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Prof. Banu Ozkazanc-Pan Testifies before U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
On June 26, 2019, Prof. Banu Ozkazanc-Pan was invited to testify before the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, chaired by Senator Marco Rubio. The hearing focused on the reauthorization of the Small Business Act, which includes the Small...
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The Heart of the Problem: Alumni Feature on Jessica Murphy ’00, Co-Founder and Chief Customer Officer of True Fit
Image courtesy of True Fit Jessica Murphy ’00, co-founder and chief customer officer of True Fit, discusses pitfalls and pure entrepreneurial joy with B-Lab 2019 cohort Jessica Murphy ’00 spends most of her time racing from airport to airport on her way to solve...
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2019 MAY SAN FRANCISCO SYNAPSE TRIP RECAP: From Slack to Robinhood to Learning from Alumni Entrepreneurial Leaders
This past May, the Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship and Brown Entrepreneurship Program (EP) took 9 students on an immersive Synapse trip to explore the startup culture in San Francisco, CA. The five-day, all-expenses-paid trip was made possible through the...
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2019-2020 Entrepreneurs in Residence Announced
We are thrilled to announce that Laura Thompson ‘09 and Arnell Milhouse will be joining the Nelson Center as Entrepreneurs in Residence for the upcoming 2019-2020 academic year. Both Laura and Arnell have been long-standing supporters of the Nelson Center, helping...
read moreIntroducing…Alumni Entrepreneurship Circles
Attention Brown Alumni! Looking to network within the Brown entrepreneurial community? Miss the intellectual discussions you had as a student at Brown? Want to talk with others who are passionate about entrepreneurship? Introducing…Alumni Entrepreneurship...
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Brown Grad Students Underscore the Broad Spectrum of Entrepreneurship Research: Tech Disruption in U.S. Healthcare, African Entrepreneurs in China, and The Paradox of Social Enterprise
This past April, three graduate students presented their entrepreneurial research projects to a packed room at the Brown Faculty Club from Brown faculty and their peers to visiting students from the Young Southeast Asian Leadership Initiative (YSEALI). Their topics...
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