Columbia Entrepreneurship

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
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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

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)

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.

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.

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!

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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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.

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!

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.

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…

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.

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**

Data Science Day at Columbia University
2016-04-06 08:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | Columbia Startup Lab, 69 Charlton St. @ Varick, NYC, 10014, United States
The Columbia Data Science Institute
presents the
Second Annual Data On A Mission Event
Data Science Day at Columbia University
Wednesday, April 6th
9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Roone Arledge Auditorium
Lerner Hall on the Morningside Campus of
Columbia University
Resister Today
Join us for demos and lightning talks by Columbia researchers presenting their latest work in data science. The event is designed to foster collaboration between innovators in academia and industry.
Opening Keynote: Dan Doctoroff, CEO, Sidewalk Labs
Dan Doctoroff is the CEO of Sidewalks Labs, an urban innovation company that develops technology at the intersection of the physical and digital worlds to improve city life for residents, businesses and governments. He is the former CEO of Bloomberg LP and Deputy Mayor of Economic Development and Rebuilding for the City of New York under Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
Networking Reception (Meet, Greet and Eat): To close the day, we will host a reception. Students, faculty and industry are encouraged to attend. Details TBA.
STAY TUNED FOR MORE DETAILS!
More information: datascience@columbia.edu
www.datascience.columbia.edu

Obama's StartUp Nation: Perspectives on Catalyzing Innovation
2016-03-04 12:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York)
Columbia Technology Ventures
Presents
Obama’s StartUp Nation: Perspectives on Catalyzing Innovation Inside and Outside the Government
Friday, March 4, 2016
12:00pm
On the Campus of Columbia University,
Schapiro CEPSR, 4th Floor, Davis Auditorium
RSVP Today
The past eight years have been a transformative time for entrepreneurship in the U.S., in part because of policies put in place by Pres. Barack Obama’s administration to encourage growth and innovation. Hear from three current and former federal officials who will offer insight into how the Obama Administration has made innovation a top priority and what this means for the future of entrepreneurship, inside and outside the government. Xavier Hughes (Chief Innovation Officer, U.S. Dept. of Labor), Cheryl Martin (former Acting Director of ARPA-E at the U.S. Dept. of Energy) and moderator and participant Javier Saade (U.S. Small Business Administration’s Associate Administrator) will share insights gleaned from their careers working in the public and private sectors, the paths that led them to working in the Obama administration, and their thoughts on the future of innovation and entrepreneurship going forward.
This event is co-sponsored by Columbia Technology Ventures, Columbia Business School, Columbia College, Columbia Entrepreneurship, Columbia Law School, Columbia Organization of Rising Entrepreneurs (CORE), Columbia University’s School of Engineering and Applied Science, and Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs.
Xavier Hughes, Chief Innovation Officer, U.S. Dept. of Labor
Xavier Hughes is the Chief Innovation Officer and Senior Advisor to the Deputy Secretary of Labor at the U.S. Department of Labor, where he oversees the research and development agenda for open government, the introduction of new technologies to enhance agency customer service, and the use of open data ecosystems to protect the public and encourage problem solving. As Chief Innovation Officer, Xavier leads the identification, evaluation and development of innovative business process and technology applications to improve DOL outcomes and simplify government operations. He is considered a leader in the area of open government and data liberation, having led the development and launch of several crowdsourcing data challenges covering worker safety and health, enforcement, labor statistics, disability employment, and equal pay. Prior to joining the U.S. Department of Labor, Xavier worked for PRTM Management Consultants where acted as a senior advisor to U.S. Department of Homeland Security senior officials, and provided subject matter expertise to several private sector clients.
Cheryl Martin, Former Acting Director of ARPA-E at the U.S. Dept. of Energy
Dr. Cheryl Martin is a non-resident Fellow at the Center on Global Energy Policy. Dr. Martin recently founded Harwich Partners, LLC to work with public and private sector entities on energy technology adoption. She joined the Center directly from her role as Acting Director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) at the United States Department of Energy where she also led the Technology-to-Market program, which helps breakthrough energy technologies succeed in the marketplace. Prior to joining ARPA-E, Dr. Martin was an Executive in Residence with the venture capital firm, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. Dr. Martin also spent 20 years with Rohm and Haas Company, starting her career as a Senior Scientist for the company’s Plastics Additives business. In 2000, Dr. Martin was named Director, Investor Relations where she was responsible for Rohm and Haas’ interactions and relationships with the investment community. She later became Director, Financial Planning, and took on the responsibility for the planning, forecasting and management reporting activities of the company. Most recently she had been the General Manager for the Paint and Coatings Materials business in Europe, Middle East and Africa.
Javier Saade, U.S. Small Business Administration’s Associate Administrator
Javier Saade was appointed by the President to be U.S. Small Business Administration’s Associate Administrator, Office of Investment and Innovation. He led the Small Business Investment Company (SBIC), Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR), Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) and the Growth Accelerator Fund Competition programs. He holds a seat on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Committee on Small & Emerging Companies appointed by Chairwoman White. Key multiagency collaborations he led or was instrumental to included USPTO’s Fast-Track Intellectual Property, Advanced Manufacturing Investment, JOBS Act Education, Diverse Asset Management, Rural Investing, Social Innovation, Impact Investing, Clean Energy Investing, and STEM Entrepreneurship. Before joining the Obama administration, Javier was in the private sector and has over 20 years of global principal investing, general management, strategic consulting and entrepreneurial experience. He was Managing Director at The GEM Group and a Principal at Paradigm Ventures, a venture capital firm. He was also an institutional client advisor at Bridgewater Associates, the largest hedge fund in the world with about $160 billion in assets.

