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.

Right now, they still answer their own email.

In a few years, they won’t. Their calendars will fill. Their rounds will close before most people hear about them. The window to meet them, help them and back them early will have passed.

Most people only notice founders once they’re already too big to reach.

Three years ago, NGENNGEN, the Ivy League entrepreneurship network started the Trailblazers Conference: an intimate gathering in New York where student founders could sit across the table from the operators and investors they wanted to learn from.

Since then, NGENNGEN, the Ivy League entrepreneurship network has run 18 conferences, founder treks and pitch competitions. Founders who came through have earned backing from Y Combinator, a16z and Techstars, raised more than $30M, 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.

The Ivy League Entrepreneurship Conference is Trailblazers, reborn on a larger stage. Invite-only and held in New York City, it connects world-class student entrepreneurs with 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 student founders, it’s a seat across from the people who can change the course of a company. For investors, operators and partners, it’s the chance to meet the next generation while they still take every meeting.

The conference takes place on April 17, 2027. Invitations can be requested today.

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