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The Eugene M. Lang Center for Entrepreneurship

February 12, 2008

Bringing Entrepreneurialism to Education

Joel I. Klein

The core leaders that I have at many levels in the system are not people who came from the education schools — they’re people who came from the business schools, and from the business sector. That causes me a lot of political heat, but that’s just fine.

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June 15, 2005

The impact of founder succession

A founder's departure can have a positive, negative or neutral effect on organizational performance. New research helps to predict the impact of founder succession on a particular organization.

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February 14, 2008

Capitalizing on the Sweet Tooth

Jill Stoddard

One day last year Chris Chen ’08 was making a snack in his kitchen when his roommate, a former pastry sous chef at Le Cirque, embellished it with sea salt and caramelized bananas. Suddenly Chris was struck with an idea — selling gourmet desserts out of a truck.

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January 03, 2008

Learning to Eureka

Jill Stoddard

Napoleon, Buddha, Bill Gates — what makes them all great? According to a new book by Professor Bill Duggan, extraordinary achievements begin with something known as “strategic intuition.”

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  • Entrepreneurship
  • Leadership
  • Strategy
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January 07, 2008

Can Video Games Teach Algebra?

Jill Stoddard

On a giant video screen, robot avatars armed with space-age immobilizers competed in a 3D landscape. But in order to win, these players better know their algebra.

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  • Entrepreneurship
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May 09, 2008

Tips for Managing a Fast-Growing Company

Ryan Petersen '08

When a company’s development is driven primarily by industry-wide expansion rather than a company’s innovation and operational excellence, you can be certain that the business will experience its share of growing pains.

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April 10, 2008

The Midas Touch

Maryam Banikarim '93

The ability to see change before it happens — or to imagine change and create it — can result in billions of dollars. Can it be taught?

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  • Entrepreneurship
  • Leadership
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March 13, 2008

The Road to Entrepreneurship

Ryan Petersen '08

As graduation nears, scaling up my business has again become my top priority.

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April 30, 2008

Overcoming Start-Up Doubts in India

Yasmina McCarty '08

On February 1st I moved to Hyderabad, India to officially start GreenMango’s operations. That first day, a lot went wrong.

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  • Entrepreneurship
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January 14, 2008

Putting Skills to the Test in Africa

Ryan Petersen ’08

If I think too much about it, Nigeria scares me. But my nervous tension is dwarfed by the excitement that only a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity can create.

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June 27, 2006

Strategic intuition: The key to innovation

Combining ideas from military history, cognitive psychology and modern neuroscience, strategic intuition offers a four-step method for identifying and capturing opportunity.

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February 15, 2008

The Case Method Makes Room for Africa

Ryan Petersen ’08

Over the past decade, leading African business schools have adopted the traditional case method. But how much can they really learn from these cases when they are about American companies that routinely leave Africa out of their operating plans altogether?

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May 02, 2008

Solving the Entrepreneurship Puzzle

Glenn Hubbard

To many, entrepreneurship calls to mind the path-breaking motivation envisioned by Schumpeter’s “creative destruction.” But much of entrepreneurship — and much of what we can teach in business school — is more akin to “nondestructive creation.”

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October 24, 2007

Beyond the five-year strategic plan

In his new book, Bill Duggan reveals how to cultivate strategic intuition to drive innovation, solve problems and capitalize on unforeseen opportunities.

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April 16, 2008

With This Plan, Everyone Wins

Jill Stoddard

An inventive method for reducing prescription noncompliance wins this year’s Outrageous Business Plan Competition.

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June 15, 2005

Policy and entrepreneurship

Dean Glenn Hubbard talks about why progressive tax rates tend to deter new entrepreneurs and how far governments should go to create a favorable environment for entrepreneurship.

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April 09, 2008

PE or VC: What's in a Name?

Sanjeev Sharma '06

Before working at a venture capital company, I tried for years to figure out how to quickly determine if something is a venture capital investment or a private equity investment.

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January 25, 2006

Thinking small: Entrepreneurship in India

Despite all the fuss about offshoring to Bangalore, Amar Bhide claims it can't transform India's economy. Here, he explains the reforms needed to spur business growth and put India on the fast track.

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Academics

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Management Division

The Entrepreneurship Program

B7633: High-Technology Marketing

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B9777: What does it take to raise venture capital?

