Columbia Entrepreneurship

Design + Serious Play: Building a Stronger Columbia Community Design Thinking Workshop
2017-11-20 19:30 - 21:30 UTC
OPEN TO ALL STUDENTS
Design + Serious Play: Building a Stronger Columbia Community Design Thinking Workshop
Monday, November 20 | 6:30pm, Lerner Satow Room
CORE is partnering with the Columbia Digital Storytelling Lab to collaboratively answer the design question: “How might we create a Columbia community where every student can thrive?”
This workshop aims to approach Columbia’s putative empathy problem as a design question with design thinking, LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® ideation, and storytelling/listening techniques.
Join us for an evening of intentional conversation, storytelling techniques, and serious play exercises you never knew you could do with LEGO® bricks. Walk away with a toolkit of techniques for empathy, radical listening, and design thinking.

The Transparency Series - Series 3, Virtual Reality (Workshop)
2017-11-19 10:00 - 17:00
OPEN TO COLUMBIA JOURNALISM STUDENTS
A unique set of seminars and hands-on workshops that bring new technology and design ideas to the Columbia Journalism community. The goal is simple — help students learn new ways to find and tell stories, new ways to inform and entertain. Each topic will commence with a Friday evening panel discussion and will follow with a Saturday hands-on workshop centered around building.
Students attending three of the seminar-workshops over the course of the year will receive a graduation award indicating the extra breadth they sought out during their time at the J-School.
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The Virtual Reality workshop will take students who have little to no background in virtual reality and teach them the fundamentals of working in the medium. Journalists seeking to expand their storytelling beyond the still image and written word are encouraged to join. Selected participants will gain critical insights into emerging digital strategies in order to engage audiences across new immersive platforms.
The lab will commence with a discussion around exemplary case studies, and will then challeng participants to develop their own immersive story projects. Mixing theory with practice, participants will walk away from this lab with a concrete grasp of how they might integrate immersive storytelling into their practice and what that means for their subjects, audience, and impact.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: NYC Media Lab Combine
2017-11-19
OPEN TO ALL NYC UNIVERSITY-AFFILIATED STARTUPS, STUDENTS, AND FACULTY
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Are you building a startup? Join NYC Media Lab’s Combine accelerator program to help take your idea to the next level and bring your startup to market. Participating teams will receive mentorship from leading media and technology executives and investors from NYC Media Lab Member Companies and up to $25,000 in funding. To date, 15 teams that have completed the Combine program have formed companies in the areas of machine learning, computer vision, VR/AR, and brain computer interfaces.
Eligibility: Faculty members, students (undergraduate and graduate), and/or existing startups affiliated with a NYC-based university are eligible to apply.
Award: Up to $25,000 per team
Application Deadline: Sunday, November 19th, 2017
Apply: http://www.thecombine.nyc/apply/

The Transparency Series - Series 3, Virtual Reality (Talk)
2017-11-18 17:00
OPEN TO ALL COLUMBIANS
A unique set of seminars and hands-on workshops that bring new technology and design ideas to the Columbia Journalism community. The goal is simple — help students learn new ways to find and tell stories, new ways to inform and entertain. Each topic will commence with a Friday evening panel discussion and will follow with a Saturday hands-on workshop centered around building.
Students attending three of the seminar-workshops over the course of the year will receive a graduation award indicating the extra breadth they sought out during their time at the J-School.
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Join the Brown Institute in welcoming Raney Aronson-Rath, Executive Producer at FRONTLINE, PBS to talk about virtual reality, and its role in how we tell stories. With the recent explosion of VR – specifically 360-degree video– journalistic outlets are hungry for quality documentary content for immersive platforms. While immersive media experiences have become increasingly prevalent in the gaming and entertainment industry, we are only beginning to explore them within the context of documentary photography and journalism. How can media makers use immersion as a tool to build empathy, engage communities, and forward social change? How does immersing your viewer in content change the nature of the story you are telling? And how does this mode of experiencing a story change how journalists approach the planning, creation, and distribution of stories?

