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Our Thayer Street Home
Come visit our dedicated home for entrepreneurship on college hill. This building provides much more than physical space; it furthers our mission of making entrepreneurship an essential part of the Brown experience.
ENTREPRENEURSHIP AS PROBLEM SOLVING
Brown has always been fertile ground for entrepreneurship. It’s true for the students who choose to study here, for the faculty who teach and conduct their research here, and for our alumni once they leave College Hill.
IMPACT AT SCALE
“We do “hubs” really well. Our Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship is fast becoming one of the most impactful hubs on campus. There, students hatch ideas, launch ventures, and hone entrepreneurial skills — not just in business, but in how business can transform lives.”
– President Christina Paxson
Upcoming Events
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When Women Lead | A virtual conversation with author Julia Boorstin
Join us for a book talk as Prof. Banu Ozkazanc-Pan, Founder and Director of the Venture Capital Inclusion Lab, speaks virtually with author Julia Boorstin about her new book, When Women Lead. Free copies of When Women Lead will be available for those who attend the in person live stream. Julia Boorstin was thirteen when…
Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship Research Series | Dr. Johannes Lenhard
This brown bag lunch series will feature conversations on diverse topics in entrepreneurship by faculty and students. It'll be a forum to showcase emerging research, published work, and policy conversations related to entrepreneurship. Dr. Johannes Lenhard is an affiliate lecturer and researcher at the University of Cambridge and the co-director of VentureESG. He has recently…
Good Governance in Venture Capital
In recent times, the venture capital industry has come under scrutiny for allowing the rise of questionable firms characterized by poor corporate governance including ineffective boards, poor oversight, weak controls, and conflicts of interest. At the same time, an increasing number of investors are engaging in responsible governance practices aimed at strengthening the bottom line…
Positive Sum Design
Design is always already everywhere. The built environment, our material culture, and the systems and infrastructures of our modern world are so ubiquitous, and yet so inconspicuous, that design establishes the fundamental conditions of possibility for mutual benefit and cooperation, as well as for conflict and competition. Positive Sum Design is an emerging discourse that begins with a…
Future of Sustainable Investing Conference | FSIcon
What is the Future of Sustainable Investing (FSI)? FSIcon aims to be the largest, most impactful, most well known conference on sustainable investing in the United States. This one-day event will bring thought leaders, practitioners, policymakers, students, and others, into a collaborative, intrinsically interdisciplinary environment to debate and discuss the role of investing in shaping…
Brown Venture Prize
Join us on Thursday, March 16 from 7 - 8:30 pm ET for the annual Brown Venture Prize Pitch Night, and watch Brown's most advanced ventures pitch their ideas for a chance to win $50k in prizes! The Brown Venture Prize supports teams who have identified a significant opportunity, and whose ventures have the potential to create “impact…