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B9701: Innovate or Die

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B7799: Personal Leadership & Success

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B8399: Entrepreneurial Finance

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  • Corporate Finance
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B8301: Advanced Corporate Finance

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B6150: Law for Managers & Entrepreneurs

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B9377: Private Equity (Master Class)

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B9677: High-technology Entrepreneurship (Master Class)

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B8699: Entrepreneurial Selling

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B7399: Entrepreneurial Finance

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  • Corporate Finance
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B8705: Launching New Ventures

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  • Entrepreneurship
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B9777: Entrepreneurship in Africa (Master Class)

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  • Entrepreneurship
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  • World Business

B9455: Social Entrepreneurship: Global Perspective

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  • Entrepreneurship
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  • Social Enterprise

B8713: Introduction to Venturing

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B9701: Managing the Growing Company

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  • Entrepreneurship
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  • Strategy

B9777: Entrepreneurial Greenhouse (Master Class)

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  • Entrepreneurship
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B9701: Business Technology & Innovation

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  • Media and Technology

B7739: Advanced Entrepreneurship

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B8699: Entrepreneurial Selling

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  • Entrepreneurship
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B8699: Systematic Creativity in Business

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B9701: Adv. Seminar: Private Equity Emerging Markets

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  • Corporate Finance
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B7677: New Product Development

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B7604: New Product Development

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B9601: High-Tech Marketing & Entrepreneurship

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B7713: Introduction to Venturing

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B8201: Economics of Strategic Behavior

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B9301: Venture Capital

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School News & Events

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March 06, 2008

Goldman Sachs Announces Global Women's Education Initiative and CBS Partnership

CEO Lloyd Blankfein said the firm pledges $100 million to provide 10,000 underserved women with education and mentoring in business, management and entrepreneurship. Read more...

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  • Business Economics and Public Policy
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Organizations
  • Social Enterprise
  • World Business
February 18, 2008

Columbia Takes its Show on the Road

This feature describes the work CBS students have done with African entrepreneurs as part of Professor Murray Low's master class, Entrepreneurship in Africa. Dana Malman, Katie Leonberger and Ryan Petersen, all class of 2008, are quoted. Read more...

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April 23, 2008
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

University Wide Entreprenurial Pitchfest

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Directory

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Toby Stuart
Toby Stuart

tes2103@columbia.edu
212-854-0654

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  • Entrepreneurship
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  • Strategy
Murray Low
Murray Low

mbl2@columbia.edu
212-854-4403

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John Donaldson
John Donaldson

jd34@columbia.edu
212-854-4436

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  • Business Economics and Public Policy
  • Capital Markets and Investments
  • Corporate Finance
  • Entrepreneurship
Catherine Clark
Catherine Clark

cathy@cathyhc.com
917-328-4418

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  • Entrepreneurship
  • Social Enterprise
John Moon
John Moon

jjm2001@columbia.edu
212-854-7903

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  • Corporate Finance
  • Entrepreneurship
Pamela Hartigan
Pamela Hartigan

ph2277@columbia.edu
212-854-7903

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  • Entrepreneurship
  • Social Enterprise
  • World Business
Rita McGrath
Rita McGrath

rdm20@columbia.edu
212-854-6155

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  • Entrepreneurship
  • Leadership
Rick Larson
Rick Larson

rl2423@columbia.edu
212-854-7903

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  • Entrepreneurship
  • Social Enterprise
Cliff Cramer
Cliff Cramer

cc2663@columbia.edu
212-854-2327

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  • Corporate Finance
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Healthcare
  • Leadership
Jack Kaplan
Jack Kaplan

jk697@columbia.edu
212-854-2211

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  • Entrepreneurship
Brendan Burns
Brendan Burns

bburns@vigilar.com
212-854-7903

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  • Entrepreneurship
  • Media and Technology
Amarnath Bhide
Amarnath Bhide

avb24@columbia.edu
212-854-0516

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  • Entrepreneurship
  • Leadership
  • Strategy
Clifford Schorer
Clifford Schorer

cjs24@columbia.edu
212-854-3244

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  • Entrepreneurship

School News

May 19, 2008

The Media and the Entrepreneur: An Interview With Former Reporter Sally Sherry

The Media and the Entrepreneur Read more...

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  • Entrepreneurship
May 16, 2008

Columbia Entrepreneur Profiles

Columbia Entrepreneur Profiles Read more...

