been named one of the world’s top young innovators by MIT Technology Review, and one of 10 innovators in human health and sustainability by NASA. He is founder of Claros Diagnostics, a venture capital-backed company which was acquired by Opko Health in 2011. His lab has invented a large number of new technologies currently covered by patents filed by Columbia University. Sam also co-founded the Harlem Biospace, a community of biotech innovators and scientifically-minded citizens who build models for turning revolutionary biotech ideas into products that solve real health problems
2-3pm Data Product (Chris Wiggins/SEAS Faculty)
Chris Wiggins is an associate professor of applied mathematics at Columbia University and the Chief Data Scientist at the New York Times. At Columbia he is a founding member of the Department of Systems Biology, the executive committee of the Data Science Institute (http://datascience.columbia.edu/), and the Institute’s education and entrepreneurship committees. He is also an affiliate of Columbia’s Department of Statistics and a founding member of Columbia’s Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (C2B2). He is a co-founder and co-organizer of hackNY (http://hackNY.org), a nonprofit which since 2010 has organized once a semester student hackathons and the hackNY Fellows Program, a structured summer internship at NYC startups. Prior to joining the faculty at Columbia he was a Courant Instructor at NYU (1998-2001) and earned his PhD at Princeton University (1993-1998) in theoretical physics. In 2014 he was elected Fellow of the American Physical Society and is a recipient of Columbia’s Avanessians Diversity Award.

Spring Silicon Alley Demo Night
2016-05-24 18:30 - 21:00 UTC | General Assembly East, 902 Broadway, New York City, NY, 10010, United States
Join the Columbia Venture Community (CVC)
for our first Demo Night of 2016 in New York City!
May 24, 2016
6:39 PM
General Assembly [East]
902 Broadway 4th Floor ,
New York City, Baby
Register Today
Twice a year, CVC hosts Demo Nights in both, San Francisco and New York, to provide support and exposure to startup founders within the community.
If you’re interested in seeing what kinds of companies Columbia entrepreneurs are starting, don’t miss this event!
This is also a great opportunity to network and connect with fellow alumni from the region.
Founding teams will have 8 minutes to pitch their startup and receive feedback from our expert panel. Presentations will be followed by a mixer where members will have time to connect and learn more about each other and the teams.
EVENT SCHEDULE:
6:30pm: Welcome
7:00pm: Demo group 1
7:45pm: Demo group 2
8:30pm: Judges announce the winning team
9:00pm: Networking event (venue will be announced at the event)
THE STARTUPS:
cTHRU Inc
guide
Nuntio
Rally Bus
unPack
Visit.org
More Startups to be announced soon…

Exec. Ed Three-Day Course - Women in Leadership: Expanding Influence and Leading Change
2016-06-22 - 2016-06-24
Women in Leadership: Expanding Influence and Leading Change
June 22 to 24, 2016
For More Information or to Apply Now
Click Here
Women in Leadership: Expanding Influence and Leading Change is a new program developed through a unique partnership between Columbia Business School and Barnard College. The program is designed to help elevate the impact of women leaders enabling them to navigate the business landscape, develop and leverage their talents, and step into roles of greater influence.
The overall experience is designed to have the maximum impact, incorporating a three-week preparation and pre-program coaching phase, an intense three-day in-person phase and a three-month action planning follow-up.
Program faculty include executive coaches, and trained psychologists, experts who have studied both the benefits of gender-balanced organization and the barriers women still often face in the advancement, as well as faculty from Columbia Business School.

Work Awesome - A Day on the Future of Work
2016-06-23 07:45 - 18:30 UTC | Knotel, 1 State Street 25th floor, New York, NY, United States
Work Awesome is on June 23rd at 1 State Street, 25th fl, NYC
It’s one big day on the future of work. We begin at 7:45 am.
The after party starts at 6:00 pm.
Register Today!

