NYU Entrepreneurs Festival

Each year at the NYU Entrepreneurs Festival, over 500 members of the NYU startup community come together to connect, collaborate, and celebrate entrepreneurs across the University. Grow your startup knowledge and make lasting connections!

The 14th Annual NYU Entrepreneurs Festival will be held in October 2025.

Questions? Email us at entrepreneur@nyu.edu.

Past Events

2024 Festival

Check out our recap of the 13th Annual NYU Entrepreneurs Festival

Date: Friday, October 4

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 Dan Porter (GSAS ’95), Founder of Overtime

Moderated by Joshua Pierce (Tisch ’18), Founder of The Diversity Org

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

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

3:20 – 4:00 pm: Networking Break

4:00 – 5:00 pm: 7th Annual NYU Startup Demo Day with Stern Venture Fellows and Summer Launchpad teams

5:00 – 5:15 pm: Best Pitch: Audience Choice Announcement: Winner was Synaptrix Labs, founded by Aryan Govil (CAS ’24) and Eric Yao (CAS ’24)

5:15 – 5:30 pm: Closing Remarks 

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

2023 Festival

Check out our recap of the 12th Annual 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

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. 

5:00 – 5:15 pm: Best Pitch: Audience Choice Announcement. Winners Alexandr Pak, PhD (GSAS) founder of Flection AI and Marcos Brisson (Shanghai ’23) founder of Kaizntree.

5:15 – 5:30 pm: Closing Remarks 

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