The Alumni Association of ϳԹ will continue Spartans Step Up, a series of webcasts focusing on ϳԹ’s approach to the COVID-19 pandemic. The fifth installment, titled “Entrepreneurship,” will debut Thursday, July 16, at 11 a.m. ET/8 a.m. PT.
This session will focus on which ventures survived and which met their demise due to COVID-19 and why, current trends in business, how COVID-19 has affected investors, and advice for today’s entrepreneurs.
, executive director of ϳԹ’s Veale Institute for Entrepreneurship and associate professor of design and innovation for the , will moderate an expert panel featuring ϳԹ alumni:
- Eric Hanson (CWR ‘01), partner, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP (WilmerHale);
- Alex Derbes (CWR ‘00), portfolio manager for Gilder Gagnon Howe & Co.; and
- Ram Fish (CWR ‘95; GRS ‘95, computer engineering), founder & CEO of 19Labs.
Viewers are invited to submit questions for the webcast’s live Q&A. Join the or watch on .
For updates on the dates and times of future episodes, follow .
Previous episodes are available on The Alumni Association's virtual events page.
