Please join Marta Reis and Mike Shoeman on a journey to engage your imagination and natural skills. Through a series of mini-hacks, learn how to rapidly invent provocative and effective communication around the value you'd like to provide to the world through the structure of the business, service or product you are developing. Work on […]
Troy Henikoff is Managing Director of MATH Venture Partners. He was a Co-founder of Excelerate Labs, which became Techstars Chicago in 2013. Troy also helps manage the FireStarter Fund, teaches Entrepreneurship at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Business, and is on the board of the Chicago-land Entrepreneurial Center. Prior to TechStars Chicago, Troy was the […]
Specialties: Business Development, Healthcare, Health IT, Health Information Exchange, Strategic Planning, Scenario Modeling, Patent law, Human Interface Design, and Innovation Sign up for office hours here!
Join us, the School of Public Health, and the Brown Innovation for Health student club, along with the following special guests for a panel on how entrepreneurs are getting public health ideas and products to market. Moderator: Robbie Greenglass '07, Managing Director at Waterline Ventures, Advisor to Shields Health Solutions Robbie founded Waterline Ventures in […]
Professor Barrett Hazeltine has been mentoring and inspiring Brown University students for decades. In honor of his dedication to student mentoring, and in particular, his mentorship of aspiring entrepreneurs, a group of all-star alumni came together to start the Hazeltine Mentoring Award. Are you working on a startup? Or are you interested in entrepreneurship in […]
Join the Entrepreneurship Program for Boston Synapse on April 6th. Students will explore the Boston/Cambridge region looking at startups including TripAdvisor, Lovepop, and Nexamp. Synapse brings together Brown and RISD's most exceptional engineers, designers, and aspiring entrepreneurs to visit an array of companies and build essential bridges with successful alumni entrepreneurs. Synapse attendees will return […]
Join EP as they welcome the investment fund that is reshaping the world of finance. We are excited to welcome the TPG Rise Fund’s founder and CEO Bill McGlashan. Learn how a fund with $2 Billion under management makes smart investments to generate social and environmental impact alongside competitive financial returns. Climate change, water scarcity, […]
Marla Malcolm Beck is the CEO and co-founder of Bluemercury Inc., an iconic high-growth luxury beauty retail chain founded in 1999, whose exponential growth is guided by her leadership and passion for entrepreneurship, innovation, and consumer brands. Join the Business, Entrepreneurship, and Organizations Program (BEO) and the Jonathan M. Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship for a discussion […]
Spotify’s 2000 employees work in self-organized squads. Patagonia, Zappos, and Morningstar and a growing number of enterprises innovate how they organize work – focused on diverse talent and emerging technology, not job descriptions or org charts. Start-ups and legacy companies alike are reinventing how work happens, organized to maximize purpose, autonomy, creativity and agility. In […]
Join Brown EP and the Jonathan M. Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship as we host leaders from two of the most captivating and successful food startups--Gotham Greens and AeroFarms! Viraj Puri from Gotham Greens and Jess Karol from AeroFarms will discuss sustainable ways to combat the global food crisis and the future of food growth, including […]
The Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP) team is excited to connect with Brunonia! They will share a presentation about the Summer Analyst program. Brown Corporation Trustee and BVP Managing Partner, Bob Goodman ('82), and Morgan Cheatham ('17), a recent grad and investor in the BVP NYC office, will be available to answer your questions about the […]
Women In Buisness (WIB) and the Jonathan M. Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship are proud to present their first collaboration with Lean In (LI), a group that works to create a strong network through which women can connect and empower each other to pursue their professional and personal goals. The Public Speaking Workshop will include a quick […]
Join us for a discussion with Grant Gurtin '12, a former BEO concentrator, founder of Fanium, and active angel investor. Grant came to Brown expecting to earn a Ph.D. in Math, but when he arrived in Providence, he was unsure about his passion for that material and like many college students, was unsure of his […]
Come and celebrate Brown EP’s Spring 2018 graduating class of Dojees! For the past semester, the Dojees have studied what it means to be an entrepreneur and applied those lessons to their own projects. Now it’s time to see the results of all their hard work and inspiration! Join us to hear pitches by Nate […]
Join the ADOCH team and the Nelson Center to learn how you can put your entrepreneurial drive to work at Brown. A panel will generate discussion about how and why entrepreneurship at Brown focuses on collaboration with every part of the Brown ecosystem and beyond. Faculty/Staff Moderator: Danny Warshay, Executive Director of the Nelson Center […]
Join us for a discussion with leaders, entrepreneurs, and advisors who are adding economic and social value in Africa. They will share stories of how they began, how they are currently adding value to Africa, and where their ideas are taking them next. We welcome all students, community members, staff, and faculty to engage in […]
Join us for our Founder Fridays series featuring Cheryl McCants '86, founder and CEO of Impact Consulting Enterprises. Cheryl’s many accolades and accomplishments include PR News’ Top Woman in Public Relations, Positive Community’s Hidden Figure, and the Stevie Awards’ Woman of the Year – and Public Relations, Marketing and Advertising. Under her leadership, Impact has […]
The Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship welcomes Tim Wang ‘05, a venture capitalist at the Westly Group. Tim has always had a passion for sustainability, focused on the intersection of sustainability, economics and government. Before entering VC, Tim co-founded a China-based fintech startup. Why did he choose to become venture capitalist? What does it mean to […]
Sign up to meet with Cheryl McCants '86 here. Please note that Cheryl's Office hours are now full.
