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EP Boston Synapse Spring 2023
Synapse Boston 2023 by Katie Dahlen On Friday, April 21, 2023, we had the opportunity to host Synapse Boston, a trip that had not taken place since 2018. Our day started at 8:45 AM at the Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship, where we all gathered. We then boarded the...
Breaking Records: 2023 Brown Venture Prize Pitch Night
Last week, over 400 guests entered Sayles Hall for the sixth annual Brown Venture Pitch Prize. This number marks the Nelson Center’s largest audience yet. Designed to highlight and empower Brown startups, the Brown Venture Prize welcomed eight finalists from a pool of...
Boston Globe Article Features YEP! Young Entrepreneurs of Providence
Ivy League, local high school students, look to close economic income gaps through entrepreneurship | A free incubator program for students in college towns, the Young Entrepreneurs Program has worked with 12 different Providence public schools, By Alexa Gagosz Globe...
Accessibility, health equity and community take center state in student B-Lab ventures
Accessibility, health equity and community take center stage in student B-Lab ventures News from Brown,Maggie Spear, September 30, 2022 The work of the 2022 cohort of the Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship’s student venture accelerator culminated in presentations and...
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...
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...