Leading Creative Team Collaboration
2021-06-08 12:00 - 15:00 UTC
Enroll today here.

Program Overview
Creativity is a necessary team capacity as organizations respond to change. This interactive program provides an overview of techniques that leverage the innate creative potential of your team. You will learn how to establish norms that promote well-tested creative behaviors like divergent thinking, associative thinking, and problem reframing. The program will also introduce tools to manage the creative process of teams working remotely and in person. Lessons are equally applicable for leaders driving innovation and leaders who are simply looking to add a creative boost to their team.
The program taps into the thought leadership and unique resources of the Columbia Entrepreneurship Design Studio, which helps entrepreneurs, professionals, students, faculty, and alumni approach business challenges and opportunities in a more entrepreneurial, collaborative, and creatively confident way.
Learning Outcomes
✓ Learn three creative behaviors: divergent thinking, associative thinking, and problem reframing
✓ Understand how creative norms shape team output
✓ Acquire tools for generating and sharing ideas for in-person and remote teams
Topics

Introduction to Creative Behaviors
Creative Techniques
Team Norms
Collaborative Technologies

Virtual SBIR/STTR Intensive Workshop
2021-06-15 - 2021-06-16
Join Columbia Technology Ventures’ live Virtual Classroom for an interactive, 2 day SBIR/STTR workshop, led by experts from BBC Entrepreneurial Training & Consulting. The workshop will review the basics including program purpose; eligibility; and sources of funding. Then the workshop will provide proposal prep essentials of the NIH, NSF and DOE programs.
In addition to up-to-date information on the SBIR/STTR programs, the workshop will cover:

NIH and NSF grant mechanisms and where to find them
How to find the program officers, how to approach them, what questions to ask
How to do research using the web tools available (eReporter, SBIR.gov, etc.)
Common pitfalls and how to avoid them, and much more.

RSVP at https://cfbsbirtrain2021a.eventbrite.com
Registration fee: $25.00 (the fee may be waived for Columbia teams based on a license or option to Columbia IP – please contact your CTV licensing officer for more information).

Columbia-IBM Center for Blockchain and Data Transparency Showcase 2021
2021-06-16 10:30 - 14:00
The Columbia-IBM Center for Blockchain and Data Transparency brings together cross-disciplinary teams to advance innovation in blockchain and data transparency and closely associated topics for the good of society that will drive new science and technology, develop thought leadership, and influence policy.
Join the showcase to explore new topics, learn about upcoming initiatives, and celebrate the Center’s recent accomplishments. Each session will be led by senior representatives from Columbia University and IBM. Tickets are free.
RSVP

Deadline: Dragonfly, bootcamp for first time womxn & non-binary founders
2021-07-06
Impact America Fund and Silicon Valley Bank have launched applications for of our first, free, six-week annual bootcamp, Dragonfly, for first time womxn & non-binary founders. Dragonfly will provide you with tactical insights, best practices that can be immediately implemented within your business strategy and a valuable, strategic network. Upon completion of the Dragonfly, you will have developed a strategy to help your team hit benchmarks needed to raise a pre-seed and seed round. More details here. Applications are due June 28th.

Info Session: 2021 Hacking for Humanity Hackathon
2021-07-14 10:00 - 11:00
Are you someone with a promising startup? A highly skilled individual with interest in helping propel venture ideas to reality? Or a collaborative faculty or alumni advisor?
Join an information session about Columbia University’s Hacking for Humanity to ask questions, learn about the hackathon, and network with the cross-campus and beyond community of students, researchers, faculty, alumni, professionals, and community experts interested in startups that will make a tangible impact on humanity and the planet.
Hacking for Humanity Information Session
with Joy Fairbanks, adjunct faculty at Columbia Business School
Wednesday, July 14
10-11 AM ET | RSVP →
7-8 PM ET | RSVP →

About the Hackathon
Hacking for Humanity at Columbia University will harness the diverse talent and resources of the campus community and beyond to solve pressing global challenges affecting people and the planet. Such solutions will leverage new technologies and span a broad range of industries.
For three days, students, alumni, and researchers from across the campus will form interdisciplinary teams to design and develop innovative solutions to urgent problems, refine their ideas with advice from experienced mentors, and pitch their startups to expert judges.
These venture teams will develop valuable entrepreneurial experience, build professional relationships inside and outside the University, and compete to win both awards and prizes to further develop their ventures.