WORK AWESOME is here to connect you with the most inspiring people and thought-provoking insights into what work will be like tomorrow. Join us on June 23, 2016 at Knotel @ The Battery, 1 State Street (25th fl), New York City.
SOME OF OUR TOPICS
– Artificial Intelligence. If smart machines learn to execute more and more cognitive tasks – does that steer us towards a post-work-society?
– Gig Economy. If the gig economy grows further, will that eventually replace the 9-to-5 model?
– The new new workplace. Needs and cultures at work are changing radically. What about chairs, tables, rooms and buildings?
– Teamwork and Leadership. Why are so many companies changing their way of working together? And what are the learnings of self-organizing, hierarchy-abandoning firms?
SPEAKERS

Geetu Ambwani, Principal Data Scientist, Huffington Post
Sara Armbruster, VP Strategy, Research & New Business Innovation, Steelcase
Antoine Blondeau, CEO & Co-founder, Sentient Technologies Holdings Limited
Milena Berry, CEO/Co-Founder, PowerToFly
Corey Booker, United States Senator, New Jersey (invited)
Alex Chung, CEO, Giphy
Zofia Ciechowska, Strategy & Operations, Spotify
Scott Cohen, Co-founder, New Lab
Joshua Cooper Ramo, “The Seventh Sense”
Jen Dennard, Culture & Diversity, Medium
Charlene Johnson-Hadley, Executive Chef, American Table
Scott Lamb, VP International, BuzzFeed
Marlon Litz-Rosenzweig, Co-founder, Mylittlejob
Will Prince, Architect, PARC Office
David Mandell, CEO, PivotDesk
Dennis R. Mortensen, CEO, x.ai
Kevin Slavin, Professor, MIT Media Lab
Leah Reich, User Researcher, Slack
Nina Temple, Global Staffing Lead, Google
Jeff Wald, Co-founder, Work Market
Albert Wenger, Partner, Union Square Ventures
Lizzie Widdicombe, Writer, The New Yorker
Chris Wiggins, Chief Data Scientist, The New York Times
Luke Winston, Head of Customer Development & Services, Formlabs
and take an inspiring trip into the future – to learn and benefit of what’s next.

ATTENDEES
Expect 150+ founders and leaders from startups to Fortune 500 companies, including Allianz, BMW, Buzzfeed, City of New York, GE, German Press Agency dpa, Google NYC, Kisi, MIT, Roland Berger, Steelcase, The New York Times, Thrillist, United Nations, Yahoo!

Columbia Engineering Entrepreneurship Night - Hong Kong
2016-06-25 18:30 - 21:00 UTC | Conrad Hong Kong, 88 Queensway, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
Columbia Engineering Entrepreneurship Night – Hong Kong
Saturday, June 2
6:30 PM
Conrad Hong Kong – 88 Queensway,
Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
Register Today
The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science and the Columbia Alumni Association present the tenth program in a series designed to showcase the vibrant Columbia Entrepreneurship ecosystem. We invite you to join Dean Mary Boyce and Columbia entrepreneurs for a conversation about the life cycle of entrepreneurship followed by a demo night with Columbia alumni and student entrepreneurs.
Panelists:
Sonny Wu
Mr. Wu is a founding partner and managing director of GSR Ventures, a venture capital fund that focuses primarily in early stage, start up, and growth stage investments in technology companies with substantial operations in China. Mr. Wu focuses on investments in the semiconductors, new materials, and new energy sectors and he has made extensive investments related to LED technology and electric vehicles. Prior to founding GSR, Mr. Wu was founder and chairman of Asia Wireless Technology and he was a managing director at Nortel Networks, where he set up and managed several joint ventures in China.
Born and raised in China, Mr. Wu received a BS in engineering physics from the University of British Columbia in 1990 and an MBA from MIT in 2001 where he was a Sloan Fellow. Mr. Wu’s son is a member of the SEAS Class of 2018 and his daughter will be joining Columbia in the fall as a member of the College’s Class of 2020.
Fermi Wang
Mr. Wang is co-founder of Ambarella, Inc., a company that produces low power, high definition video compression and image processing semiconductors. Prior to founding Ambarella in 2007, he was CEO and co-founder of Afara Websystems, a startup that pioneered throughput computing for servers. Afara was acquired by Sun Microsystems in July 2002. A seasoned leader, serial entrepreneur and and a video compression technology expert, Mr. Wang holds several digital video-related patents and his team was responsible for developing the world’s first MPEG CODEC chip.
Mr. Wang received his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from National Taiwan University and an MS and PhD in electrical engineering from Columbia University. Mr. Wang established the Wang Fong-Jen Professorship at SEAS in honor of his brother who received an MS and PhD in mechanical engineering.

