Welcome to CORE

Columbia Organization of Rising Entrepreneurs

The Columbia Organization of Rising Entrepreneurs (CORE) was founded in late 1999 by students with an interest in innovation and entrepreneurship.

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Connect

We help connect students to compelling entrepreneurial opportunities with startups and high-growth businesses.
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Launch

We host workshops and provide resources to refine, improve, and launch student business ideas.
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We support student and alumni entrepreneurs in the Columbia community in any way we can.
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CORE Curriculum

Exclusive articles, interviews, and other content.

The Business Lessons in Hip-Hop

Date: Apr 30, 2013
Last Thursday, I moderated a panel called “The Business Lessons in Hip-Hop.” The panelists were: Mahbod Moghadam, Founder of Rap Genius Shawn Setaro, Editor-in-Chief of Rap Genius Corentin Villemeur, New Media Dir [...]
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6 Months Later

Date: Feb 17, 2013
It’s been 6 months since my partner, Mitra Parineh, and I launched Telling and we wanted to share a few thoughts on our journey so far.  We hope you find them useful as you begin your own foray into entrepreneurship. 1. [...]
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Investment-Based Crowdfunding

Date: Jan 27, 2013
As a result of the recently passed JOBS Act, it soon will be legal for startups to accept investments online.  This represents two major changes from the status quo: 1.  Startups will be able to raise money from all Americans [...]
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Welcome!

Date: Jan 27, 2013
It’s a new semester, and CORE is excited to announce some huge new initiatives, including this one: having redesigned our website, we’re now kicking off the Original Content Initiative. From now on, you can learn [...]
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Email: coreboard@columbia.edu

We get a lot of inbound messages regarding job opportunities, event proposals, and even just general concerns, and we're always eager to help. If you'd like to reach our team, please shoot us an email at the address above, or simply use the contact form below. If you would like to contact individual board members, information is available under our profiles in the 'Board' section of the site.

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The Columbia Organization of Rising Entrepreneurs was founded in 1999 by students who were interested in becoming entrepreneurs. Today, CORE aims to be the premier resource on campus for students of all interests and backgrounds to learn more about entrepreneurship and the opportunities available in the start-up world.