Join us for a Design+Health workshop in which Professor Danny Warshay will lead a discussion about the most critical skill in entrepreneurship - "bottom-up research" - the first step in the three-step Entrepreneurial Process that he teaches to aspiring entrepreneurs at Brown and all over the world. As opposed to the myth that entrepreneurs are […]
Brown University’s Breakthrough Lab (B-Lab) is an intensive 8-week accelerator program designed to support student entrepreneurs developing high-impact ventures. Each participating team receives access to custom mentoring, a peer cohort of dedicated founders, co-working space, and a $4,000 summer stipend. During this panel, learn about the program and meet the founders of B-Lab alumni ventures, […]
Kris is a partner in the corporate and securities group at Dechert LLP. He focuses on private equity and venture capital financing transactions, as well as M&A. He represents numerous financial and corporate strategic investors as well as several emerging growth companies in the healthcare, life sciences, information technology, software, Internet, consumer electronics, and telecommunications […]
Join us for our first Founder Fridays of the semester with Cliff Weitzman '16, a former Peer Entrepreneur In Residence at the Nelson Center, and now the founder of Speechify (https://getspeechify.com). Speechify is used in thousands of schools around the world by auditory learners who prefer to scan a book with their phone and listen, […]
Brown University’s Breakthrough Lab (B-Lab) is an intensive 8-week accelerator program designed to support student entrepreneurs developing high-impact ventures. We are agnostic to what type of venture we except into B-Lab and work with ventures from all backgrounds, from e-commerce to social impact. Each participating venture receives access to custom mentoring, a peer cohort of […]
Marina Hatsopoulos '87 is an entrepreneur, angel investor and a transformational leader in the 3D Printing world. Before her entrepreneurial career started, she studied music and math at Brown and graduated magna cum laude. She then went on to receive her master's in mechanical engineering at MIT. In 1994 she became the founding CEO and […]
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Entrepreneurship has been an essential skill set throughout Anne Marie Darling's career. Anne Marie earned an engineering degree from Brown University in 1993 and later an MBA from New York University’s Stern A School of Business in 2000. She then went on to work at the American Stock Exchange managing the research team. While in […]
Come and meet Eric Tarczynski, founder of Contrary Capital, to talk about building businesses, investing, and technology. Contrary Capital is a decentralized, university-focused VC firm backed by founders from Tesla, SoFi, Twitch, and many others that specialize in supporting university-based founders. Sign up for office hours here.
Recently, there have been significant changes in U.S. immigration policy and practice. Peter Roberts '83 will discuss the impact of these changes on would-be foreign national entrepreneurs/founders and employees, specifically, the impact of these changes on the processing of green card applications, the hiring and retention of foreign national employees, and international travel and explore […]