A Fireside Chat with Neil Blumenthal, Co-founder and Co-CEO, Warby Parker
2016-02-22 18:00 - 19:30 UTC
A Fireside Chat with Neil Blumenthal, Co-founder and Co-CEO, Warby Parker

When: Monday, February 22nd, 6:00 – 7:30 pm
Where: 15th Floor of SIPA
Neil Blumenthal is a co-founder and co-CEO of Warby Parker, a transformative lifestyle brand that offers designer eyewear at a revolutionary price, while leading the way for socially conscious businesses. In 2015, Fast Company named Warby Parker the most innovative company in the world.
Join us for an informal conversation with Neil Blumenthal, a true pioneer of social entrepreneurship. This fireside chat will be moderated by SIPA alumna Seisei Tatebe-Goddu, MIA ’13, Director of Operations and Marketing, Dumbo Dorm Productions.
Presented by SIPA Management, co-sponsored by Columbia Entrepreneurship and the Eugene Lang Entrepreneurship Center.

**The event will be followed immediately with a Columbia-wide Social Innovation Happy Hour on the 15th Floor of SIPA from7:30 – 9:00 pm **

FREE Tickets can be reserved here. This event will fill out quickly!

Columbia Startup Lab Programming: Lunch & Learn: Not Your Parent's Banker
2016-02-17 12:00 - 14:00 UTC
Columbia Startup Lab Programming:
Lunch & Learn: Not Your Parent’s Banker
with Co-Founder of SoFi, Dan Macklin

Wednesday, February 17 @ 12:00 PM
@ Columbia Startup Lab
REGISTER NOW
From Business School to Billion Dollar Unicorn in 4 Years: join us for a far-ranging conversation about modern money with SoFi’s co-founder Dan Macklin. Dan co-founded SoFi during his time at the Stanford GSB, while working for one of the world’s largest banks.
Dan will discuss how SoFi is transforming personal finance by combining technological efficiencies with strong customer relationships. By leveraging the efficiencies of technology, SoFi is able to provide instantaneous decisions and streamlined experiences to meet the demands of modern customers. At the core of the business, however, is an idea that runs contrary to the efficiencies achieved through technologies: building life-long relationships with customers. As the company sets out to displace traditional lenders, its unique member benefits, such as Career Services and Entrepreneurship Program, are driving long-term loyalty and customer satisfaction. Come hear Dan’s perspective on how SoFi is redefining financial services for consumers.
Dan is a co-founder with responsibility for maximizing the overall experience for SoFi’s growing community of members. This includes responsibility for our career management services and our entrepreneur program as well as a range of member events around the country.
Prior to SoFi, Dan spent twelve years at Standard Chartered Bank leading Enterprise Sales and Product Development across London, Singapore and Shanghai.
Dan holds an M.S., Management degree from the Stanford Graduate School of Business where he was a Sloan Fellow. He also holds a BA in Business Economics from University of Durham in England.
REGISTER NOW

Columbia Design Studio: Intro to Design Thinking
2016-02-12 14:00 - 16:00 UTC
Columbia Design Studio
Workshop
Join us for a two-hour Design Thinking primer
Free Registration
Friday, February 12th
2:00 to 4:00 pm
Please join us as we introduce a framework for practicing 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.

What: An introduction to the creative tools and mindsets of design thinking.

Who: Open to ANYONE interested in human centered design.
When: Friday, February 12th from 2pm to 4pm.
Where: Riverside Church Room 430.

