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Published on September 17, 2025
Unlock your Future
Friday, 3rd Oct 2025 | Online | 6:00PM - 6:45PM IST
Register For Free Masterclass
Want to know what truly gives students an edge in entrepreneurship, straight from an expert who’s trained tomorrow’s leaders?
Join us for this live webinar, “Unlock Your Future: Entrepreneurship Essentials for Tomorrow’s Leaders” led by a noted former Columbia Business School instructor. In this empowering session, you’ll explore the foundational knowledge every future entrepreneur needs, from idea generation and opportunity recognition to innovation skills, business models, financial fundamentals, customer-centric thinking, leadership and teamwork, and adaptability and resilience.
Why Attend?
You’ll gain insider insights on how practical business skills can fast-track your future career and strengthen your college applications, while guiding you to begin your own innovation-to-impact journey.
Key Highlights:
- Unlock Your Future: Entrepreneurship Essentials for Tomorrow's Leaders: Discover the foundational business knowledge students need to thrive as future innovators and leaders.
- Idea Generation & Opportunity Recognition: Learn to spot market gaps, generate creative ideas, and turn concepts into viable opportunities
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Innovation Skills: Build the mindset and tools to drive change and develop breakthrough solutions.
- Business Models & Planning: Understand how to structure and plan ventures with clear strategies for growth.
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Financial Fundamentals: Gain essential skills in budgeting, pricing, and financial decision-making for start-ups.
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Real-World Learning: Experience hands-on innovation, problem-solving, and teamwork guided by a noted Columbia Business School instructor.
- Dynamic Networks: Get early exposure to business networks and inspiring career pathways that can shape your future.
Fr. Columbia Business School Instructor, Venture for All, Columbia-Harlem Small Business Development Center
About Your Speaker: Daniel McQuade
Daniel McQuade is a dynamic senior marketing and business development executive with deep expertise in branding, digital strategy, and business development. As a serial entrepreneur and founder of four innovative companies, Daniel leverages social, digital, and emerging technologies to foster sustainable growth. His commitment to social impact is reflected in his leadership of Corporate Social Responsibility programs, which have provided over $7 million in grants supporting education, health, and wellness initiatives nationwide.
He is also an award-winning educator, serving as an adjunct lecturer and program director at Columbia Business School’s Venture for All Program and the SBDC Harlem, where he has developed groundbreaking courses. He is recognized for his engaging teaching style and has earned universal acclaim for his practical and visionary approach to instruction, inspiring students to become future innovators and leaders. Daniel continues to drive thought leadership and social responsibility, garnering praise as a respected thought leader and visionary within academia and the industry