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  • Entrepreneurship
May 08, 2008

Greenhouse Alumni Profile: Ryan Petersen '08: ImportGenius.com

Greenhouse Alumni Profile: Ryan Petersen '08: ImportGenius.com Read more...

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  • Entrepreneurship
May 08, 2008

Alumni Profile: Enrique Coronado '08: Por Ti, Familia

Alumni Profile: Enrique Coronado '08: Por Ti, Familia Read more...

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  • Entrepreneurship
  • Risk Management
May 05, 2008

Greenhouse Graduating Student Profile: Christopher Relyea '08: Edustor

Greenhouse Graduating Student Profile: Christopher Relyea '08: Edustor Read more...

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  • Entrepreneurship
May 02, 2008

The 2008 Lang Fund Recipients

The 2008 Lang Fund Recipients Read more...

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  • Entrepreneurship
April 30, 2008

Outrageous Fortune

The Outrageous Business Plan Competition is highlighted as part of CBS’s innovative approach to teaching entrepreneurship. Read more...

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  • Entrepreneurship
  • Social Enterprise
April 23, 2008

Columbia MBA Team Takes First Prize at GSVC Finals

Columbia MBA Team Takes First Prize at GSVC Finals Read more...

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  • Entrepreneurship
April 22, 2008

Greenhouse Alumni Profile: Juliana Almeida'08

Greenhouse Alumni Profile: Juliana Almeida'08 Read more...

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  • Entrepreneurship
April 20, 2008

Way Outside the Box

Winners of Columbia Business School's 2008 Outrageous Business Plan Competition garner attention for the inventiveness of their ideas. Read more...

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  • Entrepreneurship
April 11, 2008

Making Recycling Really Pay

RecycleBank, co-founded by Ron Gonen ’04, is greening neighborhoods by creating an economic incentive for recycling. “Recycling is something you can do today that has a significant environmental impact on the way you live,” says Gonen. Read more...

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  • Entrepreneurship
  • Media and Technology
  • Social Enterprise
April 07, 2008

Join the Women’s Entrepreneur Network

The Entrepreneurship Program at Columbia Business School has long been an active advocate for female entrepreneurs. One of the forums supported specifically for women entrepreneurs is the Women�?�¢??s Entrepreneur Network (WEN), a growing membership that brings alumnae and other women entrepreneurs together for learning, advice, and discussion. Read more...

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  • Entrepreneurship
  • Leadership
April 07, 2008

Greenhouse Alumni Profile: Agnes Chu '08: Pixelmemory.com

Greenhouse Alumni Profile: Agnes Chu '08: Pixelmemory.com Read more...

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  • Entrepreneurship
March 24, 2008

Students participate in Brazilian International Consulting Project with Endeavor

Three SEP students traveled to Sao Paulo, Brazil during Winter break, to work on a pro bono consulting project. Read more...

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  • Entrepreneurship
  • Social Enterprise
March 06, 2008

Goldman Sachs Announces Global Women's Education Initiative and CBS Partnership

CEO Lloyd Blankfein said the firm pledges $100 million to provide 10,000 underserved women with education and mentoring in business, management and entrepreneurship. Read more...

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  • Business Economics and Public Policy
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Organizations
  • Social Enterprise
  • World Business
March 05, 2008

Hear from the 2008 Greenhouse Program Class

Hear from the 2008 Greenhouse Program Class Read more...

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March 05, 2008

Greenhouse Alumni Profile: Camron Moradi '08: Avenida

Greenhouse Alumni Profile: Camron Moradi ’08: Avenida Read more...

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  • Entrepreneurship
February 28, 2008

Listen to Our Alumni Entrepreneurs Talk about The Entrepreneurship Program

Listen to Our Alumni Entrepreneurs Talk about The Entrepreneurship Program Read more...

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  • Entrepreneurship
February 18, 2008

Columbia Takes its Show on the Road

This feature describes the work CBS students have done with African entrepreneurs as part of Professor Murray Low's master class, Entrepreneurship in Africa. Dana Malman, Katie Leonberger and Ryan Petersen, all class of 2008, are quoted. Read more...

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  • Entrepreneurship
  • World Business
February 07, 2008

Watch Recordings of Program Events

Watch Recordings of Program Events Read more...

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  • Entrepreneurship
April 20, 2007

First Annual Ecademy Awards Celebrates Entrepreneurship at the School's Open House

First Annual Ecademy Awards Celebrates Entrepreneurship at the School's Open House Read more...

