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Columbia Organization of Rising Entrepreneurs

New York, NY, US • 20 - 49 Employees
College/University

The Columbia Organization of Rising Entrepreneurs (CORE) works to inspire, educate, and launch the next generation of entrepreneurs from Columbia University. We reach a membership of over 2,200 students across campus, with a focus on the four undergraduate schools. In 2013-2014, we had the honor of hosting entrepreneurship icons including Alexis Ohanian (Reddit), Howard Marks (Activision Blizzard), Chris Poole (4chan), Jared Hecht (Groupme, Fundera), Zach Sims (Codecademy), and Jessica Livingston (Y Combinator). We also worked closely with the University to welcome Jack Dorsey (Twitter, Square), Drew Houston (Dropbox), Walt Mossberg (Re/code), and Geoffrey Canada (Harlem Children's Zone). We host more than 100 events in any given school year, including coding workshops, startup socials, and ideation sessions. We partnered with the School of Engineering to produce the CORE Product Challenge, a four-module competition introducing students to key product development skills. As part of a cross-campus coalition, we co-organized the #StartupColumbia Festival and led its $50,000 venture competition. We are the only student group to co-manage a University internship program--the Startup Internship Program (SIP) received 225+ applications this past year, more than double that of any other Spring program. Our leadership team includes some of the most accomplished and promising students at Columbia. For our work, we've been honored to receive the 2014 Zvi Galil Award, in recognition of the student organization which has had the greatest positive impact on engineering student life. Our leaders have been honored with the Columbia Venture Community Roars Award, as well as the Dean's Award for Leadership in Innovation & Enhancement.