NYSBPC Kickoff and Information Session (2 of 2)
2017-11-17 11:00 - 13:00
OPEN TO STUDENTS (UNDERGRAD AND GRAD) AT ACCREDITED NYC INSTITUTIONS
Register here.
The Kickoff celebration and information session for the Regionals for the New York State Business Plan Competition to be held on March 23, 2018 at LIU Brooklyn.
Read information about the 2017 competition here: http://apply.nybplan.com/
DATE AND TIME
Fri, November 17, 2017
11:00 AM – 1:00 PM EST
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LOCATION

LIU- Brooklyn
1 University Plaza
Pratt 110
Brooklyn, NY 11201

NYSBPC Kickoff and Information Session (1 of 2)
2017-11-15 18:00 - 20:00
OPEN TO STUDENTS (UNDERGRAD AND GRAD) AT ACCREDITED NYC INSTITUTIONS
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The Kickoff celebration and information session for the Regionals for the New York State Business Plan Competition to be held on March 23, 2018 at LIU Brooklyn.
Read information about the 2017 competition here: http://apply.nybplan.com/
DATE AND TIME
Wed, November 15, 2017
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM EST
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LOCATION

LIU- Brooklyn
1 University Plaza
Pratt 110
Brooklyn, NY 11201

Treating Psoriasis: What drives patients and caregivers to use treatment information websites? (Workshop)
2017-11-15 18:00 - 20:00
OPEN TO ALL COLUMBIANS
Treating Psoriasis: What drives patients and caregivers to use treatment information websites?
Facilitated By Ashley Lim ’12CC,
Founder and CEO of CuraHub
Wednesday, November 15th, 2017
6-8 p.m.
Refreshments included with RSVP
Uris Hall, Room 141
3022 Broadway
New York, NY 10027
Overview
CuraHub is a patient-friendly product search website for chronic disease patients, starting with patients suffering from psoriasis. Every year, over $60B is wasted from ineffective treatment for autoimmune diseases. CuraHub aims to lower costs and improve patient outcomes by empowering patients with knowledge and curating treatment product options directly for patients. Their vision is to help find optimal treatment for each and every patient.
Areas for discussion

Which consumer segments should CuraHub target?
What features are most valued by the target customers?
What makes online treatment information gain or lose credibility?

Facilitator Biography
Ashley Lim ’12CC, Founder and CEO of CuraHub
Ashley grew up close to her grandmother, who suffered health complications from obesity. This ignited Ashley’s interest in medical treatment and personal healthcare, which have become her lifelong passions. Her goal is to share this interest with others through CuraHub. CuraHub aims to empower patients with knowledge of treatments and to advance medical research.
Prior to CuraHub, Ashley worked in healthcare consulting at the Boston Consulting Group and Booz & Company. She has a BA in Chemistry from Columbia University, and is currently completing her MBA at Wharton.
Ashley reads the nutrition labels on all her food and counteracts the calories by dancing ballet and choreographing Kpop.

Startup DNA: The Genome Panel
2017-11-15 18:00 - 19:30
OPEN TO ALL STUDENTS
Startup DNA: The Genome Panel
Wednesday, November 15 | 6pm, Math 417
Join CORE as we welcome innovators in the genomics space: Mark Kaganovich is the co-founder and CEO of SolveBio. SolveBio deploys intelligent technologies and on-demand expertise to drive precision medicine.
Eugene Joseph is the co-founder and VP of Product Management & New Ventures at Phosphorus (phosphorus.com). Phosphorus Phosphorus is a computational genomics company with the vision to create a world where every healthcare decision is optimized with genomics.
Arun Manoharan is the Head of Bioinformatics at CooperGenomics. He is leading a team developing new techniques in carrier screening, PGD, PGS and single cell sequencing using advances in cloud computing, data science and machine learning.

Studio Hours at the Design Studio (Open Collaboration Time)
2017-11-15 15:00 - 17:00 | Columbia Entrepreneurship Design Studio, 490 Riverside Dr., New York, NY, 10027, United States
Do you have an idea and want to get personal design thinking feedback from the Design Studio? During Studio Hours, teams or individuals are invited to discuss their projects or ideas one-on-one with human-centered designers in the Studio. Teams of Columbia affiliates are also welcome to use the studio space for working independently on their entrepreneurial projects.

