

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