Event Organizers:
The Hackathon is organized by the Tamer Center for Social Enterprise at Columbia Business School, in collaboration with Columbia Entrepreneurship, Columbia Technology Ventures, School of Engineering and Applied Science, School of Bio-Medical Engineering, Columbia Data Science Institute, Climate School/Earth Institute, Columbia World Projects, Brown Institute at Columbia School of Journalism, GSAAP, Mailman School of Public Health, SIPA, Columbia Law School, Global Columbia Collaboratory, student groups across campus, and more.

Info Session: 2021 Hacking for Humanity
2021-07-14 19:00 - 20:00

Deadline: Design for Social Innovation Course Fall 2021
2021-08-06 08:00 - 17:00
Open to all Columbia students
APPLY HERE

Are you interested in tackling complex problems through human centered design?
Design For Social Innovation (DFSI) is a semester-long course where students and faculty support social enterprises, nonprofit organizations, and the public sector to address complex, ambiguous global problems through human centered design. The course is open to students from Columbia’s 20 undergraduate and graduate schools, including Barnard and Teachers College, via an application and interview process.

The 3.0 credit course is a collaboration between the Columbia Entrepreneurship Design Studio and the Columbia School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA).

The class will take place in-person on Wednesdays from 2:10pm – 4:00pm.

The application-only course will accept a total of 16 students for the Fall 2021 term.

This Fall we will work with NYC-based organizations around the themes of Education, Health, and Innovation.
Applications are now live and they will close at 11:59pm EDT on Friday, August 6th.

Deadline: Social Venture Incubator Course (Open to All Columbia Students)
2021-08-19
Open to all current Columbia Students
Apply Here

This course is an incubator for startups making a tangible impact on people or the planet. The spirit of the course is to foster cross-campus access and collaboration to leverage Columbia talent and resources to build your team, access any necessary technology, advance your venture, and gain investor interest.
Students will build new or advance existing social, environmental, health, and other impact ventures through collaborative investigation, experimentation, iterative design, network building, and compelling presentations to interested stakeholders. Potential ventures are mission driven, financially sustainable, and may span a broad range of sectors. Note that ventures may be structured as for-profit, a hybrid for-profit/nonprofit enterprise, or be a uniquely innovative nonprofit.
To foster team formation and connect with advisors and mentors, students are also invited to participate in Columbia’s Hacking for Humanity, which will be offered in Hyflex format on September 10-12. Students who have completed all ReopenCU protocols are encouraged to attend in person. Please view the recorded information session and website. A virtual networking event for participants will also take place in August.
Round 1 applications for this course are due August 19, 2021. Please be in touch with Professor Fairbanks if you have any questions about this course: jag32@columbia.edu or the Tamer Center for Social Enterprise if you have questions about Hacking for Humanity: socialenterprise@gsb.columbia.edu.

Deadline: 2021-2022 GSAPP Incubator Prize
2021-08-31
Open to GSAPP alums who graduated from 2007 and 2021; GSAPP alums may partner with other individuals.
Apply here.

Applications for the 2021–2022 cycle of the GSAPP Incubator Prize are now being accepted through August 31, 2021. As a platform for entrepreneurship and expanded modes of practice, the Prize supports projects led by GSAPP alumni that bridge critical discourse with active practice and engagement.
Read more here.

Columbia University Hacking for Humanity
2021-09-10 - 2021-09-12
The cross-disciplinary event is open to all Columbia students.
Learn more here.

Columbia unites to propel early stage ventures addressing problems affecting people and the planet.
Hacking for Humanity is an opportunity to initiate and get traction for startup ideas that are focused on solving a problem for people and/or the planet. There are many terms used to describe such ventures including: “impact ventures”, “double bottom line”, “double impact”, “triple bottom line”, “sustainable”, “ESG”, and others. We use the term social ventures, which is inclusive of all solutions leveraging new technologies, research-based ideas, and innovations that can span a broad range of topics, fields, and industries. These ventures offer compelling business models which are scalable and attractive to impact investors and funders seeking targeted and (in most cases) large scalable market opportunities.

CORE Town Hall - Virtual
2021-09-13 21:00
More info here.
Learn more about CORE, the Columbia Organization of Rising Entrepreneurs. This student club aims to empower the next generation of entrepreneurs at Columbia and Barnard through student-led programs, events, and initiatives. Applications to join CORE will go live after the Tuesday Town Hall.