Fast Pitch Competition
2017-11-14 18:00 - 21:00
OPEN TO ALL COLUMBIANS.
Do you have a startup idea? Do you want to get feedback from CU alumni? Come to the Columbia Engineering Fast Pitch Competition on Tuesday, November 14th at 5:30pm in Davis Auditorium. This is a great opportunity for you to give a brief 60-second pitch of your business to a panel of judges that includes successful Columbia alumni and members of the NYC venture community. You’ll have the chance to win money to fund your business or idea! There will be a $2000 prize pool solely for undergraduates and a $3000 pool for the best overall pitches. Find out more details here.
Register to pitch: https://goo.gl/forms/wLzGxprCe2YJQhPv1
Event timeline:
Oct 27: Fast Pitch Prep https://seasfastpitchprep2017.eventbrite.com
*Optional
Oct 30: Video pitches (drafts) due at midnight
​ https://platform.younoodle.com/client/entry-rounds/fast_pitch_video_2017_2018/apply
*Optional, teams who submit videos given feedback and priority to live pitch event
Nov 11: Feedback on videos
Nov 14: Fast Pitch Competition, 5:30PM Davis Auditorium​

Register to watch: https://seasfastpitch2017.eventbrite.com
Video submissions are due by October 30th at midnight; those who submit a video will be given priority to pitch.
Good luck!

CORE & Lean In: What It Takes to Be a Female Entrepreneur
2017-11-14 17:30 - 18:30
OPEN TO ALL STUDENTS
CORE & Lean In: What It Takes to Be a Female Entrepreneur
Tuesday, November 14 | 5:30pm, Broadway 14th Floor Lounge
Join us in Broadway Residence Hall’s 14th Floor Lounge to hear from Ali Kriegsman, founder of Bulletin, and a Columbia alum and student entrepreneur, to compare what it’s like to start a company as an undergraduate versus after graduation, and raise money for the Tory Burch Foundation.
RSVP with this link to reserve your seat & $15 Sweetgreen voucher (spots limited). Donate to the Tory Burch Foundation to support female entrepreneurship.

TechUp for Women
2017-11-14
An event for women’s advancement in technology.
November 14, 2017
@ Metropolitan Pavilion West, NYC

Tech Up for Women is a one-day event for the advancement of women in technology through education, resourcing and networking. The event will focus on new technological advances, cyber security and different financing avenues for startups and privately held companies. This event will provide resources and opportunities for women to improve their digital literacy and successfully compete and disrupt gender imbalance in work environments. The purpose of the event is to take the fear factor out of technology and empower women to surf the technology wave.

HeForShe x CORE Presents Kathy Leake
2017-11-13 20:00 - 21:00
HeForShe x CORE Presents Kathy Leake
Monday, November 13 | Hamilton 306, 8pm
Join HeForShe and CORE for an engaging event with Kathy Leake. As CEO, Co-Founder & Chairwoman of Qualia, a pioneer cross device technology, Kathy and her team are building the company to empower marketers with the ability to reach consumers from intent to conversion. Under her leadership, the company has achieved a 2,153% growth rate in 4 years.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: Hacking for Energy
2017-11-13
OPEN TO ALL COLUMBIA GRADUATE STUDENTS
Hacking for Energy challenges students to develop and test solutions to critical problems facing the energy industry using the Lean Startup methodology. Students apply to the class after independently forming interdisciplinary teams of 4, proposing a solution to a problem submitted by the energy industry. If accepted, the student teams will use the course to test and build their solution by getting out of the classroom, talking to customers, and interacting with industry professionals. Students must apply by November 13th to participate in the Spring 2018 semester.
Find out about info sessions and match meetups to form a team here.

Fundamentals of User Research (Workshop)
2017-11-08 14:00 - 17:00 | Columbia Entrepreneurship Design Studio, 490 Riverside Dr., New York, NY, 10027, United States
OPEN TO ALL COLUMBIANS
One of the core tenets of human centered design is understanding the needs of others. The ability to uncover and solve unmet needs is something all successful startups do well. Additionally, this acute awareness of users has been proven to drive innovation and creativity in more traditional settings.
Join us in this introductory sprint to learn how to use design tools including interviewing, analogous spaces, empathy probes, and more. By the end of the sprint, you will have practiced these tools to understand communities and pinpoint areas of opportunity for entrepreneurship.
This sprint is hands-on and fast paced! Come with your own idea or we will provide you with a topic to research. This event is open to all Columbia affiliates.

