Join us for a talk with Stuart Weitzman, the shoe designer, entrepreneur and founder behind the shoe company, Stuart Weitzman. Stuart will share how he took advantage of risks, made use of unfettered imagination and unique approach to marketing, and created partnerships both inside an outside of the company resulting in creating a global brand for his comfortable […]

Developer Frank Liu reveals the business and financing strategy behind Post Houston, a billion-dollar project to bring housing, arts, retail, and a rooftop organic farm to a disused post office site. Liu will open his urban development policy playbook, a rare opportunity to see how a large-scale innovative development in a major city gets done. […]

Promise and Perils of New Technologies and Big Data for Human Rights and Humanitarianism in the 21st Century In place of hosting a Founder Friday event, we encourage you to attend one of our campus partner's upcoming events! The Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies is hosting its Inaugural Symposium and Reception. We want to highlight one […]

Insight Partners is a global venture capital firm based in New York City. Insight write checks anywhere from $10m Series A’s up to $300m later stage rounds. They have raised 10 funds over the past 20 years, invested in over 300 companies and had more than 40 IPOs. Prior investments include TurnitIn, Canvas, Twitter, Alibaba, […]

Tiana is an attorney focused on intellectual property and technology matters. Her experience covers a variety of technology-related transactions including: joint ventures, strategic alliances, and research and development; technology transfers; software licensing and distribution; co-branding agreements; and e-commerce, internet, and website agreements. In addition, Tiana has counseled clients regarding a wide array of patent, copyright, […]

Need help with your startup? Or discovering how to find customers? Join Deb Millscofield ‘82, who will lead a workshop that will show you how to find out if your idea has any value to your targeted customers (or just to you). Learn how to recognize a problem and how to create a solution that […]

Brown EP and the Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship are excited for an upcoming Roundtable Discussion with Tom First '89 and Tom Scott. In order to ensure a personalized experience for all the participants, the roundtable is limited to 10 students. Those interested in participating should complete this form by Monday, November 5 at 7:00 pm. […]

Founder Friday: Deciphering Disease and Improving Population Health How can we create better systems to support health care management for the chronically ill and underserved? How can technology improve healthcare outcomes and provide the independence that we all deserve when it comes to our health? These are the types of questions Dr. Piali De ScM […]