Brown EP and the Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship are proud to host a roundtable discussion with Yelitsa Jean-Charles RISD '16. Yelitsa will sit down with 8 selected students who will have a candid and informal discussion. Yelitsa is the founder of Healthy Roots, 2015 B-Lab alumna and former Swearer Center Social Innovation Fellow. She is […]
OFFICE HOURS FULL. Since starting Healthy Roots in 2015, Yelitsa has graduated from RISD with a BFA in Illustration and a concentration in Gender, Race & Sexuality. She was most recently recognized on Essence’s 2017 50 Founders to watch list. Take advantage of the one-one office hours with Yelitsa to ask her questions, and learn from her success! […]
REGISTER HERE! Registration closes at 5:00 PM on 9/22. Startup@Brown is a day-long conference on Saturday, September 29 at Brown University that brings together innovative startups and talented students. Come to learn about startups and their stories. Leave with a new perspective and your next summer internship or full-time job. KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: Jessica Kim ‘00, Founder […]
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 tax, […]
Brown EP, The Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship, and the Department of Philosophy are proud to host a roundtable discussion with Dov Seidman, CEO of LRN and author of HOW: Why HOW We Do Anything Means Everything. Dov will sit down with 6-8 selected students who will have a candid and informal discussion about moral leadership and share […]
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The Get Started Rhode Island pitch competition finalists have been selected! Register here! The event will be held at the WaterFire Arts Center and will feature seven companies, which will compete for a prize package valued at up to $50,000. The following companies were selected: Medley Genomics – A company dedicated to addressing the challenges […]
Troy Henikoff is Managing Director of MATH Venture Partners. He was a Co-founder of Excelerate Labs, which became Techstars Chicago in 2013. Troy also helps manage the FireStarter Fund, teaches Entrepreneurship at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Business, and is on the board of the Chicago-land Entrepreneurial Center. Prior to TechStars Chicago, Troy was the […]
Are businesses at the convergence of technology and life sciences getting early-stage funding globally? Are global life sciences companies looking to be innovators by involving AI, the cloud, and machine learning to play a role in drug discovery? Does a culture that encourages failure also favor innovation? These are some questions that will be discussed […]
Kris Brown '89, is a corporate partner at Goodwin Procter LLP. He negotiates and structures private equity and venture capital financing transactions. Kris advises on a broad range of financings, including venture, private equity and capital markets transactions, for financial and corporate strategic investors as well as emerging growth companies in the life sciences and […]
