Leonora is the co-founder and director of Swoogo, an award-winning event marketing & event registration SaaS software platform. Before bringing Swoogo to market Leonora founded, ran and raised $23m in capital for her first venture-backed software company. With more than ten years in the event tech space and thirty as a start-up founder and small […]
Join Brown EP’s Startup of the Month, Cloud Agronomics, for an informational session to learn about the company, mission, and open roles. They’ll also share their story about running a startup during college, negotiating with investors, and how to decide what’s important when faced with a tough decision. Cloud Agronomics founders returned to Brown this […]
Thinking about a path in a startup? Excited by the idea of building something from scratch, not working for anyone else, or episodes of Silicon Valley? In this pop-up workshop we’ll examine practical questions startup entrepreneurs, and early-stage startup team members, should ask before they take the plunge. • What motivates people to choose to […]
Grant Gurtin ’12, is a former BEO concentrator, founder of Fanium, and active angel investor. Grant came to Brown expecting to earn a Ph.D. in Math, but when he arrived in Providence, he was unsure about his passion for that material and like many college students, was unsure of his future. Soon, he found an […]
Join us for our first Funding the Future event of the semester with Angelique Brunner '94, founder and president of EB5 Capital, a $500 million investment firm that is revitalizing Washington D.C. EB5 Capital owns and operates USCIS-authorized Regional Centers that serve 15 states, including in California, New York, Oregon, and Washington, DC. The company […]
Brown EP and the Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship are excited to host a roundtable discussion with Robert Kagan '89. Robert is a business innovator and strategist, with over 25 years experience responsible for creating, operating and expanding companies. Adept at identifying new markets, creating successful business plans, personnel management, and finances. Well-defined understanding of the […]
Join the Brown Entrepreneurship Program (EP) and 15 Brown/RISD students as they visit a variety of female-founded startups, including: Collettey’s Cookies, Her Campus, IncluDe, Mass Challenge offices & Project Alianza. Applications are due Friday, February 1 by 11:59 PM.
Recently, there have been significant changes in U.S. immigration policy and practice. 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 the impact of these […]
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 the impact of these changes on would-be foreign national entrepreneurs/founders and employees, specifically, the impact on […]
Alan Harlam is 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 […]