Making the Most of Wedding Season
2016-06-26 14:00 - 17:00 UTC
Your 20s and 30s. It’s a wedding season that lasts two full decades. Some of them will be fun. Here’s how to spice up the rest:

Adopt a foreign accent for the evening. Have you ever heard one of those stories of someone coming out of a coma with a bizarre foreign accent? Well, your fellow wedding guests will get to hear it all night long.
Ask the bartender to make your signature cocktail. It’s one part everything.
Tell the wedding officiant that they’ve inspired you to convert – even if it’s a non-religious ceremony. Really get them to try and close the deal, too.
Go to the bouquet or garter toss, but then run screaming from that thing like it’s the Zika virus. (Too soon?)
Keep tipping the band and asking them to play faster.

We’re hosting a rager for our next Sunday Funday. Join us 6/26 at Our Wicked Lady in Brooklyn. $25 gets you unlimited tacos, two Drops, and some dope music on a rooftop.
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CAA Southern California - Entrepreneur's Happy Hour
2016-07-09 16:00 - 18:00 UTC | Cecconi’s, 8764 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90069, United States
Do you own your own business or always thought about starting one? Join fellow creatives and Columbia alums to talk about marketing, and small business owner best practices.
Whether you have insights you’d like to share, problems you’d like addressed or just want to meet fellow entrepreneurs join us at Cecconi’s.
Please note that we are keeping this event to a small group size so be sure to RSVP soon!

Techstars IoT Accelerator -- DEADLINE: July 10th
2016-07-10 | Techstars
Internet of Things Acclerator
Apply Before July 20
Techstars is excited to announce a new accelerator program focused on the IoT (Internet of Things) market. The program will bring industry leaders in the IoT market together with the most innovative emerging startups in the industry for our three month, mentorship-driven accelerator program. The Techstars IoT program will take place in NYC in 2016.
Techstars is a global ecosystem that empowers entrepreneurs to bring new technologies to market wherever they choose to build their business. With 18 mentorship-driven accelerator programs worldwide, Techstars exists to support the world’s most promising entrepreneurs throughout their lifelong journey. Techstars provides access to over 5,000 founders, mentors investors, and corporate partners, allowing entrepreneurs to accelerate the pace of innovation and do more faster. Techstars makes entrepreneurship more accessible by providing access to capital, guidance, marketing, business development, customer acquisition, and recruitment.

Workshop - Developing a Sample Starter Social Media Strategy
2016-07-12 09:00 - 12:00 UTC | General Assembly NYC West, 10 East 21st Street, 4th Floor , New York City, NY, 10010, United States
General Assembly West
10 East 21st St. 4th Floor
Register Today
About This Class
Having a social media strategy paves the way for successful execution across social channels. Often an individual or organization will say “We/I need social!” and then create handles, post a few pictures and start down a road of engagement that has no end goals, lacks a clear way through and most importantly is lacking any guiding principles. This class is the intro on how to start or step-back and re-start a social media strategy.
Students will walk away with a clear sense of how to begin, what sections to include, how to decide what’s working and what isn’t, the best ways to set goals and begin meeting them, how to engage (or not) with fans/followers and the importance of developing tone, approach, cadence and a clear voice that will help you/your organization connect with a variety of users. We will explore parts of a strategy that are must haves and the ones that are nice to haves and how making a strategy a “working-document” will be vital to digital growth.
Takeaways

Understanding of the importance of a social strategy
Background on how to set goals and expectations before creating a strategy
Information on outlining a social strategy based on goals/needs/desired outcomes
How to create a social media strategy
How to get buy-in from the right parties (if needed)
How to execute the strategy
Quick overview and tips on measurement, analytics, and updating strategy based on those findings
Prereqs & Preparation
Understanding and some use of social media platforms. Including but not limited to: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, Pinterest, WordPress/Medium, LinkedIn.

About the Instructor
Terry Rice, Digital Marketing Consultant – Terry Rice has been in the Digital Marketing field since 2007 – most notably, helping businesses achieve their marketing goals while working at Adobe and Facebook. He’s utilized both Paid Search and Facebook Marketing across several verticals including E-Commerce, Financial Services, and Technology. Combining a mix of creativity and data driven decision making, Terry is an expert at designing profitable marketing solutions. During his career, he’s worked on direct response and lead generation campaigns for companies including, Dell Computers, 1800Flowers, Home Depot, and Best Buy. He holds an MBA from the University at Buffalo, with a dual concentration in Marketing and Business Consulting.

