We visited the headquarters of Asana is an application that enables companies to communicate and track member’s work in a streamlined, effective way. We then had dinner with several Asana employees and Wesleyan alumni, including those we’ve already with Alex, Pi, and Mika, as well as Max Gunawan, Adam Smiley Poswolsky, and Nina Chen. - Rosa Munson-Blatt '21 & Frederick Corpuz '20
We visited 500 Startups, a venture capital with a vision of “Since our inception, we’ve made it our mission to find and empower talented founders, whether they’re across the world or overlooked in our own backyard.” Upon entering the space, we felt a buzzing atmosphere with a seminar with 50 rising entrepreneurs in attendance and other teams in the background working on whiteboards, sticky notes, and desktops. - Frederick Corpuz '20
We visited the headquarters of Pixar where alumni Elyse Klaidman and Noah Newman gave us a tour. We had the opportunity to see internal exhibits that Elyse had curated on the recently released film Coco as well as the upcoming Incredibles 2 and Toy Story 4 movies. - Kiana Autry-Dawkins '18 & Rosa Munson-Blatt '21
Last May 1, 2015, Kai members travelled to the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston to join the Forte College Fast Track to Finance Conference. In this one-day conference, we explored a variety of financial careers including stock analysis, portfolio management and working with private clients through lectures on finance, stock pitch challenges, portfolio simulations and hearing from women business leaders.
This is the second batch of the reflections from students that participated in the Kai trip to NYC. Click here for the first batch. For an overview of the trip see the itinerary here, or read the Wesleyan Argus article on the trip here. For those that are interested in more trips like these, check back often! We'll be posting details in July on upcoming trips to NYC, Boston, and Silicon Valley.
Leilah Janah is the founder and CEO of Sama group which she founded in 2008. Sama group is comprised of three organizations, Samasource, Samahope, and Samaschool, that aim to use “technology and private sector methods” to tackle the poor’s access to dignified work, critical medical care, and education.
Sonny is the founder and CEO of Misfit, a wearables company founded in 2011—starting right at the tremendous growth of the wearables market.
This year marked the 13th iteration of Silicon Valley Comes to Oxford (SVCO) and the energy and lineup was as impressive as ever. For these two days a mix of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, investors, and leaders along with Oxford community members from all over the world converged on the Said Business School campus.
By Mikaela Reyes
After recently joining my first Start-Up weekend, I realized how the "start a company in 54-hours" format wasn't as appealing to me as I thought it would be.
Don't get me wrong. A lot of great things have been born out of these fast-paced weekends. These environments equip those with budding ideas with the right atmosphere to move forward, when they otherwise wouldn't have the resources or motivation to. A team that believes in the idea is formed and more minds come together to brainstorm. If the cultivated business plan passes through the watchful eye of the judges, prizes await for the further development of these products or for the growth of the team members. Whether you take that win or not, you receive bragging rights, a bigger network, guidance and mentoring, a great learning experience and a basket full of free goodies!
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