Deadline: Design Your Future
Apply here by 11:59pm. This not-for credit program is available to all students, including Teachers College and Barnard. The future can feel uncertain, so we’ve created Design Your Future as a three-session program where students learn to apply design to their careers and their life after graduation. The goal of this program is to help […]
19th Annual Social Enterprise Conference, Capital for Good
Register Open to the public The headline event of a series that's held throughout the academic semester, Capital for Good will bring social impact leaders in business, government, nonprofit, and philanthropy to speak on how they are changing the way we think about how capital is sourced and used to generate sustainable solutions to global, […]
Startup Research for Student Entrepreneurs: Library Resources
RSVP Are you thinking about launching a startup? Learn about business research resources from Columbia University Libraries. Session will include a 30 minute presentation and 30 minutes of Q&A with […]
Deadline: Start Me Up Bootcamp Fall 2020
Apply here. Join a Lean Launchpad virtual course to test your idea in the market! Participants in this free, two-week course will receive entrepreneurship training and mentor support as they virtually talk with customers to identify the best product-market fit using the lean launchpad methodology. Faculty, staff, postdoctoral, graduate and undergraduate student researchers may apply with a team […]
Kickoff: Design Thinking | Innovation Strategy for You and Your Organization
In this four-day program from CBS's Executive Education program, participants learn how to apply design thinking — a problem-solving technique that involves exploring and reframing complex challenges in order to generate […]
Deadline: Rapid Testing Innovation Competition
Details here. To accelerate the development and deployment of rapid tests, New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC), on behalf of the City, is seeking to identify companies developing innovative molecular or antigen rapid tests that can deliver results quickly, reliably, and at scale. Diagnostic test manufacturers, suppliers, developers, and academics are invited to submit proposals […]
Third Thursday: The Pitch
Learn how to pitch your product or business to potential investors. Join Columbia Engineering on October 15th for its monthly Third Thursday forum to hear from alumni entrepreneurs.
NYC Defense Innovation Meetup
Register here. Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) Information Directorate (Rome, NY) chief engineer, Karen Roth, will provide an overview of AFRL Rome's open innovation initiatives, including their public-private partnership Innovare, followed by Q&A, and open community discussion (gives, asks, news).
Now Open: Statements of Interest for Design for Social Innovation (DFSI) Fall 2020
Express interest here - we will be in touch! The deadline to begin is October 16, but there are two information sessions that we will email interested parties about (Oct 7 and Oct 9). Open to all Columbia students, including Teachers College and Barnard The Design for Social Innovation Track is a self-paced, project-based program […]
Spark Workshop Searies: BlackOakTV | Building Advocacy Through Entertainment
RSVP here About two-thirds of black people in the United States pay for a subscription video on demand (SVOD) service, such as Netflix. But the underwhelming number of shows centered around black stories and characters contributes to the prevention of black viewers, who watch more long-form video content than any other ethnicity, from subscribing to […]