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Anthony Burn ’16 (IE-Brown MBA): Office Hours
Anthony Burn ’16 (IE-Brown MBA): Office Hours
I have always been fascinated by the application of technological innovation to solve global issues, but within equal innovation in our politics and commerce, to help that technology achieve its greatest potential to transform lives and societies. Previously, I was with the Radiant Earth Foundation, an organization dedicated to providing open access to global ‘big […]
Contributions of Latino and Immigrant Entrepreneurs in RI Today and Tomorrow
Contributions of Latino and Immigrant Entrepreneurs in RI Today and Tomorrow
Panelists: Mayor Jorge Elorza, City of Providence ⁎ Jennifer Nazareno - Assistant Professor, Brown University, ⁎ Oscar Mejias - Director, RI Hispanic Chamber of Commerce ⁎ Matt Vargas - VP of Business Service, Rhode Island Commerce Corporation ⁎ Kelly Ramirez - CEO, Social Enterprise Greenhouse ⁎ Tony Mendez – Rhode Island Small Business Owner. Please […]
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EIR Office Hours: Arnell Milhouse
EIR Office Hours: Arnell Milhouse
Arnell Milhouse is one of our 2019-2020 Entrepreneurs-in-Residence, which means he hosts bi-weekly office hours among other things at the Nelson Center. Arnell is a Providence local and graduate of Johnson and Wales University, where he discovered a passion for computer science. In 2015, he brought together his love of education and innovation by founding […]
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4th Annual Brown Hack Health Kickoff Event
4th Annual Brown Hack Health Kickoff Event
The theme of this year's hackathon is Mental Health, and it will be a great opportunity to meet other students, connect with industry professionals, learn about mental health care, contribute to exciting projects, and win prizes! The kick-off event will feature a networking session and the Charles O. Cooke M.D. Distinguished Visiting Lectureship by Dr. Megan Ranney, […]
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Samanee Mahbub ’19: Office Hours
Samanee Mahbub ’19: Office Hours
Samanee recently graduated from Brown with a History major but has always had a hand in entrepreneurship. She’s been a student director of EP as well as a PEIR at the Nelson Center. While at Brown, she worked at 5 start-ups including Slack, and she’s done roles across product management, operations and marketing. She works […]
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Laura Thompson ’09: EIR Office Hours
Laura Thompson ’09: EIR Office Hours
Laura Thompson ’09 has spent the past decade working on radical innovations aimed at solving the world’s toughest problems. Laura was an early product lead at Google X, where she drove product strategy for science fiction-sounding technologies including self driving cars, smart contact lenses, and delivery drones. While at X, she spread the team’s learning in […]
How Can We Design So No One’s Left Behind?
How Can We Design So No One’s Left Behind?
From Apple to Airbnb, we see the impact of design in some of the best products and services that we use every day. What about services for our most vulnerable populations? What does it look like to bring design to the work of improving services for governments and the public sector? Join Ben Guhin, Head […]
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What Does Big Data Say About Social Mobility?
What Does Big Data Say About Social Mobility?
A defining feature of the American Dream is upward income mobility — the ideal that children have equal opportunities to succeed in life, regardless of the circumstances of their birth. Join The Policy Lab and John Friedman, Professor of Economics, International Affairs, and Public Policy at Brown University and Founding Co-Director of Opportunity Insights at […]
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Eli Wolff ’00: Office Hours
Eli Wolff ’00: Office Hours
Eli A. Wolff directs the Power of Sport Lab, a platform to fuel and magnify creativity, diversity, connection and leadership through sport. The Power of Sport Lab works to help others realize the power of sport and its impact to connect and drive society forward. Eli is also an instructor with the Sport Management program […]
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Jordan Evans ’14: Panel and discussion with the founder of Buoy
Jordan Evans ’14: Panel and discussion with the founder of Buoy
Join Jordan Evans ('14) and a host of current undergrads for the 2019 Buoy Brown Newsletter Launch event! Jordan will share his entrepreneurial journey and you'll hear from an amazing panel of undergrads who have been featured in the Buoy newsletter. Buoy was birthed out of Jordan Evans '14 experience FAILING a Principles of Economics class at Brown […]
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Thorne Sparkman: Office Hours
Thorne Sparkman: Office Hours
As managing director of the Slater Technology Fund, Thorne focuses on the earliest stage of company creation, often working with university-based teams commercializing research. He serves as board member for Voltserver, Datarista, Advanced Image Enhancement, and Tizra Software, and as a board observer at Squadlocker, Drive Time Metrics, eNow, Aquanis, Location, Inc., and RxVantage. He […]
Breaking into VC at Brown
Breaking into VC at Brown
Join us for a panel and discussion with four Brown undergrads working in venture capital! Learn what university-focused VC funds are, how to raise money from them, and how you can also get involved as an undergrad investment partner. Panelists (pictured left to righ)t: Mariel Rosic '20 of Dorm Room Fund John Diorio '20 of […]
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Brown EP Guest Lecture: Jonathan Wolff, Composer of the World’s Most Recognized TV Theme Music
