The Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship, the Wesleyan Career Center, and Texts.com invite you LUNCH WITH REDDIT CO-FOUNDER ALEXIS OHANIAN: HOW TO MAKE THE WORLD SUCK LESS Thursday, December 5 12-1 p.m. Olson Commons or Beckham Hall (TBD) Join us for pizza, a talk, and a book-signing by Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian, a serial entrepreneur who is “making the world…
PCSE Seed Grants in Action: A Note from Shyam Desai ’15
In April 2013, the Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship awarded five seed grants to Wesleyan students embarking on high-impact projects around the globe. Each grant recipient has been reporting on his/her work with blog posts and photos. Here’s the second report from Shyam Desai ’15. His first is here. ****************************************** After a long planning period, I was successfully able to…
PCSE Seed Grants in Action: A Note from Evan Okun ’13
In April 2013, the Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship awarded five seed grants to Wesleyan students embarking on high-impact projects around the globe. Each grant recipient has been reporting on his/her work with blog posts and photos. Here’s the second report from Evan Okun ’13. [Editor’s note: Two days after submitting this blog post, Evan found out that he…
Amber Smith ’14 receives award and launches I AMputee
Amber Smith ’14, social entrepreneur and active member of the Patricelli Center community, was awarded the 2013 Ella Tambussi Grasso Leadership in Action Grant on November 6, 2013. Just a few days earlier, Amber launched her social venture, I AMputee. I AMputee is an online community for amputees and their families to establish relationships grounded in common experience. Soon, I AMputee…
Wesleyan Entrepreneurship Society Lecture Series (Sundays 9pm and Wednesdays 8pm)
The Wesleyan Entrepreneurship Society – or WES^2 – is hosting a lecture series this semester, and all students are welcome to attend. During their regular Society meetings on Sundays at 9 p.m. and Wednesdays at 8 p.m. in Allbritton 004, student members will present on topics relevant to entrepreneurship. This week, Matt Donahue will present about branding (Sunday,…
Northeastern University Student Venture Showcase (11/20 at 6:30pm in Boston)
This just in from Dan Gregory ’78 P’07, Director of IDEA, Northeastern University’s venture accelerator. (Hint: If you decide to go, you might consider applying for a PCSE Enrichment Grant to cover your travel expenses.) ******************************* IDEA cordially invites you to join us at NEXPO on November 20, 2013 between 6:30-9:00pm on-campus in the Cabot…
Social Entrepreneurship Institute (12/6 in New Haven, apply now for free tickets)
Wesleyan’s Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship is offering two free tickets to Unite for Sight’s day-long Social Entrepreneurship Institute on Friday, December 6, 2013 (the last day of fall semester classes). Priority will likely be given to undergraduate applicants, but alumni, faculty, and staff are also welcome to apply. Tickets include breakfast, lunch, and dinner,…
Corporate Growth Conference (on campus, Saturday 11/9)
This Saturday, November 9, the Economics Department, in conjunction with the Career Center and Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship, is pleased to host a mini-conference on the theme of Corporate Growth. The schedule and registration form are at http://bit.ly/corpgrowthfall13 We are delighted to welcome to campus several alumni who will speak on various aspects of corporate…
Crowdfunding 101
According to Wikipedia, Crowdfunding (a.k.a. crowd financing, equity crowdfunding, crowd-sourced fundraising) is “the collective effort of individuals who network and pool their money, usually via the Internet, to support efforts initiated by other people or organizations.” Crowdfunding “can also refer to the funding of a company by selling small amounts of equity to many investors.”…
Attention alumni entrepreneurs: $20K+ to seed your venture in Vegas (applications due 11/14)
Jacob Eichengreen ’13 with Venture for America wrote to tell us about his startup incubator, Progression Lab. This is the next iteration of the project Josh Levine ’12 told us about last spring. Applications for the January-April funding round and incubator program are due November 14, so this notice is mostly for alumni (since students…