Amy Wolf '90 is a partner at Lykos Capital Partners, a private equity firm focused on consumer products and retail companies in the lower mid-market. She is a member of the Board of Directors of Hex Performance Detergent, Dancing Deer Baking Co. and Premama Wellness (founded by a Brown alum). Prior to investing in consumer […]
Funding the Future Series As an attorney, business advisor, and angel investor, Lorine Pendleton ‘91 is committed to helping underserved entrepreneurs and venture capitalists while also addressing gender and cultural blindspots within these industries. If women and underserved entrepreneurs were given the same opportunities for venture capital as men, it would generate over $1 trillion […]
Taylor Noguera is Managing Partner & Co-founder at Vaudeville Ventures, a digital strategy and growth agency focused on content, marketing, and experience creation for clients big and small. Taylor provides finance, business, product and audience acquisition strategy to start-ups and Fortune 500 companies alike, including Univision, Sotheby’s, Valence Media, Adverator and NBCUniversal. Taylor spent his […]
Join the Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship and the Brown EP club for a roundtable discussion with former HBO executive Bernadette Aulestia '94. Learn more about her personal story and interdisciplinary career, as well as come and ask questions about the infamous streaming wars. Aulestia also mentors start-ups on the relationship between culture and business results alongside […]
Shekar Ramaswamy,'21, is a junior studying computer science with an emphasis on machine learning. He's interned at a variety of companies across many spaces and has served as Sequoia Capital's campus ambassador to Brown since his first year. In his free time, he loves working on side projects with friends and playing basketball. Speak to […]
Erich Spangenbergis the CEO and co-founder of IPwe, a company using blockchain and AI to make it easy and far less expensive to analyze, interact with and transact in patents. He is recognized as one of the world’s top 50 IP strategists, credited with changing the way people think about and use patents. After an […]
Rohit is a Senior Analyst at Grand Ventures, a Venture Capital fund that invests between $500K and $1M in B2B software start-ups. At Grand Ventures, Rohit is responsible for pipeline development, due diligence, and portfolio support. He has previous venture capital experience from his time at SixThirty Global FinTech Fund and Cultivation Capital. At SixThirty, […]
Rohit is a Senior Analyst at Grand Ventures, a Venture Capital fund that invests between $500K and $1M in B2B software start-ups. At Grand Ventures, Rohit is responsible for pipeline development, due diligence, and portfolio support. He has previous venture capital experience from his time at SixThirty Global FinTech Fund and Cultivation Capital. At SixThirty, Rohit focused on financial technology, […]
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 […]
Founder Friday: Cultivating Creative Expression How can we leverage the power of art to create design interventions for social change? How can art help us reimagine our spaces and systems? Join Jayna Zweiman ‘01, co-founder of the Pussyhat Project and the Welcome Blanket, for an interview with Danny Warshay ‘87, P'20, P'23, executive director of […]
Pamela Reeves ’87, a Senior Fellow in International and Public Affairs at the Watson Institute, will moderate a discussion among three Brown undergraduates working on ambitious projects aimed at improving the circumstances of women in India, Jordan, Cuba, and the US. The event will kick off with a screening of “Period. End of Sentence.,” the […]
What does it mean to find and validate an unmet need? What problems are worth solving? How do you come up with a solution? How do you know when to iterate? Join Laura Thompson '09, the Nelson Center's Entrepreneur in Residence for a workshop on bottom-up research and how to apply this critical entrepreneurial skill […]
Can I start a company on a visa? Yes, you can! A Q&A with Unshackled Ventures Unshackled Ventures started in 2014 with a single mission: help immigrant founders succeed faster. By providing access to capital, a unique network of co-investors and full immigration support - including visa sponsorship and employment - Unshackled gives immigrant entrepreneurs […]
ARNELL MILHOUSE Entrepreneur in Residence 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 IntraCity Geeks, a K-12 STEM education non-profit organization. He is also CEO and co-founder of CareerDevs Computer […]
Jeff Goldman, Brown ’83, practices exclusively in the area of business immigration law. He has 27+ years of extensive experience representing technology, life science, and entrepreneurial businesses regarding all visa matters, as well as permanent residency applications. After managing the immigration law sections at two nationally recognized law firms for 11 years, Jeff opened his […]
Since completing her undergraduate degree at Brown University and a Masters at the University of Cape Town, Elspeth has coordinated global student internships, driven sustainable solution initiatives for numerous NGOs (both in the USA and South Africa) and led community impact programs. She is passionate about transnational learning and cross-cultural experiences. Recently, she has been […]
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 […]
HOW I FORGED MY OWN ENTREPRENEURIAL PATHWAY, FROM THE SOVIET BLOC TO BROWN TO WALL STREET TO FIN TECH Entrepreneurial careers can take many forms and endure different life cycles. Meet Alla Bashenko BA-MA ’98, who left her home in the Soviet Ukraine with just $100 in her pocket having been awarded a full scholarship to Brown. […]
Synapse is a cohort program that brings innovators together in the fall and culminates in a paid trip to New York City, January 15-18, 2020 (travel, lodging, food included) with 15 other Brown and RISD students to visit the greatest startup ecosystem on the East Coast. Engage one-on-one with leading innovators, inventors, and investors and […]
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 […]