Info Session: CTV Fellows
2021-09-14 10:00 - 11:00, 2021-09-15 17:30 - 18:30
Columbia Technology Ventures (CTV), Columbia’s technology transfer office, will be hiring graduate students and post-docs for the Fellows Program. It is a unique internship opportunity that introduces scientists to technology commercialization.
CTV will host two virtual information sessions: one on Sept 14th at 10am and the other on Sept 15 at 5:30. Please check the CTV website for the meeting information if the provided links do not work. This is a paid position $25/hour for up to 10hrs/week. The application (due Oct 1) can be found here: https://ctvfellows.smapply.io/

Info Session: Columbia Technology Founders Track (CTech)
2021-09-16
RSVP FOR INFO SESSION HERE
Columbia Technology Founder’s Track (CTech) is a selective, cross-disciplinary program open to second-year MBA students with technical backgrounds and Engineering graduate students at Columbia University who are dedicated to launching and growing a technology startup.
Please review the full program details and “Prerequisites for Application” carefully before applying.
Applications will remain open until mid-September 2021.
Please be prepared to submit a 2-minute video as part of this application. Interviews may be requested as a final part of the application process.
CTech is a university-wide collaboration between the Business School’s Lang Entrepreneurship Center, the Engineering School’s IEOR Department, and Columbia Entrepreneurship.
Questions? Please reach out to Lara Hejtmanek (LHejtmanek@gsb.columbia.edu) and Dave Lerner (dl2303@gsb.columbia.edu)

CORE Meet and Greet - In Person
2021-09-17 02:00 - 16:00

Deadline: NYC[x] Moonshot Challenge on Financial Inclusion
2021-09-20
The NYC Mayor’s Office of the CTO is hosting the Moonshot Challenge, an open call for bold, innovative solutions that serve unbanked and underbanked New Yorkers.
Learn more here.

Third Thursday
2021-09-23 17:00 - 18:00
RSVP Here
Kicking off the new semester, Columbia Engineering is hosting its first Third Thursday of the 2021-2022 school year where you can mix and mingle with new, current and alumni entrepreneurs. Open to all Columbia schools.

Athena Entrepreneurs
2021-09-23 18:30 - 20:00
Embracing Risk as an Entrepreneur: Drop by the Athena Entrepreneurs meetup on Thursday, September 23, 6:30 to 8 PM at the Athena Center, Milstein 4th Floor to get to know other students interested in entrepreneurship and learn more about how you can embrace positive risk-taking as an entrepreneur. Before we jump into working on our ideas, we’ll be joined by Jennifer Perusini ‘10, head of BEnet (Barnard’s alum entrepreneur group) and co-founder and CEO of biotech startup Neurovation Labs, Inc., for a conversation about what it takes to become comfortable with uncertainty and expand your comfort zone. We welcome all women and non-binary aspiring and emerging entrepreneurs at Barnard and Columbia. Come work on your startup – or just explore your interest in entrepreneurship with us. We’re joined by visiting experts nearly every week. No RSVP is required! Learn more about Athena Entrepreneurs at athenacenter.barnard.edu/eship.

Deadline: SIPA Dean’s Public Policy Challenge Grant Program
2021-09-27
Learn more and apply here.
The program, which is part of the campus-wide Columbia Venture Competition, invites students to turn their policy passions into entrepreneurial ventures – whether for profit or not for profit – and to design cutting-edge projects or prototypes that use ICT and/or data analytics to advance a public policy objective. Students across CU can apply, as long as they have at least 1 SIPA member.

Athena Entrepreneurs Weekly Meetup
2021-09-30 18:30 - 20:00
Open to aspiring and emerging women and nonbinary entrepreneurs from Barnard and Columbia (current students).
No RSVP required!

These meetups are a forum for collaboration, peer support, and mentorship from experts, including Athena’s Director of Applied Learning & Entrepreneurship and Athena’s Entrepreneur-In-Residence. Guest experts regularly drop in to share wisdom and insights, sticking around for one-on-one conversations with student entrepreneurs.
Drop by on a Thursday evening from 6:30-8 pm at the Athena Center and you’ll find your people and the help you need.
Learn more

Deadline: Columbia-CareOne Healthcare Innovation Challenge
2021-10-01
APPLY HERE Deadline Oct. 1st — Grand Prize $25,000 —
American healthcare is undergoing unprecedented change driven by rapid innovations in technology, care delivery, and services all responding to changing demographics, inequality, pandemics, politicized policy, retail healthcare, and consumerism. Calling All Healthcare Innovators and Entrepreneurs. Applications from startups or from individuals/teams developing IP with commercial potential will be considered. This challenge focuses on innovations in the non-regulated healthcare space (no pharma or class three devices, please). Examples of eligible categories include: Healthcare Delivery and Services, Diagnostics, Memory Loss and Cognitive Decline, Social Determinants of Health, Class 1 and 2 Medical Devices, Remote Care and Telemedicine, Medication Management, Wellness, Substance Abuse, Nutrition, Education, Public Health, and Policy, Content and Communications, and Age-in-Place solutions. More examples HERE.

