Check out our recap of the 2023 NYU Entrepreneurs Festival.

Date: Friday, October 20

Location: NYU Stern School of Business, Paulson Auditorium

1:00- 1:30 pm: Doors Open & Networking

1:30 – 1:45 pm: Welcome & Opening Remarks with the NYU Entrepreneurial Institute & the Berkley Center for Entrepreneurship

1:45 – 2:35 pm: Keynote with Michael Montero (CAS ’96), Founder of Resy

Moderated by Ope Runsewe, Head of Business Development, Amex Ventures

2:40 – 3:20 pm: Starting a Startup While in School panel

• • Anja Westhues (Gallatin ’24), Founder of Endure

• • Calvin Mahinda (Tandon ’23), Founder of Vital Audio

• • Caroline Huber (Stern ’23), Founder of Jones

• • Megan Fricke (Tandon ’22), Founder of Peeramid

• • Moderator: Stephanie Shyu, Associate Director, Berkley Center for Entrepreneurship

3:20 – 4:00 pm: Networking Break

4:00 – 5:00 pm: 6th Annual NYU Startup Demo Day with Stern Venture Fellows and Summer Launchpad teams. The winner will be decided by the audience!

MC’d by Darren Yee, Venture Associate, NYU Entrepreneurial Institute and Shay Gaskins (SPS ’19), Associate Director, Berkley Center for Entrepreneurship

5:00 – 5:15 pm: Best Pitch: Audience Choice Announcement

5:15 – 5:30 pm: Closing Remarks by Jen Curtis (Wagner ’24), NYU Entrepreneurial Institute and Tyana Bryan, Berkley Center for Entrepreneurship

5:30 – 6:30 pm: Startup Exhibition & Networking