HOWARD UNIVERSITY ENTREPRENEURSHIP WEEK
The 2nd annual Howard University (HU) Entrepreneurship Fest is a campus wide celebration of entrepreneurship and innovation at Howard University. This week features a variety of events which encourage, educates, and uplifts business ideation and ownership amongst students, faculty, and staff. This includes panel discussions with alum entrepreneurs, networking events, a business pitch competition, student entrepreneur pop-up shops, business skill building workshops, and much more! This series of events is a campus wide effort led by the Howard University Entrepreneurship Taskforce, a network of various departments, centers, faculty, staff, and student organizations. The inaugural HU Entrepreneurship Week in 2023, impacted over 600 students across a variety of programs, and this year will be even bigger and better!
Thursday, March 21st
Innovate & Invest: Empowering Tomorrow Venture Panel
Location & Time:School of Business Auditorium, 2:00 pm-4:00 pm
Presented By: School of Business Executive Council, College of Arts & Sciences Council, MBA Student Association, Mosaic General Partnership
The event will include a panel discussion on venture capital featuring Mosaic General Partnership’s Rudy Cline-Thomas and Andre Iguodala, moderated by Howard University alum and Collab Capital co-founder Jewel Burks Solomon.
Friday, March 22nd
Business Bites:Student-Alumni Entrepreneur Mixer
Location & TimeBlackburn Student Center, 6:30 pm-9:00 pm
Presented By: School of Education, Howard University Entrepreneurial Society (HUES), Howard University Alumni Association
Join us for an exclusive Alumni and Student Entrepreneur Night Bites Social, where alumni business owners and current students come together for an evening of networking and inspiration!
Saturday, March 23rd
Bison Bidnezz: Student Entrepreneur Pop-Up Shop
Location & Time: Black + Forth, (2201 Channing St NE, Washington, DC 20018), 12:00 pm-6:00 pm
Presented By: Howard University Entrepreneurial Society (HUES)
Tuesday, March 26th
Crafting Your Elevator Pitch Workshop
Location: Blackburn Student Center, 5:00 pm-6:30 pm
Presented By: Black Venture Capital Consortium Howard University Chapter & Blackstone LaunchPad @ Howard University
Tuesday, March 26th
InnovationHU & PitchHU: Leveraging Faculty Research & Entrepreneurship
Location: Howard University Interdisciplinary Research Building
Presented By: PitchHU & The Office of Research
Wednesday, March 27th
HU Empower Business Pitch Competition
Location & Time: Blackburn Student Center, 5:00 pm-7:00 pm
Presented By: Blackstone LaunchPad @ Howard University
HU EMPOWER, the annual Howard University student business pitch competition, provides student entrepreneurs the opportunity to gain funding to scale their business ventures. This year’s competition will award a $20,000 grand prize, and over $50,000 in total funding to student entrepreneurs.
Thursday, March 28th
A Conversation Between Two Founders: Lessons in Investing & Leadership
Location & Time: Howard University School of Business Auditorium, 3:30 pm-5:00 pm
Presented By: Howard University & PNC National Center for Entrepreneurship
Howard University & PNC National Center for Entrepreneurship will feature a fireside chat with the John H. Johnson Endowed Chair of Entrepreneurship Professor James Rhee, and Tina Byles Williams sharing lessons, pitfalls, challenges, and rewards in business leadership and entrepreneurship.
Friday, March 29th
Amplified Energy DC: Powering Small Businesses with Everyday Resources
Location & Time: Howard University School of Business, 10:00 am-3:00 pm
Presented By: DC Small Business Development Center & Howard University & PNC National Center for Entrepreneurship
This symposium will provide entrepreneurs from the surrounding community with educational resources for starting and managing a business.
