Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship is an emerging focus of a number if different constituencies within the University. There are numerous organizations at and affiliated with Columbia intended to encourage and facilitate new and innovative businesses.

Many students are participants in major entrepreneurship-oriented student organizations, such as CORE or CEO. Some resources are specific to a division or school, such as the Lang Center at Columbia Business School, or a number of programs hosted by the Engineering school.

At Columbia

Undergraduate

Student Groups

1. CORE (The Columbia Organization of Rising Entrepreneurs is the undergraduate entrepreneurship society.)
2. SETI (Society for Entreprenuership and Technological Innovation; founded during 2008-2009; website hasn't changed in a year)
3. ADI (Application Development Initiative)
4. Computer Science Department:
   1. ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)
5. APAM
   1. SIAM Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics

Administrative Initiatives

1. CTICE
   1. entrepreneurial program
   2. entrepreneurial minor

Courses

1. CS
   1. PIE
2. ENG
   1. minor in entrepreneurship
      1. Required Courses:

         1. ENGI E2261: Introduction to accounting and finance (3.0 points)
         2. 
BUSI W3021: Marketing and marketing management (3.0 points)

         3. IEOR E4998: Managing technological innovation and entrepreneurship (3.0 points)
      2. Electives (either two courses from list A or one course from list A and one from list B):
         1. A: Engineering electives (at least one)

            1. CHEN E4020: "Protection of Industrial and Business Property" (3.0 points)
            2. CIEN E4136: "Entrepreneurship in Civil Engineering and Construction" (3.0 points)

            3. COMS W4444: "Programming and Problem Solving" (3.0 points)

            4. BMEN E3998: "Projects in Biomedical Engineering" (3.0 points)

            5. IEOR E4550: "Entrepreneurial Business Creation for Engineers" (3.0 points)

            6. ISME E4310: "The manufacturing enterprise" (3.0 points)
            7. SCNC W3010: "Science, Technology, and Society" (3.0 points)
 or
 URBS V3310: "Science and Technology in Urban Environments" (3.0 points)
 (but not both)
         2. B: Other electives (no more than one)

            1. ECIE E4280: "Corporate Finance" (3.0 points)

            2. IEOR W4308: "Industrial Budgeting and Finance Control" (3.0 points)
      3. Other Courses:
         1. Technology Management K4123

MANAGING EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES

Columbia Business School

Student Groups

1. Technology Business Group (TBG), ~200 Members
   1. Contact: [1]
2. CEOCEO
3. PEVC
4. SBCP small business consulting program

Administrative Initiatives

1. lang center, aka lang foundation
   1. contact: [2] Laura Lee
   2. list of resources from Lang Center
      1. list of finalist for the lang $, 2010
      2. CEO/Lang outrageous business competition
2. career management center
3. greenhouse; apply by sending in a powerpoint. More info here and here.

University-wide

1. STV
   1. venture lab (startup program)
      1. contact: [3] David Lerner

Affiliated with Columbia

1. CVC (2006-; 1,212 members): a meetup group mostly active among alumni. Open to all CU affiliates.

NYC-based, not-affiliated with CU, but open to Columbia affiliates

NYTM (2004-; 14,000 members)

New York Tech Meetup

NY technology M

http://www.meetup.com/New-York-Technology-Meetup/

hackNY

hackNY.org organizes internships and lectures in the summer and hackathons during the school year

NYC events

1. NY entrepreneur week April 12-16 2010

other NYC university groups

1. NYUVC (?; ? members):
2. tech@NYU