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The Eugene Lang Entrepreneurship

Center Information Session

February 24, 2015

columbia.edu/entrepreneurship

[email protected]

212.854.3244

#CBSstartups

Columbia Business School

MISSION STATEMENT The Lang Center is the hub of

entrepreneurship at

Columbia Business School.

Our mission is to instill an entrepreneurial mindset

in all students while providing them with the tools,

education and resources needed to pursue their

entrepreneurial ambitions.


LANG CENTER STAFF

Vincent Ponzo ’03 Director, Lang Center for Entrepreneurship

Professor Sheena Iyengar Interim Faculty Director

Professor Murray Low Director of Entrepreneurship Education

Professor Clifford Schorer Director, Entrepreneurs in Residence Program


LANG CENTER STAFF

Ashley Zwick Administrative Director

Sandra Merrill Senior Associate Director of Programs

Kristen Bulatović Accounts Payable Officer


Entrepreneurship at Columbia Business School


DATA

.07% of all companies created

in last ten years reach

valuation of $1B or more

(39 companies)

Of these 39 companies:

- 13 (33%) had a founder with an MBA

- 32 (82%) had a founding member or

a current exec with an MBA


THE RIGHT PLACE:

COLUMBIA BUSINESS SCHOOL

Increasing interest in entrepreneurship

Collaboration with Engineering, Law, Journalism,

Medicine, Public Health, Public Affairs, etc.

World class students, faculty & administrators

Distinguished alumni with network density in NYC

and SF

Ivy League brand, access and resources

LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION


OPPORTUNITY

Today, entrepreneurship is more than the

process of starting a business.

An entrepreneurial mindset is crucial for all

organizations: small or large, new or old,

for-profit or not-for-profit.

THINK, START, GROW


START

10

Incoming Students

(The Best)

CEO

Lions Lab

Columbia StartUp Lab Summer

(Harlem Garage)

Second-Year Curriculum

Greenhouse

(2nd Years Only)

Spring Venture Showcase (Investors)

Lang Fund Investment/Match

Columbia StartUp Lab

(WeWork)

Alumni Success!!!


GROW

Incoming Students

(The Best)

NYC StartUp Treks

Workshops, panels, guest

speakers

Lang Fellows (Summer Grant

Program)

Fall and Winter StartUp Career

Fairs

CBS students placed at start

ups

Alumni Success!!!

Small Business

Consulting Program


CURRICULUM

FEATURED COURSES

– Entrepreneurial Finance with Dean Hubbard

– Lean Launchpad with Steve Blank

– Digital Literacy for Decision Makers

– Greenhouse Master Class

– Data Science and Entrepreneurship (with Engineering)

– Social Venture Incubator

– Managing the Growing Company

– Intro To Venturing

– Launching New Ventures


PROGRAMING & SUPPORT

Innovation and Entrepreneurship at

Columbia Program

Entrepreneurs in Residence Program

The Entrepreneurial Sounding Board


PROGRAMING & SUPPORT

Columbia Startup Lab – Summer

(1st Years)

Columbia Startup Lab – WeWork

(2nd Years)

Lang Fellows: Summer Internship

Deadline: 11:59PM, April 6


EVENTS

SPRING 2015

Columbia SharkTank Competition

Spring Venture Showcase

Entrepreneurship Festival

FALL 2015

Fall Venture Fair

Startup Resources Fair

#CBSstartups Week at CBS


COLUMBIA BUSINESS SCHOOL

CEO

Vince Ponzo Office Hours (via COIN)

WEBSITE

– Lang Center:

gsb.columbia.edu/entrepreneurship

– Twitter:

@ColumbiaEntProg | @Columbia_Biz

– Facebook:

The Eugene Lang Entrepreneurship Center at


SELECT RESOURCES

COLUMBIA WIDE

CORE: coreatcu.com

ADI: adiatcu.com

CU Entrepreneurship:

entrepreneurship.columbia.edu

NEW YORK CITY

Columbia Venture Community (CVC)

Gary’s Guide: garysguide.com/events

(Job Fairs, events, etc.)

Startup Digest: startupdigest.com

Digital NYC: www.digital.nyc/

MeetUp: meetup.com


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Uris Hall, 2M gsb.columbia.edu/entrepreneurship

[email protected]

212.854.3244

#CBSstartups

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