Princeton Entrepreneurship Council
This year’s Tiger Entrepreneur Award winners, top row: Adora (Ron Miasnik, Joseph Rubin, Raya Ward); bottom row: Catherine Dennig, Shawon Jackson, Jeff Phaneuf
Now in its fifth year, the Tiger Entrepreneur Award continues to highlight a wide range of entrepreneurship throughout the Princeton ecosystem.
Engage 2021, Princeton’s second annual innovation and entrepreneurship conference, will be held online Dec.
After a year’s hiatus due to the pandemic, Princeton and Harvard teamed up to resume the annual Princeton-Harvard Business School Startup Showcase. Hosted by the Princeton Entrepreneurship Council, Harvard Business School Alumni Angels, and Princeton Alumni Angels, the 2021 showcase exhibited five startups founded by Princeton and HBS alumni.
Rachel Zietz '22 of Gladiator Lacrosse (Photo via Gladiator Lacrosse)
Feeling frustrated and disappointed by the quality of equipment in lacrosse, her favorite sport, Rachel Zietz ’22 founded the sports equipment company Gladiator Lacrosse when she was barely a teenager.
Kevin Kung '08 with the Takachar technology. (Photo via Cisco)
For his Ph.D. research, Kevin Kung '08 traveled to India, since his funder, MIT's Tata Center, was interested in agricultural design and engineering.
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.
These monthly LIFE sessions for Princeton faculty discuss different important aspects of entrepreneurship and innovation in the natural sciences, engineering, social sciences, humanities and the arts.
Events
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Princeton Alumni Angels January 2022 Virtual Pitch Event
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TigerTalks Digital: Gaming Tigers
Thu, Jan 20, 2022, 4:30 pm to 5:45 pmAudience: Alumni, Campus community, Faculty, General Audience, Grad Students, Post Doc, Staff, UndergradsTags: TigerTalks -
TigerTalks Digital: Princeton Women Founders Roundtable
Wed, Jan 26, 2022, 5:00 pm to 6:00 pmAudience: Alumni, Campus community, Faculty, General Audience, Grad Students, Post Doc, Staff, UndergradsTags: TigerTalks -
2nd Annual Princeton Women Founders Startup Showcase
Thu, Jan 27, 2022, 5:00 pm to 7:00 pmAudience: Alumni, Faculty, General Audience, Grad Students, Post Doc, Staff, UndergradsTags: Startup Showcases
COVID-19
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