Are you a student interested in pursuing a Certificate in Entrepreneurship? Drop in to learn more about the course requirements and curriculum for this exciting new opportunity offered by the Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship. Register here to attend! Learn more about the certificate here. Email Jonas Clark, Nelson Center Associated Director (jonas_clark@brown.edu) and Sheila Haggerty, Academic […]
Join Brown Admissions and the Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship (NCE) to learn how you can put your problem-solving instincts to work whether in the classroom or launching your idea. Danny Warshay '87, Executive Director of the Nelson Center, will moderate a panel discussion with current students about how they became interested and involved with entrepreneurship […]
Join us for a Startup Zoom Room...designed to be informal drop-in sessions where students and the broader Brown community meet with entrepreneurs and industry leaders to further develop their ideas or explore a new topic in the realm of entrepreneurship. This session will be designed as an open Q&A with Scott Norton '08. Scott Norton […]
Join us in welcoming Adam Vitarello ‘05, Founder and President of Optoro; Karla Gallardo '05, Co-founder of Cuyana; and Dawn King, Senior Lecturer in Environment and Society (IBES) for a discussion on sustainable venture creation. Dawn King will lead the discussion to help these founders and entrepreneurs share how they are changing the future of […]
Hazeltine Mentoring in Entrepreneurship Award A Virtual Celebration 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 Mentoring in Entrepreneurship Award. On May 6 […]
Learning from mentors is an essential part of the student venture experience here at the Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship. We know firsthand that being a great mentor for students isn’t always as easy as it seems. Having a breadth of life and startup experience is certainly a necessary foundation, but often as mentors, we need […]
As the host of Real Simple magazine's new Outdoor Upgrade video makeover series and executive producer and host of The Riche Life web series, Riche Holmes Grant '99, Nelson Center Entrepreneur-In-Residence (EIR) will share her best tips for: - Getting comfortable being on camera and polishing your on-camera presence. - Equipping your "studio" on a limited (or […]
Interested in starting your own venture or working in a startup environment? Want to learn more about the social mission behind many of the health-related companies in this dynamic panel? – Moderated by Professor Jennifer Nazareno of the School of Public Health and the Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship – you’ll learn more about the industry, […]
We are pleased to host Akiko Naka, Founder and CEO of Wantedly, Inc as the first speaker in our Japan Synapse | Tuesdays in Tokyo Series. Akiko is the youngest female founder to be listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Akiko worked at Goldman Sachs and Facebook before launching Wantedly, Inc., one of the largest […]
Join EP and our keynote speaker Dr. Sangeeta Bhatia, a leading biotechnology/healthcare entrepreneur, faculty at Harvard/MIT, and a member of the Brown University Board of Trustees, as we discuss mRNA-based COVID vaccines, the future of nanomedicine, emerging technologies in regenerative medicine, and many more exciting topics. Register Now