Welcome/About Us
- Welcome Message from University President David Skorton
- Vision
- Quick Facts about Entrepreneurship@Cornell
- Advisory Council
- Governing Board
Welcome Message from University President David Skorton
"Cornell University traces its origins to the vision of an entrepreneur and an educational innovator who together saw the opportunity to create a new kind of university for America. By combining traditional subjects with new, emerging and practical areas of inquiry, Ezra Cornell and Andrew D. White built a university singularly able to address the needs of 19th century America.
Today, Cornell continues the entrepreneurial legacy of its founders with a distinguished and innovative university-wide program called Entrepreneurship@Cornell. Drawing on the strong entrepreneurial and business skills of its faculty and the resources of one of the world's great research universities, Entrepreneurship@Cornell enables Cornell students and the wider community to develop the knowledge they need for business creation and success.
I invite you to learn more about the nationally acclaimed Entrepreneurship@Cornell program and its distinctive approach to nurturing the entrepreneurial spirit in Cornellians today."
- President David J. Skorton
Vision
Our Vision: To support a diverse group of university-wide activities that finds and fosters the entrepreneurial spirit in every Cornell participant - in every college, every field, and every stage of life.
Quick Facts about Entrepreneurship@Cornell
- 3,500 student participants annually in campus wide entrepreneurship courses
- 80-90 courses offered annually in entrepreneurship or have an entrepreneurial focus
- 48 faculty from across the campus identify themselves as Entrepreneurship@Cornell faculty
- Nine Schools and Colleges offer courses in entrepreneurship or with an entrepreneurship focus:
Participating colleges include: the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, the College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Engineering, School of Industrial and Labor Relations, the College of Human Ecology, Cornell Law School, the Johnson Graduate School of Management, the Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine, and the School of Hotel Administration.
- Seven entrepreneurship-focused student clubs in six colleges
- Over 4,000 alumni participated in Cornell Entrepreneur Network (CEN) events in 2006
- Over 100 entrepreneurs came to campus last year to speak or work with students
- 40+ students took part in the Entrepreneurship@Cornell internship program this past summer
- Other unique resources available to Entrepreneurship@Cornell participants:
- eClips, Cornell's premier digital video clip collection, includes thousands of video clips from entrepreneurs around the world
- The BRTriad at the Johnson School, which includes BR Incubator, BR Ventures (a student-run venture fund), and BR Legal, a professional-quality legal services organization offering low-cost legal aid to start-up companies
- An advisory council of 40 alumni entrepreneurs, who advise the program and also make themselves available as mentors and advisors for students
Advisory Council
| Name | Degree/Year | Company | Location |
| Chair | |||
| Kevin McGovern | Class of '70 | McGovern Capital, LLC | New York, NY |
| Vice Chair | |||
| Steven Benjamin | Class of '80, MBA '82 | Stromiga | Saratoga, CA |
| Past Co-Chairs | |||
| John Alexander | Class of '74, MBA '76 | The CBORD Group, Inc. | Ithaca, NY |
| Jeffrey P. Parker | Class of '65, M ENG '66, MBA '70 | Gulf Stream, FL | |
| Members | |||
| John Balen | Class of '82, MBA '86 | Canaan Partners | Menlo Park, CA |
| Scott Belsky | Class of '02 | Behance | NYC |
| Patrick Burke | Class of '83 | Burke Group, Inc. | Honeoye Falls, NY |
| Anthony Cashen | Class of '57, MBA '58 | Ghent, NY | |
| J. Thomas Clark | Class of '63, MBA '64 | Dubin Clark and Company | Greenwich, CT |