TechNY at TechSuds
2016-07-12 18:00 - 21:00 UTC | Black Barn Tavern, 19 E 26th St, New York City, NY, 10010, United States
You’re invited to join
TechNY at TechSuds
for an evening of networking with industry peers at
Black Barn, a stylish new restaurant & bar in the heart of Flatiron
TechSuds is a unique opportunity to socialize and interact with your peers from all aspect of New York’s tech scene. There are no annoying interruptions, speeches or presentations. Best of all, its free if you preregister!
Free admission with preregistration
($15 at the door)
Sponsored by Hooch – A private cocktail society.
Hooch gets you one free drink a day – every day – at any of our venue partners across NYC, Miami, Los Angeles, Dallas, Austin & more!
Download the app today, enter invite code “blackbarn” and get your first month for only $1, PLUS the first round at TechSuds is ON US! Cheers! (get.hooch.co)

Silicon Alley: Happy Hour + Networking Event
2016-07-12 18:30 - 20:00 UTC | Tavern29, 47 E 29th St, New York City, NY, 10016, United States
Register Today
Mark your calendars and spread the word among Columbia alumni and friends in the New York City area!!
Every second Tuesday of the month the Columbia Venture Community will be meeting for drinks and networking at Tavern29 in NoMad.
Tavern29’s rooftop bar is a perfect spot to meet-up, however, if you have a favorite bar or restaurant and want to propose a venue for our next happy hour, shoot your suggestion to dawnquaker@gmail.com.
Also, if you’re interested in hosting or co-organizing a future event, please fill out this form and someone will get back to you shortly! http://goo.gl/forms/dAo8ZxWiaH

NYTech Monthly Meetup and After Party
2016-07-12 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Skirball Center at NYU, 566 LaGuardia Place, New York, NY, 10012, United States
Our next Monthly Meetup will take place on Tuesday, July 12th 2016 at 7 p.m. at the Skirball Center at NYU (566 LaGuardia Place.) Tickets went on sale for this event on June 8th and will be available while supplies last. Secure your seats at: http://www.meetup.com/ny-tech/events/229675481/
In celebration of RaisedBy.Us Week, this month’s Meetup theme is social good– we’ll be announcing demos soon. You can find the details of this special week in our featured partner section below.
And you should definitely stay for the afterparty this month – free ice cream will be provided by this month’s sponsor, Ulster County!
THANK YOU to Ulster County New York for Sponsoring this Month’s Meetup:
Ulster County New York invites techpreneurs and remote workers to discover an alternative, attractive way of life less than 100 miles up the Hudson River. Lower costs, four-season recreation, charming towns and villages, renowned artist community, and active and growing tech community – all less than 2 hours away. Techpreneurs are invited to visit one of the many top Ulster County events this year for FREE, including the Woodstock Film Festival, Garlic Festival, Hudson Valley RibFest and more. Visit www.UlsterForBusiness.com for details and more information on Ulster County, NY.

The Global Peter Drucker Challenge - Deadline for Submissions
2016-07-15
DEADLINE – July 15, 2016
Students and young professionals: Compete and win a trip to Vienna! Share your ideas on the 2016 guiding topic: The New Entrepreneurs: Movers and Shakers in Economy and Society?
See Here For Details
The Global Peter Drucker Challenge is a contest for students and professionals from the ages of 18 to 35. Organized by the Peter Drucker Society Europe, the contest aims at raising awareness of the works and humanistic values of Peter Drucker among young people – the new generation poised to build on a management philosophy that puts the human being at its center.
In 2016 we invite you to submit an essay covering the topic “The New Entrepreneurs – Movers and Shakers in Economy and Society?”

