The show is a celebration of all things Black hair! Brown Black Hairitage will host local Black stylists, barbers, and hair care entrepreneurs who will be providing free styles and cuts for students. The event will also feature a panel discussion about Black entrepreneurship in the hair industry, personal hair consultations, and free hair care […]
Join Brown EP and the Nelson Center for a Roundtable Discussion with Terri Cohen Alpert '85, Founder of Uno Alla Volta. Come discuss how a maternity leave "project" was the spark for Terri to create a brand with over a $20 million top line. Terri will discuss how a company's culture, brand, and economic model […]
Changes in U.S. Immigration Policy and Practice Lecture and Q & A with Peter Roberts '83 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 […]
Maria Kasparian ('05) is the Executive Director of Edesia, a non-profit social enterprise founded in RI in 2009. The North Kingstown-based organization has the mission to help treat and prevent malnutrition in the world’s most vulnerable populations. As part of their mission, they manufacture and distribute a range of peanut/dairy/soy-based ready-to-use therapeutic and supplementary foods […]
Event postponed to Fall 2020. More info to come. ======== Join us for a conversation with Geralyn Dreyfous, producer and co-founder of Impact Partners Film Fund and Gamechanger Films, on the unique model of equity investing she launched to empower and disrupt the documentary film community. Geralyn's independent executive producing and producing credits include the […]
Merrill Stubbs '99, is the co-founder and President of Food 52, a leader and innovator in the food, cooking, and home space. Before starting Food 52, Merrill was a writer and editor with work published in many food and lifestyle publications. She worked at America's Test Kitchen and Flour Bakery in Boston and also ran […]
Since 2009, BEO has administered grants to Brown graduate students through the Hazeltine Fellowship for entrepreneurship. The Hazeltine Fellowship funds dissertation-related research and provides seed funds for initiating a new topic of research with a faculty member. This year’s awardees include Rui Carvalho, Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology; A. Nicole Kreisberg, Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology; and […]
SAVE THE DATE Hazeltine Mentoring in Entrepreneurship Award A Virtual Celebration Zoom link to come! / RSVP here 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 […]
Join the Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship and our partner the Slater Technology Fund for a special event introducing the exciting student ventures of Breakthrough Lab (B-Lab) 2020. We will open the evening with a fireside chat with our special guests, Mariah '93 and Sam Calagione, the co-founders of Dogfish Head, one of America’s first and […]
Join the Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship for a conversation with student and young alum founders, moderated by our Executive Director, Danny Warshay '87. You'll learn about entrepreneurship at Brown through the student experience, whether that is taking a class at Brown, navigating how to discover and solve unmet needs in the world, or what it's […]
