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A Few Lessons on How to Build Stuff Customers Want and Not Go Out of Business: A Fireside Chat with Steve Blank

85 Waterman Street, Room 130

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 […]

What is Entrepreneurship?

Petteruti Lounge 75 Waterman Street, Providence, RI

Brown students have long pursued ambitious solutions to challenging problems. The excitement that infuses all of this activity is one of collaboration, critical problem solving, and a commitment to interdisciplinary and creative thinking. Join Danny Warshay ‘87, Executive Director of the Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship and Peer Entrepreneurs in Residence (PEIRs) for a panel on […]

Doing Capitalism in the Innovation Economy: Reconfiguring the Three-Player Game between Markets, Speculators and the State

111 Thayer Street, Joukowsky Forum, Watson Institute 111 Thayer Street, Providence, RI, United States

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 ’00 EIR Office Hours

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 […]

Entrepreneurship Picnic

The Main Green (Faunce Steps) 75 Waterman Street, Providence, RI

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! 

Brown Hack Health 2018

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, […]

Inclusive Design Panel: Beyond Accessibility & Across Industries

Petteruti Lounge 75 Waterman Street, Providence, RI

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 […]

Breakthrough Lab (B-Lab) Venture Showcase

MacMillan Auditorium 117 167 Thayer Street, Providence, RI, United States

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 ’85: Office Hours

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 […]

Roundtable Discussion with Chuck Davis ’82

Student Lounge - Hillel 80 Brown Street, Providence, RI, United States

Apply here - space is limited! Brown EP and the Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship are proud to host a roundtable discussion with Chuck Davis '82. Chuck will sit down with 8 selected students who will have a candid and informal discussion regarding entrepreneurship, technology, and politics. Chuck has a breadth of experience to share, currently […]