Brown EP Guest Lecture: Jonathan Wolff, Composer of the World’s Most Recognized TV Theme Music
Acclaimed musician Jonathan Wolff created the music for 75 primetime network series and is best known for his iconic Seinfeld music. In this lecture, Jonathan will talk about his musical and entrepreneurial journey. More importantly, he will illustrate practical business model do’s and don’ts, give real world entrepreneurial career advice, and share insider accounts on […]
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Eli Wolff ’00: Office Hours
Eli Wolff ’00: Office Hours
Eli A. Wolff directs the Power of Sport Lab, a platform to fuel and magnify creativity, diversity, connection and leadership through sport. The Power of Sport Lab works to help others realize the power of sport and its impact to connect and drive society forward. Eli is also an instructor with the Sport Management program […]
Breakthrough Lab Venture Showcase
Breakthrough Lab Venture Showcase
Brown University’s Breakthrough Lab (B-Lab) is a unique, intensive 8-week accelerator program that supports student entrepreneurs developing high-impact ventures. The Venture Showcase presentations are a significant milestone for the students who spent their summer in Providence and in the local community exploring, experimenting, and advancing their ventures. B-Lab provides students access to high-level sector-specific mentoring, […]
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Special Event: Fireside Chat with Steph Korey ’09, co-founder of AWAY
Special Event: Fireside Chat with Steph Korey ’09, co-founder of AWAY
Join the ENGN 0090: Management of Industrial and Nonprofit Organizations class for a fireside chat with Steph Korey '09, co-founder of AWAY. Learn more about her entrepreneurial journey and how she and her co-founder built a company now valued at over $1B. To help you follow along, with the class discussion, we recommend doing the following. […]
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Roundtable Discussion with Riche Grant ’99
Roundtable Discussion with Riche Grant ’99
Riche Holmes Grant is the host and executive producer of “The Riche Life,” an inspirational how-to video series featuring stylish home decor, practical gourmet cuisine, effortless entertaining, easy, fun crafting, and self-care/personal growth. Riche’s goal with each episode is to help other women live their richest lives too (pun totally intended!). She is also the founder, designer, […]
Riche Grant ’99: Office Hours
Riche Grant ’99: Office Hours
Riche Holmes Grant is the host and executive producer of “The Riche Life," an inspirational how-to video series featuring stylish home decor, practical gourmet cuisine, effortless entertaining, easy, fun crafting, and self-care/personal growth. Riche’s goal with each episode is to help other women live their richest lives too (pun totally intended!). She is also the founder, […]
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Startup@Brown
Startup@Brown
Come to learn about startups and their stories. Leave with a new perspective and your next summer internship and summer job. Startup@Brown is Brown EP's day-long conference that brings together innovative startups and talented students. Register here by September 23rd! More info about the conference here. 2019 Keynote Speakers Lisa Gelobter '91 (pictured left) is the founder […]
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Undocu-Entrepreneurship: Hustling and Thriving
Undocu-Entrepreneurship: Hustling and Thriving
Join the U-FLi Center in welcoming DJ Sizzle Fantastic, UndocuBougie, and Funky Caramelo to campus. The three DJ's will engage in a communal conversation surrounding their experience as undocumented DJs along with presenting on the topic of the Undocumented Hustle. The interactive workshop will dive into; Business Startup and Planning 101, Sustainable and Collaborative Entrepreneurship […]
Samanee Mahbub ’19: Office Hours
Samanee Mahbub ’19: Office Hours
Samanee recently graduated from Brown with a History major but has always had a hand in entrepreneurship. She’s been a student director of EP as well as a Peer Entrepreneur In Residence at the Nelson Center. While at Brown, she worked at 5 start-ups including Slack, and she’s done roles across product management, operations and […]
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Amy Wolf ’90: Office Hours
Amy Wolf ’90: Office Hours
Amy Wolf '90 is a partner at Lykos Capital Partners, a private equity firm focused on consumer products and retail companies in the lower mid-market. She is a member of the Board of Directors of Hex Performance Detergent, Dancing Deer Baking Co. and Premama Wellness (founded by a Brown alum). Prior to investing in consumer […]
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Lorine Pendleton ’91: The Barriers Women & People of Color Face Seeking Venture Capital
Lorine Pendleton ’91: The Barriers Women & People of Color Face Seeking Venture Capital
Funding the Future Series As an attorney, business advisor, and angel investor, Lorine Pendleton ‘91 is committed to helping underserved entrepreneurs and venture capitalists while also addressing gender and cultural blindspots within these industries. If women and underserved entrepreneurs were given the same opportunities for venture capital as men, it would generate over $1 trillion […]
Taylor Noguera ’97: Office Hours
Taylor Noguera ’97: Office Hours
Taylor Noguera is Managing Partner & Co-founder at Vaudeville Ventures, a digital strategy and growth agency focused on content, marketing, and experience creation for clients big and small. Taylor provides finance, business, product and audience acquisition strategy to start-ups and Fortune 500 companies alike, including Univision, Sotheby’s, Valence Media, Adverator and NBCUniversal. Taylor spent his […]