Rob Kagan '89, business innovator and strategist, has over 25 years experience responsible with creating, operating and expanding companies. Adept at identifying new markets, creating successful business plans, personnel management, and finances. Well-defined understanding of the business interface and capacity to identify and align clients’ emerging needs with products and services. Sign up for an […]
Larry Rand, Ph.D. '64, P'93 will lead an interactive discussion on “Sexism in Silicon Valley", an exploration and possible explanation why, in this bastion of entrepreneurialism and liberalism, there is so much discrimination against women, both in terms of advancement (for example Sheryl Sandberg and Meg Whitman notwithstanding) and pay. The answer may be found […]
Join the Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship for our Founder Friday series, featuring Brown alumna Aliza Knox '81, COO of Unlockd. Knox will share her extensive entrepreneurial journey where she built and operated business units in Singapore and San Francisco covering Asia, Latin America, and Europe in companies from Google to Twitter. Register here.
Looking for a little startup legal help? Sign up to speak with Ryan Juliano from Howell Legal, who is an expert in corporate and contract law. He provides strategic legal counsel to founders on formation issues and to established operators on funding growth, incentivizing a team, selling products and services, and acquisitions, all with a […]
B-Lab is an immersive, eight-week summer program run through the Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship, that enables student teams to advance their start-up businesses. Jason Harry, Ph.D., Associate Professor of the Practice, School of Engineering and the B-Lab director, will lead discussion with B-Lab alum, featuring: Adam Alpert '17, history; co-founder of Pangea, Vishnu Dantu '19, […]
Michael is a seasoned technology entrepreneur, investor, and executive with more than 24 years of experience with early stage companies. He is currently the Chief Financial Officer of Carbon38, a luxury apparel brand for women. He was one of the original founding partners of Rustic Canyon Partners, a technology-focused venture fund with over $850 million […]
Come and meet Eric Tarczysnki, found of Contrary Capital, to talk about building businesses, investing, and technology. Contrary Capital is a decentralized, university-focused VC firm that specializes in supporting University-based founders.
The Business of Chemistry and the Chemistry of Business — the view from Ephraim Honig, Ph.D. '86, COO of Strem Chemicals, Inc. Chemicals, a small specialty chemicals business operating for more than 50 years in a multi-billion dollar global market. Did the discovery of Ferrocene in 1951 lead to the founding of Strem Chemicals by […]
Kris Brown ’89, corporate and securities law partner at Dechert LLP in New York City, tech and life sciences focused angel investor, and entrepreneur, will discuss the considerations involved in starting a new company, the legal and business structures to employ, and how to set out on the right path at the beginning to avoid […]
Join the Brown Arts Initiative and the Jonathan M. Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship for a panel discussion (5:30 - 7:00 PM) exploring the inception and evolution of sound ideas and the podcasting industry and the potential for sound and podcasts to act as avenues to launch initiatives, careers and businesses. You will hear from the […]
