Regulators, Rent Seekers and Revolutionaries: What Every Startup Needs to Know About Regulated Markets
The Italian Academy - 2nd Floor Teatro 1161 Amsterdam Ave., New York, United StatesRegulators, Rent Seekers, and Revolutionaries: What Every Startup Needs to Know About Regulated Markets To survive as a startup looking to disrupt existing businesses in a regulated market, you need a strategy to beat the vested interests who want to put a chokehold on innovation. Join Evan Burfield, author of Regulatory Hacking; and Bradley Tusk, […]
DEADLINE: Rabobank-MIT Food and Agribusiness Innovation Prize
Application and eligibility guidelines can be found here. You still have time to submit your winning idea to improve the food and agriculture system! The Rabobank-MIT Food and Agribusiness Innovation Prize has extended its application deadline to January 11, 2019. The Prize supports ideas along the entire food and agriculture value chain. Finalists will receive mentoring with an […]
Creating the Future 101
OPEN TO ALL COLUMBIA STUDENTS RSVP HERE “The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it.” – Robert Swan The primary objective of this event is to provide a platform for aspiring impact entrepreneurs and sustainable engineering enthusiasts to network with potential investors from the corporate and facilitate discussions […]
Third Thursday: Immigration and Entrepreneurship
OPEN TO ALL COLUMBIANS RSVP HERE Please join Columbia Engineering for its January Third Thursday, focused on Immigration and Entrepreneurship. - Third Thursday 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 […]
DEADLINE: Design Your Future
OPEN TO ALL COLUMBIANS APPLY HERE The future can feel uncertain, so we’ve created Design Your Future as a three-session program where attendees learn to apply design to their careers and to life after graduation. The goal of this program is to help you to better navigate your career and life choices in the face […]
Deadline: Design Your Venture
OPEN TO ALL COLUMBIANS APPLY HERE Are you an entrepreneurial Columbia student? Is there a specific challenge or a problem you are passionate about solving? Do you want to be part of an incredible cohort of change-makers? Do you want to develop practical approaches that will lead to sustainable solutions? The Design Your Venture program […]
How We Turned $120,000 Into a Billion-Dollar Eyeglass Brand – Warby Parker
OPEN TO ALL RSVP HERE When: Monday, January 28, 2018 Where: IAB 1501 Time: 6:00PM to 8:00PM EST Warby Parker is a transformative lifestyle brand that offers designer eyewear at a revolutionary price, while leading the way for socially-conscious businesses. Their social claim? - Almost 15% of the world’s population lacks access to glasses, which means they cannot effectively learn or work. To […]
Learning Engines for Healthcare: Using Machine Learning to Transform Clinical Practice and Discovery
OPEN TO ALL COLUMBIANS Lecture in Precision Medicine: Mihaela van der Schaar "Learning Engines for Healthcare: Using Machine Learning to Transform Clinical Practice and Discovery" Prof. Mihaela van der Schaar, John Humphrey Plummer Professor of Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence and Medicine, University of Cambridge January 29, 2019 1:00PM - 2:00PM William Black […]
Design Fellows Info Session
At this info session, find out more about the Columbia Entrepreneurship Design Studio Fellow's Program! Come and meet our current fellows, and learn more about the coaching, community and project based opportunities available to students. Food and drink will be served. Design Fellow applications can be found here. If accepted into the program, students will […]
Application Deadline: Innovation Cup 2019
Applications are open for the Biopharma Innovation Cup 2019 from November 1st 2018 to January 31st 2019. Applications are invited from postgraduate students in the life sciences working towards a PhD in biology, medicine, biotech, bioinformatics, computer science, data science, biochemistry, chemistry, pharmacy, engineering or related fields. Postdoctoral students are also welcome to apply, as […]