# NYU Entrepreneurs Festival

**Date**: March 1 & 2, 2013
**Location**: NYU Stern, Tisch Hall, 40 West Fourth Street, New York, NY 10012

NYU’s entrepreneurial community – including successful student, faculty and alumni start-up founders and venture capital investors – will gather to celebrate innovation and entrepreneurship at the second annual NYU Entrepreneurs Festival.

The Festival will enable start-up founders, investors and up-and-coming student entrepreneurs to share their experiences and exchange valuable insights, offer support and provide advice on creating new ventures.

The Festival will feature more than 40 entrepreneur panelists, speakers and exhibitors – all NYU alumni, faculty and students – including:
- Jack Dorsey, co-founder & CEO of Square, and co-founder & chairman of Twitter
- Alexander Douzet, co-founder & COO of The Ladders
- Rachel Sterne Haot, founder & former CEO of Ground Report, and chief digital officer of the City of New York
- Herb Kelleher, co-founder, chairman emeritus and former CEO of Southwest Airlines

The Festival is a joint effort of the student leaders of the NYU Entrepreneurs Network, the NYU Innovation Venture Fund and the NYU Stern Berkley Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation, collectively bringing together more than ten of NYU’s eighteen schools, colleges and institutes.

[More info](http://nyuentrepreneur.org/festival)

Research Center Events

— 3/1/2013

![](/sites/default/files/styles/480w/public/assets/images/con_038077.gif?itok=0dk9EeQs)## 2012-2013 NYU Stern Entrepreneurs Challenge Kick-Off

- [2012-2013 Entrepreneurs Challenge Kick-Off](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/news-events/entrepreneurs-kick-off-2012)

## NYU Teams Win $200K in Stern’s 2011-2012 Entrepreneurs Challenge

- [2012 Entrepreneurs Challenge](/node/46327)

## Learn more about the Berkley Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation

- [Berkley Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation](/experience-stern/about/departments-centers-initiatives/centers-of-research/berkley-center)

## $250K Awarded to NYU Teams in Stern's 2010-2011 Entrepreneurs Challenge

- [Read about the 2010-2011 winners in Stern’s Entrepreneurs Challenge](/node/47332)

## Watch a video on highlights from the 2011 Entrepreneurs Challenge

- [2011 Entrepreneurs Challenge](/node/46472)