Craig Dubitsky is an accomplished entrepreneur who founded Hello Products, the world’s first naturally friendly oral care brand, to take on the toothpaste giants like Colgate and Crest. Without problematic ingredients, Hello’s toothpaste represent a fresh brand. Craig is also a co-founder of lip balm manufacturer Eos Products and was an early investor in Method […]
Raising capital from investors is a difficult and time-consuming process. The key to succeeding is creating a good pitch deck that tells a compelling and convincing story. Serial entrepreneur Paul Mandeville will walk through his recent experience of turning a C+ deck into an A+ deck through the process of multiple iterations with bankers, investors, […]
Kris Brown '89, is a corporate law partner at Goodwin Procter LLP in New York City, tech and life sciences-focused angel investor, and entrepreneur. In this practical startup studio, Kris will discuss what to do when you get your first investment proposal from a venture capitalist. He will also talk about his experiences as a lawyer, investor […]
How can a social analytics company help world class brands like Amazon, Warner Brothers, or Michael Kors understand their customers better? Join Brown alum co-founders and co-CEOs, Christian Anthony ‘96 and Jason Klein ‘00, and learn how they built ListenFirst, an industry leader in social analytics for major consumer brands and the only social analytics […]
Russ Pillar '87, has more than 30 years of experience repositioning, reinventing, and revitalizing a host of global consumer brands. He is Founder and currently serves as Executive Chairman of Reigning Champs (www.reigningchamps.com), the world’s largest and most successful path-to-college company for student-athletes. Powered by 850+ mission-driven teammates and $100 million of private equity, Reigning […]
Join the ADOCH team and the Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship to learn how you can put your entrepreneurial drive to work at Brown. A panel will generate discussion about how and why entrepreneurship at Brown focuses on collaboration with every part of the Brown ecosystem and beyond. RSVP here. Faculty/Staff Moderator: Danny Warshay, Executive Director […]
Alan Harlam was the Founding Director of Brown’s Social Innovation Initiative (SII) at Brown’s Swearer Center. Over the past decade, Alan has supported dozens of entrepreneurs through all stages of their startup journey with a special focus on ventures designed to address social problems. These ventures are currently impacting 10’s of thousands of people in […]
New Economy’s mission is to unleash the full potential of the entrepreneur! New Economy is the accounting, finance and tax partner to startups, emerging growth companies and small business entrepreneurs. They are passionate about entrepreneurs and small business owners because they are risk takers, dreamers and folks with guts!! Jeff is available to talk about […]
Norman Atkins is the Co-Founder and President of Relay GSE, a path-breaking institution of higher education that trains more than 1,400 public school teachers and principals across the nation. Atkins is also the Founder, Board Chair, and former CEO of Uncommon Schools, one of the nation’s highest-performing nonprofit charter management organizations with 44 schools serving […]
Join us for a discussion featuring Brown alumni who are taking a lead in supporting Brown alumni founders. Speakers will include Lauren Kolodny ‘08, partner at Aspect Ventures, Charlie Kroll ‘01, co-founder of Andera and more recently Ellevest and Ludwig Pierre Schulze ‘96, Managing Partner at Waterman Ventures. Learn more about their personal journeys from […]