Princeton Entrepreneurship Council
“Now is the accepted time, not tomorrow, not some more convenient season. It is today that our best work can be done and not some future day or future year.” -- W.E.B. Du Bois
Empower 2021, the new Princeton conference celebrating Black academic entrepreneurs, begins at noon ET Thursday Sept. 23 with opening comments from Dean for Research Pablo Debenedetti, Vice Dean for Innovation Rodney Priestley.
The Empower 2021 Conference explores the path to entrepreneurial success and positive societal impact for academic-driven innovations by Black faculty, graduate students, postdocs and other founders in deep tech
Princeton University is the lead institution in the new Innovation-Corps (I-Corps) Northeast Hub funded by the National Science Foundation to foster startups based on university research. Pictured: Graduate student Marissa Lavagnino sets up chemical reactions that are powered by blue light and enable the rapid synthesis of new pharmaceutical drugs.
Photo by C. Todd Reichart, Department of Chemistry
Aiming to accelerate the transformation of scientific discoveries into technologies that improve everyday lives, a Princeton University-led consortium of regional universities will form a new innovation network with a $15 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF).
Princeton University will host Empower 2021, the first in a new annual conference series that will celebrate and support entrepreneurs in academia from different historically underrepresented groups.
The START Entrepreneurs program is an integrated program that is part academic fellowship and part startup accelerator. The goal of the program is to help aspiring commercial and social entrepreneurs translate academic scholarship into highly impactful new ventures.
TigerTalks is a PEC-sponsored educational and networking program that features faculty and alumni entrepreneurs across a wide range of startup sectors.
OfficeHours connects Princeton alumni mentors with early career alumni, faculty, and students who seek guidance on specific entrepreneurial challenges. Finding and scheduling a meeting with a mentor are simple.
The Princeton Alumni Entrepreneurs Fund (AEF) leverages Princeton's strong alumni network to deliver meaningful support to early career founders via mentorship, access to capital, education and curated networking.
Princeton alum/faculty/student/postdoc founders or C-Suite members present their companies at our popular Tiger Entrepreneurs Conferences or at standalone events.
Princeton Innovation Center BioLabs is the premier incubation space for Princeton and New Jersey startups. Currently accepting applications for wet/dry lab, office and desk space.
Join us in the classroom for an entrepreneurial class experience, followed by a live discussion with the professor.
Stories of Entrepreneurship the Princeton Way, produced by PEC. Available at princetonspark.com or in your favorite podcast app.
Tiger2Tiger brings in a variety of alumni entrepreneurs to lead a series of workshops on funding and managing your startup.
The Tiger Entrepreneurs Conference is designed to educate, inspire and engage the Princeton entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Events
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Princeton Alumni Angels October 2021 Virtual Pitch Event
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Engage 2021 Conference
Wed, Dec 1, 2021 (All day) to Thu, Dec 2, 2021 (All day)Audience: Alumni, Faculty, General Audience, Grad Students, Invited guests from the innovation and entrepreneurial community, Post Doc, Undergrads
COVID-19
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