Annual Fall Venture Fair (Event)
2017-11-01 18:00 - 20:00
INVITE ONLY
The Annual Fall Venture Fair provides students with the opportunity to present their ideas and receive critical feedback from successful entrepreneurs and other knowledgeable practitioners from our entrepreneurial community in a fun and energized forum. Each student participant has their own booth at the event.
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Studio Hours at the Design Studio (Open Collaboration Time)
2017-11-01 15:00 - 17:00 | Columbia Entrepreneurship Design Studio, 490 Riverside Dr., New York, NY, 10027, United States
OPEN TO ALL COLUMBIANS
Do you have an idea and want to get personal design thinking feedback from the Design Studio? During Studio Hours, teams or individuals are invited to discuss their projects or ideas one-on-one with human-centered designers in the Studio. Teams of Columbia affiliates are also welcome to use the studio space for working independently on their entrepreneurial projects.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: Design Your Future
2017-10-30 17:00
OPEN TO ALL COLUMBIANS
The future can feel uncertain, so we’ve created Design Your Future. It’s a three-session program where students learn to apply human-centered design methods to their careers and to life after graduation. The goal of this program to help you to better navigate your career and life choices in the face of this uncertainty. Space is limited. Apply Today
Dates and Times:
October 30th, 5pm: Applications Due Apply Here!
First Session: November 7th, 11:30am-1:30pm
Second Session: November 14th, 11:30am-1:30pm
Third Session: November 28th, 11:30am-1:30pm

CBS Eats - #CBSstartups Week
2017-10-30 12:30 - 13:30
OPEN TO ALL STUDENTS
Uris Hall Lobby
Meet and mingle with food and beverage entrepreneurs and try free samples!

DEADLINE: Submit Draft Fast Pitch Videos
2017-10-30 00:00 - 23:49
OPEN TO ALL COLUMBIA STUDENTS AND ALUMNI WHO HAVE GRADUATED IN THE PAST 5 YEARS
In preparation for the Fast Pitch Competition on Nov 14, teams can submit draft videos.
This is optional, however, teams who submit videos are given feedback and priority to live pitch event

Future Labs AI Summit
2017-10-30 - 2017-10-31
OPEN TO ALL
RSVP HERE
Two days of trainings, talks, and panel discussions with leading experts, investors, academics, and entrepreneurs in artificial intelligence (AI).
From deep dives into the subjects animating AI conversations today — ethics and governance, how to see through the hype and discover the best investments — to introductory courses in machine learning and game theory for AI, the Future Labs AI Summit features offerings for scholars, practitioners, and investors alike.

Fast Pitch Competition Prep Session
2017-10-27 13:00 - 15:00
OPEN TO ALL COLUMBIA STUDENTS AND ALUMNI WHO HAVE GRADUATED IN THE PAST 5 YEARS
In this Fast Pitch prep session we will guide you in creating a persuasive and compelling elevator pitch that you can use to ignite interest in your company.
At this event, you’ll also learn the where, how, and why of videotaping your pitch as well as how to upload your pitch to our judging system to get feedback before the live Fast Pitch competition on 11/14. You will have the opportunity to meet people with different backgrounds, including business and engineering – find your co-founder!

Entrepreneurship Research Showcase (Event)
2017-10-27 08:30 - 10:00
OPEN TO ALL
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When: Friday, October 27, 2017, 8:30-10:00 a.m.
Where: Uris Hall 326, Columbia Business School
Join us on Friday, October 27, 2017 for a showcase dedicated to exploring new ideas around entrepreneurship. The event will be hosted by Lang Center Faculty Director Olivier Toubia. Professors Modupe Akinola, Wei Jiang, and Damon Philips will give “lightning talks” on their latest research. Presentations will be followed by discussion and networking.
Agenda
8:30-8:45 a.m. – Welcome and continental breakfast
8:45-9:30 a.m. – Presentations by professors Modupe Akinola, Wie Jiang, and Damon Philips
9:30-10:00 a.m. – Networking and discussion

Synergy Global Forum
2017-10-27 - 2017-10-28
OPEN TO ALL
The conference is an opportunity to learn from and network with thought leaders such as Sir Richard Branson, Jack Welch, Steve Forbes, Malcolm Gladwell, Ariana Huffington and many others all under the same roof.
Learn more: http://synergyglobal.com/

Hacking for Energy Matchup Meeting
2017-10-26 15:30 - 17:00
OPEN TO COLUMBIA GRADUATE STUDENTS
Need help finding team members? Come to our matching meetup on October 26th to meet other students interested in taking the class! Sign up here to attend.
Hacking for Energy challenges students to develop and test solutions to critical problems facing the energy industry using the Lean Startup methodology. Students apply to the class after independently forming interdisciplinary teams of 4, proposing a solution to a problem submitted by the energy industry. If accepted, the student teams will use the course to test and build their solution by getting out of the classroom, talking to customers, and interacting with industry professionals. Students must apply by November 13th to participate in the Spring 2018 semester.

