Sounds of Summer ’23: Looking Back
Last Thursday (09.07) was WHUS' first-ever Sounds of Summer Concert, our way of celebrating the local bands around us that bring students together and broaden our musical horizons. Bands, The Jawns, Solgyres, ...
EP 011 – Building an AI Startup as a Technical Founder
Today we talk with Keyur Shah, a UConn alum building an AI startup at Cornell Tech. Coming from a CS background, he went on to work at Amazon and being a part of the development of Alexa. He has now pivoted to...
EP 010 – From Engineering to VC
Today we talk with Akira Dunham, an investor at Connecticut Innovations. Akira is a Hillside and UConn alumni with an engineering background. His interests and passions lie within helping underserved founders ...
EP 009 – Seasoned Venture Capitalist Making a Huge Difference Within Climate
Today we talk with Cody Simms, a highly experienced venture capitalist within the sustainability space. Cody is a Partner at MCJ Collective and provides invaluable advice for venture capital and insights into ...
EP 008 – Student Athlete Venture Capitalist
Mason Kolean talks about his experiences of being on UConn's D1 Baseball team while working as a Managing Director at Hillside Ventures. We dive into his philosophy on priorities and taking advantage of opport...
An Interview with the President
Hosts Farnaz and Fanola sit down with Sumeet Kadian, UConn Medical Minds Matter chapter president and Medical Minds Matter national executive board member. They discuss imposter syndrome in the medical school ...
EP 007 – The Journey of Educating Students with a Venture Capital Club
Alex Ha shares his experience of breaking into venture capital as a student and co-founding the Ivey Venture Capital Club with over 280 members. His mission is to share his experience, knowledge, and network t...
EP 006 – Pursuing Curiosities as a Student Entrepreneur
Allie Davenport instills key lessons learned through building a company as a college student and the five core principles of networking. She weaves in stories from her journey, like ubering to a USC venture ev...
EP 005 – EdTech Deep Dive
In this episode we take a deep dive into the EdTech industry where Jeeva Shunmugaraja and Dhanush Kotumraju talk about their experiences as student venture capitalists within the EdTech industry and their jour...
EP 004 – Sustainability Deep Dive | Rise and Need of Thrifting
In this episode we take a deep dive into the Sustainability industry where Joseph Roberts and Dominick Zampino talk about their experiences as student venture capitalists within the Sustainability industry, th...