Questions: designstudio@columbia.edu
Free Registration: https://cdsintro2designthinkingspring16.eventbrite.com

Biopharma Perspective on Early Venture Investing and R&D
2016-02-11 12:00 - 14:00 UTC
Marian Nakada Ph.d,
Vice President Johnson & Johnson Innovation
Shafique Virani,
Global Head of Neuroscience, Ophthalmology & Rare Disease, Roche
and
Steven Weinstein
Managing Partner, Novartis Venture Fund
in conversation with
Orin Herskowitz, Executive Director Columbia Technology Ventures

February 11, 2016
12:00 Noon
On the Morningside Campus of Columbia University
Schapiro CEPSR, 4th Floor, Davis Auditorium

Register Today

Join Columbia Technology Ventures for a lively conversation that will touch on the various ways Big Pharma & Biotech are using venture capital investing, regional innovation centers, joint ventures, university research sponsorship, and IP licensing to source their next blockbuster products (as well as generate equity returns). The panelists will share their perspectives on venture capital investing strategies in biopharma, how to pitch strategic investors, the surge in biotech IPOs, hot research areas within biopharma, and best practices for establishing R&D partnerships between industry and academia.
This event is co-sponsored by the Lang Center for Entrepreneurship, Columbia Entrepreneurship, and the Healthcare and Pharmaceutical Management Program at Columbia Business School.
Marian Nakada, Vice President, Venture Investments, Johnson & Johnson Innovation, Marian Nakada, Ph.D, Vice President, Venture Investments, joined Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JJDC, Inc. (JJDC) in 2013. She is based in Boston, Mass. and focuses on pharmaceutical investments in East Coast companies that will create options in areas of strategic interest to Johnson & Johnson. Marian previously held roles in Centocor, Janssen R&D and Janssen Business Development. She has authored 62 peer-reviewed publications and 14 book chapters and reviews. She has a B.A. in Biology from Harvard College and a Ph.D in Pharmacology from the University of Pennsylvania and currently sits on the boards of Navitor Pharmaceuticals and Padlock Therapeutics.
Shafique Virani, Global Head of Neuroscience, Ophthalmology & Rare disease (NORD) Partnering, Roche
Dr. Virani’s responsibilities in this role encompass all partnering activities within Roche’s NORD franchise, from academic collaborations to licensing and acquisitions. The NORD partnering group has executed several key partnering transactions on behalf of Roche over the past five years, including collaborations with ReMynd, Evotec, Seaside Therapeutics, PTC Therapeutics, Inception 3, Inception 5, ISIS, Laval University, Prothena and acquisition of Trophos.
Dr. Virani joined Roche in 2004 and served various roles within medical affairs, marketing and business development in the UK, USA and Switzerland until 2012, when he transitioned into his current role based in South San Francisco. Dr. Virani trained as a neurosurgeon in Cambridge, UK and Boston, Mass. and holds the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Steven Weinstein, Managing Partner, Novartis Venture Fund
Steven D. Weinstein is a Managing Director in Cambridge, Mass. Steve focuses on both medical device and therapeutic investments for the fund. Prior to joining NVF, he was a Principal at Prism Venture Partners where he focused on medical devices. Prior to Prism, Steve was a Principal and Kauffman Fellow with Mid-Atlantic Venture Funds. He started his career as turnaround CEO, raising angel funds to buy the assets of a defunct distribution business out of bankruptcy and subsequently rebuilding the business. Steve holds an MBA with distinction from the University of Michigan Business School and a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Columbia University’s School of Engineering and Applied Science. He serves on the Partner’s Healthcare Innovation Advisory Board and the University of Michigan Wolverine Venture Fund Advisory Board. Steve serves on the boards of Advanced Animal Diagnostics, Autonomic Technologies, Innocrin, Intersection Medical and Viamet.

Columbia Startup Lab Programming: Founders Series with Jamie Hodari '04CC
2016-02-03 17:30 - 18:30 UTC
Columbia Startup Lab Programming:
Founders Series with Jamie Hodari ’04CC