Columbia Design Challenge - Addressing the Opioid Crisis
2017-10-26 - 2017-10-27

Health Tech Assembly and Healthcare Industry Association Social
2017-10-25 18:00 - 20:00
OPEN TO ALL
What: In collaboration with HCIA, HTA will be hosting a fun social event in a relaxing atmosphere to facilitate networking across Columbia for those interested in health technology innovation and entrepreneurship.
Event: HTA and HCIA social
Date: October 25
Time: 6PM-8PM
Location: Arts and Crafts Beer Parlor Morningside Heights, 1135 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10025
RSVP: http://bit.ly/hta_social

Building Your Prototype (Workshop)
2017-10-25 14:00 - 17:00 | Columbia Entrepreneurship Design Studio, 490 Riverside Dr., New York, NY, 10027, United States
A good idea deserves to be shown off. Join us for this Design Sprint to learn about how to turn your early ideas into something tangible and test-worthy. Prototyping is a way of learning more about your customer or community by having them interact with an early version of a solution. Once you have built a prototype of your product or solution, you can use it to learn more about how your customer responds to it. Testing your idea provides immediate and valuable insights that can help you rapidly improve your product or solution. Be prepared for a highly interactive day!
Teams and individuals are welcome. Feel free to come with your own idea to prototype, or we can help you brainstorm one on the spot.

Application Deadline: WeWork Creator Awards
2017-10-24
OPEN TO ALL
Applying for a Creator Award only takes a few minutes—and with more than $20 million up for grabs, what do you have to lose? Categories are designed to reward entrepreneurs, artists, startups, and nonprofits at every stage. To apply, pick the category that fits where your idea or business is today.
Find out more and apply here.

Innovative Medicine (iMED) Conference
2017-10-23 14:00 - 18:00
OPEN TO ALL COLUMBIANS
2 PM – 2:50 PM Dr. Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic “Engineering human tissues for regenerative medicine and modeling of diseases”
World-wide leader in tissue bioengineering, University professor, Mikati foundation professor, member of the National Academy of Engineering, and co-founder of the innovative tissue engineering start-ups EpiBone, TARA biosystems and MatriTek. You can learn about her research in NYT, Eurekalert, Youtube, but more importantly, at our conference!

3 PM – 3:45 PM Ting Shih “Future of Healthcare: Humans & Machines”
CEO and founder of ClickMedix, a healthcare low-cost medical device company, developing mobile softwares for medical diagnostics (e.g. EKGs and OBGYN screenings on phones). Their work brings medical care to remote underserved regions in developing countries, including Botswana, Ghana, India. For her innovative approach Ting was awarded the Toyota price mother of inventions and the Cartier’s women initiative award.

3:45 PM – 4 PM Coffee break

4 PM – 4:50 PM Dr. Jedd Wolchok, “Immunologic Checkpoint Blockade: Exploring Combinations and Mechanism”
Chair in Clinical Investigation, Chief of the Melanoma and Immunotherapeutics Services at Memorial Sloan Kettering. He has helped establish MSK as a leader in the discovery and treatment of cancers with novel immunotherapies. His work has been covered by NYT, come and learn more about his recent findings at his talk!

5 PM – 5:50 PM Dr. Laxmi Parida “The Here and Now of Genomic Medicine”
Head of the Precision Medicine Genomics Group at IBM Watson, a visiting professor at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, NYU. Her group focuses on personalized cancer medicine, topology, pattern analysis, and population genomics of plants. You can watch her Ted talk here.
The conference is followed by a reception. If you want to attend, please RSVP.
If you want to find out more about current and upcoming events hosted by the Innovative Medicine Interest Group (iMED) or get involved, check out our website https://www.innovatemed.org/ or follow our Facebook group Innovative Medicine at CUMC for new updates!
