Workshop: Greg Olsen, Entrepreneur in Residence

Greg OlsenDate: Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Time: 12:30 – 1:30 p.m.

Location: Friend Center Convocation Room (113)


Planning to submit an executive business summary for the upcoming Tiger Launch competition?  Then this workshop is for you.  Join Greg Olsen for an entrepreneurial workshop aimed at preparing students who plan to submit their executive business summaries December 6th for the upcoming Tiger Launch competition on February 20, 2010.   

Greg's workshop is scheduled for Tuesday, December 1st at 12:30 p.m. in the Friend Center Convocation Room; pizza and soft drinks will be served. The workshop is free and open to Princeton undergrads, grads, and postdocs. Please RSVP no later than November 29 to Stephanie Landers at slanders@princeton.edu.

Greg Olsen's E-Quad Office Hours

If you are competing in the Princeton Pitch on November 11th or Tiger Launch in February 2010, taking Ed Zschau's High-Tech Entrepreneurship course or Gordon Bloom's Collaboratory for Social Entrepreneurship (SE Lab), Greg can help you think through your ideas to help move them to the next level.

During office hours, Greg will offer students one-on-one advice regarding potential entrepreneurial endeavors. To sign up for an appointment during Greg's office hours:

  • Go to Princeton's Web Appointment Scheduling System
  • Login with your Princeton netID/password
  • Select "Make an Appointment" and then search for "Greg Olsen"
  • Select one of the time slots available as shown on the calendar
  • Be sure to enter your home department, class year, and the topic you'd like to discuss with Greg
  • Appointments are held in room ACE26 in the Engineering Quad

Dr. Olsen gave a talk at Butler College in the Wu Special Dining Room on Thursday, October 15, 12:30pm. He talked to a full room of students, budding entrepreneurs, about his experience founding 2 companies Epitax and Sensors Unlimited as well as his experience as a self funded astronaut in space aboard the Russian Soyuz rocket.

Dr. Olsen's appointment is with Princeton's Keller Center for Innovation in Engineering Education, in collaboration with the Princeton Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials (PRISM).