All Night Diner brings together a small cohort of alumni from Columbia, Cornell, MIT, and Brown who are interested in entrepreneurship but want to start further upstream than the typical startup program. Applications are open for curious, ambitious people who want to investigate consequential problems and find something worth building.
This is an in-person Bootcamp for alumni of Columbia University, Cornell University, M.I.T., and Brown.
Over three months, including nine in-person sessions and ten all-cohort sit-down dinners, participants use a disciplined framework to investigate consequential problem areas of your choosing before deciding what to build.
Through secondary research, interviews, observation, and fieldwork, you will work to understand why important bottlenecks persist, what is changing, and where new entrepreneurial opportunities may be emerging.
Sessions combine expert guidance from university-affiliated instructors and coaches, and a cross-university peer cohort of people bringing different backgrounds, expertise, and perspectives to the table.
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Most accelerators help you improve an idea you already have. All Night Diner is designed to help you arrive with a better one.
Who Should Apply
● Prospective founders and experienced operators considering what comes next.
● Domain experts or researchers interested in starting something new or joining a new venture as a cofounder.
● Degree-bearing alumni of Columbia, Cornell, MIT, and Brown. A small number of places may be reserved for exceptional applicants from elsewhere.
Format & Location: In-person evening sessions at Next Jump in Chelsea.
Dates / Schedule: Thursdays, 6–9pm Oct. 28 - Jan 29, with a break over the holidays to be used for fieldwork and some virtual check-ins.