Deadline: CTV Fellows
2021-10-01

Info Session: Lang Fund for Columbia Business School Alumni Founders
2021-10-01 12:00 - 13:00
The Eugene M. Lang Entrepreneurial Initiative Fund (“The Lang Fund”) is opening up its fall selection process for early-stage, CBS alumni-founded startups. Winning companies typically receive $25-$50k investments.
Criteria: The Lang Fund is looking for Columbia Busines School alumni-founded ventures that fit the following criteria:

Pre-seed or seed-stage companies, ideally post-revenue with 6 months of customer data (exceptions can be made)
At least one member of the founding team must be a CBS alum
The founding team must all be working full-time on their venture, or in the process of transitioning to full-time
The venture must be raising, or looking to raise a round within the next 12 months
The Lang Fund is geographically and sector agnostic

Important Dates

9/07/21 – Alumni Submission Window Opens
10/01/21 – Alumni Info Session (Zoom)
10/05/21 – Alumni Submission Window Closes – Companies will be selected on a rolling basis
10/20/21 – Selected Alumni Ventures Pitch to Screening Committee
11/17 – Final Round Pitch, investment decisions are made by Lang Fund Investment Committee

Questions? Contact langcenter@gsb.columbia.edu.

Deadline: Almaworks
2021-10-04
Working on a startup? Almaworks helps early-stage Columbia affiliated startups achieve significant, sustainable growth. We offer cohort companies a unique set of value-adds including world-class mentorship, access to VCs and investors, corporate perks, discounted legal access and more. Almaworks has graduated 90+ startups which have gone onto raise $45M+ and have graduated into YC, Techstars, and more and have won hundreds of thousands of dollars in grants and prizes. Learn more at the Almaworks website and direct any questions to almaworks@columbia.edu.
Apply at alma.works/apply by Monday, October 4th at 11:59pm

Deadline: Lang Fund for Columbia Business School Alumni Founders
2021-10-05

NYC Media Lab Summit 2021: Future Imperfect
2021-10-06 10:00 - 2021-10-07 14:00
RSVP HERE
The two-day online conference will bring together 1,000+ virtual attendees from NYC Media Lab’s core community—including executives, university faculty, students, investors, and entrepreneurs—to explore the future of media and tech in New York City and beyond.
Please note: The livestream link will be shared with all registrants as we approach the October 6-7 event.

Athena Entrepreneurs Weekly Meet Up
2021-10-07 18:30 - 20:00, 2021-10-14 18:30 - 20:00

SPARK with Kaylin Marcotte '12Barnard: Supporting Women Through Entrepreneurship
2021-10-12 18:00 - 20:00
How do you turn a hobby into a business? And how can that business lift up other women? Join this conversation with Barnard alumna and entrepreneur Kaylin Marcotte ’12Barnard. Kaylin is the founder & CEO of JIGGY, a direct-to-consumer jigsaw puzzle brand on a mission to modernize and elevate the humble jigsaw, and support female artists around the world. This SPARK will be in person for Barnard students/faculty/staff, virtual for alums, and members of the public. Learn more about SPARK here.

Deadline: Design Your Future Applications
2021-10-15 22:00
Apply here
Open to current students from all of Columbia’s schools.

The future can feel uncertain. What if you discover that your path isn’t the right fit? What happens if you start to drift away from the things you feel passionate about? What trajectory is right for you? Design Your Future was created to sort through these types of questions.
In this two-session workshop, students will learn to apply design in order to better navigate careers and life choices in school and beyond. You can read about the experience here. DYF is a workshop open to Columbia students (including Teachers College and Barnard) and will meet in the Columbia Entrepreneurship Design Studio.
DYF will meet in the Columbia Entrepreneurship Design Studio:
Friday, October 29th — 9:30am to 12:30pm ET
Friday, November 12th — 10:30am to 12:30pm ET
If you are interested, please fill out the application by 10pm on Friday, October 15th. We will get back to all applicants by 5pm on Monday, October 18th. Due to COVID restrictions, this program is only open to current Columbia students.
