Entrepreneurship Open House
Nelson Center 1 Euclid Avenue, Providence, RIJoin us in our new building on Thayer Street to meet the staff, faculty, mentors, and student groups from the entrepreneurial ecosystem on College Hill. Learn about a wide variety of resources from venture support grants and programs, student organizations, start-up focused events, and entrepreneurship-focused courses. All this and an ICE CREAM SUNDAE BAR! 🍨 […]
Anthony Burn ’16 (IE-Brown MBA): Office Hours
I have always been fascinated by the application of technological innovation to solve global issues, but within equal innovation in our politics and commerce, to help that technology achieve its greatest potential to transform lives and societies. Previously, I was with the Radiant Earth Foundation, an organization dedicated to providing open access to global ‘big […]
Contributions of Latino and Immigrant Entrepreneurs in RI Today and Tomorrow
Panelists: Mayor Jorge Elorza, City of Providence ⁎ Jennifer Nazareno - Assistant Professor, Brown University, ⁎ Oscar Mejias - Director, RI Hispanic Chamber of Commerce ⁎ Matt Vargas - VP of Business Service, Rhode Island Commerce Corporation ⁎ Kelly Ramirez - CEO, Social Enterprise Greenhouse ⁎ Tony Mendez – Rhode Island Small Business Owner. Please […]
EIR Office Hours: Arnell Milhouse
Arnell Milhouse is one of our 2019-2020 Entrepreneurs-in-Residence, which means he hosts bi-weekly office hours among other things at the Nelson Center. Arnell is a Providence local and graduate of Johnson and Wales University, where he discovered a passion for computer science. In 2015, he brought together his love of education and innovation by founding […]
4th Annual Brown Hack Health Kickoff Event
Friedman HallThe theme of this year's hackathon is Mental Health, and it will be a great opportunity to meet other students, connect with industry professionals, learn about mental health care, contribute to exciting projects, and win prizes! The kick-off event will feature a networking session and the Charles O. Cooke M.D. Distinguished Visiting Lectureship by Dr. Megan Ranney, […]
4th Annual Brown Health Hackathon
Friedman HallBrown Hack Health's 4th annual event is focused on Mental Health! This event is a new kind of hackathon that aims to create solutions to medical problems and barriers. It provides the opportunity to form teams and collaborate to identify issues and brainstorm innovative solutions. There will also be mentors from a diverse set of […]
Samanee Mahbub ’19: Office Hours
Samanee recently graduated from Brown with a History major but has always had a hand in entrepreneurship. She’s been a student director of EP as well as a PEIR at the Nelson Center. While at Brown, she worked at 5 start-ups including Slack, and she’s done roles across product management, operations and marketing. She works […]
Laura Thompson ’09: EIR Office Hours
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 […]
How Can We Design So No One’s Left Behind?
RISD 20 Washington Place, Providence, RIFrom Apple to Airbnb, we see the impact of design in some of the best products and services that we use every day. What about services for our most vulnerable populations? What does it look like to bring design to the work of improving services for governments and the public sector? Join Ben Guhin, Head […]