Come find us.
We are at 9 Elliewood Ave, right off the Corner. Email works too — and if you are not sure who to ask for, reach an advisor and a person will work that out with you.
Visit
9 Elliewood AveDown the street from Grit Coffee, Crozet Pizza, Take It Away, and Mincer’s · about the building
Staff office hours
The building itself is open for co-working weekdays until 10pm.
What do you need?
Most things have a faster route than an email that waits for a reply. If none of these is you, the last one always works.
I have an idea, or I want to start something
Tell us what you are working on and we will put you in front of someone who has done it. Free, any stage.
I want advising, or time with someone
Time with a real person. Say what you need and we will find the right one and email you to set it up.
I want to mentor, judge, or give back
The application takes a few minutes and goes to the team, not into a void.
I am asking about an event
Workshops, founder nights, and every Entrepreneurship Cup date.
I am faculty or staff
Teaching materials, Course Tools, judging the Cup, and the warm way to route a student to us.
I have an idea for a Foundry Lab
Tools we should build for founders, faculty, or the people running the room. Say what would help and who it is for.
Partnerships, giving, press, or anything else
A real person reads this. Tell us what you need and who you are.
Want to work at the Foundry?
The Foundry is partly run by the students it is for. Two kinds of role open up most semesters — Venture Analysts, who meet founders early and read what a venture actually needs, and Operations Support, who keep the space running and the events on time.
There is no standing application. Email us with what you would want to do and what you are studying — and say whether you have a venture of your own, which is a reason to hire you, not a conflict.
Still not sure who to ask for?
Send it here. It goes to a person who reads everything that comes in, and they will point you at the right room, program, or advisor.