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Breakthrough Lab 2022: Recap
In June, the Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship opened its doors to 13 student ventures for Breakthrough Lab (B-Lab) our eight-week summer accelerator program. While founders came to B-Lab from a wide range of disciplinary backgrounds most were relatively new to the...
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A Celebratory Return: 2022 Brown Venture Prize Pitch Night
After two years online, the fifth annual Brown Venture Prize Pitch Night returned in full celebration for an in-person event held in Alumnae Hall. The Brown Venture Prize, designed to empower the most advanced entrepreneurial ventures by Brown students, received...
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Tuesdays in Tokyo | Yasuhiro Yamakawa, Ph.D., President, CIC Japan
We are pleased to host Yasuhiro Yamakawa, Ph.D., President Cambridge Innovation Center, CIC Japan as part of our Japan Synapse | Tuesdays in Tokyo series. CIC was founded in Cambridge, MA, and globally runs innovation centers, which support entrepreneurs and startups....
read moreNelson Center’s 2021 Year in Review
Despite the challenges we all faced this past year, we are grateful that through the support of the Nelson Center community we can look back and find many moments of joy, learning, and growth. Whether virtually or in person, the Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship...
read moreFall 2021 Venture Update: Startups Raise Capital, Hit Major Retailers, and much more!
As another interesting year comes to an end, we want to recognize the perseverance of students and alums who continue to identify problems and develop solutions with impact. Although not a comprehensive list, here are a few Nelson Center entrepreneurs who in the past...
read moreMeet the B-Lab 2021 Venture: Flowbits
Flowbits streamlines digital coordination and reimagines the flow of information; this allows us to be the seamless bridge between organizations and their audience, and the remover of friction between intent and action. The thoughtful integration and intuitive...
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