It's a blockchain party!!! And you are all invited... An event to help you understand, what the heck is this bitcoin thing? And what about all this blockchain stuff that everyone has been talking about? We are here to answer it all, and then some. For the first two hours, a quick crash course on blockchain, […]
Join the ADOCH team and the Nelson Center to learn how you can put your entrepreneurial drive to work at Brown. A panel will generate discussion about how and why entrepreneurship at Brown focuses on collaboration with every part of the Brown ecosystem and beyond. Faculty/Staff Moderator: Danny Warshay, Executive Director of the Nelson Center […]
What does it look like when an entrepreneurial enterprise is also a community hub? What happens when independent artists and artisans are prioritized over fast fashion? Eric Williams is the Owner and Creative Director of The Silver Room, a retail, events and community space on Chicago's South side. Eric has made his business by developing […]
The League of United Black Women and Brown Black Hairitage are collaborating for a joint meeting on Black hair and Black women entrepreneurship. The event will feature Kerlyne Jean-Baptiste, a 2016 Alum, who recently started her own natural hair care line called KerlyGirl. During the event, guests will have the opportunity to hear Kerlyne's journey […]
SIGN UP FOR OFFICE HOURS HERE Bart Wolman '86, Co-Chairman, Enrevo Industries - LinkedIn Steve Glenn '88, CEO Plant Prefab - LinkedIn Mike Baker '87, Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of DataXu - LinkedIn Areas of expertise: AI, all things data analytics, Digital media, Fintech, IoT Mike Baker is the Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of DataXu. […]
Michael Slaby '01, a former Brown varsity soccer player, found himself in the world of politics and entrepreneurship soon after graduation. Through his leadership experiences in both of the Obama Campaigns to the Head of Timshel, a technology company that builds platforms to drive human progress, Michael has become obsessed with changing and improving the world […]
Brown EP and the Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship are proud to host a roundtable discussion with Michael Slaby '01. Michael will sit down with 8 selected students who will have a candid and informal discussion regarding entrepreneurship, technology, and politics. Michael has a breadth of experience to share, currently serving as the Executive Director of […]
The students who participated in the Women's Entrepreneurship Incubator will give their final pitches to showcase their hard work from this past semester. You will hear them share their ideas which were one just a concept, and see how they now can become a reality. One winner will be awarded a $500 grant from the Jonathan […]
Many will tell you that being an entrepreneur is about risk, innovation, and growth. Being an entrepreneur is also about efficient investments in R&D, customer feedback, data-driven decisions, and big doses of common sense. Kalie Gold ’08 will work with students on how to integrate efficient and high-value hypothesis testing and research into their startup planning. […]
Kalie is visiting from Kenya, Africa to spend time with aspiring entrepreneurs like you! She has a lot of experience working at startups, such as the Once Acre Fund and now at Pula Advisors in Nairobi. Her specialties include team management, quality assurance, impact evaluation, project management, product R & D, and customer research. REGISTER HERE FOR AN […]
Professor Barrett Hazeltine has been mentoring and inspiring Brown University students for decades. In honor of his dedication to student mentoring, and in particular, his mentorship of aspiring entrepreneurs, a group of alumni came together to start the Barrett Hazeltine Prize in Entrepreneurial Mentorship On May 3 we honor a special faculty or staff member […]
Kalie is visiting from Kenya, Africa to spend time with aspiring entrepreneurs like you! She has a lot of experience working at startups, such as the Once Acre Fund and now at Pula Advisors in Nairobi. Her specialties include team management, quality assurance, impact evaluation, project management, product R & D, and customer research. REGISTER HERE FOR AN APPOINTMENT.