Using Artificial Intelligence to Identify State Secrets
2016-07-20 14:00 - 15:30 UTC | Columbia Startup Lab, 69 Charlton St. @ Varick, NYC, 10014, United States
Whether official secrecy is random or predictable is a matter of great public controversy. But the question has not been explored using Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning methods.
Join Columbia University History Professor Matt Connelly for a discussion about using data science to compare political narratives with the real historical record.
Admission is Free
Register Today
This event is co-hosted by Text.IQ
Artificial Intelligence to Identify State Secrets
Abstract:
Whether official secrecy is random or predictable is a matter of great public controversy. But the question has not been explored using Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning methods. We report the results of an experiment with nearly one million State Department cables from the 1970s to identify diplomatic communications that were originally classified as containing sensitive national security information. In analyzing the data, we found that cables classified as secret were disproportionately likely to have been lost or corrupted. But even with incomplete data, we were able to train algorithms to identify 90% of classified cables with <11% of false positives.
Matthew Connelly is a professor of international and global history at Columbia. He is also the principal investigator of History Lab, a project to apply data science to the problem of preserving the public record and accelerating its release. He received his B.A. from Columbia and his Ph.D. from Yale. His publications include “A Diplomatic Revolution: Algeria’s Fight for Independence and the Origins of the Post-Cold War Era”, which won five prizes, and Fatal Misconception: The Struggle to Control World Population, an Economist and Financial Times book of the year. He has provided commentary on international affairs for The Atlantic Monthly, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Le Monde, and has hosted radio documentaries for BBC Radio.

Suspend Your Student Loan Payments While You Grow Your Venture
2016-07-21 11:30 - 12:30 UTC | Columbia Startup Lab, 69 Charlton St. @ Varick, NYC, 10014, United States
Lunch & Learn with SoFi’s Entrepreneurship Program
Join Amanda Wood (CBS ’14), Director at SoFi, on Thursday 7/21 at 11:30 am ET for a lunch and learn session to learn more about SoFi’s story, student loan refinancing options, and how SoFi’s Entrepreneur Program can help you build your business.
About SoFi’s Entrepreneur Program:
The SoFi Entrepreneur Program (EP) was created to help founders build businesses under the burden of student loan debt. Program benefits include 6-12 months of deferment on student loan payments, mentorship, workshops, and access to investors. SoFi’s EP has already helped 60+ entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurs with student loans are encouraged to apply at sofi.com/EP. Please see the attached flyer for more information.
About SoFi:
SoFi is the country’s largest provider of student loan refinancing. Since starting in 2011 at Stanford GSB, they’ve funded $10B+ in loans to 150,000+ members.
About SoFi Student Loan Refinancing:
If you have student loans, SoFi may be able to save you thousands. SoFi refinances federal and/or private student loans at low rates. The average borrower saves $19K over the life of their loan by refinancing. Get a $200 welcome bonus when you refinance through sofi.com/schoolsave.

Transitioning to CEO: How Start-ups by Women in Life Sciences Succeed
2016-07-27 18:00 - 20:30 UTC | Cooley LLP, 1114 Ave of the Americas, New York, NY, 10036, United States
CBSAC/NY and Columbia Tech Ventures are proud to present an evening discussion with several top women scientists & inventors who have started successful companies in life sciences.
Hear the stories of how these speakers have joined the small but growing ranks of women scientists who have become academics-turned-entrepreneurs:
• Piraye Yurttas Beim – Founder & CEO of Celmatix
• Laura Philips – CEO & Founder of Spheryx
• Misti Ushio – CEO and Founder of Tara Biosystems
• Loren A. Busby – Managing Member of Cresco Adivsors, LLC
This program should be of interest to any who would like to learn more about starting and managing young life sciences companies.
Register here: http://www.cbsacny.org/article.html?aid=1661

Columbia Venture Competition Silicon Alley: Happy Hour + Networking Event
2016-08-09 18:30 - 20:30 UTC | Tavern29, 47 E 29th St, New York City, NY, 10016, United States
Mark your calendars and spread the word among Columbia alumni and friends in the New York City area!!
Every second Tuesday of the month the Columbia Venture Community will be meeting for drinks and networking at Tavern29 in NoMad.
With Spring just around the corner, Tavern29’s rooftop bar will be the perfect spot to meet-up, however, if you have a favorite bar or restaurant and want to propose a venue for our next happy hour, shoot your suggestion to dawnquaker@gmail.com.
Also, if you’re interested in hosting or co-organizing a future event, please fill out this form and someone will get back to you shortly! http://goo.gl/forms/dAo8ZxWiaH

ELabNYC Info Session, Medical Center
2016-09-13 16:00 - 17:00 UTC | Columbia University Medical Center, Health Sciences Library, LL205, New York, United States
Calling All Bioentrepreneurs! Thinking of starting your own bio or health tech company? Entrepreneurship Lab NYC (ELabNYC) is looking for interested research scientists, doctors and engineers for upcoming 2017 cohort. Postdocs, graduate students, PIs, and MDs are all eligible. Learn more at one of the upcoming information sessions and chat with previous ELabNYC start-up participants.

