A student-run podcast about student founders, innovators, entrepreneurs, trail-blazers, and how they started their initiatives. Hosts also have casual "let's talk" conversations about specific industry spaces and startups in that space.
How it Started: Wave Learning Festival with Karly Hou
Karly Hou is a sophomore at Harvard majoring in Computer Science and Mathematics. With friends, Karly launched Wave Learning Festival back in April 2020 n response to long-standing educational inequities exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Within a few months, Wave Learning Festival was able to serve 300+ free, live, engaging seminars on diverse topics like "The Mathematics of Burritos" to "Quantum Physics". Wave Learning Festival was able to serve curriculum to 12,000+ students from all 50 states and 62 countries around the world. Wave Learning Festival partnered with 600+ schools and community organizations serving low-income and homeless youth to ensure their resources can reach those who need them most. Wave Learning Festival has also launched our free tutoring program, college application series, and career series to provide support and guidance to students making their way in online school. In this episode, we discuss Wave's founding story, Karly's career journey, and entrepreneurship experience, as well as advice she has for aspiring entrepreneurs.
Check out Wave Learning Festival: https://www.wavelf.org/ (https://www.wavelf.org/)
17 Mar 2021
How it Started: Uncle Harvey with Shriya Boppana
Shriya is a senior at Carnegie Mellon's Tepper School of Business majoring in Business Administration and Marketing. Shriya is a founder of Uncle Harvey, a one-stop-shop for neurosurgeons across America. Uncle Harvey also aims to serve as an information hub – a one-stop-shop where you can find all of the latest information on neurosurgical current events and announcements, cutting-edge research, and even opportunities to get involved. Officially launched in April 2020, Uncle Harvey grew quickly, garnering 55,660 members. In this episode, we discuss Uncle Harvey's founding story, Shriya's entrepreneurship experience, and advice for aspiring entrepreneurs.
Check out Uncle Harvey: https://www.uncleharvey.com/ (https://www.uncleharvey.com/)
Podcast Socials: https://linktr.ee/and_this_is_how_it_started (https://linktr.ee/and_this_is_how_it_started)
2 Mar 2021
How it Started: Activism Always with Mikayla O'Reggio & Chelsie Lui
Mikayla is a senior at UC Berkeley majoring in Environmental Economics. Chelsie is a senior at California PolyTech majoring in Communication. Mikayla and Chelsie are co-founded Activism Always, technology and service that allows organizations to flexibly and reliably organize data into easy-to-access insights and visualizations. Their mission is to produce data-driven insights supported with robust research and analysis for their clients, with consideration to current discussions around social issues, online activism, and intersectional action to support the goals of mission-driven organizations. A prototype project they have worked on is called Black Live Matter Always, where online content from the events of Summer 2020 was collected and analyzed to reveal insights about the changing sentiments around the BLM movement. The project was presented at TechSoup x ParsonsTKO's Data for Social Impact Conference in August 2020. In this episode, we discuss Activism Alway's founding story, Mikaya's and Chelsie's career journey and entrepreneurship experience, as well as advice they have for aspiring entrepreneurs.
Check out Activism Always: https://www.activismalways.com/ (https://www.activismalways.com/)
Podcast Socials: https://linktr.ee/and_this_is_how_it_started (https://linktr.ee/and_this_is_how_it_started)
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