Big Questions for Startups – Part 2
Open to founders and future founders. Startups and their founders are famous for solving problems and creating innovations at breakneck speeds. Without taking the time to create a guiding ethos, startups risk moving too fast, burning out, and leaving things broken. This two-night series gives founders and future founders the opportunity to take a deep […]
CBS Faculty Entrepreneurship & Innovation Research Showcase
Open to the public. RSVP here. Come for lunch at the Faculty Entrepreneurship & Innovation Research Showcase , stay to explore ideas around entrepreneurship and innovation featuring presentations by CBS […]
Studio Hours at the Design Studio (Open Collaboration Time)
OPEN TO ALL IN THE COLUMBIA COMMUNITY Do you have 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. Teams of Columbia affiliates are also welcome to […]
Columbia Fast Pitch Competition 2019
OPEN TO ALL COLUMBIANS (Including Teachers College and Barnard) APPLY HERE Do you have a startup idea? Would you like feedback from CU alumni? Enter the Fast Pitch competition and win money to support your idea. (Or come watch other Columbians pitch!) This is a great opportunity to practice and perfect a 60-second pitch of […]
Online Workshop: Startup Legal 101
Open to the public. Register here. Startup Legal 101 is a free online workshop designed for alumni who want to learn the basics of startup legal framework. The workshop gives an overview of the key building blocks of early stage ventures, including entity formation, methods for raising capital (convertible debt, SAFEs, etc), equitizing employees, IP/Trademark protection, […]
Studio Hours at the Design Studio (Open Collaboration Time)
Open to the whole Columbia community. Do you have 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. Teams of Columbia affiliates are also welcome to use […]
Demo Day: Almaworks Cohort VIII
Almaworks Demo Day is the culmination of an 8-week accelerator program of Columbia startups. Almaworks is a student-run accelerator program that takes no equity and aims to help early-stage startups and run by NYC student entrepreneurs achieve significant, sustainable growth. Its student startups have collectively raised $14M in seed funding and enrolled in programs such […]
Application Deadline: Inventrust Hackathon
Learn more and apply here. This hackathon invites those interested in the problem of empowering intention to submit applications and then to participate in developing solutions for a particularly important societal problem—medical clinical trials. Recruitment—of employees, donors, and supporters—is the lifeblood of businesses, philanthropic organizations, and political candidates. For example, it has been reported that […]
Third Thursday – Immigration and Entrepreneurship
Open to all Columbians RSVP here Tuesday, January 21 (held on Tuesday due to scheduling constraints) will feature Megan Kludt, Partner at Curran, Berger & Kludt LLP, a boutique law firm […]