Join Brown EP and the Nelson Center for a Roundtable Discussion with Charlie Kroll '01, Co-Founder and President/COO of Ellevest. Come discuss Charlie's entrepreneurial career, his experiences helping build one of CNBC’s top 50 "Disruptor" companies (Ellevest), and the fintech industry. In order to ensure a personalized experience for all the participants, the roundtable is […]
Lisa Caputo is Executive Vice President of Marketing, Communications and Customer Experience for Travelers. She leads the company’s marketing, research, corporate communications, creative services and customer experience functions and is a member of the Management and Operating Committees, the Innovation Council and the Travelers Foundation Board. She joined Travelers after over 11 years at Citigroup, […]
Laura Thompson ’09 has spent the past decade working on radical innovations aimed at solving the world’s toughest problems. Laura was an early product lead at Google X, where she drove product strategy for science fiction-sounding technologies including self driving cars, smart contact lenses, and delivery drones. While at X, she spread the team’s learning in […]
Engage the right people to make transparent, fast, ‘safe-to-try’ decisions. This is where the rubber meets the road. Decisions are the cornerstone of our work, yet the process is often messy, confusing and slow. We will present a structure for different types of decisions and when to apply them. We will introduce integrated decision making […]
Join Rhode Island Inno for their annual Inno on Fire awards celebration recognizing the state's inventors, disruptors, luminaries, and newsmakers across all industries. They'll be heating up Rhode Island on February 12 to celebrate the people and organizations driving innovation in Rhode Island where they have announced winners in the following categories: Food and Drink, […]
Celebrating a decade in the solar industry, Dana Clare Redden is a passionate solar professional dedicated to the development of distributed generation solar globally. Growing up in a small rust-belt town in western Pennsylvania, the environmental impacts of fossil fuels shaped her perspective, particularly for disenfranchised communities and those most vulnerable. Realizing this need for […]
Rishabh is the founder of Gradly. Gradly streamlines immigration logistics for international students by bringing student loans, health insurance, US bank accounts, new phone lines, currency exchange & other services that international students need in a single app. Gradly's app eliminates lengthy paperwork, wait times, numerous fees & non-obvious decisions at every step for incoming international students, resulting […]
Calling all entrepreneurs from Brown, RISD, PRIME, and the Alpert Medical School to showcase your venture. We hope that this event will promote entrepreneurship on campus by bringing awareness to the extraordinary ventures being run on College Hill, as well as be beneficial to you and your startup. The startup fair will be set up similarly […]
The show is a celebration of all things Black hair! Brown Black Hairitage will host local Black stylists, barbers, and hair care entrepreneurs who will be providing free styles and cuts for students. The event will also feature a panel discussion about Black entrepreneurship in the hair industry, personal hair consultations, and free hair care […]
Join Brown EP and the Nelson Center for a Roundtable Discussion with Terri Cohen Alpert '85, Founder of Uno Alla Volta. Come discuss how a maternity leave "project" was the spark for Terri to create a brand with over a $20 million top line. Terri will discuss how a company's culture, brand, and economic model […]
