Columbia Startup Lab
About
Important Dates
Eligibility
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About Columbia Startup Lab
Columbia Startup Lab (CSL) is Columbia University’s recent-alumni co-working space located on the ground floor of WeWork Soho West at 69 Charlton Street. As a partner school, Columbia Business School accepts and selects applications from its recent alumni for seats it reserves at the Lab.
Resident ventures form a 71-person cohort of entrepreneurs from each of the partner schools. Together they comprise more than 40 startups. In its fifth year, the Lab has been “corporate headquarters” for more than 150 Columbia-founded ventures. The Lab has become the symbolic nexus for Columbia’s commitment to entrepreneurship.
Important Dates
- The application period is now. Apply here
- Deadline to apply is April 1, 2019
- New cohort will be announced on April 17, 2019
Eligibility
CSL is open to recent alumni (five years or less from most recent degree) founders who are committed to working on their new venture full-time.
- Teams must select one Columbia University-affiliated founding member.
- Only one application per team will be considered, regardless of the school in which the founder is affiliated.
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APPLY NOW TO THE 2019-2020 COHORT!
- The application period is OPEN. Deadline to apply is April 1 and the new cohort will be announced on April 17. Apply here
- Admitted teams may spend up to 1 year in the space.
- The annual turnover of cohorts is the first week of June.
- The space is administered by WeWork and includes furnishings (desk & chair), WiFi, printing, meeting spaces, phone booths, water/coffee, beer, cleaning/maintenance, and access to common facilities across the global WeWork network.
- CSL provides ongoing workshops, office hours, networking events, and community building activities to help resident ventures advance their businesses. All CSL teams are encouraged to participate.
- Columbia University-affiliated tenants are required to commit to a four-month term in the space at a rate of $250 per month/per seat. Non-Columbia University team members will be required to make a contribution of $400 per month/per seat.
Questions? Contact langcenter@gsb.columbia.edu.
Liz Wilkes '13 of Exubrancy shares her experience at Columbia Startup Lab.