Events Calendar

This calendar is a curated compilation of entrepreneurship events around the university.

Application Deadline: 2025 Startup Columbia Competition

APPLICATIONS CLOSED FEBRUARY 3 Startup Columbia is a series of campus-wide startup competitions offering non-dilutive cash prizes to the winning teams. Applications open in early January each year and are open to early-stage ventures founded, managed, and owned by current Columbia students, or by recent Columbia alumni. Each year, alumni judges evaluate competitors in each […]

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Columbia Innovation Forum: The Art of the Pitch

Join Columbia Engineering for an open forum on February 27 to learn more about entrepreneurship and network with the Columbia University startup community. You'll hear from Columbia founders and other experts on their startup experience, and more. During this presentation/interactive session, serial entrepreneur Hugh Thomas will dig into the details of what a business plan “pitch deck” contains and […]

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Impact Investing + Digital Health Crash Course with Padma Rao

Monday March 3rd, 5:30pm-7pm 722 W 168th St 4th floor, Room 440 RSVP HERE Padma Rao is a seasoned leader with expertise in Venture Capital, Digital Health, and Impact Investing. With a passion for making populations healthier and enabling better lives, Padma has dedicated her career to accelerating founders who are innovating for a better […]

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Columbia Startup Lab Open House

The Columbia Startup Lab opens its seats to a new group of Columbia-founded alumni startups this June, and applications go live on March 1! Join us for an Open House on Thursday, March 6 for a chance to meet the team, see the space, and hear from a few resident ventures. RSVP here.  You can also start thinking about your […]

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