Entrepreneurship

Andrea Wenner'05, founder and executive director of Out2Play, featured in Columbia Magazine, by Cristina Najarro CC'10.

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

March 8th celebrates International Women’s Day. For the Columbia Business School, this day was preceded by the announcement by Goldman Sachs of $100 million to fund education for women in emerging markets; Columbia Business School was named as one of the 10 partner schools.

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

The CJEB Working Paper Series has recently published two new installments.

Article by By Katie Leonberger '08, cofounder of Microlumbia, the student-run microfinance investment fund.

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.

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.

More than 60 alumni, faculty members and supporters of the School’s Entrepreneurship Program celebrated the 10th anniversary of the Eugene M. Lang Center for Entrepreneurship at a reception at the Metropolitan Club.

Declaring that business schools should be “growth’s lobbyist,” Dean Glenn Hubbard discussed how the MBA has contributed to the success of American business and to entrepreneurial capitalism worldwide.