ELabNYC Info Session, Morningside Campus
2016-09-14 16:00 - 17:00 UTC | Columbia University, Lerner Hall, Room 569, New York, United States

An Inside Look Into Growth Equity Webinar
2016-09-14 18:00 - 19:00 UTC
An Inside Look At Growth Equity Webinar
Wednesday, September 14
6:00-7:00 pm EST
Webinar Dial-in Details: 646-494-8808 www.uberconference.com/courtneygoldman
RSVP: Please RSVP to Courtney Goldman (courtney@stripesgroup.com) with the subject “RSVP-Stripes Group Webinar”.
Stripes Group, a leading growth equity firm based out of downtown New York that makes $10-100M investments in Technology and Consumer Product Businesses is hosting a webinar on September 14 for undergrads interested in careers in tech and consumer investing, specifically juniors (Class of 2018) who would want to join them this summer for their internship program. Through the webinar, students will learn what growth equity investing is and will get a sense of what it is like to be a full-time analyst at Stripes.

Third Thursday: Entrepreneurship Forum
2016-09-15 17:30 - 20:00 UTC | Schapiro Building Room 750, 530 West 120th Street, New York City, 10027, United States
Featuring Georg Petschnigg ‘00, CEO & Founder at FiftyThree
Ideation and Team Building
Schapiro Center for Engineering and Physical Science Research
530 West 120th Street Room 750
September 15, 2016 5:30 pm
Register Now
Third Thursdays is a recurring open forum and networking and info session for the Columbia University entrepreneurship community. It provides students, faculty, staff, and alumni the opportunity to hear ideas from across campus, form teams, and explore career options. You’ll hear from Columbia alumni and other experts on their experiences working in the field, how they’ve applied their Columbia experience in their careers, and more.
Join us!
Food & Drink will be served!

Financing Your Startup: All Money is Not Equal
2016-09-16 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | Morningside Campus, TBD
Securing financing is a significant challenge for any startup, but an understanding of the path to financing and common pitfalls you may encounter along the way will pay off in the long term. In this info session with Stephen Davis of Goodwin Procter LLP, we will cover:

Pros and cons of different financing models for small business and startups, including SBIRs, STTRs, angel, seed, and VC A rounds;
The ways the negotiations will typically unfold;
The role of the lead investor;
The timeline for financing discussions;
The most common points of failure along the way.

Register below. Lunch will be served!

Steve Davis, a partner in the firm’s Business Law Department, is a member of the Technology Companies Group and the Life Sciences, Capital Markets, and Clean Tech Practices. He has extensive experience in several areas of corporate practice with a focus on venture capital, corporate finance and securities, mergers and acquisitions, private equity and corporate counseling. Mr. Davis is a key contributor to the Goodwin Procter Founders Workbench, an online resource for start-ups, emerging companies and the entrepreneurial community. Mr. Davis also serves as an adjunct professor at Columbia Law School in Start-Up Law and is a Lecturer in Venture at the Columbia Business School. Mr. Davis joined Goodwin Procter in 2008.

Introduction to Design Thinking Workshop
2016-09-16 14:00 - 16:00 UTC | Columbia Entrepreneurship Design Studio, 490 Riverside Dr., New York, NY, 10027, United States
From a newsreader app, to a lowcost infant warmer for developing countries, to simply a more creative team dynamic, design thinking has proven to be a powerful methodology capable of solving challenges of all shapes and sizes. The principles of user research, prototyping, and testing have been used by everyone from product designers, entrepreneurs, humanitarians, among many others, to create innovative, human-centered designed products and solutions.
Please join us for this hands on introduction to design thinking. We will focus on needfinding, problem framing, rapid idea generation, and collaboration. The session is fast paced and equally valuable for individuals or teams.

