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 […]

Van Wickle Ventures (“VWV”) is looking for new members! VWV is a student-run venture fund that invests in startups founded by Brown and RISD students, faculty, and alumni. Come to VWV's info session to learn how students are trained to make real investment decisions with real money. No prior experience needed! By joining VWV, you […]

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 […]