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 […]
Founder Friday: Deciphering Disease and Improving Population Health How can we create better systems to support health care management for the chronically ill and underserved? How can technology improve healthcare outcomes and provide the independence that we all deserve when it comes to our health? These are the types of questions Dr. Piali De ScM […]
Discussion: For our next roundtable, join Brown EP and the Nelson Center for a discussion on with Elizabeth de Saint-Aignan '99, Managing Partner & Co-Founder, Collective Capital. Come discuss her journey through venture capital and private equity, how she evaluates tech investments, and the impact Brown's open curriculum and her Harvard MBA had on her career. […]
Ever since the summer of 1995, Mariah Calagione ’93 and her husband Sam Calagione have been brewing, cooking, selling and talking everything beer as the founders of Dogfish Head Craft Brewery. Fast forward 24 years and they have now merged Dogfish Head with the Boston Beer Company to create the largest American-owned indie craft brewery. Sam […]
Calling all entrepreneurs from Brown, RISD, PRIME, and the Alpert Medical School to showcase your venture. We hope that this event will promote entrepreneurship on campus by bringing awareness to the extraordinary ventures being run on College Hill, as well as be beneficial to you and your startup. The startup fair will be set up similarly […]
The Brown Arts Initiative (BAI) and the Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship (NCE) are excited to announce a new pilot program: the Pop-Up Challenge, a 24-hour creative initiative for Brown students to come together to connect, collaborate and have some fun. As our lives temporarily shift to a virtual world, that doesn't mean we have to […]
The Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship invites you to join a discussion on how founders and industry leaders are combatting the climate crisis, what it looks like to live in a carbon-constrained world, and how every entrepreneur can take action to add layers of sustainability into their business. Featuring moderator Wendy Abrams ‘87, P’21, environmentalist, founder of Cool Globes and […]
Join the Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship for a panel discussion about how Brown alumni entrepreneurs have grown and adapted through times of uncertainty in their startups and careers. The panel will feature Ben Chesler ‘15, co-founder of Imperfect Foods and Lisa Gelobter ‘91, founder & CEO of tEQuitable, moderated by Scott Norton ‘08, co-founder & […]
Join the Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship faculty for our second research conference examining entrepreneurship at the intersection of women, refugees, immigrants, allyship, and anti-Black racism. The Entrepreneurship You Don't See: Bringing Visibility to New Majority Founders. The Lifetime Achievement and Emerging Scholar in Entrepreneurship Awards will be conferred during the conference. The journal Gender Work and Organizations (GWO) will […]
Interested in starting your own venture or working in a startup environment? Want to learn more about the social mission behind many of the health-related companies in this dynamic panel? – Moderated by Professor Jennifer Nazareno of the School of Public Health and the Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship – you’ll learn more about the industry, […]
