Event Details
The NYU Entrepreneurs Festival is a rare opportunity to publicly showcase and celebrate successful NYU entrepreneurs and provide a platform to share their stories of success (along with the challenges overcome along the way) with the rest of the NYU community. All of the keynotes and panelists are NYU student, faculty or alumni entrepreneurs. The day and a half event will feature a mixture of Keynotes, Entrepreneurs Panels, Startup Roundtables, Founder Workshops, a NYU Venture Showcase (featuring more than 30 NYU startups) and a celebratory party (Friday evening).
Your admission provides unlimited access to all talks, panels and roundtables, afternoon refreshments both days, breakfast and lunch on Saturday, as well as admission to the party on Friday night!
Whether you're curious about entrepreneurship, have a startup, are an alum, or a faculty member with cool research - the Festival is for you!
700+ Attendees
30+ NYU startups on display
20+ NYU alumni entrepreneurs speakers
20+ Startup Roundtables
7 Founders Workshops
6 Entrepreneurs Panels
4 Keynotes
1 Kickass Party
Featured Speakers
Confirmed Keynotes By:
Jack Dorsey, Co-founder - Twitter and Square
Herb Kelleher, Co-founder, Chairman Emeritus and former CEO - Southwest Airlines
Alexandre Douzet, Co-founder and CEO - TheLadders
Rachel Sterne Haot, Founder - ground report (and Chief Digital Officer of NYC)
Entrepreneur Panelists include:
Hursh Agrawal, Co-founder - Branch
Sean Weinstock, Co-founder and COO - numberFire
David Steinberger, Co-founder - comiXology
Sinan Aral, Assistant Professor and Microsoft Faculty Fellow, NYU Stern
James Graham, CFO - CMP.LY (and former CEO of Swiss Data Group)
Troy Downing, Founder - WebCal (Acquired by Yahoo)
Paul Berry, Founder and CEO - RebelMouse and CasaHop (and former CTO of the Huffington Post)
Nihal Parthasarathi - Co-founder - CourseHorse
Trevor Owens - Founder - Lean Startup Machine
Cliff Seltzer, Co-founder and CEO - Puresend
Joe Landolina, Co-founder and CEO - Suneris Technologies
Shabnam Rezaei, Co-founder - Big Bad Boo Studios
Jane Zhu, Co-founder - Sleepbot
Suman Laal, deTect Biosciences
Katie Shea, Co-founder - CitySlips
Rishi Prabhu, Co-founder - Bespoke Post
Thomas Kelly, Co-founder and Director of Culinary Development - Mexicue
Miriam Altman, Co-founder - Kinvolved
Christina Arnold, Founder and President, Prevent Human Trafficking
Troy Downing, Founder - WebCal
Steve Isaacman, Founder and CEO - Nanometics Labs
Panels, Workshops and Roundtables
Entrepreneurs Panels:
Alt.funding.startup: Startup Accelerators & Competitions
Disrupt: Finding New Opportunities in Existing Markets
Entrepreneurship ≠ Tech: The Many Flavors of Entrepreneurship
From the Lab to the World: Translating Research to Startup
Just Do It: Starting your Startup While Still in School
Stay or Go: Do I Get a Job or Start My Startup?
Founders Workshops:
Commercializing your Research: Melinda Thomas, NYC TechConnect
Fly on the Wall: Patrick Hoogendijk, et. al., New York Angels
Forming your Legal Entity: John Kennedy, Wiggin and Dana
Incentivizing and Compensating your Key Employees: James Hatch,EisnerAmper
Intro to Web Tech for Non-Techies: Amrish Singh, Threadmatcher
Lean Startup Machine 101: Trevor Owens, et. al., Lean Startup Machine
Legal Basics for Financing your Startup: David Sorin, SorinRand
Startup Roundtables:
Being a Non-Technical Founder: Jane Zhu, Sleepbot
Disruptive Startups: David Aronoff, Flybridge Capital
Going Viral: Marketing Strategies: Sinan Aral, SocialAmp
Hardware & Robotics » Crafting Ingenuity: Haytham Elhawary, NY Hardware Meetup
Hiring & Teambuilding » Getting That Right Team: Will Porteous, RRE Ventures
How to Prepare for the Next Big Idea: Nihal Parthasarathi, Coursehorse
How to Protect Your Capital: James Gansman, Sherwood Partners
Innovative Business Models: David Weber, NYC Food Trucks
Leaving the Corporate to Startup World: Jay Bhattacharya, Zipmark
Legal 101 for Startup Founders: David Sorin, SorinRand
Leveraging Your NYU/NYC Connection: Susanne Greenfield, ToVieFor
Managing Your Business » Accounting & Tax 101: Michael Gawley, EisnerAmper
Manufacturing & Importing Businesses: Susie Levitt, CitySlips
Opportunities & Profit in Social Innovation: Lyel Resner, South Bronx Startup Box
Pivoting » When to Pivot, When to Persist: Gregory Schnese, Kikin
Plugging Into NYC Startup Scene: Regina Chien, Silicon Valley Bank
Protecting Your Intellectual Property (IP): Scott Kaufman, Wiggin and Dana
Starting a Life Science Startup: Steve Isaacman, Nanometics Lab
Starting Your Venture While in School: Miriam Altman, Kinvolved
Startups & Entrepreneurs » East Coast vs West Coast: Nikhil Kalghatgi, Softbank Capital
Surviving the NYU Entrepreneurs Challenge: Cynthia Franklin, Berkley Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation
The Good, Bad & Nitty Gritty » Food & Restaurant Business in NYC: Marlo Scott, Sweet Revenge
The Next Step » Validating Your Concept or Idea: Hilary Gosher, Insight Venture Partners
Understanding Venture Capital: Brendan Dickinson, Canaan Partners
