In this fireside chat, Steve Blank, Father of Modern Entrepreneurship, will explain how and why the Customer Development methodology he created works, and tell how successful founders use it to ensure they have a product or service that people actually want. Steve will tell how to: • find out customers' pain points • validate that […]

Bill Janeway will be discussing his latest book: "Doing Capitalism in the Innovation Economy." In this fully revised and updated edition, Janeway interweaves his professional experience with political and financial history, giving a lively explanation of how successive technological revolutions have transformed the market economy, and revealing why America may yield leadership of the innovation […]

Jessica Kim is the co-founder of ianacare, a virtual care team for caregivers. This new venture was sparked by her experience being a full-time caregiver for her mom battling cancer. At the age of 19, she started Jessica’s Wonders, a baked goods company, out of her college dorm room. She raised $1M in funding her senior […]

We cannot predict the future, but we can create it. Meet students from the Brown Entrepreneurship Program (EP) and the Jonathan M. Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship center staff, along with other student groups that support entrepreneurship and innovation on campus! Learn about resources, organizations, conferences from both RISD and Brown. RSVP Here! 

A new kind of hackathon that aims to create solutions to medical problems and barriers. This weekend is your opportunity to work with fellow designers, engineers, developers, physicians, artists, entrepreneurs, mentors, and others to help develop tools that could change the worlds of medicine and health. Keynote Speaker 2018 Geoff Capraro, MD, MPH Geoff Capraro, MD, […]

Design informs our interaction with technology, the construction of cities, the aesthetics of a restaurant, the functionality of automobiles, and the processes by which businesses operate. Design permeates all industries and impacts our global ecosystem and everyday lives. Over the years diverse approaches such as participatory, user-centered and transgenerational design have attempted to incorporate inclusive […]

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 […]

Chris Girgenti, Managing Partner - Venture Capital Chris joined Pritzker Group Venture Capital in 1996 and has served as its Managing Partner since 1998. During this time, he has led the organization and capital formation for 7 technology venture funds and has led or overseen investments in more than 150 companies. For more than 20 […]