Columbia Entrepreneurship

Open Studio Hours
2022-04-25 12:00 - 13:30, 2022-04-19 05:00 - 19:00, 2022-04-18 12:00 - 13:30, 2022-04-13 13:30 - 15:30, 2022-04-12 17:00 - 19:00, 2022-04-11 12:00 - 13:30, 2022-04-06 13:30 - 15:30, 2022-04-05 17:00 - 19:00 UTC and 10 more dates
During Studio Hours, student teams or individuals are invited to discuss their projects or ideas one-on-one with human-centered designers in the Columbia Entrepreneurship Design Studio. This is a time to discuss ideation, prototyping, customer discovery, and next steps for your venture.
Students are also welcome to use the studio space for working independently on their entrepreneurial projects.
No need to RSVP! Learn more and get the address here.

Rolling Admission: Columbia Build Lab Applications, Spring 2022
2022-04-25
The Columbia Build Lab, which connects MBA student founders with technical talent from around the University, is currently taking applications for undergrad and graduate level Software Engineers, Product Managers, and Product Designers for the summer 2022 cohort. See here for more information or to apply.

Healthcare Venture Day
2022-04-15
Healthcare Venture Day showcases passionate and talented student founders across Columbia University, featuring pitches of their innovative, world-changing companies solving the toughest problems, with an ambition to scale across healthcare industry. HC Venture Day will include a pitch competition, inspiring guest speakers who take on healthcare challenges in the entrepreneurship space every day. The day will conclude with a networking hour, bringing together like-minded individuals to openly discuss their ideas.
Learn more

Athena Entrepreneurs Weekly Meetups
2022-04-14 18:30 - 19:30, 2022-04-07 18:30 - 19:30
Hosted by the Athena Center for Leadership at Barnard, These meetups, open to aspiring and emerging women and nonbinary entrepreneurs from Barnard and Columbia, are a forum for collaboration, peer support, and mentorship from experts, including 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. Learn more about Athena Entrepreneurs here – join at the Athena Center in the Milstein Building.

Data Science Day 2022
2022-04-06 08:00 - 17:00
Data Science Day provides a forum for innovators in academia, industry, and government to connect. The April 6, 2022 event will feature lightning talks from leading Columbia University faculty members; a poster session on the latest data science innovation; and keynotes from senior industry and government representatives.
Register here

Athena Entrepreneurs Weekly Meetups
2022-03-31 06:30 - 19:30, 2022-03-24 18:30 - 19:30, 2022-03-10 18:30 - 19:30
These meetups, open to aspiring and emerging women and nonbinary entrepreneurs from Barnard and Columbia, are a forum for collaboration, peer support, and mentorship from experts, including Athena’s EIR. Guest experts regularly drop in to share wisdom and insights, sticking around for one-on-one conversations with student entrepreneurs. Learn more about Athena Entrepreneurs here – join at the Athena Center in the Milstein Building.

Application Deadline: Columbia Startup Lab 2022-2023 Cohort
2022-03-28 00:00 - 23:59
Applications for the 2022-2023 Cohort of the Columbia Startup Lab are now OPEN!
Columbia alumni, graduating by June 1, 2022 and including Teachers College and Barnard, are eligible to apply.
Submit an application here.

Social Enterprise Conference, Capital for Good, Spring 2022
2022-03-24
Hosted by the Tamer Center at Columbia Business School, this event, located in the finance capital of the world, provides a unique opportunity for attendees to tap into the vibrant ecosystem of capital for impact through the lens of philanthropy, impact investing, ESG, and social venture and business examples. Social impact leaders in business, government, nonprofit, and philanthropy will speak to how they are changing the way we think about how capital is sourced and used to generate sustainable solutions to global, systemic challenges. Attendees will hear from speakers about where opportunities exist to pursue future careers of impact on both the financing and implementation sides of social impact capital.

Spring Break - No Events
2022-03-14 - 2022-03-18

Accelerator Application Deadline: Project 2.8 | Spring 2022
2022-03-11
Project Two.Eight provides female founders access to early-stage startup support. Intended to support new and current founders, it offers a proprietary program that helps entrepreneurs through the earliest stages of creating a company: Idea evaluation, value proposition, and customer identification.
This program includes hands-on workshops, classroom instruction, and mentorship focused on the specific needs of female entrepreneurs.
This year’s accelerator will be accepting 10 startups with founders from the Columbia University ecosystem that are pre-seed and in need of this type of assistance. The program will begin in April 2022 and will last for 6-8 weeks, culminating in a pitch session to investors. If interested, please apply at: https://lnkd.in/gXRFiw5u.
