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ONLINE: Fireside Chat with Brendan Burns, Serial Entrepreneur and Prof. at Columbia

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This is a conversation about the lessons Brendan has learned across +20 years of building, teaching and living as an entrepreneur. And the framework he uses to to living a fulfilling life.

Brendan has lived entrepreneurship from every angle.

As a founding team member at AdOne, he raised +$30mm and helped drive +$500mm in profits.

As CEO of 1000|Museums, he developed a strategic turnaround plan, rasing +$5mm and built partnerships with museums like the Guggenheim and Van Gogh Museum.

As professor at Columbia, his students launched companies like Happy Family (exit to Danone for $300mm), Olapic (exit for $150mm), Betterment (+$500mm valuation) and Flexport (YC, +$500mm valuation).

He's also a dad of 3 who found ways to balance it all.

What will we discuss?

  • Living as an entrepreneur

  • Startup ideas worth pursuing

  • Frameworks to build a meaningful life

Who's this for?

  • High achievers aspiring to be entreperneurs

  • Anyone who wants to build a meaningul life

  • Anyone interested in a crazy entrepreneurial journey

When?

  • ​📅 February 18th, 4pm EST

  • ​📍 Online (link shared after registration)

For more on Brendan: https://business.columbia.edu/faculty/people/brendan-burns

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