The next great founders are still taking meetings.

Somewhere in a dorm room tonight, someone is building the company everyone will be talking about in ten years.

The eight Ivy League schools produce 13.8% of unicorn founders. When these students build, they build big. In fact, they’re three times more likely to build a billion‑dollar company.

Yet few of them ever meet the people who have built at the scale they’re aiming for. One conversation at the right moment can shape who a founder becomes.

Three years ago, NGENNGEN, the Ivy League entrepreneurship network, the Ivy League entrepreneurship network, opened the Trailblazers Conference in New York: an intimate room where student founders met the operators and investors they most admired.

Our alumni have since raised over $30M, earned backing from Y Combinator, a16z, and Techstars, and led their startups to acquisition. Past speakers include Geoff Ralston, Howard Morgan, Tom Gardner and Seema Hingorani.

Today, we’re announcing what comes next.

Trailblazers is reborn on a larger stage as the Ivy League Entrepreneurship Conference, held at a different Ivy League school every year.

Our mission is clear: an invite‑only conference where world‑class student entrepreneurs meet today’s most influential leaders face‑to‑face. It is deliberately small: a room built for real conversations, not a hall where business cards change hands.

For the leaders in that room, your story, including the hard‑won lessons and near‑quits, can inspire them to see their vision through. For partners, it’s a place in the room where it starts.

The first edition takes place on April 17, 2027, in New York City. Invitations can be requested today.

The next great founder is already building. Come meet them.