The Peer Entrepreneur-In-Residence (PEIR) program is a critical part of the Nelson Center’s Venture Support resources. In it, students serve as mentors and additional resources for their fellow students. Whether exploring an unmet need, designing a value proposition, or developing a sustainability model, PEIRs work with founders to clarify and sharpen their ideas. Many PEIRs, […]
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 […]
Brown EP First-Year Immersion Join Brown EP’s First Year Immersion Program, a summer-long program designed by first years for first years with the goal of diving into entrepreneurship on Brown’s campus and in the broader Brown community. From hands-on workshops to alumni networking events, First Year Immersion will offer first-year students every resource possible to explore […]
Have you ever seen yourself as an entrepreneur, a creator, a problem-solver, or an innovator? Innovation Dojo is a semester-long program that places you within a like-minded group of talented students and teaches you to think differently about entrepreneurship. No idea necessary to apply! You will learn about all stages of the entrepreneurial process and […]
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 […]
Brown EP First-Year Immersion Join Brown EP’s First Year Immersion Program, a summer-long program designed by first years for first years with the goal of diving into entrepreneurship on Brown’s campus and in the broader Brown community. From hands-on workshops to alumni networking events, First Year Immersion will offer first-year students every resource possible to explore […]
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 […]
Live from District Hall Providence! Venture Café Providence Thursday Gathering 5:00-8:00 PM RIBFF: The Future of Rhode Island's Corporations - Doing Business While Being Black In celebration of Rhode Island's JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION, (Saturday, June 19). RIBFF in partnership with Venture Café Providence will screen the documentary BOSS: THE BLACK EXPERIENCE IN BUSINESS. Boss is the untold […]
Join the Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship faculty for our second research conference examining entrepreneurship at the intersection of women, refugees, immigrants, allyship, and anti-Black racism. The Entrepreneurship You Don't See: Bringing Visibility to New Majority Founders. The Lifetime Achievement and Emerging Scholar in Entrepreneurship Awards will be conferred during the conference. The journal Gender Work and Organizations (GWO) will […]
This workshop will be rescheduled for fall 2021. Stay tuned for a new day and time! We frequently work with students, faculty, and alumni, who are eager to solve some of the world’s most pressing issues. Often, those problems are outside of the United States. We often find ourselves seduced to solve what appears to […]