Do you have a new venture idea addressing a problem affecting people or the planet?
Do you want to reinvent or improve an existing business venture doing so?
Are you looking to join one of these teams?
Be an early Hackathon registrant and have the benefit of engaging in team building! Register now as a founder or a team member.
Attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions, meet other participants, and form venture teams. Each team will ideally have a minimum of four team members, with at least one Columbia/Barnard current student to be eligible to participate.
How will this work?
- If you’re a founder and want to build your team: Pitch your idea for 30 seconds and find teammates.
- If you want to join a team: Introduce yourself for 15 seconds and share your skills and interests.
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About the Hackathon
Hacking for Humanity at Columbia University will harness the diverse talent and resources of the campus community and beyond to solve pressing global challenges affecting people and the planet. Such solutions will leverage new technologies and span a broad range of industries.
For three days (September 10–12), students, alumni, and researchers from across the campus will form interdisciplinary teams to design and develop innovative solutions to urgent problems, refine their ideas with advice from experienced mentors, and pitch their startups to expert judges.
These venture teams will develop valuable entrepreneurial experience, build professional relationships inside and outside the University, and compete to win both awards and prizes to further develop their ventures.
How do I participate?
The Hackathon is open to those in the cross-campus community and beyond who are interested in startups that are solving urgent global challenges. Below are examples of ways you can get involved:
- Students can join as founders seeking teammates or individuals seeking a venture to join. For additional progarmming prior to the Hackathon, students can apply to take the Social Venture Incubator course, a half-semester course from October to December 2021 to continue developing their ventures!
- Alumni can join as founders seeking teammates, individuals seeking a venture to join, as a mentor, or as a judge (investors preferred).
- Researchers, faculty, professionals, and community experts can work with teams as founders, mentors and advisors.
Get involved today →