Wednesday, February 3 @ 5:30 PM
@ Columbia Startup Lab
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The Founders Series in the Columbia Startup Lab will run throughout the year and will feature Start up founders who are eager to discuss their own successes and even failures with the Columbia community. If you are a young entrepreneur, anxious to learn first-hand knowledge of what it takes to make it in the startup world, this series is exactly what you are looking for.
Jamie is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Industrious. Prior to Industrious, Jamie was the CEO and Co-Founder of Kepler, a rapidly growing experimental university that Scientific American called a “daring global experiment” to bring “top-tier instruction to the neediest parts of the planet.” Jamie previously ran the education non-profit Generation Rwanda, analyzed investments at the hedge fund Birch Run Capital and was a project finance lawyer at the law firm Sullivan & Cromwell. He started his career as a journalist at the Times of India. Jamie lives in Brooklyn but will travel as far as necessary for Szechuan food or good standup comedy. Jamie holds a J.D. from Yale Law School, an M.P.P. from Harvard University, and a B.A. from Columbia University.
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Columbia Startup Lab Programming: How To Build A Financial Plan Investors Will Love
2015-12-01 12:30 - 14:30 UTC
How To Build A Financial Plan Investors Will Love
with
Early Growth Financial Services founder and CEO David Ehrenberg

Tuesday, December 1 @ 12:30 pm
@ The Columbia Startup Lab
Lunch will be provided
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Need some help defining your financial plan so that investors just can’t say no? If so, this is a can’t miss workshop for you!
If your financials aren’t telling a compelling story and you need help with financial projections and financial planning, please join us for this one-hour long session during which we’ll discuss the importance of milestone funding, the components of your financial model, top-down and bottom-up financial projections, creating your budget, and more.
David Ehrenberg founded Early Growth Financial Services (EGFS) in 2008 to address the lack of on-demand financial support available to startups. David’s passion for mentoring entrepreneurs, and helping early-stage startups to thrive, led him to create the integrated financial solution that EGFS provides, from day-to-day accounting to strategic finance, tax, and valuation support.
Prior to founding EGFS, David was the first CFO for Abound Logic, playing an integral role in building out the company’s finance and administrative infrastructure. Before that, David was a Controller for Microsoft, in a division that focused on creating new products and business solutions. Earlier in his career, David was a key member of the finance team at Extreme Networks and Voice Stream Wireless and VP of Finance for Radiant Research, where he was responsible for selling the company in two transactions and ensuring a successful exit for investors and management.
After graduating from Georgetown University with degrees in accounting and finance, David started his career on Wall Street doing mergers and acquisitions work for Deloitte & Touche. He went on to earn his MBA from the University of Washington.
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Design Sprint: Developing Early Stage Startup Ideas
2015-11-13 13:00 - 15:00 UTC
Design Sprint: Developing Early Stage Startup Ideas
With Adam Royalty, Designer in Residence
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What: A two week sprint focusing on founder idea fit and customer exploration
When: Founder idea fit; Friday 11/13/15, 1pm — 3pm. Customer Exploration; Friday 11/20/15, 1pm — 3pm.
Where: Room 430 Riverside Church; There is a central elevator bank that you can assess from Claremont Street. Go to the fourth floor and turn left.
This sprint is designed for students who have a problem they are excited to solve or an idea they want to explore. This is also an opportunity for students who may not have an venture in mind but want to help work on someone else’s.
The first session will focus on flushing out ideas and figuring out how to use the strenghts of a founding team. Applying design tools to uncover needs and frame problems will highlight the second session.
Note: it is recommended, but not required, that people experience both sessions.

Columbia Startup Lab Programming: Build More, Build Faster Without Building Your Engineering Team
2015-11-04 17:00 - 19:00 UTC
Build More, Build Faster Without Building Your Engineering Team
With Amol Sarva ’98CC

Wednesday, November 4 @ 5:00 pm
@ The Columbia Startup Lab
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The limiting factor for today’s fast paced technology startups is access to quality engineers. Come hear serial creator Dr. Amol Sarva ’98CC share his tips and tricks for building more, faster with the same or fewer engineers.
Dr. Amol Sarva is an American technology entrepreneur who co-founded Peek and Virgin Mobile USA. He is currently developing a new cognitive enhancement technology called Halo Neuro and an application for better discussions called Knotable. He’s an advisor to Fon, the world’s largest wifi network. He also advises Payfone (mobile payments), Work Market (platform for labor resources), and Ouya (open source game console).
Amol co-founded Peek as its CEO through worldwide product launches and raised over $25 million from top venture capital firms including RRE Ventures and Bharti SoftBank (which acquired it in 2012). He’s an original member of the Founders’ Roundtable in New York, a group of 300+ venture-backed startup founders that has met monthly since 2006, and has touched dozens of VC-backed startups and many of the top founders in NYC. He has been named multiple times to the Silicon Alley 100 list of top New York entrepreneurs. He is a mentor for the NYC Seed venture capital fund’s SeedStart program. Amol received his Ph.D. from Stanford University and B.A. from Columbia University.
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