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  • Entrepreneurship
March 27, 2007

Relatively Speaking: A New Forum for Family Businesses

Relatively Speaking: A New Forum for Family Businesses Read more...

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March 27, 2007

GSVC's Judges Select Semi-finalists

GSVC's Judges Select Semi-finalists Read more...

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  • Business Economics and Public Policy
  • Entrepreneurship
  • World Business
March 27, 2007

Fighting Global Warming One Mortgage at a Time

Alumnus Edward Mannix '04 takes on Global Warming Read more...

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  • Business Economics and Public Policy
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Real Estate
March 27, 2007

Women’s Entrepreneur Network

The Entrepreneurship Program at Columbia Business School has long been an active advocate for female entrepreneurs. One of the forums supported specifically for women entrepreneurs is the Women’s Entrepreneur Network [WEN], a growing membership that brings alumnae and other women entrepreneurs together for learning, advice, and discussion. Read more...

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  • Entrepreneurship
  • Leadership
March 27, 2007

News Briefs, Announcements, and Notices

News Briefs, Announcements, and Notices Read more...

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February 14, 2007

Social entrepreneurs gather at Columbia Business School

As America embarks on resolving today's most pressing social and environmental problems, Columbia Business School has been ahead of the game by joining a social community that brings together field experts and student entrepreneurs across social realms for opportunities to showcase concepts, network, and compete for cash prizes. Read more...

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December 14, 2006

The Entrepreneur's Holiday Bookshelf

The Entrepreneur's Holiday Bookshelf Read more...

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November 29, 2006

MSNBC: Murray Low Answers Small Business Questions from Viewers

MSNBC: Murray Low Answers Small Business Questions from Viewers Read more...

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  • Entrepreneurship
November 17, 2006

A Time for Entrepreneurial Harvesting

Lang Fund Venture Fair: A Time for Entrepreneurial Harvesting Read more...

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  • Entrepreneurship
October 13, 2006

The CEO Supercharges Entrepreneurs

The CEO Supercharges Entrepreneurs Read more...

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September 12, 2006

Columbia Team Competes in Fortune Business Plan Contest

James Baird III ?06, Diego Sanchez ?06, Wayne Thorsen ?06 and Eric Zavesky reached the semifinals of Fortune Small Business magazine?s annual business plan contest. Read more...

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  • Entrepreneurship
September 11, 2006

Vote Today! Battle of the Business Plans

Vote Today! Battle of the Business Plans Read more...

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  • Entrepreneurship
July 20, 2006

YOU'RE ON!: Creating Sizzling Soundbites

YOU'RE ON!: Creating Sizzling Soundbites Read more...

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  • Entrepreneurship
  • Leadership
  • Marketing
June 08, 2006

Lang Center for Entrepreneurship Celebrates 10th Anniversary

Alumni, faculty members and supporters of the School’s Entrepreneurship Program celebrated the Eugene M. Lang Center for Entrepreneurship’s 10th anniversary at a reception last week. Read more...

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June 08, 2006

The Lang Center for Entrepreneurship Celebrates 10th Anniversary

The Lang Center for Entrepreneurship Celebrates 10th Anniversary Read more...

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May 31, 2006

Join the Columbia Entrepreneurs Online Community

Join the Columbia Entrepreneurs Online Community Read more...

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May 12, 2006

Congratulations to the Entrepreneurial Greenhouse Class of 2006

Congratulations to the Entrepreneurial Greenhouse Class of 2006 Read more...

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  • Entrepreneurship
May 12, 2006

The Lang Fund's Tenth Year Brings Five More Investments

The Lang Fund's Tenth Year Brings Five More Investments Read more...

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  • Entrepreneurship
May 12, 2006

Building a Wealth of Communities: Wikispaces a Year Later

Building a Wealth of Communities: Wikispaces a Year Later Read more...

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  • Entrepreneurship
  • Media and Technology
May 12, 2006

Agora Partnerships: A New Model for Development

Agora Partnerships: A New Model for Development Read more...

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  • Business Economics and Public Policy
  • Entrepreneurship
  • World Business
May 12, 2006

Tango Tops 200,000 in Circulation

Tango Tops 200,000 in Circulation Read more...

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  • Media and Technology
May 12, 2006

The Annual Global Social Ventu