REGISTER HERE Brown EP and the Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship are excited to host a roundtable discussion with Eric Goetz '71. Eric Goetz, is considered a leader in high tech composites construction worldwide. He began sailing at a young age on Manhasset Bay / Port Washington on Long Island, NY. While attending Brown University, Eric […]
Naeem Zafar is the Dean's teaching fellow and lecturer at University of California Berkley, and is also Professor of the Practice at Brown University. He teaches courses in Entrepreneurship, Technology Strategy, Innovation and New Venture Finance at Brown and Berkeley. Naeem is a serial entrepreneur and currently the co-founder and CEO of TeleSense, a company […]
What your idea is matters almost as much as what they think it is. Investing in marketing may be the most influential way to generate growth for a new brand. And yet, due to tight budgets, limited resources and a laser focus on their new product/service, entrepreneurs tend not to prioritize this game-changing business investment. […]
February 11-14 / Sign up here Deborah Mills-Scofield helps mid to large-sized companies make strategic planning a verb through her consulting business. Her clients have included AirBnB, Progressive, and P&G to name a few. Deb’s main love and focus is on mentorship. She mentors student entrepreneurs of all types, advises in the Brown Design Workshop, […]
Leonora is the co-founder and director of Swoogo, an award-winning event marketing & event registration SaaS software platform. Before bringing Swoogo to market Leonora founded, ran and raised $23m in capital for her first venture-backed software company. With more than ten years in the event tech space and thirty as a start-up founder and small […]
The Israel, Stockholm and Berlin Entrepreneurship Internship Programs, with a focus on startups and technology opportunities, provides Brown students the opportunity to expand classroom knowledge to the world of business through an immersive professional experience in Tel Aviv, Stockholm and Berlin, where the startup culture flourishes. A partnership between the Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship and […]
Join Brown EP’s Startup of the Month, Cloud Agronomics, for an informational session to learn about the company, mission, and open roles. They’ll also share their story about running a startup during college, negotiating with investors, and how to decide what’s important when faced with a tough decision. Cloud Agronomics founders returned to Brown this […]
Thinking about a path in a startup? Excited by the idea of building something from scratch, not working for anyone else, or episodes of Silicon Valley? In this pop-up workshop we’ll examine practical questions startup entrepreneurs, and early-stage startup team members, should ask before they take the plunge. • What motivates people to choose to […]
Grant Gurtin ’12, is 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 future. Soon, he found an […]
Join us for our first Funding the Future event of the semester with Angelique Brunner '94, founder and president of EB5 Capital, a $500 million investment firm that is revitalizing Washington D.C. EB5 Capital owns and operates USCIS-authorized Regional Centers that serve 15 states, including in California, New York, Oregon, and Washington, DC. The company […]
Brown EP and the Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship are excited to host a roundtable discussion with Robert Kagan '89. Robert is a business innovator and strategist, with over 25 years experience responsible for creating, operating and expanding companies. Adept at identifying new markets, creating successful business plans, personnel management, and finances. Well-defined understanding of the […]
Join the Brown Entrepreneurship Program (EP) and 15 Brown/RISD students as they visit a variety of female-founded startups, including: Collettey’s Cookies, Her Campus, IncluDe, Mass Challenge offices & Project Alianza. Applications are due Friday, February 1 by 11:59 PM.
Recently, there have been significant changes in U.S. immigration policy and practice. Peter Roberts ’83, is Founder and Principal of the immigration law firm Roberts Immigration Law Group. His clients include multinationals, entrepreneurs, founders, investors, start-ups, and start-up accelerators in all fields, including Y Combinator and YC founders. Peter will discuss the impact of these […]
Peter Roberts ’83, is Founder and Principal of the immigration law firm Roberts Immigration Law Group. His clients include multinationals, entrepreneurs, founders, investors, start-ups, and start-up accelerators in all fields, including Y Combinator and YC founders. Peter will discuss the impact of these changes on would-be foreign national entrepreneurs/founders and employees, specifically, the impact on […]
Alan Harlam is the Founding Director of Brown’s Social Innovation Initiative (SII) at Brown’s Swearer Center. Over the past decade, Alan has supported dozens of entrepreneurs through all stages of their startup journey with a special focus on ventures designed to address social problems. These ventures are currently impacting 10’s of thousands of people in […]
Brown EP’s Student Startup Fair is an opportunity for the Brown community to LEARN ABOUT and GET HIRED by the extraordinary STUDENT-LED VENTURES on college hill. Student entrepreneurs from Brown, RISD, and PRIME will showcase their startups, sell their products, and recruit new team members. We hope to see you there! Pizza and cookies will […]
Stuart Ellman P’22, General Partner, Maria Palma, Vice President, and Ana Rosenstein ’15 from RRE Ventures will be available during office hours. RRE is a venture capital firm focused on helping founders build category-defining companies in industries ranging from financial services (OnDeck, Avant, Venmo) to 3D printing (Makerbot), and from media (BuzzFeed, Business Insider, TheSkimm) […]
Join the Nelson Center and the Slater Technology Fund for a discussion with Stuart Ellman, General Partner, Maria Palma, Vice President, and Ana Rosenstein '15 from RRE Ventures, a venture capital firm focused on helping founders build category-defining companies in industries ranging from financial services (OnDeck, Avant, Venmo) to 3D printing (Makerbot), and from media (BuzzFeed, […]
In this workshop, Working Planet Co-Founder Soren Ryherd will discuss the starting points, options, and common pitfalls to avoid in using digital marketing for customer acquisition. Digital marketing is the largest form of advertising in the world and encompasses everything from Search to Email to Internet Radio; a world so big and dynamic it is […]
Looking for a little startup legal help? Sign up to speak with Ryan Juliano from Howell Legal, who is an expert in corporate and contract law. He provides strategic legal counsel to founders on formation issues and to established operators on funding growth, incentivizing a team, selling products and services, and acquisitions, all with a […]
Hackathon Lens: Disaster Relief in Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria The second annual Humanitarian Hackathon at Brown University will bring together students from across Providence to learn about the most pressing needs in the humanitarian sphere and develop creative ideas for innovative programs or technologies that could help improve the lives of disaster and conflict-affected […]
Professor Danny Warshay, Executive Director of the Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship, will lead a spirited workshop about the most critical skill in entrepreneurship – “bottom-up research.” This is the first step in the three-step Entrepreneurial Process that Danny teaches to aspiring entrepreneurs at Brown and all over the world. As opposed to the myth that […]