Columbia Entrepreneurship — residing in the President’s office, with close collaboration between numerous schools, institutes, student and alumni clubs, and the CAA — provides countless opportunities for alumni entrepreneurs. Here are just four ways Columbia Entrepreneurship is engaging alumni.
- The #StartupColumbia Festival, a daylong conference featuring accomplished alumni entrepreneurs on April 24. Join us for a celebration of disruption, innovation, and new venture creation.
- The Columbia Venture Competition, a University-wide contest awarding $250,000 in prizes to students and young alumni with promising startups. This year, more than 240 submissions were received. Stay tuned — judging is currently underway. Winners will be announced at the #Startup Columbia Festival on April 24.
- The Columbia Startup Lab, which serves as a corporate headquarters for 43 startups founded by young alumni from Columbia College, Engineering, Business, Law, Continuing Education, GSAPP, and SIPA. Read more about what goes on at this SoHo workspace in Columbia Magazine.
- Earlier this month, the CAA and Columbia Entrepreneurship joined forces for a West Coast tour of regional clubs. From Seattle to San Diego, alumni gathered for panel discussions with local alumni founders and executives and for my own presentation of on-campus initiatives. These events also served to strengthen partnerships between on-campus entrepreneurship programming and local CAA leaders.
And, as a follow-up to last week’s post, 10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Our Alumni, I have another fun fact to share. Six Columbians have become astronauts!