| Nancy Clark | Class of '62, M Ed '64 | Old Chatham Sheepherding Co. | Old Chatham, NY |
| MacLaren Cummings | Class of '02 | Terakeet Corporation | Syracuse, NY |
| Sharon Dauk | MBA '89 | Dauk/Wagner Investments | Ridgefield, CT |
| Felix Ejeckam | MEN '94, PhD '97 | Group4Labs | Menlo Park, CA |
| Robert Erlichman | Class of '88 | Sunlight Electric | San Francisco, CA |
| James Farrell | '78, MEN '80 | F'Real! Foods, LLC | Orinda, CA |
| Robert Felton | Class of '61 | TenFold | Berkeley, CA |
| Burt Flickinger III | Class of '80 | Strategic Resources | New York, NY |
| William Frey | Class of '79 | Greenwich Financial Services, LLC and Russian American Mortgage Company, LLC | Greenwich, CT |
| Steven Gal | Class of '88 | ProQuo | La Jolla, CA |
| Alison Gerlach | Class of '93 | Allie's Edibles | Encinitas, CA |
| Jason Gerlach | Class of '93 | Allie's Edibles | Encinitas, CA |
| Stephen Gilfus | Class of '98 | Event Innovation | Chantilly, VA |
| Allison K. Gulbrandsen | Class of '84 | Gulbrandsen Mfg., Inc. | Clinton, NJ |
| Don Gulbrandsen | Class of '83 | Gulbrandsen Mfg., Inc. | Clinton, NJ |
| James N. Hauslein | Class of '81, MBA '84 | Hauslein & Company | New York, NY |
| Gary Hellinger | Class of '62 | Gary Plastic Packaging Corporation | Bronx, NY |
| Lara Jackle | MBA '94 | Lightfull Foods | San Francisco, CA |
| Carl B. Johnston Jr. | Class of '64 | Candlewood of Nevada, Ltd. | Incline Village, NV |
| Michael Karangelen | Class of '90 | TowerBrook Capital Partners | New York, NY |
| Harvey Kinzelberg | Class of '67 | Sequel Capital Corporation | Chicago, IL |
| Jon Y. Klein | Class of '87 | Topline Strategy Group | Newton, MA |
| Ejnar Knudsen | Class of '91 | Kruse Investment Co. | Exeter, CA |
| Michael Kubin | Class of '71 | Ionic Marketing Group Inc. | Sherman Oaks, CA |
| Charles Lynch | Class of '90, MBA '95 | NetJets, Inc. | Riverside, CT |
| Brian Magierski | Class of '93 | BSG Alliance Corporation | Austin, TX |
| Rich Marin | Class of '75, MBA '76 | New York, NY | |
| Robert Maroney | Class of '72 | Connecticut Investments | New York, NY |
| James McNair | MBA '83 | Corinthian Capital Group, LLC | Chicago, IL |
| Angela Mwanza | Class of '00 | Lehman Brothers | New York, NY |
| Frank O'Connell | Class of '65, MBA '66 | The Parthenon Group | Woodstock, VT |
| Donald Peskin | Class of '77, MEN '78, MBA '79 | Short Hills Capital, LLC | Short Hills, NJ |
| Dan Ramsden | Class of '86 | Near Earth, LLC | New York, NY |
| David Rickerby | Class of '91 | Choate, Hall & Stewart | Boston, MA |
| Michael Rolband | Class of '80, MEng '81, MBA '82 | Wetland Studies and Solutions, Inc. | Gainesville, VA |
| Matt Russo | Class of '90 | Russo Finanicial Group | New York, NY |
| Rob Ryan | Class of '69 | Entrepreneur America | Hamilton, MT |
| Terry Ryan | Class of '69 | Entrepreneur America | Hamilton, MT |
| Samuel Seltzer | Class of '48 | New York, NY | |
| Danny Stein | Class of '92 | JDS Capital | New York, NY |
| William Trenchard | Class of '97 | LiveOps, Inc. | Palo Alto, CA |
| William B. Weidlein | Class of '77 | Trans National Group Services, LLC | Boston, MA |
| Chris Wilkerson | Class of '95 | High Bar Capital | New York, NY |
| Eric Young | M. Eng. '78 | Canaan Partners | Menlo Park, CA |
| David Zalaznick | Class of '76 | Jordan/Zalaznick Capital Company | New York, NY |
Governing Board
Cornell University's Nine Participating Colleges and Schools |
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Johnson Graduate  Joe Thomas Anne and Elmer Lindseth Dean |
College of Agriculture  Susan A. Henry Ronald P. Lynch Dean |
College of Architecture, Art  W. Stanley Taft Interim Dean |
 G. Peter Lepage Harold A. Tanner Dean |
 W. Kent Fuchs Joseph Silbert Dean |
School of Hotel Administration  Michael D. Johnson Dean |
 Alan Mathios Dean |
School of Industrial  Harry C. Katz Dean |
 Stewart J. Schwab Dean |
