Fireside chat
Natalie Aresta-Katz
Founder, RegBase (YC P26)
Building scalable infrastructure for modern compliance and regulation.
Tuesday, September 23 · 12:30 PM · Columbia Business School — room TBA
Member benefits
(a)
Access
Priority seats at every fireside, in a group small enough that you can actually ask your question.
(b)
Network
A directory of members, past guests, and Columbia founders who have agreed to take a call — plus intimate dinners with the community.
(c)
Mentorship
Matching with a founder or investor a few steps ahead, based on your stage and what you are building.
(d)
Introductions
Warm intros to investors, operators, and alumni in the Columbia network and beyond, made only when there is a real fit.
(e)
Capital
Early access to pitch sessions, investor office hours, and funding opportunities shared with the community first.
(f)
Collaborators
A place to find the person you are missing: a technical partner, a first hire, or a second opinion.
(g)
Visibility
Members get featured in Darling Founder interviews and content, so your work reaches people who can help.
Upcoming sessions
Firesides this fall
SF
Panel talk
Student founder panel
Four outstanding current student female founders at CBS
On building a company while still at Columbia Business School.
Tuesday, September 30 · 12:30 PM · Columbia Business School — room TBA
Fireside chat
Polly Rodriguez
CEO & Co-Founder, Unbound
On building a category-defining company and raising on her own terms.
Thursday, October 1 · 6:00 PM · Columbia Business School — room TBA
Open to CBS students & friends of CBS students. Co-hosted by the Columbia Entrepreneurship Organization at CBS and the Female Founder Initiative.
Past guests at Columbia Business School
The stage we stand on
Jane Fraser
CEO of Citi and the first woman to lead a major U.S. bank — headlined the CBS Distinguished Speaker Series.
Meredith Kopit Levien
President & Chief Executive Officer of The New York Times Company.
Golnar Khosrowshahi ’97
Founder & CEO of Reservoir Media, featured in the CBS Digital Future Initiative panels.
Shira Suveyke Snyder
CEO of Proenza Schouler, keynote speaker on digital luxury and omnichannel brand building.
Erica Duignan Minnihan ’04
Co-founder & General Partner at Reign Ventures.
Meghan Ross Breeden ’15
Partner at AmplifyHer Ventures.
Hosted by the Columbia Entrepreneurship Organization at CBS, the CBS Distinguished Speaker Series, and the Eugene Lang Entrepreneurship Center.
Who it's for
Early-stage founders
You're pre-product or pre-seed and want to think clearly out loud.
Aspiring founders
You're deciding whether to leap — and who to listen to first.
Operators
You've scaled something and want to say it honestly.
Investors & allies
You back founders and value the long, unglamorous story.