The Politics of Innovation: Why Are Some Countries Better than Others at Science and Technology?
2016-09-20 12:15 - 14:00 UTC | SIPA Building Room 1512, New York
The SIPA Urban and Social Policy Program, SIPA Entrepreneurship Initiative with support from the Nasdaq Educational Foundation, the SIPA United States Regional Specialization, and the Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies, present:
“The Politics of Innovation: Why Are Some Countries Better than Others at Science and Technology?”
Dr. Mark Zachary Taylor
Sam Nunn School of International Affairs
Georgia Institute of Technology
Author, The Politics of Innovation: Why Some Countries are Better than Others at Science and Technology (Oxford Univ. Press, 2016)
Tuesday, September 20, 2016
1512 International and Public Affairs
12:15 p.m.-2:00 p.m.
advance registration suggested by emailing jrb2243@columbia.edu
Introduction by Merit Janow, Dean, School of International and Public Affairs, Professor of Practice, International Economic Law & International Affairs
Moderated by Esther Fuchs
Professor of International and Public Affairs;
Director, Urban and Social Policy Concentration;
Director, United States Regional Specialization
Dr. Mark Zachary Taylor, formerly a solid-state physicist, now specializes in international relations, political economy, and comparative politics. In his new book, The Politics of Innovation (Oxford Univ. Press, 2016), he seeks to explain why some countries are better than others at science and technology. Prof. Taylor’s research interests also include science and technology policy, comparative democratic institutions, the presidency and the politics of economic growth. His research has been published the in the journals Foreign Affairs,International Organization, Security Studies, Journal of Business Venturing,Review of Policy Research, Harvard International Review, Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law, and the Journal of Political Science Education. Dr. Taylor holds a PhD in Political Science from MIT, an MA in International Relations from Yale University, earned a BA in Physics from UC Berkeley, and has also attended university in Japan.

NYC Media Lab - Fifth Annual Summit
2016-09-22 08:00 - 18:00 UTC | Lerner Hall, Columbia University, 2920 Broadway, New York, NY, 10027, United States
NYC Media Lab 16
New York City Media Lab’s Fifth Annual Summit
Columbia University, Lerner Hall
September 22, 2016
8 AM – 6 PM
Register Today
Faculty and students- submit your demos!
NYC Media Lab 16 is NYC Media Lab’s fifth annual summit. The full day event is a snapshot of the best thinking, projects, and talent in digital media from universities in NYC and beyond. This is an opportunity for media executives, technologists, and decision makers to explore interesting technologies and applications related to the future of media. Through thought-provoking discussions, faculty-led workshops, and 100+ innovative demos, attendees will explore pressing issues related to digital media innovation.
We’re preparing for our annual summit, September 22nd, 2016, this year hosted at Columbia University’s Alfred Lerner Hall. Keynotes include Jim Bankoff, Chairman and CEO of Vox Media, and Emily Bell, Founding Director of the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia Journalism School. Workshops will cover machine learning, virtual reality and user experience design and prototyping. The summit also features the largest demo expo of university media and communications projects of the year- more than 100 projects will be on display. Read on for details on the summit- register early.
Agenda
8:00am Registration
9:00am Welcome & Announcements
9:30am Keynote: Jim Bankoff, Chairman and CEO, Vox Media
10:00am NYC Media Lab Research & Prototyping Showcase
11:30am NYC Media Lab Combine: Startup Pitches
12:00 Noon Lunch, Demo Pavilion & Workshops
3:30pm Virtual Reality: Hope or Hype?
4:00pm Keynote: Emily Bell, Director Tow Center for Digital Journalism, Columbia Journalism
4:30pm Awards Ceremony
5:00pm Cocktail Reception
6:00pm End

Studio Hours
2016-09-22 14:00 - 16:00 UTC | Columbia Entrepreneurship Design Studio, 490 Riverside Dr., New York, NY, 10027, United States
Thursday, September 22nd
2:00pm to 4:00pm
Riverside Church Room 430
Register Today
Do you have an idea and want to get personal feedback from Columbia’s Design Studio? During Studio Hours, teams or individuals are invited to discuss their projects or ideas one-on-one with designers in the Studio.
Teams of Columbia affiliates are welcome to use the studio space for working on their projects during this time.
If you have questions, please reach out to us at designstudio@columbia.edu.

