Come and meet Eric Tarczysnki, found of Contrary Capital, to talk about building businesses, investing, and technology. Contrary Capital is a decentralized, university-focused VC firm that specializes in supporting University-based founders.
The Business of Chemistry and the Chemistry of Business — the view from Ephraim Honig, Ph.D. '86, COO of Strem Chemicals, Inc. Chemicals, a small specialty chemicals business operating for more than 50 years in a multi-billion dollar global market. Did the discovery of Ferrocene in 1951 lead to the founding of Strem Chemicals by […]
Kris Brown ’89, corporate and securities law partner at Dechert LLP in New York City, tech and life sciences focused angel investor, and entrepreneur, will discuss the considerations involved in starting a new company, the legal and business structures to employ, and how to set out on the right path at the beginning to avoid […]
Join the Brown Arts Initiative and the Jonathan M. Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship for a panel discussion (5:30 - 7:00 PM) exploring the inception and evolution of sound ideas and the podcasting industry and the potential for sound and podcasts to act as avenues to launch initiatives, careers and businesses. You will hear from the […]
How did two Brown alum co-founders reinvent an industry around sleep? Join the Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship and co-founders Neil Parikh '11 and Luke Sherwin '12 of Casper, a mattress company that found an unmet need in a $14 billion industry, ready for disruption. Neil who attended one year of medical school and whose father […]
Join the Food Studies at Brown Speaker Series, featuring Sean Sherman, founder/CEO of the company The Sioux Chef. He will describe his decade-long entrepreneurial endeavor, to revive precontact Indigenous cuisine, create a Native foods restaurant and food truck, and publish his first cookbook, all while training the next generation of Native chefs. Sean will be […]
Are you thinking about starting a venture or currently running a startup? Join us and Howard Anderson, who has been on the Senior Faculty at MIT Sloan and the Harvard Business School and founder of the Yankee Group and Battery Ventures, for a workshop that provides guidance when a young company gets into trouble. For […]
Join us for our Founder Friday's series featuring Charlie Kroll '01, who started his entrepreneurial journey right in his dorm room at Brown University. After graduating in 2001 with a concentration in Economics, and with the help of mentors like Barrett Hazeltine and Stephen Siegel ScM '83, PhD '85, Charlie started Andera, a venture-backed tech […]
Join current VFA Fellows to learn about working at a startup and life as a VFA Fellow! Panelists will provide an overview of the fellowship, their personal experiences, and answer questions. REGISTER HERE. Venture for America is a two-year fellowship program for recent college graduates interested in entrepreneurship and working in a fast-paced, innovative startup […]
Join the Jonathan M. Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship and the Lady Project for a panel and discussion featuring women of color who are shifting, innovating, and positively disrupting the dynamics of entrepreneurship, leadership, and politics in Providence, RI. Nearly 8 out of every 10 new women-owned firms launched over the past nine years have been […]