Intro to Design Thinking Workshop
2016-09-22 18:00 - 20:00 UTC | Uris Hall, Room 303
From a newsreader app, to a lowcost infant warmer for developing countries, to simply a more creative team dynamic, design thinking has proven to be a powerful methodology capable of solving challenges of all shapes and sizes. The principles of user research, prototyping, and testing have been used by everyone from product designers, entrepreneurs, humanitarians, among many others, to create innovative, human-centered designed products and solutions.
Please join us for this hands on introduction to design thinking, co-sponsored by the Columbia Entrepreneurship Design Studio and the Eugene Lang Entrepreneurship Center. We will focus on needfinding, problem framing, rapid idea generation, and collaboration. The session is fast paced and equally valuable for individuals or teams.

Studio Hours
2016-09-29 14:00 - 16:00 UTC | Columbia Entrepreneurship Design Studio, 490 Riverside Dr., New York, NY, 10027, United States
Thursday, September 29th
2:00pm to 4:00pm
Riverside Church Room 430
Register Today
Do you have an idea and want to get personal feedback from Columbia’s Design Studio? During Studio Hours, teams or individuals are invited to discuss their projects or ideas one-on-one with designers in the Studio.
Teams of Columbia affiliates are welcome to use the studio space for working on their projects during this time.
If you have questions, please reach out to us at designstudio@columbia.edu.

Mini Conference: Real Estate Tech Unbundled
2016-09-29 18:30 - 21:00 UTC | Convene, 237 Park Avenue, New York, 10017, United States
Join
Columbia Entrepreneurship, Columbia GSAPP’s Real Estate Development Program and Metaprop NYC for our
Annual Fall Entrepreneurship Mini Conference
Featuring Panel Discussions, Startup Demos and a Student-Alumni Networking Reception
Real Estate Tech Unbundled

With

Amol Sarva, Ph.D.ʼ96CC, Founder & CEO Knotel
&
Marc Hollidayʼ90GSAPP, CEO of SL Green Realty Corp.

REGISTER NOW
Moderated by
Zach Aarons ‘13BUS Co-Founder MetaProp
September 29th 2016
6:30 to 8:30 pm
Convene Conference Center (website)
237 Park Avenue (@45th btwn Park & Lex, Lobby Level)
Register Now
Real Estate, one of mankind’s oldest and largest industries, is undergoing a profound unbundling and technological transformation. Accelerating this trend is the phenomenon of Real Estate Tech Startups which have seen a 100% increase in investment in the past year, raising $1.37B in Q2 of 2016 alone.
Historically, the dynamics of the Real Estate industry had been very stable, with legendary dynastic families and well established public REITs dominating the marketplace. However, we are now seeing a a massive tech disruption that is challenging longstanding RE models.
Each niche in the RE sector (i.e. commercial, residential, property management, consumer and smart buildings) now has its own specialized applications. New startups are popping up left and right, launching innovative marketing disintermediation technology, drones, augmented reality platforms and 3D printing.
Mini-Conference: Real Estate Tech Unbundled
Columbia Entrepreneurship, in partnership with Metaprop NYC and the Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation’s Real Estate Development Program is hosting a mini conference that will unpack and explore the exploding dynamics of an industry in flux.
Two panels, a demo session with Columbia-founded real estate startups, and an alumni-student networking session are planned. Light snacks, beer and wine will be served.

First Panel: “The Founders”, moderated by Metaprop NYC’s Zach Aarons

Amol Sarva Ph.D. ’96CC, Founder & CEO of Knotel
Stu Ellman, Columbia Business School professor & co-founder of RRE Ventures
Jonathan Wasserstrum ‘12BUS, co-founder and CEO TheSquareFoot
Susannah Vila ‘15BUS, TechStars ’15, founder of Flip

Second Panel: “The Practitioners”

Marc Holliday ʼ90GSAPP Columbia Trustee, CEO, SL Green Realty Corp
Robert Entin EVP & CIO, Vornado Realty Trust
Jamie von Klemperer President, Kohn Peterson Fox
Denis Hickey, CEO Lendlease, Americas

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